56th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

56th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between May 25, 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.

Division of seats

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

	Leader	Party	# of Seats Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row	Donald Cameron	Progressive Conservative	9 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	John Savage	Liberal	40 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	Alexa McDonough	NDP	3
Total			52

List of members

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

† 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 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row	Donald W. Cameron	Progressive Conservative	Pictou East		Wayne Fraser, Liberal	August 3, 1993 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row	Ken Streatch	Progressive Conservative	Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	ran for federal seat	Brooke Taylor, PC	November 2, 1993 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	Russell MacKinnon	Liberal	Cape Breton West		Alfie MacLeod, PC	October 10, 1995 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	Alexa McDonough	NDP	Halifax Fairview	elected leader of federal NDP	Eileen O'Connell, NDP	June 4, 1996 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	Ron Stewart	Liberal	Cape Breton North	resigned	Russell MacLellan, Liberal	November 4, 1997 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	Bernie Boudreau	Liberal	Cape Breton The Lakes	resigned	Helen MacDonald, NDP	November 4, 1997 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	Ross Bragg	Liberal	Cumberland North	died	Ernie Fage, PC	November 4, 1997 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row	Terry Donahoe	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Citadel	ran for federal seat	Ed Kinley, Liberal	November 4, 1997

Preceded by 55th General Assembly of Nova Scotia	General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 1993-1998	Succeeded by 57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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)