| 60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia |
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| Premier | Rodney MacDonald
February 24, 2006 – June 19, 2009 |
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Leader of the
Opposition | Darrell Dexter
April 29, 2001 – June 19, 2009 |
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| Government | Progressive Conservative Party |
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| Opposition | New Democratic Party |
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| Recognized | Liberal Party |
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Speaker of the
House | Cecil Clarke
March 3, 2006 – October 23, 2007 |
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| Alfie MacLeod
October 25, 2007 – May 5, 2009 |
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Government
House Leader | Michael Baker
June 29, 2006 – October 23, 2007 |
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| Cecil Clarke
October 23, 2007 – May 5, 2009 |
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Opposition
House Leader | Kevin Deveaux
September 4, 2003 – February 8, 2007 |
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| Frank Corbett
February 8, 2007 – May 5, 2009 |
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| Members | 52 MLA seats |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II
February 6, 1952 |
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Lieutenant
Governor | Myra Freeman
May 17, 2000 – September 7, 2006 |
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| Mayann Francis
September 7, 2006 |
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1st session
June 29, 2006 – November 22, 2007 |
2nd session
November 22, 2007 – May 5, 2009 |
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60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia from 2006 to 2009. Its membership was determined in the 2006 Nova Scotia election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia led by Rodney MacDonald formed a minority government.
The first session met from June 29, 2006 to July 14, 2006, October 30, 2006 to November 23, 2006, January 8, 2006 to January 11, 2006, March 19, 2007 to April 13, 2007 and October 27, 2007 to November 22, 2007.
The second session met from November 22, 2007 to December 13, 2007, April 24, 2008 to May 27, 2008, October 30, 2008 to November 25, 2008, and May 1, 2009 to May 5, 2009, when the government was defeated on a money bill.
John Frederick Hamm is a Canadian physician and politician, who served as the 25th premier of Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2006.
The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, more commonly known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, is a Red Tory conservative political party in Nova Scotia, Canada. Like most conservative parties in Atlantic Canada, it has been historically associated with the Red Tory faction of Canadian conservatism. The party is currently led by Pictou East MLA Tim Houston. The party won a majority government in the 2021 provincial election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia and the Conservative Party of Canada are two separate entities.
Donald William Cameron was a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd premier of Nova Scotia from February 1991 to June 1993. He represented the electoral district of Pictou East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1993, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. Following his political career, he was appointed the Canadian Consul General to New England.
William D. Casey is a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada. First elected as a Progressive Conservative in 1988, he later sat as Conservative MP following the party merger in 2003. In 2007, Casey was expelled from the party for voting against the 2007 budget, but he was reelected as an Independent in the 2008 election and sat as such until he resigned his seat in 2009 to work on behalf of the Nova Scotian government for provincial interests in Ottawa. Casey decided to return to federal politics in the 2015 federal election and running as a Liberal easily took the seat with 63.73% of the popular vote.
Robert G. Thibault, is a Canadian politician.
Bill Dooks is a Canadian politician, who served as the Progressive Conservative member for Eastern Shore in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009.
Darrell Elvin Dexter is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who served as the 27th premier of Nova Scotia from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, he served as party leader from 2001 to 2013. He became Premier in 2009 after his party defeated the governing Progressive Conservative Party, leading the first NDP government in Atlantic Canada and the second east of Manitoba. His government was defeated in the 2013 election, becoming the first Nova Scotia government in 131 years to be denied a second mandate; Dexter himself was defeated in his constituency by 21 votes. Dexter now serves as a lobbyist for the cannabis industry.
The 2006 Nova Scotia general election was held on June 13, 2006 to elect members of the 60th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Robert Lawrence Chisholm is a former trade unionist and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the Halifax Atlantic riding in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1991 to 2003. He succeeded Alexa McDonough as leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1996. He served as the leader of the Official Opposition in the Nova Scotia Legislature from 1998 to 1999. He subsequently founded a consulting firm, was co-chair of the 2010–11 United Way of Halifax Region campaign, and sat on the Board of Governors of Dalhousie University. On May 2, 2011, Chisholm was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Dartmouth—Cole Harbour riding in Nova Scotia. As a member of the Official Opposition, he served as the Critic for Fisheries and Oceans and Deputy Critic for Employment Insurance until his defeat in the 2015 election.
Rodney Joseph MacDonald is a Canadian politician, educator and musician who served as the 26th premier of Nova Scotia from 2006 to 2009 and as MLA for the riding of Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009.
Sterling William Wallace Belliveau is a Canadian politician. Belliveau represented the electoral district of Shelburne in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2017 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
Guy Carleton Boutilier was a Canadian politician, who sat as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1997 to 2012. He was elected as a Progressive Conservative, and served in several capacities in the Cabinet of Alberta under Premiers Ralph Klein and Ed Stelmach before being ejected from the PC caucus in July 2009; he joined the Wildrose Alliance Party after sitting as an independent for a year.
Cecil Phillip Clarke is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He has been the mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality since 2024, and previously served as mayor from from 2012 to 2020. He also represented the riding of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, from 2001 to 2011 as a Progressive Conservative.
Keith Leslie Bain is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria-The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2013 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
Alfred Wallace MacLeod is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
The 2009 Nova Scotia general election was held on June 9, 2009 to elect members of the 61st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The government was defeated on a money bill on May 4, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was dissolved by Lieutenant Governor Mayann Francis on May 5. thereby triggering an election. The NDP won a majority government, forming government the first time in the province's history, and for the first time in an Atlantic Canadian province. The governing Progressive Conservatives were reduced to third place.
The 2013 Nova Scotia general election was held on October 8, 2013, to elect members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Iain Thomas Rankin is a Canadian politician who served as the 29th premier of Nova Scotia from February 23, 2021, to August 31, 2021. He serves in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, representing the electoral district of Timberlea-Prospect. Rankin was first elected in the 2013 Nova Scotia general election and was re-elected in the 2017 general election. On February 6, 2021, Rankin was announced the Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
The 2021 Nova Scotia general election was held on August 17, 2021, to elect members to the 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia.
The 2024 Nova Scotia general election will be held on November 26, 2024, to elect members to the 65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia.
