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55th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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{{Infobox Canadian Parliament

| jurisdiction = NS

| # = 55th

| type = Majority

| houseimage =

| status = inactive

| term-begin = February 23, 1989

| term-end = April 16, 1993

| sc = Art Donahoe

| scterm = February 19, 1981 – February 26, 1991

| sc2 = Ron Russell

| scterm2 = May 10, 1991 – April 16, 1993

| pm = John Buchanan

| pmterm = October 5, 1978 – September 12, 1990

| pm2 = Roger Bacon

| pmterm2 = September 12, 1990 – February 26, 1991

| pm3 = Donald Cameron

| pmterm3 = February 26, 1991 – June 11, 1993

| lo = Vincent MacLean

| loterm = February 22, 1986 – March 3, 1992

| lo2 = Bill Gillis

| loterm2 = March 21, 1992 – June 11, 1993

| party = Progressive Conservative Party

| party2 = Liberal Party

| party3 = New Democratic Party

| sessionbegin = February 23, 1989

| sessionend = February 22, 1990

| sessionbegin2 = February 22, 1990

| sessionend2 = April 16, 1993

| ministry =

| ministry2 =

| ministrybegin =

| ministryend =

| ministrybegin2 =

| ministryend2 =

| monarch = Elizabeth II

| monarchterm = February 6, 1952

| viceroy = Lloyd Crouse

| viceroyterm = February 20, 1989

| members = 52

| lastparl = 54th

| nextparl = 56th

}}

55th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 23, 1989, and April 16, 1993, its membership being set in the 1988 Nova Scotia general election. Roger Bacon replaced John Buchanan as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia and Premier in 1990.

Division of seats

The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the General Election of 1988

class="wikitable"

!

! Leader

! Party

! # of Seats

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

| John M. Buchanan

| Progressive Conservative

| 28

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

| Vincent J. MacLean

| Liberal

| 21

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

| Alexa McDonough

| NDP

|2

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

|

| Independent

| 1

colspan="3"| Total

|52

List of members

class="wikitable sortable"

!

!Name

!Party

!Riding

!First elected / previously elected

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

|Earle Rafuse

|Liberal

|Annapolis East

|1988

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

|Greg Kerr

|Progressive Conservative

|Annapolis West

|1978

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

|J. William Gillis

|Liberal

|Antigonish

|1970

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

|Neil LeBlanc

|Progressive Conservative

|Argyle

|1984

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

|Kenneth Streatch

|Progressive Conservative

|Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley

|1978

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

|Wayne Connors

|Liberal

|rowspan="2"|Cape Breton Centre

|1988

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

|Russell MacNeil (1989)

|Liberal

|1989

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

|John MacEachern

|Liberal

|Cape Breton East

|1988

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

|Brian Young

|Progressive Conservative

|Cape Breton North

|1981

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

|rowspan="2"|Paul MacEwan

|Independent

|rowspan="2"|Cape Breton Nova

|rowspan="2"|1970{{efn|First elected as a New Democrat}}

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

|Liberal

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

|Vincent J. MacLean

|Liberal

|Cape Breton South

|1974

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

|Bernie Boudreau

|Liberal

|Cape Breton The Lakes

|1988

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

|Russell MacKinnon

|Liberal

|Cape Breton West

|1988

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

|Guy LeBlanc

|Progressive Conservative

|Clare

|1984

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

|Ed Lorraine

|Liberal

|Colchester North

|1981, 1988

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

|R. Collin Stewart

|Progressive Conservative

|Colchester South

|1978

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

|David Nantes

|Progressive Conservative

|Cole Harbour

|1978

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

|Guy Brown

|Liberal

|Cumberland Centre

|1974

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

|Roger Stuart Bacon

|Progressive Conservative

|Cumberland East

|1970

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

|Ross Bragg

|Liberal

|Cumberland West

|1988

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

|Jim Smith

|Liberal

|Dartmouth East

|1984

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

|Sandy Jolly

|Liberal

|Dartmouth North

|1988

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

|rowspan="3"|Roland J. Thornhill

|Progressive Conservative

|rowspan="3"|Dartmouth South

|rowspan="3"|1974

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

|Independent

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

|Progressive Conservative

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

|Joe Casey

|Liberal

|Digby

|1970, 1988

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

|Chuck MacNeil

|Progressive Conservative

|Guysborough

|1984

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

|John M. Buchanan

|Progressive Conservative

|rowspan="2"|Halifax Atlantic

|1967

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

|Robert Chisholm (1991)

|NDP

|1991

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

|Joel Matheson

|Progressive Conservative

|Halifax Bedford Basin

|1978

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

|Alexa McDonough

|NDP

|Halifax Chebucto

|1981

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

|Arthur R. Donahoe †

|Progressive Conservative

|Halifax Citadel

|1978

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

|Terence R. B. Donahoe

|Progressive Conservative

|Halifax Cornwallis

|1978

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

|Tom McInnis

|Progressive Conservative

|Halifax Eastern Shore

|1978

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

|Gerry O'Malley

|Liberal

|Halifax Needham

|1988

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

|Jerry Lawrence

|Progressive Conservative

|Halifax St. Margarets

|1978

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

|Jack Hawkins

|Liberal

|Hants East

|1970, 1981, 1988

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

|Ron Russell †

|Progressive Conservative

|Hants West

|1978

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

|Charles MacArthur

|Liberal

|Inverness North

|1988

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

|Danny Graham

|Liberal

|Inverness South

|1988

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

|George Archibald

|Progressive Conservative

|Kings North

|1984

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

|rowspan="2"|Derrick Kimball

|Progressive Conservative

|rowspan="2"|Kings South

|rowspan="2"|1988

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

|Independent

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

|George Moody

|Progressive Conservative

|Kings West

|1978

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

|Al Mosher

|Progressive Conservative

|Lunenburg Centre

|1988

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

|Jim Barkhouse

|Liberal

|Lunenburg East

|1984

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

|Marie P. Dechman

|Progressive Conservative

|Lunenburg West

|1988

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

|Jack MacIsaac

|Progressive Conservative

|Pictou Centre

|1977

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

|Donald W. Cameron

|Progressive Conservative

|Pictou East

|1974

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

|Donald P. McInnes

|Progressive Conservative

|Pictou West

|1978

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

|John Leefe

|Progressive Conservative

|Queens

|1978

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

|Richard Mann

|Liberal

|Richmond

|1988

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

|John Holm

|NDP

|Sackville

|1984

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

|Harold Huskilson

|Liberal

|Shelburne

|1970

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

|Ron Giffin

|Progressive Conservative

|Truro-Bible Hill

|1978

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

|Kennie MacAskill

|Liberal

|Victoria

|1988

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

|Leroy Legere

|Progressive Conservative

|Yarmouth

|1988

† denotes the speaker. Ron Russell became speaker in 1991.

Former members of the 55th General Assembly

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!

!Name

!Party

!Electoral District

!Cause of departure

!Succeeded by

!Elected

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

|Wayne Connors

|Liberal

|Cape Breton Centre

|resigned

|Russell MacNeil, Liberal

|August 22, 1989

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

|John M. Buchanan

|Progressive Conservative

|Halifax Atlantic

|named to Senate of Canada

|Robert Chisholm, NDP

|August 22, 1991

Notes

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References

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External links

  • {{cite web|author=Government of Nova Scotia |url=http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/ele_summary.pdf |title=Election Summary From 1867 - 2006 |access-date=2008-10-27 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |work=Elections Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912061452/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/ele_summary.pdf |archive-date=12 September 2008 |url-status=dead }}

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