63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia was the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2017 Nova Scotia election.^[1][2] The assembly opened on June 16, 2017, and was dissolved July 17, 2021.

63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
June 16, 2017 – July 17, 2021
Parliament leaders
Premier	Stephen McNeil October 22, 2013 – February 23, 2021
	Iain Rankin February 23, 2021 – July 17, 2021
Leader of the Opposition	Jamie Baillie October 22, 2013 – January 24, 2018
	Karla MacFarlane January 24, 2018 — October 27, 2018
	Tim Houston October 27, 2018 – July 17, 2021
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the House	Kevin Murphy October 24, 2013 – July 17, 2021
Government House Leader	Geoff MacLellan June 16, 2017 – July 17, 2021
Opposition House Leader	Chris d'Entremont October 24, 2013 – February 28, 2019
	Allan MacMaster February 28, 2019 – July 17, 2021
Members	51 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952–September 8, 2022
Lieutenant Governor	Arthur LeBlanc June 28, 2017–December 13, 2024
Sessions
1st session June 16, 2017 – September 6, 2018
2nd session September 6, 2018 – December 18, 2020
3rd session March 9, 2021 – July 17, 2021
← 62nd → 64th

List of members

	Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Notes
	Annapolis	Stephen McNeil	Liberal	2003	Resigned May 3, 2021
		Vacant
	Antigonish	Randy Delorey	Liberal	2013
	Argyle-Barrington	Chris d'Entremont	Progressive Conservative	2003	Resigned July 31, 2019
		Colton LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	2019	Elected September 3, 2019
	Bedford	Kelly Regan	Liberal	2009
	Cape Breton Centre	Tammy Martin	NDP	2017	Resigned February 6, 2020
		Kendra Coombes	NDP	2020	Elected March 10, 2020
	Cape Breton-Richmond	Alana Paon	Progressive Conservative	2017	Progressive Conservative until June 24, 2019; removed from caucus after refusing to comply with a motion from the House of Assembly management commission to have the driveway to her constituency office paved to bring her office in line with the province's accessibility rules.
			Independent
	Chester-St. Margaret's	Hugh MacKay	Liberal	2017	Liberal until February 23, 2020; resigned from caucus after facing charges of impaired driving.
			Independent
	Clare-Digby	Gordon Wilson	Liberal	2013
	Clayton Park West	Rafah DiCostanzo	Liberal	2017
	Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Larry Harrison	Progressive Conservative	2013
	Colchester North	Karen Casey	Liberal	2006[a]
	Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage	Barbara Adams	Progressive Conservative	2017
	Cole Harbour-Portland Valley	Tony Ince	Liberal	2013
	Cumberland North	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	Progressive Conservative	2017	Progressive Conservative until June 24, 2021; removed from caucus after encouraging a protest that blocked the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border for more than 24 hours.
			Independent
	Cumberland South	Jamie Baillie	Progressive Conservative	2010	Resigned January 24, 2018
		Tory Rushton	Progressive Conservative	2018	Elected June 19, 2018
	Dartmouth East	Tim Halman	Progressive Conservative	2017
	Dartmouth North	Susan Leblanc	NDP	2017
	Dartmouth South	Claudia Chender	NDP	2017
	Eastern Shore	Kevin Murphy	Liberal	2013
	Fairview-Clayton Park	Patricia Arab	Liberal	2013
	Glace Bay	Geoff MacLellan	Liberal	2010
	Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie	Lloyd Hines	Liberal	2013
	Halifax Armdale	Lena Diab	Liberal	2013
	Halifax Atlantic	Brendan Maguire	Liberal	2013
	Halifax Chebucto	Gary Burrill	NDP	2009[b], 2017	Leader of the New Democratic Party
	Halifax Citadel-Sable Island	Labi Kousoulis	Liberal	2013
	Halifax Needham	Lisa Roberts	NDP	2016
	Hammonds Plains-Lucasville	Ben Jessome	Liberal	2013
	Hants East	Margaret Miller	Liberal	2013	Resigned June 1, 2021
		Vacant
	Hants West	Chuck Porter	Liberal	2006[a]
	Inverness	Allan MacMaster	Progressive Conservative	2009
	Kings North	John Lohr	Progressive Conservative	2013
	Kings South	Keith Irving	Liberal	2013
	Kings West	Leo Glavine	Liberal	2003
	Lunenburg	Suzanne Lohnes-Croft	Liberal	2013
	Lunenburg West	Mark Furey	Liberal	2013
	Northside-Westmount	Eddie Orrell	Progressive Conservative	2011	Resigned July 31, 2019
		Murray Ryan	Progressive Conservative	2019	Elected September 3, 2019
	Pictou Centre	Pat Dunn	Progressive Conservative	2006, 2013
	Pictou East	Tim Houston	Progressive Conservative	2013	Leader of the Opposition
	Pictou West	Karla MacFarlane	Progressive Conservative	2013
	Preston-Dartmouth	Keith Colwell	Liberal	1993[c], 2003
	Queens-Shelburne	Kim Masland	Progressive Conservative	2017
	Sackville-Beaver Bank	Brad Johns	Progressive Conservative	2017
	Sackville-Cobequid	Dave Wilson	NDP	2003	Resigned November 16, 2018
		Steve Craig	Progressive Conservative	2019	Elected June 19, 2019
	Sydney-Whitney Pier	Derek Mombourquette	Liberal	2015
	Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg	Alfie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	1995, 2006	Resigned July 31, 2019
		Brian Comer	Progressive Conservative	2019	Elected September 3, 2019
	Timberlea-Prospect	Iain Rankin	Liberal	2013	Premier of Nova Scotia
	Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Lenore Zann	NDP	2009
			Independent		Resigned September 12, 2019
		Dave Ritcey	Progressive Conservative	2020	Elected March 10, 2020
	Victoria-The Lakes	Keith Bain	Progressive Conservative	2006, 2017
	Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank	Bill Horne	Liberal	2013
	Yarmouth	Zach Churchill	Liberal	2010

Seating plan

Paon

LeBlanc

Comer

Ritcey

Johns

MacKay

Ryan

Smith-McCrossin

Craig

Rushton

Halman

Lohr

Adams

Roberts

Coombes

Harrison

Dunn

Bain

Masland

MacFarlane

HOUSTON

MacMaster

Chender

BURRILL

Leblanc

Murphy

Churchill

Delorey

Lohnes-Croft

MacLellan

RANKIN

Regan

Irving

Diab

Colwell

Mombourquette

Kousoulis

Casey

Glavine

Arab

Jessome

Ince

Maguire

Hines

Porter

Furey

DiCostanzo

Horne

Wilson

Membership changes in the 63rd Assembly

Number of members per party by date		2017	2018			2019						2020			2021
		May 30	Jan 24	Jun 19	Nov 16	Jun 9	Jun 19	Jun 24	Jul 31	Sep 3	Sep 12	Feb 6	Feb 23	Mar 10	May 3	Jun 1	Jun 24
	Liberal	27											26		25	24
	Progressive Conservative	17	16	17			18	17	14	17				18			17
	NDP	7			6	5						4		5
	Independent	0				1		2			1		2				3
	Vacant	0	1	0	1		0		3	0	1	2		0	1	2

Membership changes in the 63rd General Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	May 30, 2017	See list of members			Election day of the 40th Nova Scotia general election
	January 24, 2018	Jamie Baillie	Cumberland South	Progressive Conservative	Resignation
	June 19, 2018	Tory Rushton	Cumberland South	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
	November 16, 2018	Dave Wilson	Sackville-Cobequid	NDP	Resignation
	June 9, 2019	Lenore Zann	Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Independent	Changing affiliation as means to run in federal politics as a Liberal candidate[3][4]
	June 19, 2019	Steve Craig	Sackville-Cobequid	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
	June 24, 2019	Alana Paon	Cape Breton-Richmond	Independent	Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus
	July 31, 2019	Chris d'Entremont	Argyle-Barrington	Progressive Conservative	Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
	July 31, 2019	Eddie Orrell	Northside-Westmount	Progressive Conservative	Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
	July 31, 2019	Alfie MacLeod	Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg	Progressive Conservative	Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
	September 3, 2019	Colton LeBlanc	Argyle-Barrington	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
	September 3, 2019	Murray Ryan	Northside-Westmount	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
	September 3, 2019	Brian Comer	Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
	September 12, 2019	Lenore Zann	Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Independent	Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Liberal Party.
	February 6, 2020	Tammy Martin	Cape Breton Centre	NDP	Resignation
	February 23, 2020	Hugh MacKay	Chester-St. Margaret's	Independent	Resigned from Liberal caucus
	March 10, 2020	Kendra Coombes	Cape Breton Centre	NDP	Elected in by-election
	March 10, 2020	Dave Ritcey	Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
	May 3, 2021	Stephen McNeil	Annapolis	Liberal	Resignation
	June 1, 2021	Margaret Miller	Hants East	Liberal	Resignation
	June 24, 2021	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	Cumberland North	Independent	Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus

Notes

1. First elected as a Progressive Conservative
2. Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
3. Eastern Shore