44th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 44th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between March 21, 1950, and April 14, 1953.

Division of seats

There were 37 members of the General Assembly elected in the 1949 Nova Scotia general election.

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!

! Leader

! Party

! # of Seats

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|Robert L. Stanfield

|Conservative

|8

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|Angus L. Macdonald

|Liberal

|27

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|Russell Cunningham

|CCF

|2

colspan="3"| Total

|37

List of members

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!

!Riding

!Name

!Party

!First elected / previously elected

!Position

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Annapolis County

|Henry Davies Hicks

|Liberal

|1945

|Minister of Education

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Antigonish

|Colin H. Chisholm

|Liberal

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Cape Breton South

|John Smith MacIvor

|Liberal

|1945

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|CCF|row}}

|Cape Breton Centre

|Michael McDonald

|CCF

|1945

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Cape Breton North

|Alexander O'Handley

|Liberal

|1925{{efn|Cape Breton East (First elected as a Conservative)}}, 1941

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|CCF|row}}

|Cape Breton East

|Russell Cunningham

|CCF

|1945

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Cape Breton West

|Malcolm A. Patterson

|Liberal

|1937

|Attorney general

{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}

|Clare

|Desire J. Comeau

|Progressive Conservative

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}

|rowspan=2|Colchester

|Robert L. Stanfield

|Progressive Conservative

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}

|G. I. Smith

|Progressive Conservative

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Cumberland East

|Martin J. Kaufman

|Liberal

|1945

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}

|Cumberland West

|Thomas A. Giles

|Progressive Conservative

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Cumberland Centre

|Archibald J. Mason

|Liberal

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}

|Digby

|E. Keith Potter

|Progressive Conservative

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Guysborough

|Arthur Whittier MacKenzie

|Liberal

|1945

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Halifax South

|Angus L.MacDonald

|Liberal

|1933, 1945

|Premier

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Halifax Centre

|James Edward Rutledge

|Liberal

|1939

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Halifax North

|Harold Connolly

|Liberal

|1936

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Halifax East

|Geoffrey W. Stevens

|Liberal

|1933

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Halifax West

|Ronald Manning Fielding

|Liberal

|1941

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}

|Hants East

|Ernest M. Ettinger

|Progressive Conservative

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|rowspan=2|Hants West

|George B. Cole

|Liberal

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}

|George H. Wilson (1950)

|Progressive Conservative

|1950

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|rowspan=2|Inverness

|Alexander H. McKinnon

|Liberal

|1940

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Roderick MacLean

|Liberal

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|rowspan=2|Kings

|William H. Pipe

|Liberal

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|David Durell Sutton

|Liberal

|1945

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|rowspan=2|Lunenburg

|Gordon E. Romkey

|Liberal

|1933

|speaker

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Arthur L. Thurlow

|Liberal

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Pictou East

|John W. MacDonald

|Liberal

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Pictou West

|Stewart W. Proudfoot

|Liberal

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Pictou Centre

|Alfred B. DeWolfe

|Liberal

|1945

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Queens

|Merrill D. Rawding

|Liberal

|1945

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|rowspan=2|Richmond

|Lauchlin Daniel Currie

|Liberal

|1933{{efn|Cape Breton East}}, 1941

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Earle W. Urquhart (1949)

|Liberal

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Shelburne

|Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee

|Liberal

|1941

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Victoria

|Carleton L. MacMillan

|Liberal

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}

|rowspan=2|Yarmouth

|William H. Brown

|Progressive Conservative

|1949

|

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Donald J. Fraser

|Liberal

|1949

|

Former members of the 44th General Assembly

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!

!Name

!Party

!Electoral District

!Cause of departure

!Succeeded by

!Elected

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Lauchlin Daniel Currie

|Liberal

|Richmond

|named judge

|Earle W. Urquhart, Liberal

|December 20, 1949

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|George B. Cole

|Liberal

|Hants West

|election appealed

|George H. Wilson, PC

|November 27, 1950

Notes

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References

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;General

  • Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1949, PG Normandin