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57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Minority parliament
21 May 1998 – 18 June 1999
Parliament leaders
PremierRussell MacLellan
July 18, 1997 – August 16, 1999
Leader of the
Opposition
Robert Chisholm
March 24, 1998 – August 16, 1999
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionNew Democratic Party
RecognizedProgressive Conservative Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House
Ron Russell
May 21, 1998 – June 18, 1999
Government
House Leader
Manning MacDonald
May 21, 1998 – June 18, 1999
Opposition
House Leader
John Holm
May 21, 1998 – June 18, 1999
Members52 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor
James Kinley
June 23, 1994
Sessions
1st session
May 21, 1998 – June 18, 1999
← 56th → 58th

57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between May 21, 1998, and June 18, 1999, its membership being set in the 1998 Nova Scotia general election. The Liberals led by Russell MacLellan formed a minority government with the support of the Progressive Conservatives.

Division of seats

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The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the general election of 1998

Leader Party # of Seats
  John Hamm Progressive Conservative 14
  Russell MacLellan Liberal 19
  Robert Chisholm NDP 19
Total 52

List of members

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  Laurie Montgomery Liberal Annapolis
  Hyland Fraser Liberal Antigonish
  Neil LeBlanc Progressive Conservative Argyle
  Francene Cosman Liberal Bedford-Fall River
  Frank Corbett NDP Cape Breton Centre
  Reeves Matheson NDP Cape Breton East
  Russell MacLellan Liberal Cape Breton North
  Paul MacEwan Liberal Cape Breton Nova
  Manning MacDonald Liberal Cape Breton South
  Helen MacDonald NDP Cape Breton The Lakes
  Russell MacKinnon Liberal Cape Breton West
  Hinrich Bitter-Suermann Progressive Conservative Chester-St. Margaret's
  Wayne Gaudet Liberal Clare
  Brooke Taylor Progressive Conservative Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
  Ed Lorraine Liberal Colchester North
  Kevin Deveaux NDP Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
  Ernie Fage Progressive Conservative Cumberland North
  Murray K. Scott Progressive Conservative Cumberland South
  Darrell Dexter NDP Dartmouth-Cole Harbour
  Jim Smith Liberal Dartmouth East
  Jerry Pye NDP Dartmouth North
  Don Chard NDP Dartmouth South
  Gordon Balser Progressive Conservative Digby-Annapolis
  Keith Colwell Liberal Eastern Shore
  Ray White Liberal Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury
  Robert Chisholm NDP Halifax Atlantic
  Gerry Fogarty Liberal Halifax Bedford Basin
  Howard Epstein NDP Halifax Chebucto
  Peter Delefes NDP Halifax Citadel
  Eileen O'Connell NDP Halifax Fairview
  Maureen MacDonald NDP Halifax Needham
  John MacDonell NDP Hants East
  Ron Russell Progressive Conservative Hants West
  Charlie MacDonald Liberal Inverness
  George Archibald Progressive Conservative Kings North
  Robbie Harrison Liberal Kings South
  George Moody Progressive Conservative Kings West
  Michael Baker Progressive Conservative Lunenburg
  Don Downe Liberal Lunenburg West
  John Hamm Progressive Conservative Pictou Centre
  Jim DeWolfe Progressive Conservative Pictou East
  Charlie Parker NDP Pictou West
  Yvonne Atwell NDP Preston
  John Leefe Progressive Conservative Queens
  Michel Samson Liberal Richmond
  Rosemary Godin NDP Sackville-Beaver Bank
  John Holm NDP Sackville-Cobequid
  Clifford Huskilson Liberal Shelburne
  Bill Estabrooks NDP Timberlea-Prospect
  Jamie Muir Progressive Conservative Truro-Bible Hill
  Kennie MacAskill Liberal Victoria
  John Deveau NDP Yarmouth

References

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  • 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.
Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1998–1999
Succeeded by