63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
16 June 2017 – 17 July 2021
Parliament leaders
PremierStephen 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
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionProgressive Conservative Party
RecognizedNew 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
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952–September 8, 2022
Lieutenant
Governor		Arthur LeBlanc
June 28, 2017–December 13, 2024
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.

List of members

Riding Member Party Notes
  Annapolis Stephen McNeil Liberal Resigned May 3, 2021
  Vacant
  Antigonish Randy Delorey Liberal
  Argyle-Barrington Chris d'Entremont Progressive Conservative Resigned July 31, 2019
  Colton LeBlanc Progressive Conservative Elected September 3, 2019
  Bedford Kelly Regan Liberal
  Cape Breton Centre Tammy Martin NDP Resigned February 6, 2020
  Kendra Coombes NDP Elected March 10, 2020
  Cape Breton-Richmond Alana Paon Progressive Conservative Progressive 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 Liberal Liberal 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 Conservative Progressive 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 Conservative Resigned January 24, 2018
  Tory Rushton Progressive Conservative Elected 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 NDP Leader 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 Liberal Resigned 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 Conservative Resigned July 31, 2019
  Murray Ryan Progressive Conservative Elected September 3, 2019
  Pictou Centre Pat Dunn Progressive Conservative
  Pictou East Tim Houston Progressive Conservative Leader 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 NDP Resigned November 16, 2018
  Steve Craig Progressive Conservative Elected June 19, 2019
  Sydney-Whitney Pier Derek Mombourquette Liberal
  Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg Alfie MacLeod Progressive Conservative Resigned July 31, 2019
  Brian Comer Progressive Conservative Elected September 3, 2019
  Timberlea-Prospect Iain Rankin Liberal Premier of Nova Scotia
  Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River Lenore Zann Independent Resigned September 12, 2019
  Dave Ritcey Progressive Conservative Elected 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 		2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
May 30 Jan 24 Jun 19 Nov 16 Jun 9 Jun 19 Jun 24 Jul 31 Sep 3 Sep 12 Feb 6 Feb 23 Mar 10 May 3 Jun 1 Jun 24
  Liberal 27 26 25 24
  Progressive Conservative 17 16 17 18 17 14 17 18 17
  NDP 7 6 5 4 5
  Independent 0 1 2 1 2 3
Vacant 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 2
Membership changes in the 63rd General Assembly
Date Name District Party Reason
May 30, 2017 See list of members Election day of the 40th Nova Scotia general election
  January 24, 2018 Jamie Baillie Cumberland South Progressive Conservative Resignation
  June 19, 2018 Tory Rushton Cumberland South Progressive Conservative Elected in by-election
  November 16, 2018 Dave Wilson Sackville-Cobequid NDP Resignation
  June 9, 2019 Lenore Zann Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River Independent Changing affiliation as means to run in federal politics as a Liberal candidate[3][4]
  June 19, 2019 Steve Craig Sackville-Cobequid Progressive Conservative Elected in by-election
  June 24, 2019 Alana Paon Cape Breton-Richmond Independent Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus
  July 31, 2019 Chris d'Entremont Argyle-Barrington Progressive Conservative Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
  July 31, 2019 Eddie Orrell Northside-Westmount Progressive Conservative Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
  July 31, 2019 Alfie MacLeod Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg Progressive Conservative Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
  September 3, 2019 Colton LeBlanc Argyle-Barrington Progressive Conservative Elected in by-election
  September 3, 2019 Murray Ryan Northside-Westmount Progressive Conservative Elected in by-election
  September 3, 2019 Brian Comer Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg Progressive Conservative Elected in by-election
  September 12, 2019 Lenore Zann Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River Independent Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Liberal Party.
  February 6, 2020 Tammy Martin Cape Breton Centre NDP Resignation
  February 23, 2020 Hugh MacKay Chester-St. Margaret's Independent Resigned from Liberal caucus
  March 10, 2020 Kendra Coombes Cape Breton Centre NDP Elected in by-election
  March 10, 2020 Dave Ritcey Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River Progressive Conservative Elected in by-election
  May 3, 2021 Stephen McNeil Annapolis Liberal Resignation
  June 1, 2021 Margaret Miller Hants East Liberal Resignation
  June 24, 2021 Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin Cumberland North Independent Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus

References

  1. ^ "Current Assembly Members / Members of the Legislative Assembly / People / The Nova Scotia Legislature". nslegislature.ca. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  2. ^ MacDonald, Michael (31 May 2017). "Nova Scotia Liberals win their second straight majority government". National Observer. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Lenore Zann seeks federal Liberal nomination for Cumberland-Colchester". CBC News. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Longtime NDP MLA Lenore Zann to run for federal Liberal nomination". CTV News. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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