49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
1 December 1967 – 5 September 1970
Parliament leaders
PremierRobert Stanfield
November 20, 1956 – September 13, 1967
George Isaac Smith
September 13, 1967 – October 28, 1970
Leader of the
Opposition		Gerald Regan
May 30, 1967 – October 28, 1970
Party caucuses
GovernmentProgressive Conservative Party
OppositionLiberal Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House		Harvey Veniot
February 8, 1961 – April 11, 1968
Gordon H. Fitzgerald
February 13, 1969 – September 5, 1970
Members46 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor		Henry Poole MacKeen
March 1, 1963 – July 22, 1968
Victor de Bedia Oland
July 22, 1968
Sessions
1st session
December 1, 1967 – December 7, 1967
2nd session
February 22, 1968 – April 11, 1968
3rd session
February 13, 1969 – April 25, 1969
4th session
February 19, 1970 – September 5, 1970
← 48th → 50th

The 49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between December 1, 1967 and September 5, 1970.

Division of seats

There were 46 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1967 Nova Scotia general election.

Leader Party # of Seats
  Gerald Regan Liberal 6
  Robert L. Stanfield Progressive Conservative 40
Total 46

List of members

Riding Name Position
  Annapolis East John I. Marshall
  Annapolis West Peter Murray Nicholson
  Antigonish William F. MacKinnon
  Cape Breton South Donald C. MacNeil
  Cape Breton Centre Mike Laffin
  Cape Breton North Tom McKeough
  Cape Breton Nova Percy Gaum
  Cape Breton East Layton Fergusson
  Cape Breton West Edward Manson
  Clare Benoit Comeau
  Colchester Robert L. Stanfield Premier
  G. I. Smith Premier (1967)
  Cumberland East James A. Langille
  Cumberland West D. L. George Henley
  Cumberland Centre Stephen T. Pyke Minister of Highways
  Dartmouth North Gordon L. S. Hart
  Dartmouth South I. W. Akerley
  Digby Robert Baden Powell
  Guysborough Alex "Tando" MacIsaac
  Halifax Atlantic John Buchanan
  Halifax Cornwallis Richard A. Donahoe
  Halifax Citadel Donald M. Smith
  Halifax Chebucto James H. Vaughan
  Halifax Cobequid Gordon H. Fitzgerald speaker (1969)
  Halifax Eastern Shore Duncan MacMillan
  Halifax Needham Gerald Regan
  Halifax St. Margarets D. C. McNeil
  Hants East Albert J. Ettinger
  Hants West Norman T. Spence
  Inverness Norman J. MacLean
  William N. MacLean
  Kings North Victor Thorpe
  Kings South Edward Haliburton
  Kings West Gordon Tidman
  Lunenburg Centre George O. Lohnes
  Lunenburg East Maurice L. Zinck
  Lunenburg West Harley J. Spence
  Pictou East Thomas MacQueen
  Pictou West Harvey Veniot speaker
  Pictou Centre Donald R. MacLeod
  Queens W. S. Kennedy Jones
  Richmond Gerald Doucet
  Shelburne James M. Harding
  Victoria Fisher Hudson
  Yarmouth George A. Snow
  Benoit Robichaud

Former members of the 49th General Assembly

Name Party Electoral District Cause of departure Succeeded by Elected
  Robert L. Stanfield Progressive Conservative Colchester became federal party leader Gerald Ritcey, PC February 13, 1968
  Stephen T. Pyke Progressive Conservative Cumberland Centre Raymond M. Smith, PC November 26, 1968
  Gordon L. S. Hart Liberal Dartmouth North Gerald G. Wambolt, PC November 26, 1968
  Alex MacIsaac Progressive Conservative Guysborough death Angus MacIsaac, PC February 11, 1969
  Duncan MacMillan Liberal Halifax Eastern Shore death Alexander Garnet Brown, Liberal February 11, 1969

References

  • "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2011. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1967–1970 		Succeeded by