65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia is the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2024 Nova Scotia general election.

65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
December 10, 2024 – present
Parliament leaders
Premier	Tim Houston since August 31, 2021
Leader of the Opposition	Claudia Chender since December 10, 2024
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	New Democratic Party
Recognized	Liberal Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the House	Danielle Barkhouse since September 5, 2024
Government House Leader	Brendan Maguire since December 16, 2024[1]
Opposition House Leader	Lisa Lachance since January 15, 2025[2]
Members	55 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Charles III 8 September 2022 – present
Lieutenant Governor	Arthur LeBlanc June 28, 2017 – December 13, 2024
	Michael Savage December 13, 2024 – present
Sessions
1st session 10 December 2024 –
← 64th → 66th

List of members

	Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Notes
	Annapolis	David Bowlby	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Antigonish	Michelle Thompson	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Argyle	Colton LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	2019
	Bedford Basin	Tim Outhit	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Bedford South	Damian Stoilov	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier	Kendra Coombes	NDP	2020
	Cape Breton East	Brian Comer	Progressive Conservative	2019
	Chester-St. Margaret's	Danielle Barkhouse	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Clare	Ryan Robicheau	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Clayton Park West	Adegoke Fadare	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Scott Armstrong	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Colchester North	Tom Taggart	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Cole Harbour-Dartmouth	Brad McGowan	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Cole Harbour	Leah Martin	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Cumberland North	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	Independent	2017[a]
	Cumberland South	Tory Rushton	Progressive Conservative	2018
	Dartmouth East	Tim Halman	Progressive Conservative	2017
	Dartmouth North	Susan Leblanc	NDP	2017
	Dartmouth South	Claudia Chender	NDP	2017	Leader of the Opposition
	Digby-Annapolis	Jill Balser	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Eastern Passage	Barbara Adams	Progressive Conservative	2017
	Eastern Shore	Kent Smith	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Fairview-Clayton Park	Lina Hamid	NDP	2024
	Glace Bay-Dominion	John White	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Guysborough-Tracadie	Greg Morrow	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Halifax Armdale	Rod Wilson	NDP	2024
	Halifax Atlantic	Brendan Maguire	Progressive Conservative	2013[b]
	Halifax Chebucto	Krista Gallagher	NDP	2024
	Halifax Citadel-Sable Island	Lisa Lachance	NDP	2021
	Halifax Needham	Suzy Hansen	NDP	2021
	Hammonds Plains-Lucasville	Rick Burns	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Hants East	John A. MacDonald	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Hants West	Melissa Sheehy-Richard	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Inverness	Kyle MacQuarrie	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Kings North	John Lohr	Progressive Conservative	2013
	Kings South	Julie Vanexan	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Kings West	Chris Palmer	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Lunenburg	Susan Corkum-Greek	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Lunenburg West	Becky Druhan	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Northside-Westmount	Fred Tilley	Progressive Conservative	2021[b]
	Pictou Centre	Danny MacGillivray	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Pictou East	Tim Houston	Progressive Conservative	2013	Premier of Nova Scotia
	Pictou West	Marco MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Preston	Twila Grosse	Progressive Conservative	2023
	Queens	Kim Masland	Progressive Conservative	2017
	Richmond	Trevor Boudreau	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Sackville-Cobequid	Paul Wozney	NDP	2024
	Sackville-Uniacke	Brad Johns	Progressive Conservative	2017
	Shelburne	Nolan Young	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Sydney-Membertou	Derek Mombourquette	Liberal	2015	Interim Leader of the Liberal Party
	Timberlea-Prospect	Iain Rankin	Liberal	2013
	Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Dave Ritcey	Progressive Conservative	2020
	Victoria-The Lakes	Dianne Timmins	Progressive Conservative	2024
	Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank	Brian Wong	Progressive Conservative	2021
	Yarmouth	Nick Hilton	Progressive Conservative	2024

Seating plan

	Robicheau	Stoilov	MacGillivray		Gallagher	Wilson	Hamid
	Morrow	Boudreau	Rushton	Smith		Coombes	Hansen	Wozney	Smith-McCrossin
Druhan	Halman	Armstrong	Balser	C. LeBlanc		CHENDER	S. Leblanc	Lachance	MOMBOURQUETTE	Rankin
Barkhouse
Comer	Young	Masland	Lohr	Maguire	HOUSTON	Adams	Thompson	Tilley	Ritcey	Grosse
White	MacDonald	Wong	Sheehy-Richard	Palmer	Martin	Corkum-Greek	Fadare	MacLeod	Johns	Taggart
McGowan	MacQuarrie	Outhit	Burns	Vanexan		Timmins	Bowlby	Hilton

Current as of February 2025^[3]

Membership changes in the 65th Assembly

Number of members per party by date		2024
		November 26
	Progressive Conservative	43
	NDP	9
	Liberal	2
	Independent	1
	Vacant	0

Membership changes in the 65th General Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	November 26, 2024	See list of members			Election day of the 42nd Nova Scotia general election

Notes

1. First elected as a Progressive Conservative
2. First elected as a Liberal

References

1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/premier-tim-houston-treasury-board-government-roles-1.7411757
2. https://www.nsndp.ca/official-opposition-leader-claudia-chender-announces-nsndp-shadow-cabinet
3. "Seating Plan". Nova Scotia Legislature. Nova Scotia House of Assembly. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.

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Preceded by 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia	General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 2024–present	Succeeded by 66th General Assembly of Nova Scotia