60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Minority parliament
June 29, 2006 – May 5, 2009
Parliament leaders
Premier	Rodney MacDonald; February 24, 2006 – June 19, 2009
Leader of the; Opposition	Darrell Dexter; April 29, 2001 – June 19, 2009
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	New Democratic Party
Recognized	Liberal Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the; House	Cecil Clarke; March 3, 2006 – October 23, 2007
	Alfie MacLeod; October 25, 2007 – May 5, 2009
Government; House Leader	Michael Baker; June 29, 2006 – October 23, 2007
	Cecil Clarke; October 23, 2007 – May 5, 2009
Opposition; House Leader	Kevin Deveaux; September 4, 2003 – February 8, 2007
	Frank Corbett; February 8, 2007 – May 5, 2009
Members	52 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; February 6, 1952
Lieutenant; Governor	Myra Freeman; May 17, 2000 – September 7, 2006
	Mayann Francis; September 7, 2006
Sessions
	1st session; June 29, 2006 – November 22, 2007
	2nd session; November 22, 2007 – May 5, 2009
← 59th	→ 61st

60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia from 2006 to 2009. Its membership was determined in the 2006 Nova Scotia election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia led by Rodney MacDonald formed a minority government.

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The first session met from June 29, 2006^[1] to July 14, 2006, October 30, 2006^[2] to November 23, 2006, January 8, 2006 to January 11, 2006, March 19, 2007 to April 13, 2007 and October 27, 2007 to November 22, 2007.

The second session met from November 22, 2007 to December 13, 2007, April 24, 2008 to May 27, 2008, October 30, 2008 to November 25, 2008, and May 1, 2009 to May 5, 2009, when the government was defeated on a money bill.

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Affiliation		Members
	Progressive Conservative Party	21
	New Democratic Party	20
	Liberal Party	9
	Independent	1
	Vacant	1
Total		52
Government majority (minority)		(1)

Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
Annapolis	Stephen McNeil	Liberal	2003
Antigonish	Angus MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	1969,^[a] 1999
Argyle	Chris d'Entremont	Progressive Conservative	2003
Bedford	Len Goucher	Progressive Conservative	2006
Cape Breton Centre	Frank Corbett	NDP	1998
Cape Breton North	Cecil Clarke	Progressive Conservative	2001
Cape Breton Nova	Gordie Gosse	NDP	2003
Cape Breton South	Manning MacDonald	Liberal	1993
Cape Breton West	Alfie MacLeod†	Progressive Conservative	1995, 2006
Chester-St. Margaret's	Judy Streatch	Progressive Conservative	2005
Clare	Wayne Gaudet	Liberal	1993
Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Brooke Taylor	Progressive Conservative	1993
Colchester North	Karen Casey	Progressive Conservative	2006
Cole Harbour	Darrell Dexter	NDP	1998
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage	Kevin Deveaux	NDP	1998
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
Becky Kent	NDP	2007^[b]
Cumberland North	Ernie Fage^[c]	Progressive Conservative	1997
Cumberland North	Ernie Fage^[c]		1997
Independent Progressive Conservative
Cumberland South	Murray Scott	Progressive Conservative	1998
Dartmouth East	Joan Massey	NDP	2003
Dartmouth North	Trevor Zinck	NDP	2006
Dartmouth South-Portland Valley	Marilyn More	NDP	2003
Digby-Annapolis	Harold Theriault	Liberal	2003
Eastern Shore	Bill Dooks	Progressive Conservative	1999
Glace Bay	David Wilson	Liberal	1999
Guysborough-Sheet Harbour	Ron Chisholm	Progressive Conservative	1999
Halifax Atlantic	Michèle Raymond	NDP	2003
Halifax Chebucto	Howard Epstein	NDP	1998
Halifax Citadel	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	Barry Barnet	Progressive Conservative	1999
Hants East	John MacDonell	NDP	1998
Hants West	Chuck Porter	Progressive Conservative	2006
Inverness	Rodney MacDonald	Progressive Conservative	1999
Kings North	Mark Parent	Progressive Conservative	1999
Kings South	David Morse	Progressive Conservative	1999
Kings West	Leo Glavine	Liberal	2003
Lunenburg	Michael Baker^[d]	Progressive Conservative	1998
Lunenburg West	Carolyn Bolivar-Getson	Progressive Conservative	2003
Pictou Centre	Pat Dunn	Progressive Conservative	2006
Pictou East	Clarrie MacKinnon	NDP	2006
Pictou West	Charlie Parker	NDP	1998, 2003
Preston	Keith Colwell	Liberal	1993,^[e] 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	Jamie Muir	Progressive Conservative	1998
Victoria-The Lakes	Keith Bain	Progressive Conservative	2006
Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank	Percy Paris	NDP	2006
Yarmouth	Richard Hurlburt	Progressive Conservative	1999

60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

Division of seats

List of members

Seating plan

Notes

References

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