65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
10 December 2024 – present
Parliament leaders
PremierTim Houston
since August 31, 2021
Leader of the
Opposition		Claudia Chender
since December 10, 2024
Party caucuses
GovernmentProgressive Conservative Party
OppositionNew Democratic Party
RecognizedLiberal Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House		Danielle Barkhouse
since September 5, 2024
Government
House Leader		TBD
Opposition
House Leader		TBD
Members55 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchCharles III
8 September 2022 – present
Lieutenant
Governor		Arthur LeBlanc
June 28, 2017 – December 13, 2024
Michael Savage
December 13, 2024 – present
Sessions
1st session
10 December 2024 –
← 64th → 66th

The 65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia is the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2024 Nova Scotia general election.

List of members

Riding Member Party Notes
  Annapolis David Bowlby Progressive Conservative
  Antigonish Michelle Thompson Progressive Conservative
  Argyle Colton LeBlanc Progressive Conservative
  Bedford Basin Tim Outhit Progressive Conservative
  Bedford South Damian Stoilov Progressive Conservative
  Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier Kendra Coombes NDP
  Cape Breton East Brian Comer Progressive Conservative
  Chester-St. Margaret's Danielle Barkhouse Progressive Conservative
  Clare Ryan Robicheau Progressive Conservative
  Clayton Park West Adegoke Fadare Progressive Conservative
  Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Scott Armstrong Progressive Conservative
  Colchester North Tom Taggart Progressive Conservative
  Cole Harbour-Dartmouth Brad McGowan Progressive Conservative
  Cole Harbour Leah Martin Progressive Conservative
  Cumberland North Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin Independent
  Cumberland South Tory Rushton Progressive Conservative
  Dartmouth East Tim Halman Progressive Conservative
  Dartmouth North Susan Leblanc NDP
  Dartmouth South Claudia Chender NDP Leader of the Opposition
  Digby-Annapolis Jill Balser Progressive Conservative
  Eastern Passage Barbara Adams Progressive Conservative
  Eastern Shore Kent Smith Progressive Conservative
  Fairview-Clayton Park Lina Hamid NDP
  Glace Bay-Dominion John White Progressive Conservative
  Guysborough-Tracadie Greg Morrow Progressive Conservative
  Halifax Armdale Rod Wilson NDP
  Halifax Atlantic Brendan Maguire Progressive Conservative
  Halifax Chebucto Krista Gallagher NDP
  Halifax Citadel-Sable Island Lisa Lachance NDP
  Halifax Needham Suzy Hansen NDP
  Hammonds Plains-Lucasville Rick Burns Progressive Conservative
  Hants East John A. MacDonald Progressive Conservative
  Hants West Melissa Sheehy-Richard Progressive Conservative
  Inverness Kyle MacQuarrie Progressive Conservative
  Kings North John Lohr Progressive Conservative
  Kings South Julie Vanexan Progressive Conservative
  Kings West Chris Palmer Progressive Conservative
  Lunenburg Susan Corkum-Greek Progressive Conservative
  Lunenburg West Becky Druhan Progressive Conservative
  Northside-Westmount Fred Tilley Progressive Conservative
  Pictou Centre Danny MacGillivray Progressive Conservative
  Pictou East Tim Houston Progressive Conservative Premier of Nova Scotia
  Pictou West Marco MacLeod Progressive Conservative
  Preston Twila Grosse Progressive Conservative
  Queens Kim Masland Progressive Conservative
  Richmond Trevor Boudreau Progressive Conservative
  Sackville-Cobequid Paul Wozney NDP
  Sackville-Uniacke Brad Johns Progressive Conservative
  Shelburne Nolan Young Progressive Conservative
  Sydney-Membertou Derek Mombourquette Liberal Interim Leader of the Liberal Party
  Timberlea-Prospect Iain Rankin Liberal
  Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River Dave Ritcey Progressive Conservative
  Victoria-The Lakes Dianne Timmins Progressive Conservative
  Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank Brian Wong Progressive Conservative
  Yarmouth Nick Hilton Progressive Conservative

Membership changes in the 65th Assembly

Number of members
per party by date 		2024
November 26
  Progressive Conservative 43
  NDP 9
  Liberal 2
  Independent 1
Vacant 0
Membership changes in the 65th General Assembly
Date Name District Party Reason
November 26, 2024 See list of members Election day of the 42nd Nova Scotia general election

References

Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
2024–present 		Succeeded by