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62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

Majority parliament

24 October 2013 – 30 April 2017

Parliament leaders

Premier

Stephen McNeil
October 22, 2013

Leader of the
Opposition

Jamie Baillie
October 22, 2013

Party caucuses

Government

Liberal Party

Opposition

Progressive Conservative Party

Recognized

New 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

Members

51 MLA seats

Sovereign

Monarch

Elizabeth 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.
Cape Breton Centre	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
Dartmouth East	Andrew Younger	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
Halifax Needham	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.
Sydney-Whitney Pier	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

Membership changes in the 62nd Assembly

Number of members per party by date		2013	2014	2015				2016			2017
Number of members per party by date		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


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

^ "The Nova Scotia Legislature". General Assembly of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-20.

Preceded by 61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia	General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 2013-2017	Succeeded by 63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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The Crown	Sovereign King Charles III
Lieutenant-Governor	Michael Savage Former lieutenant-governors
Premier	Tim Houston Former premiers Executive Council (Cabinet)
Opposition leader	Claudia Chender Former opposition leaders
House of Assembly	Current members Past General Assemblies
Speaker of the Assembly	Danielle Barkhouse Former Speakers
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