63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
16 June 2017 – 17 July 2021
Parliament leaders
Premier	Stephen McNeil; October 22, 2013 – February 23, 2021
	Iain Rankin; February 23, 2021 – July 17, 2021
Leader of the; Opposition	Jamie Baillie; October 22, 2013 – January 24, 2018
	Karla MacFarlane; January 24, 2018 — October 27, 2018
	Tim Houston; October 27, 2018 – July 17, 2021
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 – July 17, 2021
Government; House Leader	Geoff MacLellan; June 16, 2017 – July 17, 2021
Opposition; House Leader	Chris d'Entremont; October 24, 2013 – February 28, 2019
	Allan MacMaster; February 28, 2019 – July 17, 2021
Members	51 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; February 6, 1952–September 8, 2022
Lieutenant; Governor	Arthur LeBlanc; June 28, 2017–December 13, 2024
Sessions
	1st session; June 16, 2017 – September 6, 2018
	2nd session; September 6, 2018 – December 18, 2020
	3rd session; March 9, 2021 – July 17, 2021
← 62nd	→ 64th

63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia is the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2017 Nova Scotia election.^[1]^[2] The assembly opened on June 16, 2017, and was dissolved July 17, 2021.

List of members

Riding	Member	Party	Notes
Annapolis	Stephen McNeil	Liberal	Resigned May 3, 2021
Annapolis	Vacant
Antigonish	Randy Delorey	Liberal
Argyle-Barrington	Chris d'Entremont	Progressive Conservative	Resigned July 31, 2019
Argyle-Barrington	Colton LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Elected September 3, 2019
Bedford	Kelly Regan	Liberal
Cape Breton Centre	Tammy Martin	NDP	Resigned February 6, 2020
Cape Breton Centre	Kendra Coombes	NDP	Elected March 10, 2020
Cape Breton-Richmond	Alana Paon	Progressive Conservative	Progressive Conservative until June 24, 2019; removed from caucus after refusing to comply with a motion from the House of Assembly management commission to have the driveway to her constituency office paved to bring her office in line with the province's accessibility rules.
Cape Breton-Richmond	Alana Paon	Independent
Chester-St. Margaret's	Hugh MacKay	Liberal	Liberal until February 23, 2020; resigned from caucus after facing charges of impaired driving.
Chester-St. Margaret's	Hugh MacKay	Independent
Clare-Digby	Gordon Wilson	Liberal
Clayton Park West	Rafah DiCostanzo	Liberal
Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Larry Harrison	Progressive Conservative
Colchester North	Karen Casey	Liberal
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage	Barbara Adams	Progressive Conservative
Cole Harbour-Portland Valley	Tony Ince	Liberal
Cumberland North	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	Progressive Conservative	Progressive Conservative until June 24, 2021; removed from caucus after encouraging a protest that blocked the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border for more than 24 hours.
Cumberland North	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	Independent
Cumberland South	Jamie Baillie	Progressive Conservative	Resigned January 24, 2018
Cumberland South	Tory Rushton	Progressive Conservative	Elected June 19, 2018
Dartmouth East	Tim Halman	Progressive Conservative
Dartmouth North	Susan Leblanc	NDP
Dartmouth South	Claudia Chender	NDP
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	Gary Burrill	NDP	Leader of the New Democratic Party
Halifax Citadel-Sable Island	Labi Kousoulis	Liberal
Halifax Needham	Lisa Roberts	NDP
Hammonds Plains-Lucasville	Ben Jessome	Liberal
Hants East	Margaret Miller	Liberal	Resigned June 1, 2021
Hants East	Vacant
Hants West	Chuck Porter	Liberal
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	Resigned July 31, 2019
Northside-Westmount	Murray Ryan	Progressive Conservative	Elected September 3, 2019
Pictou Centre	Pat Dunn	Progressive Conservative
Pictou East	Tim Houston	Progressive Conservative	Leader of the Opposition
Pictou West	Karla MacFarlane	Progressive Conservative
Preston-Dartmouth	Keith Colwell	Liberal
Queens-Shelburne	Kim Masland	Progressive Conservative
Sackville-Beaver Bank	Brad Johns	Progressive Conservative
Sackville-Cobequid	Dave Wilson	NDP	Resigned November 16, 2018
Sackville-Cobequid	Steve Craig	Progressive Conservative	Elected June 19, 2019
Sydney-Whitney Pier	Derek Mombourquette	Liberal
Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg	Alfie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	Resigned July 31, 2019
Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg	Brian Comer	Progressive Conservative	Elected September 3, 2019
Timberlea-Prospect	Iain Rankin	Liberal	Premier of Nova Scotia
Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Lenore Zann	Independent	Resigned September 12, 2019
Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Dave Ritcey	Progressive Conservative	Elected March 10, 2020
Victoria-The Lakes	Keith Bain	Progressive Conservative
Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank	Bill Horne	Liberal
Yarmouth	Zach Churchill	Liberal

Seating plan

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Membership changes in the 63rd Assembly

Number of members per party by date		2017	2018			2019						2020			2021
Number of members per party by date		May 30	Jan 24	Jun 19	Nov 16	Jun 9	Jun 19	Jun 24	Jul 31	Sep 3	Sep 12	Feb 6	Feb 23	Mar 10	May 3	Jun 1	Jun 24
	Liberal	27											26		25	24
	Progressive Conservative	17	16	17			18	17	14	17				18			17
	NDP	7			6	5						4		5
	Independent	0				1		2			1		2				3
	Vacant	0	1	0	1		0		3	0	1	2		0	1	2


Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
May 30, 2017	See list of members			Election day of the 40th Nova Scotia general election
January 24, 2018	Jamie Baillie	Cumberland South	Progressive Conservative	Resignation
June 19, 2018	Tory Rushton	Cumberland South	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
November 16, 2018	Dave Wilson	Sackville-Cobequid	NDP	Resignation
June 9, 2019	Lenore Zann	Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Independent	Changing affiliation as means to run in federal politics as a Liberal candidate^[3]^[4]
June 19, 2019	Steve Craig	Sackville-Cobequid	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
June 24, 2019	Alana Paon	Cape Breton-Richmond	Independent	Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus
July 31, 2019	Chris d'Entremont	Argyle-Barrington	Progressive Conservative	Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
July 31, 2019	Eddie Orrell	Northside-Westmount	Progressive Conservative	Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
July 31, 2019	Alfie MacLeod	Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg	Progressive Conservative	Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party.
September 3, 2019	Colton LeBlanc	Argyle-Barrington	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
September 3, 2019	Murray Ryan	Northside-Westmount	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
September 3, 2019	Brian Comer	Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
September 12, 2019	Lenore Zann	Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Independent	Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Liberal Party.
February 6, 2020	Tammy Martin	Cape Breton Centre	NDP	Resignation
February 23, 2020	Hugh MacKay	Chester-St. Margaret's	Independent	Resigned from Liberal caucus
March 10, 2020	Kendra Coombes	Cape Breton Centre	NDP	Elected in by-election
March 10, 2020	Dave Ritcey	Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
May 3, 2021	Stephen McNeil	Annapolis	Liberal	Resignation
June 1, 2021	Margaret Miller	Hants East	Liberal	Resignation
June 24, 2021	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	Cumberland North	Independent	Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus

References

^ "Current Assembly Members / Members of the Legislative Assembly / People / The Nova Scotia Legislature". nslegislature.ca. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ MacDonald, Michael (31 May 2017). "Nova Scotia Liberals win their second straight majority government". National Observer. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ "Lenore Zann seeks federal Liberal nomination for Cumberland-Colchester". CBC News. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ "Longtime NDP MLA Lenore Zann to run for federal Liberal nomination". CTV News. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

Preceded by 62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia	General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 2017–2021	Succeeded by 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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[1] "Current Assembly Members / Members of the Legislative Assembly / People / The Nova Scotia Legislature". nslegislature.ca. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[2] MacDonald, Michael (31 May 2017). "Nova Scotia Liberals win their second straight majority government". National Observer. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[3] "Lenore Zann seeks federal Liberal nomination for Cumberland-Colchester". CBC News. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[4] "Longtime NDP MLA Lenore Zann to run for federal Liberal nomination". CTV News. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

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