62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
24 October 2013 – 30 April 2017
Parliament leaders
PremierStephen McNeil
October 22, 2013
Leader of the
Opposition		Jamie Baillie
October 22, 2013
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionProgressive Conservative Party
RecognizedNew Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House		Kevin Murphy
October 24, 2013
Government
House Leader		Michel Samson
October 24, 2013 – April 30, 2017
Opposition
House Leader		Chris d'Entremont
October 24, 2013
Members51 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor		John James Grant
April 12, 2012
Sessions
1st session
October 24, 2013 – September 25, 2014
2nd session
September 25, 2014 – October 13, 2016
3rd session
October 13, 2016 – April 30, 2017
← 61st → 63rd

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.

List of members

Riding Member Party Notes
  Annapolis Stephen McNeil Liberal
  Antigonish Randy Delorey Liberal
  Argyle-Barrington Chris d'Entremont Progressive Conservative
  Bedford Kelly Regan Liberal
  Cape Breton Centre Frank Corbett NDP Resigned April 2, 2015.
  David Wilton Liberal Elected in a by-election on July 14, 2015.
  Cape Breton-Richmond Michel Samson Liberal
  Chester-St. Margaret's Denise Peterson-Rafuse NDP
  Clare-Digby Gordon Wilson Liberal
  Clayton Park West Diana Whalen Liberal
  Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Larry Harrison Progressive Conservative
  Colchester North Karen Casey Liberal
  Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage Joyce Treen Liberal
  Cole Harbour-Portland Valley Tony Ince Liberal
  Cumberland North Terry Farrell Liberal
  Cumberland South Jamie Baillie Progressive Conservative
  Dartmouth East Andrew Younger Liberal Removed from caucus November 5, 2015
  Independent
  Dartmouth North Joanne Bernard Liberal
  Dartmouth South Allan Rowe Liberal Died in office on March 16, 2015.
  Marian Mancini NDP Elected in a by-election on July 14, 2015.
Vacant
  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 Joachim Stroink Liberal
  Halifax Citadel-Sable Island Labi Kousoulis Liberal
  Halifax Needham Maureen MacDonald NDP Resigned April 12, 2016
  Lisa Roberts NDP Elected in a by-election on August 30, 2016.
  Hammonds Plains-Lucasville Ben Jessome Liberal
  Hants East Margaret Miller Liberal
  Hants West Chuck Porter Progressive Conservative Removed from caucus June 13, 2014
  Independent
  Liberal Joined Liberal caucus on February 17, 2016
  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 Conservative
  Pictou Centre Pat Dunn Progressive Conservative
  Pictou East Tim Houston Progressive Conservative
  Pictou West Karla MacFarlane Progressive Conservative
  Preston-Dartmouth Keith Colwell Liberal
  Queens-Shelburne Sterling Belliveau NDP
  Sackville-Beaver Bank Stephen Gough Liberal
  Sackville-Cobequid Dave Wilson NDP
  Sydney-Whitney Pier Gordie Gosse NDP Resigned on April 2, 2015.
  Derek Mombourquette Liberal Elected in a by-election on July 14, 2015.
  Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg Alfie MacLeod Progressive Conservative
  Timberlea-Prospect Iain Rankin Liberal
  Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River Lenore Zann NDP
  Victoria-The Lakes Pam Eyking Liberal
  Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank Bill Horne Liberal
  Yarmouth Zach Churchill Liberal

Seating plan

Younger Harrison Lohr
Mombourquette Wilson MacMaster Houston MacFarlane Orrell Roberts
Wilton Rankin MacLeod Dunn BAILLIE d'Entremont Wilson Belliveau Zann Peterson-Rafuse
Murphy
Churchill Bernard Regan Samson MCNEIL Whalen Glavine Delorey Casey MacLellan Colwell
Arab Farrell Furey Kousoulis Ince Diab Hines Miller Stroink Horne
Maguire Porter Jessome Lohnes-Croft Ekying Irving Gough Treen

Membership changes in the 62nd Assembly

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
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

References

  1. ^ "The Nova Scotia Legislature". General Assembly of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
2013-2017 		Succeeded by