61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
25 June 2009  7 September 2013
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Parliament leaders
Premier Darrell Dexter
June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013
Leader of the
Opposition
Stephen McNeil
June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013
Party caucuses
Government New Democratic Party
Opposition Liberal Party
Recognized Progressive Conservative Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House
Charlie Parker
June 25, 2009 – January 11, 2011
Gordie Gosse
January 19, 2011 – September 7, 2013
Government
House Leader
Frank Corbett
June 25, 2009 – September 7, 2013
Opposition
House Leader
Manning MacDonald
June 25, 2009 – January 27, 2012
Michel Samson
January 27, 2012 – September 7, 2013
Members52 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor
Mayann Francis
September 7, 2006 – April 12, 2012
John James Grant
April 12, 2012
Sessions
1st session
June 25, 2009 – March 25, 2010
2nd session
March 25, 2010 – March 31, 2011
3rd session
March 31, 2011 – March 29, 2012
4th session
March 29, 2012 – March 26, 2013
5th session
March 26, 2013 – September 7, 2013
  60th   62nd

61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia is an assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2009 Nova Scotia election. The first session of the General Assembly lasted from 25 June 2009 to 25 March 2010. The second session began on 25 March 2010 with a speech from the throne.

Contents

List of members

RidingMemberPartyFirst elected / previously elected
  Annapolis Stephen McNeil [1] Liberal 2003
  Antigonish Angus MacIsaac Progressive Conservative 1969 [a] , 1999
  Maurice Smith NDP 2009
  Argyle Chris d'Entremont Progressive Conservative2003
  Bedford—Birch Cove Kelly Regan Liberal2009
  Cape Breton Centre Frank Corbett NDP1998
  Cape Breton North Cecil Clarke Progressive Conservative2001
  Eddie Orrell Progressive Conservative2011
  Cape Breton Nova Gordie Gosse NDP2003
  Cape Breton South Manning MacDonald Liberal1993
Vacant
  Cape Breton West Alfie MacLeod Progressive Conservative1995, 2006
  Chester-St. Margaret's Denise Peterson-Rafuse NDP2009
  Clare Wayne Gaudet Liberal1993
  Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Gary Burrill NDP2009
  Colchester North Karen Casey Progressive Conservative2006
 Liberal
  Cole Harbour Darrell Dexter NDP1998
  Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage Becky Kent NDP2007
  Cumberland North Brian Skabar NDP2009
  Cumberland South Murray Scott Progressive Conservative1998
  Jamie Baillie Progressive Conservative2010
  Dartmouth East Andrew Younger Liberal2009
  Dartmouth North Trevor Zinck NDP2006
 Independent
Vacant
  Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Marilyn More NDP2003
  Digby-Annapolis Harold Theriault, Jr. Liberal 2003
  Eastern Shore Sid Prest NDP2009
  Glace Bay David Wilson Liberal1999
  Geoff MacLellan Liberal2010
  Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Jim Boudreau NDP2009
  Halifax Atlantic Michèle Raymond NDP2003
  Halifax Chebucto Howard Epstein NDP1998
  Halifax Citadel-Sable Island Leonard Preyra NDP2006
  Halifax Clayton Park Diana Whalen Liberal2003
  Halifax Fairview Graham Steele NDP2001
  Halifax Needham Maureen MacDonald NDP1998
  Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Mat Whynott NDP2009
  Hants East John MacDonell NDP1998
  Hants West Chuck Porter Progressive Conservative2006
  Inverness Rodney MacDonald Progressive Conservative1999
  Allan MacMaster Progressive Conservative2009
  Kings North Jim Morton NDP2009
  Kings South Ramona Jennex NDP2009
  Kings West Leo Glavine Liberal2003
  Lunenburg Pam Birdsall NDP2009
  Lunenburg West Gary Ramey NDP2009
  Pictou Centre Ross Landry NDP2009
  Pictou East Clarrie MacKinnon NDP2006
  Pictou West Charlie Parker NDP1998, 2003
  Preston Keith Colwell Liberal1993 [b] , 2003
  Queens Vicki Conrad NDP2006
  Richmond Michel Samson Liberal1998
  Sackville-Cobequid Dave Wilson NDP2003
  Shelburne Sterling Belliveau NDP2006
  Timberlea-Prospect Bill Estabrooks NDP1998
  Truro-Bible Hill Lenore Zann NDP2009
  Victoria-The Lakes Keith Bain Progressive Conservative2006
  Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank Percy Paris NDP2006
  Yarmouth Richard Hurlburt Progressive Conservative1999
  Zach Churchill Liberal2010

Seating plan

Churchill Colwell Theriault MacLellan Regan Younger * MacMaster Porter Bain
Gaudet Samson Glavine Whalen MCNEIL Casey * Orrell BAILLIE MacLeod d'Entremont
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Parker
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Belliveau More Landry MacDonald Steele **** DEXTER Corbett Peterson-Rafuse Paris Jennex MacDonell Estabrooks
MacKinnon Wilson Kent Gosse Conrad **** Epstein Raymond Preyra Skabar Boudreau Prest Smith
******** Morton Burrill Birdsall **** Ramey Zann Whynott

Membership changes in the 61st Assembly

Number of members
per party by date
2009201020112013
Jun 9Sep 4Sep 10Oct 20Feb 9Mar 11Mar 25Jun 22Sep 8Oct 26Jan 10Mar 25Jun 21May 29June 19
  NDP 313231
  Liberal 1110121312
  Progressive Conservative 10989878767
 Independent010
Total members52515052515052515251525150
Vacant0120120101012
Government majority10111213141210111011101112
Membership changes in the 61st General Assembly
DateNameDistrictPartyReason
June 9, 2009See list of membersElection day of the 38th Nova Scotia general election
 September 4, 2009 Angus MacIsaac Antigonish Progressive Conservative Vacated seat
 September 10, 2009 Rodney MacDonald Inverness Progressive ConservativeVacated seat
 October 20, 2009 Allan MacMaster InvernessProgressive ConservativeElected in a by-election
 October 20, 2009 Maurice Smith Antigonish NDP Elected in a by-election
 February 9, 2010 Richard Hurlburt Yarmouth Progressive ConservativeVacated seat due to constituency expense scandal
 March 11, 2010 David Wilson Glace Bay Liberal Vacated seat
 March 25, 2010 Trevor Zinck Dartmouth North IndependentRemoved from the NDP caucus over constituency expense irregularities
 June 22, 2010 Zach Churchill YarmouthLiberalElected in a by-election
 June 22, 2010 Geoff MacLellan Glace BayLiberalElected in a by-election
 September 8, 2010 Murray Scott Cumberland South Progressive ConservativeVacated Seat
 October 26, 2010 Jamie Baillie Cumberland SouthProgressive ConservativeElected in a by-election
 January 10, 2011 Karen Casey Colchester North LiberalCrossed the floor from Progressive Conservatives
 March 25, 2011 Cecil Clarke Cape Breton North Progressive ConservativeVacated seat to run in the 2011 Canadian federal election
 June 21, 2011 Eddie Orrell Cape Breton NorthProgressive ConservativeElected in a by-election
 May 29, 2013 Manning MacDonald Cape Breton South LiberalVacated Seat
 June 19, 2013 Trevor Zinck Dartmouth North IndependentVacated Seat

Notes

  1. Guysborough
  2. Eastern Shore

References

  1. "June 9, 2009 Nova Scotia Provincial general election - 01 Electoral District of Annapolis" (PDF).
Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
2009–2013
Succeeded by