49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
1 December 1967  5 September 1970
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Parliament leaders
Premier Robert Stanfield
November 20, 1956 – September 13, 1967
George Isaac Smith
September 13, 1967 – October 28, 1970
Leader of the
Opposition
Gerald Regan
May 30, 1967 – October 28, 1970
Party caucuses
Government Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition Liberal Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House
Harvey Veniot
February 8, 1961 – April 11, 1968
Gordon H. Fitzgerald
February 13, 1969 – September 5, 1970
Members46 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor
Henry Poole MacKeen
March 1, 1963 – July 22, 1968
Victor de Bedia Oland
July 22, 1968
Sessions
1st session
December 1, 1967 – December 7, 1967
2nd session
February 22, 1968 – April 11, 1968
3rd session
February 13, 1969 – April 25, 1969
4th session
February 19, 1970 – September 5, 1970
  48th   50th

The 49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between December 1, 1967 and September 5, 1970.

Contents

Division of seats

There were 46 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1967 Nova Scotia general election.

LeaderParty# of Seats
  Gerald Regan Liberal6
  Robert L. Stanfield Progressive Conservative40
Total46

List of members

RidingNamePartyFirst elected / previously electedPosition
  Annapolis East John I. Marshall Progressive Conservative 1963
  Annapolis West Peter Murray Nicholson Liberal 1956
  Antigonish William F. MacKinnon Progressive Conservative 1956
  Cape Breton South Donald C. McNeil Progressive Conservative 1956
  Cape Breton Centre Mike Laffin Progressive Conservative 1963
  Cape Breton North Tom McKeough Progressive Conservative 1960
  Cape Breton Nova Percy Gaum Progressive Conservative 1956
  Cape Breton East Layton Fergusson Progressive Conservative 1956
  Cape Breton West Edward Manson Progressive Conservative 1956
  Clare Benoit Comeau Liberal 1967
  Colchester Robert L. Stanfield Progressive Conservative 1949Premier
  G. I. Smith Progressive Conservative 1949Premier (1967)
  Gerald Ritcey (1968) Progressive Conservative 1968
  Cumberland East James A. Langille Progressive Conservative 1953
  Cumberland West D. L. George Henley Progressive Conservative 1963
  Cumberland Centre Stephen T. Pyke Progressive Conservative 1953Minister of Highways
  Raymond M. Smith (1968) Progressive Conservative 1968
  Dartmouth North Gordon L. S. Hart Liberal 1960, 1967
  Gerald G. Wambolt (1968) Progressive Conservative 1968
  Dartmouth South I. W. Akerley Progressive Conservative 1963
  Digby Robert Baden Powell Progressive Conservative 1963
  Guysborough Alex "Tando" MacIsaac Progressive Conservative 1960
  Angus MacIsaac (1969) Progressive Conservative 1969
  Halifax Atlantic John Buchanan Progressive Conservative 1967
  Halifax Cornwallis Richard A. Donahoe Progressive Conservative 1954
  Halifax Citadel Donald M. Smith Progressive Conservative 1960
  Halifax Chebucto James H. Vaughan Progressive Conservative 1963
  Halifax Cobequid Gordon H. Fitzgerald Progressive Conservative 1960speaker (1969)
  Halifax Eastern Shore Duncan MacMillan Liberal 1956, 1967
  Alexander Garnet Brown (1969) Liberal 1969
  Halifax Needham Gerald Regan Liberal 1967
  Halifax St. Margarets D. C. McNeil Progressive Conservative 1963
  Hants East Albert J. Ettinger Progressive Conservative 1962
  Hants West Norman T. Spence Progressive Conservative 1963
  Inverness Norman J. MacLean Progressive Conservative 1963
  William N. MacLean Liberal 1962
  Kings North Victor Thorpe Progressive Conservative 1967
  Kings South Edward Haliburton Progressive Conservative 1953
  Kings West Gordon Tidman Progressive Conservative 1967
  Lunenburg Centre George O. Lohnes Progressive Conservative 1956
  Lunenburg East Maurice L. Zinck Progressive Conservative 1959
  Lunenburg West Harley J. Spence Progressive Conservative 1953
  Pictou East Thomas MacQueen Progressive Conservative 1967
  Pictou West Harvey Veniot Progressive Conservative 1956speaker
  Pictou Centre Donald R. MacLeod Progressive Conservative 1956
  Queens W. S. Kennedy Jones Progressive Conservative 1953
  Richmond Gerald Doucet Progressive Conservative 1963
  Shelburne James M. Harding Progressive Conservative 1956
  Victoria Fisher Hudson Progressive Conservative 1967
  Yarmouth George A. Snow Progressive Conservative 1963
  Benoit Robichaud Progressive Conservative 1967

Former members of the 49th General Assembly

NamePartyElectoral DistrictCause of departureSucceeded byElected
 Robert L. Stanfield Progressive Conservative Colchesterbecame federal party leader Gerald Ritcey, PCFebruary 13, 1968
 Stephen T. Pyke Progressive Conservative Cumberland Centre Raymond M. Smith, PCNovember 26, 1968
 Gordon L. S. Hart Liberal Dartmouth North Gerald G. Wambolt, PCNovember 26, 1968
 Alex MacIsaac Progressive Conservative Guysboroughdeath Angus MacIsaac, PCFebruary 11, 1969
 Duncan MacMillan Liberal Halifax Eastern Shoredeath Alexander Garnet Brown, LiberalFebruary 11, 1969

References

Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1967–1970
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