49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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

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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
  James H. Aitchison NDP0
Total46

List of members

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

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

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Preceded by
48th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1967–1970
Succeeded by
50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia