61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia

{{Infobox Canadian Parliament

| jurisdiction = NS

| # = 61st

| type = Majority

| houseimage =

| status = inactive

| term-begin = June 25, 2009

| term-end = September 7, 2013

| sc = Charlie Parker

| scterm = June 25, 2009 – January 11, 2011

| sc2 = Gordie Gosse

| scterm2 = January 19, 2011 – September 7, 2013

| pm = Darrell Dexter

| pmterm = June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013

| lo = Stephen McNeil

| loterm = June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013

| ghl = Frank Corbett

| ghlterm = June 25, 2009 – September 7, 2013

| ohl = Manning MacDonald

| ohlterm = June 25, 2009 – January 27, 2012

| ohl2 = Michel Samson

| ohlterm2 = January 27, 2012 – September 7, 2013

| party = New Democratic Party

| party2 = Liberal Party

| party3 = Progressive Conservative Party

| sessionbegin = June 25, 2009

| sessionend = March 25, 2010

| sessionbegin2 = March 25, 2010

| sessionend2 = March 31, 2011

| sessionbegin3 = March 31, 2011

| sessionend3 = March 29, 2012

| sessionbegin4 = March 29, 2012

| sessionend4 = March 26, 2013

| sessionbegin5 = March 26, 2013

| sessionend5 = September 7, 2013

| ministry =

| ministry2 =

| ministrybegin =

| ministryend =

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| monarch = Elizabeth II

| monarchterm = February 6, 1952

| viceroy = Mayann Francis

| viceroyterm = September 7, 2006 – April 12, 2012

| viceroy2 = John James Grant

| viceroyterm2 = April 12, 2012

| members = 52

| lastparl = 60th

| nextparl = 62nd

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61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia was an assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2009 Nova Scotia election. The first session of the General Assembly lasted from 25 June 2009 to 25 March 2010. The second session began on 25 March 2010 with a speech from the throne.

List of members

class="wikitable sortable"

!align="right"| Riding

!align="right"| Member

!align="right"| Party

!align="right"|First elected / previously elected

|Annapolis

|Stephen McNeil{{cite web |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/09Dist01.pdf |title= June 9, 2009 Nova Scotia Provincial general election - 01 Electoral District of Annapolis}}

|Liberal

|2003

|rowspan="2"|Antigonish

|Angus MacIsaac

|Progressive Conservative

|1969{{efn|Guysborough}}, 1999

|Maurice Smith

|NDP

|2009

|Argyle

|Chris d'Entremont

|Progressive Conservative

|2003

|Bedford—Birch Cove

|Kelly Regan

|Liberal

|2009

|Cape Breton Centre

|Frank Corbett

|NDP

|1998

|rowspan="2"|Cape Breton North

|Cecil Clarke

|Progressive Conservative

|2001

|Eddie Orrell

|Progressive Conservative

|2011

|Cape Breton Nova

|Gordie Gosse

|NDP

|2003

|rowspan="2"|Cape Breton South

|Manning MacDonald

|Liberal

|rowspan="2"|1993

|colspan="2"|Vacant

|Cape Breton West

|Alfie MacLeod

|Progressive Conservative

|1995, 2006

|Chester-St. Margaret's

|Denise Peterson-Rafuse

|NDP

|2009

|Clare

|Wayne Gaudet

|Liberal

|1993

|Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley

|Gary Burrill

|NDP

|2009

|rowspan=2|Colchester North

|rowspan=2|Karen Casey

|Progressive Conservative

|rowspan=2|2006

|Liberal

|Cole Harbour

|Darrell Dexter

|NDP

|1998

|Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage

|Becky Kent

|NDP

|2007

|Cumberland North

|Brian Skabar

|NDP

|2009

|rowspan=2|Cumberland South

|Murray Scott

|Progressive Conservative

|1998

|Jamie Baillie

|Progressive Conservative

|2010

|Dartmouth East

|Andrew Younger

|Liberal

|2009

|rowspan=3|Dartmouth North

|rowspan=2|Trevor Zinck

|NDP

|rowspan=3|2006

|Independent

|colspan="2"|Vacant

|Dartmouth South-Portland Valley

|Marilyn More

|NDP

|2003

|Digby-Annapolis

|Harold Theriault, Jr.

|Liberal

|2003

|Eastern Shore

|Sid Prest

|NDP

|2009

|rowspan="2"|Glace Bay

|David Wilson

|Liberal

|1999

|Geoff MacLellan

|Liberal

|2010

|Guysborough-Sheet Harbour

|Jim Boudreau

|NDP

|2009

|Halifax Atlantic

|Michèle Raymond

|NDP

|2003

|Halifax Chebucto

|Howard Epstein

|NDP

|1998

|Halifax Citadel-Sable Island

|Leonard Preyra

|NDP

|2006

|Halifax Clayton Park

|Diana Whalen

|Liberal

|2003

|Halifax Fairview

|Graham Steele

|NDP

|2001

|Halifax Needham

|Maureen MacDonald

|NDP

|1998

|Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville

|Mat Whynott

|NDP

|2009

|Hants East

|John MacDonell

|NDP

|1998

|Hants West

|Chuck Porter

|Progressive Conservative

|2006

|rowspan="2"|Inverness

|Rodney MacDonald

|Progressive Conservative

|1999

|Allan MacMaster

|Progressive Conservative

|2009

|Kings North

|Jim Morton

|NDP

|2009

|Kings South

|Ramona Jennex

|NDP

|2009

|Kings West

|Leo Glavine

|Liberal

|2003

|Lunenburg

|Pam Birdsall

|NDP

|2009

|Lunenburg West

|Gary Ramey

|NDP

|2009

|Pictou Centre

|Ross Landry

|NDP

|2009

|Pictou East

|Clarrie MacKinnon

|NDP

|2006

|Pictou West

|Charlie Parker

|NDP

|1998, 2003

|Preston

|Keith Colwell

|Liberal

|1993{{efn|Eastern Shore}}, 2003

|Queens

|Vicki Conrad

|NDP

|2006

|Richmond

|Michel Samson

|Liberal

|1998

|Sackville-Cobequid

|Dave Wilson

|NDP

|2003

|Shelburne

|Sterling Belliveau

|NDP

|2006

|Timberlea-Prospect

|Bill Estabrooks

|NDP

|1998

|Truro-Bible Hill

|Lenore Zann

|NDP

|2009

|Victoria-The Lakes

|Keith Bain

|Progressive Conservative

|2006

|Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank

|Percy Paris

|NDP

|2006

|rowspan="2"|Yarmouth

|Richard Hurlburt

|Progressive Conservative

|1999

|Zach Churchill

|Liberal

|2010

Seating plan

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span style="color:white; font-size:87%; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Liberal}}; border:1;" \| Gaudet	Samson	Glavine	Whalen	MCNEIL	Casey \| style="background:white" \| * \| style="background:{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC}};" \| Orrell \| style="background:{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC}};" \| BAILLIE \| style="background:{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC}};" \| MacLeod \| style="background:{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC}};" \| d'Entremont
span style="color:white; font-size:87%; background:white; border:1;" \| ****
span style="color:white; font-size:87%; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|NDP}}; border:1;" \| Parker
span style="color:white; font-size:87%; background:white; border:1;" \| ****
span style="color:white; font-size:87%; background:sandybrown; border:1;" \| Belliveau	More	Landry	MacDonald	Steele \| style="background:white" \| **** \| DEXTER	Corbett	Peterson-Rafuse	Paris	Jennex	MacDonell	Estabrooks
span style="color:white; font-size:87%; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|NDP}}; border:1;" \| MacKinnon	Wilson	Kent	Gosse	Conrad \| style="background:white" \| **** \| Epstein	Raymond	Preyra	Skabar	Boudreau	Prest	Smith
span style="color:white; font-size:87%; background:{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|NDP}}; border:1;" \| style="background:white" \| ** \| style="background:white" \| ** \| Morton	Burrill	Birdsall \| style="background:white" \| **** \| Ramey	Zann	Whynott

Membership changes in the 61st Assembly

class="wikitable" !colspan="2" rowspan="2"\|Number of members per party by date !colspan="4"\|2009 !colspan="6"\|2010 !colspan="3"\|2011 !colspan="2"\|2013
Jun 9 !Sep 4 !Sep 10 !Oct 20 !Feb 9 !Mar 11 !Mar 25 !Jun 22 !Sep 8 !Oct 26 !Jan 10 !Mar 25 !Jun 21 !May 29 !June 19 {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|NDP\|row}} \|NDP \|colspan=3\|31 \|colspan=3\|32 \|colspan=9\|31 {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Liberal\|row}} \|Liberal \|colspan=5\|11 \|colspan=2\|10 \|colspan=3\|12 \|colspan=3\|13 \|colspan=2\|12 {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC\|row}} \|Progressive Conservative \|10 \|9 \|8 \|9 \|colspan=4\|8 \|7 \|8 \|7 \|6 \|colspan=4\|7 {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Independent\|row}} \|Independent \|colspan=6\|0 \|colspan=8\|1 \|0
rowspan=3\| \|Total members \|52 \|51 \|50 \|52 \|51 \|colspan=2\|50 \|52 \|51 \|colspan=2\|52 \|51 \|52 \|51 \|50
Vacant \|0 \|1 \|2 \|0 \|1 \|colspan=2\|2 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|1 \|colspan=2\|0 \|1 \|2
Government majority \|10 \|11 \|colspan=2\|12 \|13 \|14 \|12 \|10 \|11 \|colspan=2\|10 \|11 \|10 \|11 \|12

class="wikitable"

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Number of members
per party by date

!colspan="4"|2009

!colspan="6"|2010

!colspan="3"|2011

!colspan="2"|2013

Jun 9

!Sep 4

!Sep 10

!Oct 20

!Feb 9

!Mar 11

!Mar 25

!Jun 22

!Sep 8

!Oct 26

!Jan 10

!Mar 25

!Jun 21

!May 29

!June 19

|NDP

|colspan=3|31

|colspan=3|32

|colspan=9|31

|Liberal

|colspan=5|11

|colspan=2|10

|colspan=3|12

|colspan=3|13

|colspan=2|12

|Progressive Conservative

|10

|colspan=4|8

|colspan=4|7

|Independent

|colspan=6|0

|colspan=8|1

rowspan=3|

|Total members

|52

|51

|50

|52

|51

|colspan=2|50

|52

|51

|colspan=2|52

|51

|52

|51

|50

Vacant

|colspan=2|2

|colspan=2|0

Government majority

|10

|11

|colspan=2|12

|13

|14

|12

|10

|11

|colspan=2|10

|11

|10

|11

|12

class="wikitable" !colspan=6\|Membership changes in the 61st General Assembly
!Date !Name !District !Party !Reason
\|June 9, 2009 \|colspan=3\|See list of members \|Election day of the 38th Nova Scotia general election {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC\|row}} \|September 4, 2009 \|Angus MacIsaac \|Antigonish \|Progressive Conservative \|Vacated seat {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC\|row}} \|September 10, 2009 \|Rodney MacDonald \|Inverness \|Progressive Conservative \|Vacated seat {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC\|row}} \|October 20, 2009 \|Allan MacMaster \|Inverness \|Progressive Conservative \|Elected in a by-election {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|NDP\|row}} \|October 20, 2009 \|Maurice Smith \|Antigonish \|NDP \|Elected in a by-election {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC\|row}} \|February 9, 2010 \|Richard Hurlburt \|Yarmouth \|Progressive Conservative \|Vacated seat due to constituency expense scandal {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Liberal\|row}} \|March 11, 2010 \|David Wilson \|Glace Bay \|Liberal \|Vacated seat {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Independent\|row}} \|March 25, 2010 \|Trevor Zinck \|Dartmouth North \|Independent \|Removed from the NDP caucus over constituency expense irregularities {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Liberal\|row}} \|June 22, 2010 \|Zach Churchill \|Yarmouth \|Liberal \|Elected in a by-election {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Liberal\|row}} \|June 22, 2010 \|Geoff MacLellan \|Glace Bay \|Liberal \|Elected in a by-election {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC\|row}} \|September 8, 2010 \|Murray Scott \|Cumberland South \|Progressive Conservative \|Vacated Seat {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC\|row}} \|October 26, 2010 \|Jamie Baillie \|Cumberland South \|Progressive Conservative \|Elected in a by-election {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Liberal\|row}} \| January 10, 2011 \|Karen Casey \|Colchester North \|Liberal \|Crossed the floor from Progressive Conservatives {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC\|row}} \|March 25, 2011 \|Cecil Clarke \|Cape Breton North \|Progressive Conservative \|Vacated seat to run in the 2011 Canadian federal election {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC\|row}} \|June 21, 2011 \|Eddie Orrell \|Cape Breton North \|Progressive Conservative \|Elected in a by-election {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Liberal\|row}} \|May 29, 2013 \|Manning MacDonald \|Cape Breton South \|Liberal \|Vacated Seat {{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Independent\|row}} \|June 19, 2013 \|Trevor Zinck \|Dartmouth North \|Independent \|Vacated Seat

class="wikitable"

!colspan=6|Membership changes in the 61st General Assembly

!Date

!Name

!District

!Party

!Reason

|June 9, 2009

|colspan=3|See list of members

|Election day of the 38th Nova Scotia general election

|September 4, 2009

|Angus MacIsaac