56th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

56th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between June 28, 1993, and February 12, 1998, its membership being set in the 1993 Nova Scotia general election. The Liberals led by John Savage formed the government. Russell MacLellan replaced Savage as party leader and Premier in 1997.

56th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
June 28, 1993 – February 12, 1998
Parliament leaders
Premier	John Savage June 11, 1993 – July 18, 1997
	Russell MacLellan July 18, 1997
Leader of the Opposition	Terry Donahoe June 11, 1993 – October 28, 1995
	John Hamm October 28, 1995 – March 24, 1998
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the House	Paul MacEwan June 28, 1993 – November 18, 1996
	Wayne Gaudet November 18, 1996 – July 18, 1997
	Gerry Fogarty November 20, 1997 – February 12, 1998
Government House Leader	Richie Mann June 28, 1993 – November 20, 1997
	Guy Brown November 20, 1997 – February 12, 1998
Opposition House Leader	Ron Russell June 28, 1993 – March 28, 1996
	George Moody April 17, 1996 – February 12, 1998
Members	52 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952
Lieutenant Governor	Lloyd Crouse February 20, 1989 – June 23, 1994
	James Kinley June 23, 1994
Sessions
1st session June 28, 1993 – April 12, 1994
2nd session April 12, 1994 – March 30, 1995
3rd session March 30, 1995 – March 28, 1996
4th session March 28, 1996 – April 10, 1997
5th session April 10, 1997 – November 20, 1997
6th session November 20, 1997 – February 12, 1998
← 55th → 57th

Division of seats

The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the General Election of 1993

	Leader	Party	# of Seats
	Donald Cameron	Progressive Conservative	9
	John Savage	Liberal	40
	Alexa McDonough	NDP	3
Total			52

List of members

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected
	Earle Rafuse	Liberal	Annapolis	1988
	J. William Gillis	Liberal	Antigonish	1970
	Allister Surette	Liberal	Argyle	1993
	Francene Cosman	Liberal	Bedford-Fall River	1993
	Russell MacNeil	Liberal	Cape Breton Centre	1989
	John MacEachern	Liberal	Cape Breton East	1988
	Ron Stewart	Liberal	Cape Breton North	1993
	Russell MacLellan (1997)	Liberal		1997
	Paul MacEwan †	Liberal	Cape Breton Nova	1970[a]
	Manning MacDonald	Liberal	Cape Breton South	1993
	Bernie Boudreau	Liberal	Cape Breton The Lakes	1988
	Helen MacDonald (1997)	NDP		1997
	Russell MacKinnon	Liberal	Cape Breton West	1988
		Independent
	Alfie MacLeod (1995)	Progressive Conservative		1995
	Jim Barkhouse	Liberal	Chester-St. Margaret's	1984
	Wayne Gaudet †	Liberal	Clare	1993
	Kenneth Streatch	Progressive Conservative	Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	1978
	Brooke Taylor (1993)	Progressive Conservative		1993
	Ed Lorraine	Liberal	Colchester North	1981, 1988
	Dennis Richards	Liberal	Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage	1993
	Ross Bragg	Liberal	Cumberland North	1988
	Ernie Fage (1997)	Progressive Conservative		1997
	Guy Brown	Liberal	Cumberland South	1974
	Alan Mitchell	Liberal	Dartmouth-Cole Harbour	1993
	Jim Smith	Liberal	Dartmouth East	1984
	Sandy Jolly	Liberal	Dartmouth North	1988
	John Savage	Liberal	Dartmouth South	1993
	Joe Casey	Liberal	Digby-Annapolis	1970, 1988
	Keith Colwell	Liberal	Eastern Shore	1993
	Ray White	Liberal	Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury	1993
	Robert Chisholm	NDP	Halifax Atlantic	1991
	Gerry Fogarty †	Liberal	Halifax Bedford Basin	1993
	Jay Abbass	Liberal	Halifax Chebucto	1993
	Terence R. B. Donahoe	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Citadel	1978
	Ed Kinley (1997)	Liberal		1997
	Alexa McDonough	NDP	Halifax Fairview	1981
	Eileen O'Connell (1996)	NDP		1996
	Gerry O'Malley	Liberal	Halifax Needham	1988
	Bob Carruthers	Liberal	Hants East	1993
	Ron Russell	Progressive Conservative	Hants West	1978
	Charles MacArthur	Liberal	Inverness	1988
	George Archibald	Progressive Conservative	Kings North	1984
	Robbie Harrison	Liberal	Kings South	1993
	George Moody	Progressive Conservative	Kings West	1978
	Lila O'Connor	Liberal	Lunenburg	1993
	Don Downe	Liberal	Lunenburg West	1993
	John Hamm	Progressive Conservative	Pictou Centre	1993
	Donald W. Cameron	Progressive Conservative	Pictou East	1974
	Wayne Fraser (1993)	Liberal		1993
	Donald P. McInnes	Progressive Conservative	Pictou West	1978
	Wayne Adams	Liberal	Preston	1993
	John Leefe	Progressive Conservative	Queens	1978
	Richard Mann	Liberal	Richmond	1988
	Bill MacDonald	Liberal	Sackville-Beaver Bank	1993
	John Holm	NDP	Sackville-Cobequid	1984
	Clifford Huskilson	Liberal	Shelburne	1993
	Bruce Holland	Liberal	Timberlea-Prospect	1993
	Eleanor Norrie	Liberal	Truro-Bible Hill	1993
	Kennie MacAskill	Liberal	Victoria	1988
	Richie Hubbard	Liberal	Yarmouth	1993

† denotes the speaker. Wayne Gaudet became speaker in 1996. Gerry Fogarty became speaker in 1997.

Former members of the 56th General Assembly

	Name	Party	Electoral District	Cause of departure	Succeeded by	Elected
	Donald W. Cameron	Progressive Conservative	Pictou East	resigned	Wayne Fraser, Liberal	August 3, 1993
	Ken Streatch	Progressive Conservative	Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	ran for federal seat	Brooke Taylor, PC	November 2, 1993
	Russell MacKinnon	Liberal	Cape Breton West	ran for Mayoral position of Cape Breton Regional Municipality	Alfie MacLeod, PC	October 10, 1995
	Alexa McDonough	NDP	Halifax Fairview	elected leader of federal NDP	Eileen O'Connell, NDP	June 4, 1996
	Ron Stewart	Liberal	Cape Breton North	resigned	Russell MacLellan, Liberal	November 4, 1997
	Bernie Boudreau	Liberal	Cape Breton The Lakes	resigned	Helen MacDonald, NDP	November 4, 1997
	Ross Bragg	Liberal	Cumberland North	died	Ernie Fage, PC	November 4, 1997
	Terry Donahoe	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Citadel	ran for federal seat	Ed Kinley, Liberal	November 4, 1997

Notes

1. First elected as a New Democrat