47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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The 47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1960 and August 29, 1963.

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Division of seats

There were 43 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1960 Nova Scotia general election.

LeaderParty# of Seats
  Henry D. Hicks Liberal15
  Robert L. Stanfield Progressive Conservative27
  Michael James MacDonald CCF1
Total43

List of members

RidingNamePosition
  Annapolis East Hanson Dowell
  Annapolis West Peter Murray Nicholson
  Antigonish William F. MacKinnon
  Cape Breton South Donald C. McNeil
  Cape Breton Centre Michael MacDonald
  Cape Breton North Tom McKeough
  Cape Breton Nova Percy Gaum
  Cape Breton East Layton Fergusson
  Cape Breton West Edward Manson
  Clare Pierre E. Belliveau
  Colchester Robert L. Stanfield Premier
  G. I. Smith
  Cumberland East James A. Langille
  Cumberland West Allison T. Smith
  Cumberland Centre Stephen T. Pyke Minister of Highways
  Digby Victor Cardoza
  Guysborough Alex "Tando" MacIsaac
  Halifax South Richard A.Donahoe
  Halifax Centre Donald M. Smith
  Halifax North John E. Ahern
  Halifax Northwest Gordon H. Fitzgerald
  Halifax East Duncan MacMillan
  Halifax West Charles H. Reardon
  Halifax County Dartmouth Gordon L. S. Hart
  Hants East Ernest M. Ettinger
  Hants West George H. Wilson
  Inverness Joseph Clyde Nunn
  Roderick MacLean
  Kings North Gladys M. Porter
  Kings South Edward Haliburton
  Kings West Edward D. MacArthur
  Lunenburg Centre George O. Lohnes
  Lunenburg East Maurice L. Zinck
  Lunenburg West Harley J. Spence
  Pictou East John W. MacDonald
  Pictou West Harvey Veniot speaker
  Pictou Centre Donald R. MacLeod
  Queens W. S. Kennedy Jones
  Richmond Earl Wallace Urquhart
  Shelburne James M. Harding
  Victoria Carleton L. MacMillan
  Yarmouth Willard C. O'Brien
  George A. Burridge

Former members of the 47th General Assembly

NamePartyElectoral DistrictCause of departureSucceeded byElected
 Ernest M. Ettinger Progressive Conservative Hants Eastdeath Albert J. Ettinger, PCSeptember 11, 1962
 Roderick MacLean Liberal Invernessdeath William N. MacLean, LiberalSeptember 11, 1962

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Preceded by
46th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1960–1963
Succeeded by
48th General Assembly of Nova Scotia