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62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia was the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2013 Nova Scotia election. The assembly opened on October 24, 2013 [1] and was dissolved April 30, 2017.
| Number of members per party by date | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | Jun 13 | Mar 16 | Apr 2 | Jul 14 | Nov 5 | Feb 17 | Apr 12 | Aug 30 | Apr 23 | ||
| Liberal | 33 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 34 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | 11 | 10 | |||||||||
| NDP | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |||||
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Total members | 51 | 50 | 48 | 51 | 50 | 51 | 50 | ||||
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Membership changes in the 62nd General Assembly | |||||||||
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| Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | |||||
| October 8, 2013 | See list of members | Election day of the 39th Nova Scotia general election | |||||||
| June 13, 2014 | Chuck Porter | Hants West | Independent | Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus | |||||
| March 16, 2015 | Allan Rowe | Dartmouth South | Liberal | Death | |||||
| April 2, 2015 | Frank Corbett | Cape Breton Centre | NDP | Resignation | |||||
| April 2, 2015 | Gordie Gosse | Sydney-Whitney Pier | NDP | Resignation | |||||
| July 14, 2015 | Marian Mancini | Dartmouth South | NDP | Elected in a by-election | |||||
| July 14, 2015 | David Wilton | Cape Breton Centre | Liberal | Elected in a by-election | |||||
| July 14, 2015 | Derek Mombourquette | Sydney-Whitney Pier | Liberal | Elected in a by-election | |||||
| November 5, 2015 | Andrew Younger | Dartmouth East | Independent | Removed from the Liberal caucus | |||||
| February 17, 2016 | Chuck Porter | Hants West | Liberal | Joined Liberal caucus | |||||
| April 12, 2016 | Maureen MacDonald | Halifax Needham | NDP | Resignation | |||||
| August 30, 2016 | Lisa Roberts | Halifax Needham | NDP | Elected in a by-election | |||||
| April 23, 2017 | Marian Mancini | Dartmouth South | NDP | Resignation | |||||
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly, or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia, and together with the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia makes up the Nova Scotia Legislature.
Province House in Halifax is where the Nova Scotia legislative assembly, known officially as the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, has met every year since 1819, making it the longest serving legislative building in Canada. The building is Canada's oldest house of government. Standing three storeys tall, the structure is considered one of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in North America.
Halifax Chebucto is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Antigonish is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1867 and is one of only four Nova Scotian districts that has existed continuously since Canadian Confederation.
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Halifax Atlantic is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
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Clare is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1949-2013 and since 2021. Prior to 1949, Clare was part of Digby district. It elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district includes most of the Municipality of the District of Clare, an Acadian area occupying the southwestern half of Digby County. For four consecutive elections from 1988 to 1999, the district had the highest voter turnout in the province.
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The politics of Nova Scotia take place within the framework of a Westminster-style parliamentary constitutional monarchy. As Canada's head of state and monarch, Charles III is the sovereign of the province in his capacity as King in Right of Nova Scotia; his duties in Nova Scotia are carried out by the Lieutenant Governor, Arthur LeBlanc. The General Assembly is the legislature, consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and fifty-five members representing their electoral districts in the House of Assembly. The Government is headed by the Premier, Tim Houston, who took office on August 31, 2021. The capital city is Halifax, home to the Lieutenant Governor, the House of Assembly, and the Government. The House of Assembly has met in Halifax at Province House since 1819.
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