63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
16 June 2017  17 July 2021
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Parliament leaders
Premier Stephen McNeil
October 22, 2013 – February 23, 2021
Iain Rankin
February 23, 2021 – July 17, 2021
Leader of the
Opposition
Jamie Baillie
October 22, 2013 – January 24, 2018
Karla MacFarlane
January 24, 2018 — October 27, 2018
Tim Houston
October 27, 2018 – July 17, 2021
Party caucuses
Government Liberal Party
Opposition Progressive Conservative Party
Recognized New Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House
Kevin Murphy
October 24, 2013 – July 17, 2021
Government
House Leader
Geoff MacLellan
June 16, 2017 – July 17, 2021
Opposition
House Leader
Chris d'Entremont
October 24, 2013 – February 28, 2019
Allan MacMaster
February 28, 2019 – July 17, 2021
Members51 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor
Arthur LeBlanc
June 28, 2017
Sessions
1st session
June 16, 2017 – September 6, 2018
2nd session
September 6, 2018 – December 18, 2020
3rd session
March 9, 2021 – July 17, 2021
  62nd   64th

63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia is the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2017 Nova Scotia election. [1] [2] The assembly opened on June 16, 2017, and was dissolved July 17, 2021.

Contents

List of members

RidingMemberPartyNotes
  Annapolis Stephen McNeil LiberalResigned May 3, 2021
 Vacant
  Antigonish Randy Delorey Liberal
  Argyle-Barrington Chris d'Entremont Progressive ConservativeResigned July 31, 2019
  Colton LeBlanc Progressive ConservativeElected September 3, 2019
  Bedford Kelly Regan Liberal
  Cape Breton Centre Tammy Martin NDPResigned February 6, 2020
  Kendra Coombes NDPElected March 10, 2020
  Cape Breton-Richmond Alana Paon Progressive ConservativeProgressive Conservative until June 24, 2019; removed from caucus after refusing to comply with a motion from the House of Assembly management commission to have the driveway to her constituency office paved to bring her office in line with the province's accessibility rules.
 Independent
  Chester-St. Margaret's Hugh MacKay LiberalLiberal until February 23, 2020; resigned from caucus after facing charges of impaired driving.
 Independent
  Clare-Digby Gordon Wilson Liberal
  Clayton Park West Rafah DiCostanzo Liberal
  Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Larry Harrison Progressive Conservative
  Colchester North Karen Casey Liberal
  Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage Barbara Adams Progressive Conservative
  Cole Harbour-Portland Valley Tony Ince Liberal
  Cumberland North Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin Progressive ConservativeProgressive Conservative until June 24, 2021; removed from caucus after encouraging a protest that blocked the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border for more than 24 hours.
 Independent
  Cumberland South Jamie Baillie Progressive ConservativeResigned January 24, 2018
  Tory Rushton Progressive ConservativeElected June 19, 2018
  Dartmouth East Tim Halman Progressive Conservative
  Dartmouth North Susan Leblanc NDP
  Dartmouth South Claudia Chender NDP
  Eastern Shore Kevin Murphy Liberal
  Fairview-Clayton Park Patricia Arab Liberal
  Glace Bay Geoff MacLellan Liberal
  Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie Lloyd Hines Liberal
  Halifax Armdale Lena Diab Liberal
  Halifax Atlantic Brendan Maguire Liberal
  Halifax Chebucto Gary Burrill NDPLeader of the New Democratic Party
  Halifax Citadel-Sable Island Labi Kousoulis Liberal
  Halifax Needham Lisa Roberts NDP
  Hammonds Plains-Lucasville Ben Jessome Liberal
  Hants East Margaret Miller LiberalResigned June 1, 2021
 Vacant
  Hants West Chuck Porter Liberal
  Inverness Allan MacMaster Progressive Conservative
  Kings North John Lohr Progressive Conservative
  Kings South Keith Irving Liberal
  Kings West Leo Glavine Liberal
  Lunenburg Suzanne Lohnes-Croft Liberal
  Lunenburg West Mark Furey Liberal
  Northside-Westmount Eddie Orrell Progressive ConservativeResigned July 31, 2019
  Murray Ryan Progressive ConservativeElected September 3, 2019
  Pictou Centre Pat Dunn Progressive Conservative
  Pictou East Tim Houston Progressive ConservativeLeader of the Opposition
  Pictou West Karla MacFarlane Progressive Conservative
  Preston-Dartmouth Keith Colwell Liberal
  Queens-Shelburne Kim Masland Progressive Conservative
  Sackville-Beaver Bank Brad Johns Progressive Conservative
  Sackville-Cobequid Dave Wilson NDPResigned November 16, 2018
  Steve Craig Progressive ConservativeElected June 19, 2019
  Sydney-Whitney Pier Derek Mombourquette Liberal
  Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg Alfie MacLeod Progressive ConservativeResigned July 31, 2019
  Brian Comer Progressive ConservativeElected September 3, 2019
  Timberlea-Prospect Iain Rankin LiberalPremier of Nova Scotia
  Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River Lenore Zann IndependentResigned September 12, 2019
  Dave Ritcey Progressive ConservativeElected March 10, 2020
  Victoria-The Lakes Keith Bain Progressive Conservative
  Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank Bill Horne Liberal
  Yarmouth Zach Churchill Liberal

Seating plan

Paon LeBlanc Comer Ritcey Johns MacKay
Ryan Smith-McCrossin Craig Rushton Halman Lohr Adams Roberts Coombes
Harrison Dunn Bain Masland MacFarlane HOUSTON MacMaster Chender BURRILL Leblanc
Murphy
Churchill Delorey Lohnes-Croft MacLellan RANKIN Regan Irving Diab Colwell Mombourquette Kousoulis
Casey Glavine Arab Jessome Ince Maguire Hines Porter
Furey DiCostanzo Horne Wilson

Membership changes in the 63rd Assembly

Number of members
per party by date
20172018201920202021
May 30Jan 24Jun 19Nov 16Jun 9Jun 19Jun 24Jul 31Sep 3Sep 12Feb 6Feb 23Mar 10May 3Jun 1Jun 24
  Liberal 27262524
  Progressive Conservative 171617181714171817
  NDP 76545
  Independent 012123
Vacant010103012012
Membership changes in the 63rd General Assembly
DateNameDistrictPartyReason
May 30, 2017See list of membersElection day of the 40th Nova Scotia general election
 January 24, 2018 Jamie Baillie Cumberland South Progressive ConservativeResignation
 June 19, 2018 Tory Rushton Cumberland South Progressive ConservativeElected in by-election
 November 16, 2018 Dave Wilson Sackville-Cobequid NDPResignation
 June 9, 2019 Lenore Zann Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River IndependentChanging affiliation as means to run in federal politics as a Liberal candidate [3] [4]
 June 19, 2019 Steve Craig Sackville-Cobequid Progressive ConservativeElected in by-election
 June 24, 2019 Alana Paon Cape Breton-Richmond IndependentRemoved from the Progressive Conservative caucus
 July 31, 2019 Chris d'Entremont Argyle-Barrington Progressive ConservativeResignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
 July 31, 2019 Eddie Orrell Northside-Westmount Progressive ConservativeResignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
 July 31, 2019 Alfie MacLeod Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg Progressive ConservativeResignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
 September 3, 2019 Colton LeBlanc Argyle-Barrington Progressive ConservativeElected in by-election
 September 3, 2019 Murray Ryan Northside-Westmount Progressive ConservativeElected in by-election
 September 3, 2019 Brian Comer Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg Progressive ConservativeElected in by-election
 September 12, 2019 Lenore Zann Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River IndependentResignation as means to run in federal politics for the Liberal Party.
 February 6, 2020 Tammy Martin Cape Breton Centre NDPResignation
 February 23, 2020 Hugh MacKay Chester-St. Margaret's IndependentResigned from Liberal caucus
 March 10, 2020 Kendra Coombes Cape Breton Centre NDPElected in by-election
 March 10, 2020 Dave Ritcey Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River Progressive ConservativeElected in by-election
 May 3, 2021 Stephen McNeil Annapolis LiberalResignation
 June 1, 2021 Margaret Miller Hants East LiberalResignation
 June 24, 2021 Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin Cumberland North IndependentRemoved from the Progressive Conservative caucus

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References

  1. "Current Assembly Members / Members of the Legislative Assembly / People / The Nova Scotia Legislature". nslegislature.ca. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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