55th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

55th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between September 6, 1988, and April 16, 1993, its membership being set in the 1988 Nova Scotia general election. Roger Bacon replaced John Buchanan as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia and Premier in 1990.

Division of seats

The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the General Election of 1988

	Leader	Party	# of Seats
	John M. Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	28
	Vincent J. MacLean	Liberal	21
	Alexa McDonough	NDP	2
		Independent	1
Total			52

List of members

	Earle Rafuse	Liberal	Annapolis East
	Greg Kerr	Progressive Conservative	Annapolis West
	J. William Gillis	Liberal	Antigonish
	Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Argyle
	Kenneth Streatch	Progressive Conservative	Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley
	Wayne Connors	Liberal	Cape Breton Centre
	John MacEachern	Liberal	Cape Breton East
	Brian Young	Progressive Conservative	Cape Breton North
	Paul MacEwan	Independent	Cape Breton Nova
	Vincent J. MacLean	Liberal	Cape Breton South
	Bernie Boudreau	Liberal	Cape Breton The Lakes
	Russell MacKinnon	Liberal	Cape Breton West
	Guy LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Clare
	Ed Lorraine	Liberal	Colchester North
	R. Collin Stewart	Progressive Conservative	Colchester South
	David Nantes	Progressive Conservative	Cole Harbour
	Guy Brown	Liberal	Cumberland Centre
	Roger Stuart Bacon	Progressive Conservative	Cumberland East
	Ross Bragg	Liberal	Cumberland West
	Jim Smith	Liberal	Dartmouth East
	Sandy Jolly	Liberal	Dartmouth North
	Roland J. Thornhill	Progressive Conservative	Dartmouth South
	Joe Casey	Liberal	Digby
	Chuck MacNeil	Progressive Conservative	Guysborough
	John M. Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Atlantic
	Joel Matheson	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Bedford Basin
	Alexa McDonough	NDP	Halifax Chebucto
	Arthur R. Donahoe †	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Citadel
	Terence R. B. Donahoe	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Cornwallis
	Tom McInnis	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Eastern Shore
	Gerry O'Malley	Liberal	Halifax Needham
	Jerry Lawrence	Progressive Conservative	Halifax St. Margarets
	Jack Hawkins	Liberal	Hants East
	Ron Russell †	Progressive Conservative	Hants West
	Charles MacArthur	Liberal	Inverness North
	Danny Graham	Liberal	Inverness South
	George Archibald	Progressive Conservative	Kings North
	Derrick Kimball	Progressive Conservative	Kings South
	George Moody	Progressive Conservative	Kings West
	Al Mosher	Progressive Conservative	Lunenburg Centre
	Jim Barkhouse	Liberal	Lunenburg East
	Marie P. Dechman	Progressive Conservative	Lunenburg West
	Jack MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	Pictou Centre
	Donald W. Cameron	Progressive Conservative	Pictou East
	Donald P. McInnes	Progressive Conservative	Pictou West
	John Leefe	Progressive Conservative	Queens
	Richard Mann	Liberal	Richmond
	John Holm	NDP	Sackville
	Harold Huskilson	Liberal	Shelburne
	Ron Giffin	Progressive Conservative	Truro-Bible Hill
	Kennie MacAskill	Liberal	Victoria
	Leroy Legere	Progressive Conservative	Yarmouth

† denotes the speaker. Ron Russell became speaker in 1991.

Former members of the 55th General Assembly

	Name	Party	Electoral District	Cause of departure	Succeeded by	Elected
	Wayne Connors	Liberal	Cape Breton Centre	resigned	Russell MacNeil, Liberal	August 22, 1989
	John M. Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Atlantic	named to Senate of Canada	Robert Chisholm, NDP	August 22, 1991

References

• Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)