60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Minority parliament
29 June 2006 – 5 May 2009
Parliament leaders
PremierRodney MacDonald
February 24, 2006 – June 19, 2009
Leader of the
Opposition
Darrell Dexter
April 29, 2001 – June 19, 2009
Party caucuses
GovernmentProgressive Conservative Party
OppositionNew Democratic Party
RecognizedLiberal Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House
Cecil Clarke
March 3, 2006 – October 23, 2007
Alfie MacLeod
October 25, 2007 – May 5, 2009
Government
House Leader
Michael Baker
June 29, 2006 – October 23, 2007
Cecil Clarke
October 23, 2007 – May 5, 2009
Opposition
House Leader
Kevin Deveaux
September 4, 2003 – February 8, 2007
Frank Corbett
February 8, 2007 – May 5, 2009
Members52 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor
Myra Freeman
May 17, 2000 – September 7, 2006
Mayann Francis
September 7, 2006
Sessions
1st session
June 29, 2006 – November 22, 2007
2nd session
November 22, 2007 – May 5, 2009
← 59th → 61st

60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia from 2006 to 2009. Its membership was determined in the 2006 Nova Scotia election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia led by Rodney MacDonald formed a minority government.

The first session met from June 29, 2006 to July 14, 2006, October 30, 2006 to November 23, 2006, January 8, 2006 to January 11, 2006, March 19, 2007 to April 13, 2007 and October 27, 2007 to November 22, 2007.

The second session met from November 22, 2007 to December 13, 2007, April 24, 2008 to May 27, 2008, October 30, 2008 to November 25, 2008, and May 1, 2009 to May 5, 2009, when the government was defeated on a money bill.

Division of seats

Affiliation Members
  Progressive Conservative Party 21
  New Democratic Party 20
  Liberal Party 9
  Independent 1
  Vacant 1
Total
52
Government majority (minority)
(1)

List of members

Riding Member Party
  Annapolis Stephen McNeil Liberal
  Antigonish Angus MacIsaac Progressive Conservative
  Argyle Chris d'Entremont Progressive Conservative
  Bedford Len Goucher Progressive Conservative
  Cape Breton Centre Frank Corbett NDP
  Cape Breton North Cecil Clarke Progressive Conservative
  Cape Breton Nova Gordie Gosse NDP
  Cape Breton South Manning MacDonald Liberal
  Cape Breton West Alfie MacLeod Progressive Conservative
  Chester-St. Margaret's Judy Streatch Progressive Conservative
  Clare Wayne Gaudet Liberal
  Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Brooke Taylor Progressive Conservative
  Colchester North Karen Casey Progressive Conservative
  Cole Harbour Darrell Dexter NDP
  Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage Kevin Deveaux NDP
  Becky Kent a NDP
  Cumberland North Ernie Fage b Independent Progressive Conservative
  Cumberland South Murray Scott Progressive Conservative
  Dartmouth East Joan Massey NDP
  Dartmouth North Trevor Zinck NDP
  Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Marilyn More NDP
  Digby-Annapolis Harold Theriault Liberal
  Eastern Shore Bill Dooks Progressive Conservative
  Glace Bay David Wilson Liberal
  Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Ron Chisholm Progressive Conservative
  Halifax Atlantic Michèle Raymond NDP
  Halifax Chebucto Howard Epstein NDP
  Halifax Citadel Leonard Preyra NDP
  Halifax Clayton Park Diana Whalen Liberal
  Halifax Fairview Graham Steele NDP
  Halifax Needham Maureen MacDonald NDP
  Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Barry Barnet Progressive Conservative
  Hants East John MacDonell NDP
  Hants West Chuck Porter Progressive Conservative
  Inverness Rodney MacDonald Progressive Conservative
  Kings North Mark Parent Progressive Conservative
  Kings South David Morse Progressive Conservative
  Kings West Leo Glavine Liberal
  Lunenburg Vacant c
  Lunenburg West Carolyn Bolivar-Getson Progressive Conservative
  Pictou Centre Pat Dunn Progressive Conservative
  Pictou East Clarrie MacKinnon NDP
  Pictou West Charlie Parker NDP
  Preston Keith Colwell Liberal
  Queens Vicki Conrad NDP
  Richmond Michel Samson Liberal
  Sackville-Cobequid Dave Wilson NDP
  Shelburne Sterling Belliveau NDP
  Timberlea-Prospect Bill Estabrooks NDP
  Truro-Bible Hill Jamie Muir Progressive Conservative
  Victoria-The Lakes Keith Bain Progressive Conservative
  Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank Percy Paris NDP
  Yarmouth Richard Hurlburt Progressive Conservative
  • ^a elected in by-election on October 2, 2007
  • ^b resigned from cabinet and from the Progressive Conservative caucus on January 4, 2007
  • ^c vacancy caused by the death of Michael Baker on March 2, 2009

Seating plan

**** **** Epstein MacKinnon Belliveau Preyra **** * **** Samson Theriault
Gosse Estabrooks Zinck Raymond Paris Conrad Wilson More * Glavine Wilson Whalen
Parker Massey Steele MacDonell Corbett MacDonald DEXTER Kent * MacDonald MCNEIL Gaudet Colwell
****
MacLeod
****
**** Hurlburt Morse Barnet MacIsaac **** MACDONALD Muir d'Entremont Bolivar-Getson **** Fage
**** Clarke Casey Goucher Parent **** Streatch Scott Dooks Taylor
**** Chisholm Bain Dunn Porter
Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
2006–2009
Succeeded by