43rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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The 43rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between March 14, 1946, and April 27, 1949.

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Division of seats

There were 30 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1945 Nova Scotia general election.

LeaderParty# of Seats
  Frederick Murray Blois Conservative0
  Angus L. Macdonald Liberal28
  Donald MacDonald CCF2
Total30

List of members

RidingNamePosition
  Annapolis County Henry Davies Hicks
  Antigonish John Patrick Gorman
  Cape Breton South John Smith MacIvor
  Cape Breton Centre Michael McDonald
  Cape Breton North Alexander O'Handley
  Cape Breton East Russell Cunningham
  Cape Breton West Malcolm A. Patterson Provincial secretary (1947)
  Colchester Gordon T. Purdy
  Robert F. McLellan
  Cumberland Kenneth Judson Cochrane
  Martin J. Kaufman
  Digby J. Willie Comeau
  Guysborough Arthur Whittier MacKenzie Minister of Agriculture
  Halifax South Angus L.MacDonald Premier
  Halifax Centre James Edward Rutledge
  Halifax North Harold Connolly Minister of Industry
  Halifax East Geoffrey W. Stevens
  Halifax West Ronald Manning Fielding
  Hants Robert A. MacLellan
  Inverness Alexander H. McKinnon
  Kings David Durell Sutton
 Lunenburg Frank R. Davis
  Gordon E. Romkey speaker
  Pictou Josiah H. MacQuarrie Attorney General
  Alfred B. DeWolfe
  Queens Merrill D. Rawding
  Richmond Lauchlin Daniel Currie
  Shelburne Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee
  Victoria John M. Campbell
  Yarmouth Henry A. Waterman

Former members of the 43rd General Assembly

NamePartyElectoral DistrictCause of departureSucceeded byElected
 Josiah H. MacQuarrie Liberal Pictounamed judge1947

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Preceded by
42nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1945–1949
Succeeded by
44th General Assembly of Nova Scotia