62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
24 October 2013 – 30 April 2017
Parliament leaders
Premier	Stephen McNeil October 22, 2013
Leader of the Opposition	Jamie Baillie October 22, 2013
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
Government House Leader	Michel Samson October 24, 2013 – April 30, 2017
Opposition House Leader	Chris d'Entremont October 24, 2013
Members	51 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952
Lieutenant Governor	John James Grant April 12, 2012
Sessions
1st session October 24, 2013 – September 25, 2014
2nd session September 25, 2014 – October 13, 2016
3rd session October 13, 2016 – April 30, 2017
← 61st → 63rd

62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia was the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2013 Nova Scotia election. The assembly opened on October 24, 2013 and was dissolved April 30, 2017.

List of members

	Riding	Member	Party	Notes
	Annapolis	Stephen McNeil	Liberal
	Antigonish	Randy Delorey	Liberal
	Argyle-Barrington	Chris d'Entremont	Progressive Conservative
	Bedford	Kelly Regan	Liberal
	Cape Breton Centre	Frank Corbett	NDP	Resigned April 2, 2015.
		David Wilton	Liberal	Elected in a by-election on July 14, 2015.
	Cape Breton-Richmond	Michel Samson	Liberal
	Chester-St. Margaret's	Denise Peterson-Rafuse	NDP
	Clare-Digby	Gordon Wilson	Liberal
	Clayton Park West	Diana Whalen	Liberal
	Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Larry Harrison	Progressive Conservative
	Colchester North	Karen Casey	Liberal
	Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage	Joyce Treen	Liberal
	Cole Harbour-Portland Valley	Tony Ince	Liberal
	Cumberland North	Terry Farrell	Liberal
	Cumberland South	Jamie Baillie	Progressive Conservative
	Dartmouth East	Andrew Younger	Liberal	Removed from caucus November 5, 2015
			Independent
	Dartmouth North	Joanne Bernard	Liberal
	Dartmouth South	Allan Rowe	Liberal	Died in office on March 16, 2015.
		Marian Mancini	NDP	Elected in a by-election on July 14, 2015.
		Vacant
	Eastern Shore	Kevin Murphy	Liberal
	Fairview-Clayton Park	Patricia Arab	Liberal
	Glace Bay	Geoff MacLellan	Liberal
	Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie	Lloyd Hines	Liberal
	Halifax Armdale	Lena Diab	Liberal
	Halifax Atlantic	Brendan Maguire	Liberal
	Halifax Chebucto	Joachim Stroink	Liberal
	Halifax Citadel-Sable Island	Labi Kousoulis	Liberal
	Halifax Needham	Maureen MacDonald	NDP	Resigned April 12, 2016
		Lisa Roberts	NDP	Elected in a by-election on August 30, 2016.
	Hammonds Plains-Lucasville	Ben Jessome	Liberal
	Hants East	Margaret Miller	Liberal
	Hants West	Chuck Porter	Progressive Conservative	Removed from caucus June 13, 2014
			Independent
			Liberal	Joined Liberal caucus on February 17, 2016
	Inverness	Allan MacMaster	Progressive Conservative
	Kings North	John Lohr	Progressive Conservative
	Kings South	Keith Irving	Liberal
	Kings West	Leo Glavine	Liberal
	Lunenburg	Suzanne Lohnes-Croft	Liberal
	Lunenburg West	Mark Furey	Liberal
	Northside-Westmount	Eddie Orrell	Progressive Conservative
	Pictou Centre	Pat Dunn	Progressive Conservative
	Pictou East	Tim Houston	Progressive Conservative
	Pictou West	Karla MacFarlane	Progressive Conservative
	Preston-Dartmouth	Keith Colwell	Liberal
	Queens-Shelburne	Sterling Belliveau	NDP
	Sackville-Beaver Bank	Stephen Gough	Liberal
	Sackville-Cobequid	Dave Wilson	NDP
	Sydney-Whitney Pier	Gordie Gosse	NDP	Resigned on April 2, 2015.
		Derek Mombourquette	Liberal	Elected in a by-election on July 14, 2015.
	Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg	Alfie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative
	Timberlea-Prospect	Iain Rankin	Liberal
	Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Lenore Zann	NDP
	Victoria-The Lakes	Pam Eyking	Liberal
	Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank	Bill Horne	Liberal
	Yarmouth	Zach Churchill	Liberal

Seating plan

Younger

Harrison

Lohr

Mombourquette

Wilson

MacMaster

Houston

MacFarlane

Orrell

Roberts

Wilton

Rankin

MacLeod

Dunn

BAILLIE

d'Entremont

Wilson

Belliveau

Zann

Peterson-Rafuse

Murphy

Churchill

Bernard

Regan

Samson

MCNEIL

Whalen

Glavine

Delorey

Casey

MacLellan

Colwell

Arab

Farrell

Furey

Kousoulis

Ince

Diab

Hines

Miller

Stroink

Horne

Maguire

Porter

Jessome

Lohnes-Croft

Ekying

Irving

Gough

Treen

Membership changes in the 62nd Assembly

Number of members per party by date		2013	2014	2015				2016			2017
		Oct 8	Jun 13	Mar 16	Apr 2	Jul 14	Nov 5	Feb 17	Apr 12	Aug 30	Apr 23
	Liberal	33		32		34	33	34
	Progressive Conservative	11	10
	NDP	7			5	6			5	6	5
	Independent	0	1				2	1
	Total members	51		50	48	51			50	51	50
	Vacant	0		1	3	0			1	0	1

Membership changes in the 62nd General Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	October 8, 2013	See list of members			Election day of the 39th Nova Scotia general election
	June 13, 2014	Chuck Porter	Hants West	Independent	Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus
	March 16, 2015	Allan Rowe	Dartmouth South	Liberal	Death
	April 2, 2015	Frank Corbett	Cape Breton Centre	NDP	Resignation
	April 2, 2015	Gordie Gosse	Sydney-Whitney Pier	NDP	Resignation
	July 14, 2015	Marian Mancini	Dartmouth South	NDP	Elected in a by-election
	July 14, 2015	David Wilton	Cape Breton Centre	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
	July 14, 2015	Derek Mombourquette	Sydney-Whitney Pier	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
	November 5, 2015	Andrew Younger	Dartmouth East	Independent	Removed from the Liberal caucus
	February 17, 2016	Chuck Porter	Hants West	Liberal	Joined Liberal caucus
	April 12, 2016	Maureen MacDonald	Halifax Needham	NDP	Resignation
	August 30, 2016	Lisa Roberts	Halifax Needham	NDP	Elected in a by-election
	April 23, 2017	Marian Mancini	Dartmouth South	NDP	Resignation