47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
8 February 1961 – 29 August 1963 | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | Robert Stanfield November 20, 1956 | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Earl Wallace Urquhart February 8, 1961 – October 8, 1963 | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
Opposition | Liberal Party | ||
Crossbench | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | ||
House of Assembly | |||
Speaker of the House | Harvey Veniot February 8, 1961 | ||
Members | 43 MLA seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 | ||
Lieutenant Governor | Edward Chester Plow January 15, 1958 – March 1, 1963 | ||
Henry Poole MacKeen March 1, 1963 | |||
Sessions | |||
1st session February 8, 1961 – March 24, 1961 | |||
2nd session February 28, 1962 – April 13, 1962 | |||
3rd session February 20, 1963 – August 29, 1963 | |||
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The 47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 8, 1961 and August 29, 1963.
There were 43 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1960 Nova Scotia general election.
Leader | Party | # of Seats | |
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Henry D. Hicks | Liberal | 15 | |
Robert L. Stanfield | Progressive Conservative | 27 | |
Michael James MacDonald | CCF | 1 | |
Total | 43 |
Name | Party | Electoral District | Cause of departure | Succeeded by | Elected | |
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Ernest M. Ettinger | Progressive Conservative | Hants East | death | Albert J. Ettinger, PC | September 11, 1962 | |
Roderick MacLean | Liberal | Inverness | death | William N. MacLean, Liberal | September 11, 1962 |
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