54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 28, 1985, and July 30, 1988, its membership being set in the 1984 Nova Scotia general election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia expanded their seat share from last election, controlling more than 80% of the seats.

54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
February 28, 1985 – July 30, 1988
Parliament leaders
Premier	John Buchanan October 5, 1978
Leader of the Opposition	Vincent MacLean January 9, 1985 – December 2, 1985
	Bill Gillis December 2, 1985 – February 22, 1986
	Vincent MacLean February 22, 1986
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
	Cape Breton Labour 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	Alan Abraham February 1, 1984 – February 20, 1989
Sessions
1st session February 28, 1985 – February 27, 1986
2nd session February 27, 1986 – February 26, 1987
3rd session February 26, 1987 – February 25, 1988
4th session February 25, 1988 – July 30, 1988
← 53rd → 55th

Division of seats

The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the general election of 1984

	Leader	Party	# of Seats
	John M. Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	42
	A.M. (Sandy) Cameron	Liberal	6
	Alexa McDonough	NDP	3
	Paul MacEwan	Cape Breton Labour Party	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
	Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Argyle	1984
	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	Cape Breton Labour Party	Cape Breton Nova	1970[a]
	Independent
	Vincent J. MacLean	Liberal	Cape Breton South	1974
	John A. Newell	Progressive Conservative	Cape Breton The Lakes	1983
	Donnie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	Cape Breton West	1981
	Guy LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Clare	1984
	Jack Coupar	Progressive Conservative	Colchester North	1984
	R. Colin 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
	Gardner (Bud) Hurley	Progressive Conservative	Cumberland West	1984
	Jim Smith	Liberal	Dartmouth East	1984
	Laird Stirling	Progressive Conservative	Dartmouth North	1978
	Roland J. Thornhill	Progressive Conservative	Dartmouth South	1974
	Merryl Lawton	Progressive Conservative	Digby	1984
	Chuck MacNeil	Progressive Conservative	Guysborough	1984
	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
	Edmund L. Morris	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Needham	1980
	Jerry Lawrence	Progressive Conservative	Halifax St. Margarets	1978
	Cora H. Etter	Progressive Conservative	Hants East	1984
	Ron Russell	Progressive Conservative	Hants West	1978
	Jim MacLean	Progressive Conservative	Inverness North	1963, 1984
	Billy Joe MacLean	Progressive Conservative	Inverness South	1981
	Independent
	George Archibald	Progressive Conservative	Kings North	1984
	Bob Levy	NDP	Kings South	1984
	George Moody	Progressive Conservative	Kings West	1978
	Maxine Cochran	Progressive Conservative	Lunenburg Centre	1984
	Jim Barkhouse	Liberal	Lunenburg East	1984
	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
	John Holm	NDP	Sackville	1984
	Harold Huskilson	Liberal	Shelburne	1970
	Ron Giffin	Progressive Conservative	Truro-Bible Hill	1978
	Fisher Hudson	Progressive Conservative	Victoria	1967, 1980
	Alex McIntosh	Progressive Conservative	Yarmouth	1984

† denotes the speaker

Notes

1. First elected as a New Democrat