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64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
24 September 2021 – present | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | Tim Houston 31 Aug 2021 – present | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Iain Rankin August 31, 2021 – July 9, 2022 | ||
Zach Churchill July 9, 2022 | |||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
Opposition | Liberal Party | ||
Recognized | New Democratic Party | ||
House of Assembly | |||
Speaker of the House | Keith Bain September 24, 2021 – October 12, 2023 | ||
Karla MacFarlane October 12, 2023-April 5, 2024 | |||
Danielle Barkhouse September 5, 2024 | |||
Government House Leader | Kim Masland September 24, 2021 | ||
Opposition House Leader | Derek Mombourquette September 24, 2021 | ||
Members | 55 MLA seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
Charles III 8 September 2022 – present | |||
Lieutenant Governor | Arthur LeBlanc June 28, 2017 – present | ||
Sessions | |||
1st session September 24, 2021 – present | |||
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64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia is the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2021 Nova Scotia election. [1] The assembly opened on September 24, 2021. [2]
Current as of September 2024 [3]
Number of members per party by date | 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
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August 18 | April 1 | August 8 | February 22 | April 12 | May 21 | ||
Progressive Conservative | 31 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 33 | ||
Liberal | 17 | 16 | 15 | ||||
NDP | 6 | ||||||
Independent | 1 | ||||||
Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Membership changes in the 64th General Assembly | |||||||||
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Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | |||||
August 17, 2021 | See list of members | Election day of the 41st Nova Scotia general election | |||||||
April 1, 2023 | Angela Simmonds | Preston | Liberal | Resignation | |||||
August 8, 2023 | Twila Grosse | Preston | Progressive Conservative | Elected in by-election | |||||
February 22, 2024 | Brendan Maguire | Halifax Atlantic | Progressive Conservative | Joined Progressive Conservative caucus | |||||
April 12, 2024 | Karla MacFarlane | Pictou West | Progressive Conservative | Resignation | |||||
May 21, 2024 | Marco MacLeod | Pictou West | Progressive Conservative | Elected in by-election |
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