50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Minority parliament
10 December 1970 – 23 February 1974
Parliament leaders
Premier	Gerald Regan October 28, 1970
Leader of the Opposition	George Isaac Smith October 28, 1970 – March 6, 1971
	John Buchanan March 6, 1971
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the House	George M. Mitchell December 10, 1970 – April 6, 1973
	James L. Connolly November 27, 1973 – February 23, 1974
Members	46 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952
Lieutenant Governor	Victor de Bedia Oland July 22, 1968 – October 1, 1973
	Clarence Gosse October 1, 1973
Sessions
1st session December 10, 1970 – April 8, 1971
2nd session June 28, 1971 – July 8, 1971
3rd session February 9, 1972 – May 15, 1972
4th session January 25, 1973 – April 6, 1973
5th session November 27, 1973 – February 23, 1974
←  49th →  51st

The 50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between December 10, 1970 and February 23, 1974.

Division of seats

There were 46 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1970 Nova Scotia general election.

	Leader	Party	# of Seats
	Gerald Regan	Liberal	23
	George Isaac Smith	Progressive Conservative	21
	Jeremy Akerman	NDP	2
Total			46

List of members

	Riding	Name	Party	First elected / previously elected	Position
	Annapolis East	Gerry Sheehy	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Annapolis West	Peter Murray Nicholson	Liberal	1956
	Antigonish	J. William Gillis	Liberal	1970
	Cape Breton South	John Francis Burke	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Cape Breton Centre	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative	1963
	Cape Breton North	Tom McKeough	Progressive Conservative	1960
	Cape Breton Nova	Paul MacEwan	New Democratic Party	1970
	Cape Breton East	Jeremy Akerman	New Democratic Party	1970
	Cape Breton West	Allan Sullivan	Liberal	1970
	Clare	Benoit Comeau	Liberal	1967
	Colchester	G. I. Smith	Progressive Conservative	1949
		Gerald Ritcey	Progressive Conservative	1968
	Cumberland East	Roger S. Bacon	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Cumberland West	D. L. George Henley	Progressive Conservative	1963
	Cumberland Centre	Raymond M. Smith	Progressive Conservative	1968
	Dartmouth North	Glen M. Bagnell	Liberal	1970
	Dartmouth South	D. Scott MacNutt	Liberal	1970
	Digby	Joseph H. Casey	Liberal	1970
	Guysborough	Angus MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	1969
		A. M. Cameron (1973)	Liberal	1973
	Halifax Atlantic	John Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Halifax Cornwallis	George M. Mitchell	Liberal	1970	speaker Minister of Development (1973)
	Halifax Citadel	Ronald Wallace	Liberal	1970
	Halifax Chebucto	James L. Connolly	Liberal	1970	speaker (1973)
	Halifax Cobequid	George Riley	Liberal	1970
	Halifax Eastern Shore	Alexander Garnet Brown	Liberal	1969
	Halifax Needham	Gerald Regan	Liberal	1967	Premier
	Halifax St. Margarets	Leonard L. Pace	Liberal	1970
	Hants East	Jack Hawkins	Liberal	1970
	Hants West	Robert D. Lindsay	Liberal	1970
	Inverness	Norman J. MacLean	Progressive Conservative	1963
		John Archie MacKenzie	Liberal	1970
	Kings North	Victor Thorpe	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Kings South	Harry How	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Kings West	Gordon Tidman	Progressive Conservative	1967
		Frank Bezanson (1971)	Liberal	1971
	Lunenburg Centre	Walton Cook	Liberal	1970
	Lunenburg East	Maurice L. Zinck	Progressive Conservative	1959
	Lunenburg West	Maurice DeLory	Liberal	1970
	Pictou East	A. Lloyd MacDonald	Liberal	1963, 1970
	Pictou West	Harvey Veniot	Progressive Conservative	1956
	Pictou Centre	Ralph F. Fiske	Liberal	1970
	Queens	W. S. Kennedy Jones	Progressive Conservative	1953
		Floyd MacDonald (1971)	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Richmond	Gerald Doucet	Progressive Conservative	1963
	Shelburne	Harold Huskilson	Liberal	1970
	Victoria	Fisher Hudson	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Yarmouth	Fraser Mooney	Liberal	1970
		George A. Snow	Progressive Conservative	1963

Former members of the 50th General Assembly

	Name	Party	Electoral District	Cause of departure	Succeeded by	Elected
	Gordon A. Tidman	Progressive Conservative	Kings West	seat declared vacant	Frank Bezanson, Liberal	November 16, 1971
	W. S. Kennedy Jones	Progressive Conservative	Queens	resigned	Floyd MacDonald, PC	November 16, 1971
	Angus MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	Guysborough	ran for federal seat	A. M. Cameron, Liberal	June 5, 1973

External links

• "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2011. Retrieved 2015-04-28.

Preceded by 49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia	General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 1970–1974	Succeeded by 51st General Assembly of Nova Scotia