53rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

53rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 18, 1982, and November 6, 1984, its membership being set in the 1981 Nova Scotia general election. John M. Buchanan led the Progressive Conservatives to a Majority Government.

53rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
February 18, 1982 – September 28, 1984
Parliament leaders
Premier	John Buchanan October 5, 1978
Leader of the Opposition	A.M. (Sandy) Cameron June 8, 1980 – November 6, 1984
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the House	Art Donahoe February 19, 1981
Members	52 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952
Lieutenant Governor	John Elvin Shaffner December 23, 1978 – February 1, 1984
	Alan Abraham February 1, 1984
Sessions
1st session February 18, 1982 – February 24, 1983
2nd session February 24, 1983 – February 27, 1984
3rd session February 27, 1984 – September 28, 1984
← 52nd → 54th

Division of seats

The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the General Election of 1981

	Leader	Party	# of Seats
	John M. Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	37
	A.M. (Sandy) Cameron	Liberal	13
	Alexa McDonough	NDP	1
	Independent		1
Total			52

List of members

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected
	Gerry Sheehy	Progressive Conservative	Annapolis East	1970
	Greg Kerr	Progressive Conservative	Annapolis West	1978
	J. William Gillis	Liberal	Antigonish	1970
	Hugh Tinkham	Liberal	Argyle	1974
	Kenneth Streatch	Progressive Conservative	Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley	1978
	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative	Cape Breton Centre	1963, 1981
	Donnie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	Cape Breton East	1980
	Brian Young	Progressive Conservative	Cape Breton North	1981
	Paul MacEwan	Independent	Cape Breton Nova	1970[a]
	Cape Breton Labour
	Vincent J. MacLean	Liberal	Cape Breton South	1974
	Ossie Fraser	Liberal	Cape Breton The Lakes	1976
	John Newell (1983)	Progressive Conservative	1983
	Donnie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	Cape Breton West	1981
	Chester Melanson	Liberal	Clare	1981
	Ed Lorraine	Liberal	Colchester North	1981
	R. Collin Stewart	Progressive Conservative	Colchester South	1978
	David Nantes	Progressive Conservative	Cole Harbour	1978
	Guy Brown	Liberal	Cumberland Centre	1974
	Roger Stuart Bacon	Progressive Conservative	Cumberland East	1970
	D. L. George Henley	Progressive Conservative	Cumberland West	1963
	Richard L. Weldon	Progressive Conservative	Dartmouth East	1978
	Laird Stirling	Progressive Conservative	Dartmouth North	1978
	Roland J. Thornhill	Progressive Conservative	Dartmouth South	1974
	Joe Casey	Liberal	Digby	1970
	A. M. (Sandy) Cameron	Liberal	Guysborough	1973
	John M. Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Atlantic	1967
	Joel Matheson	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Bedford Basin	1978
	Alexa McDonough	NDP	Halifax Chebucto	1981
	Arthur R. Donahoe †	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Citadel	1978
	Terence R. B. Donahoe	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Cornwallis	1978
	Tom McInnis	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Eastern Shore	1978
	Edmond L. Morris	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Needham	1980
	Jerry Lawrence	Progressive Conservative	Halifax St. Margarets	1978
	Jack Hawkins	Liberal	Hants East	1970, 1981
	Ron Russell	Progressive Conservative	Hants West	1978
	John Archie MacKenzie	Liberal	Inverness North	1970
	Billy Joe MacLean	Progressive Conservative	Inverness South	1981
	Edward Twohig	Progressive Conservative	Kings North	1978
	Harry How	Progressive Conservative	Kings South	1970
	Paul Kinsman (1984)	Progressive Conservative		1963[b], 1984
	George Moody	Progressive Conservative	Kings West	1978
	Bruce Cochran	Progressive Conservative	Lunenburg Centre	1974
	Maxine Cochran (1984)	Progressive Conservative		1984
	Ron Barkhouse	Progressive Conservative	Lunenburg East	1974
	Mel Pickings	Progressive Conservative	Lunenburg West	1978
	Jack MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	Pictou Centre	1977
	Donald W. Cameron	Progressive Conservative	Pictou East	1974
	Donald P. McInnes	Progressive Conservative	Pictou West	1978
	John Leefe	Progressive Conservative	Queens	1978
	Greg MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	Richmond	1981
	Malcolm A. MacKay	Progressive Conservative	Sackville	1978
	Harold Huskilson	Liberal	Shelburne	1970
	Ron Giffin	Progressive Conservative	Truro-Bible Hill	1978
	Fisher Hudson	Progressive Conservative	Victoria	1967, 1980
	Fraser Mooney	Liberal	Yarmouth	1970

† denotes the speaker

Former members of the 53rd General Assembly

	Name	Party	Electoral District	Cause of departure	Succeeded by	Elected
	Ossie Fraser	Liberal	Cape Breton The Lakes	death	John Newell, PC	February 22, 1983
	Harry How	Progressive Conservative	Kings South	resignation	Paul Kinsman, PC	February 12, 1984
	Bruce Cochran	Progressive Conservative	Lunenburg Centre	died	Maxine Cochran, PC	June 5, 1984

Notes

1. First elected as a New Democrat
2. Kings West