52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between December 7, 1978 and August 28, 1981.

52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
December 7, 1978 – August 28, 1981
Parliament leaders
Premier	John Buchanan October 5, 1978
Leader of the Opposition	Gerald Regan October 5, 1978 – January 1, 1980
	Benoit Comeau January 1, 1980 – June 8, 1980
	A.M. (Sandy) Cameron June 8, 1980
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the House	Ron Russell December 7, 1978 – July 8, 1980
	Art Donahoe February 19, 1981
Members	52 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952
Lieutenant Governor	Clarence Gosse October 1, 1973 – December 23, 1978
	John Elvin Shaffner December 23, 1978
Sessions
1st session December 7, 1978 – December 28, 1979
2nd session February 28, 1980 – February 19, 1981
3rd session February 19, 1981 – August 28, 1981
← 51st → 53rd

Division of seats

There were 52 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1978 Nova Scotia general election.

	Leader	Party	# of Seats
	Gerald Regan	Liberal	17
	John Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	31
	Jeremy Akerman	NDP	4
Total			52

List of members

	Riding	Name	Party	First elected / previously elected	Position
	Annapolis East	Gerry Sheehy	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Annapolis West	Greg Kerr	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Antigonish	J. William Gillis	Liberal	1970
	Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley	Ken Streatch	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Cape Breton South	Vincent MacLean	Liberal	1974
	Cape Breton Centre	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	NDP	1974
	Cape Breton North	Len J. Arsenault	NDP	1978
	Cape Breton Nova	Paul MacEwan	NDP	1970
			Independent
	Cape Breton East	Jeremy Akerman	NDP	1970
		Donnie MacLeod (1980)	Progressive Conservative	1980
	Cape Breton West	David N. Muise	Liberal	1978
	Cape Breton The Lakes	Ossie Fraser	Liberal	1976
	Clare	Benoit Comeau	Liberal	1967
	Colchester North	Bill Campbell	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Colchester South	R. Colin Stewart	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Cole Harbour	David Nantes	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Cumberland East	Roger S. Bacon	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Cumberland West	D. L. George Henley	Progressive Conservative	1963
	Cumberland Centre	Guy A. C. Brown	Liberal	1974
	Dartmouth East	Richard L. Weldon	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Dartmouth North	Laird Stirling	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Dartmouth South	Roland J. Thornhill	Progressive Conservative	1974
	Digby	Joseph H. Casey	Liberal	1970
	Guysborough	A. M. "Sandy" Cameron	Liberal	1973
	Halifax Atlantic	John Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	1967	Premier
	Halifax Bedford Basin	Joel Matheson	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Halifax Cornwallis	Terry Donahoe	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Halifax Citadel	Arthur R. Donahoe	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Halifax Chebucto	Walter Fitzgerald	Liberal	1974
	Halifax Eastern Shore	Tom McInnis	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Halifax Needham	Gerald Regan	Liberal	1967
		Edmund L. Morris (1980)	Progressive Conservative	1980
	Halifax St. Margarets	Gerald A.(Jerry) Lawrence	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Hants East	G. Patrick Hunt	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Hants West	Ron Russell	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Inverness	Bill MacEachern	Liberal	1974
		John Archie MacKenzie	Liberal	1970
	Kings North	Edward Twohig	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Kings South	Harry How	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Kings West	George Moody	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Lunenburg Centre	Bruce Cochran	Progressive Conservative	1974
	Lunenburg East	Ron Barkhouse	Progressive Conservative	1974
	Lunenburg West	Mel Pickings	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Pictou East	Donald W. Cameron	Progressive Conservative	1974
	Pictou West	Donald P. McInnes	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Pictou Centre	Jack MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Queens	John Leefe	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Richmond	Gaston LeBlanc	Liberal	1974
		John E. LeBrun (1980)	Liberal	1980
	Sackville	Malcolm A. MacKay	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Shelburne	Harold Huskilson	Liberal	1970
	Truro-Bible Hill	Ron Giffin	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Victoria	Peter John Nicholson	Liberal	1978
		Fisher Hudson (1980)	Progressive Conservative	1967, 1980
	Yarmouth	Fraser Mooney	Liberal	1970
		Hugh Tinkham	Liberal	1974

Former members of the 52nd General Assembly

	Name	Party	Electoral District	Cause of departure	Succeeded by	Elected
	Gerald Regan	Liberal	Halifax Needham	elected to federal seat	Edmund L. Morris, PC	May 6, 1980
	Gaston T. LeBlanc	Liberal	Richmond	death	John E. LeBrun, Liberal	May 6, 1980
	Peter John Nicholson	Liberal	Victoria	resigned	Fisher Hudson, PC	May 6, 1980
	Jeremy Akerman	NDP	Cape Breton East	resigned	Donnie MacLeod, PC	December 2, 1980