50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Minority parliament
10 December 1970 – 23 February 1974
Parliament leaders
Premier	Gerald Regan October 28, 1970
Leader of the Opposition	George Isaac Smith October 28, 1970 – March 6, 1971
	John Buchanan March 6, 1971
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the House	George M. Mitchell December 10, 1970 – April 6, 1973
	James L. Connolly November 27, 1973 – February 23, 1974
Members	46 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952
Lieutenant Governor	Victor de Bedia Oland July 22, 1968 – October 1, 1973
	Clarence Gosse October 1, 1973
Sessions
1st session December 10, 1970 – April 8, 1971
2nd session June 28, 1971 – July 8, 1971
3rd session February 9, 1972 – May 15, 1972
4th session January 25, 1973 – April 6, 1973
5th session November 27, 1973 – February 23, 1974
← 49th → 51st

The 50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between December 10, 1970 and February 23, 1974.

Division of seats

There were 46 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1970 Nova Scotia general election.

	Leader	Party	# of Seats
	Gerald Regan	Liberal	23
	George Isaac Smith	Progressive Conservative	21
	Jeremy Akerman	NDP	2
Total			46

List of members

	Riding	Name	Position
	Annapolis East	Gerry Sheehy
	Annapolis West	Peter Murray Nicholson
	Antigonish	J. William Gillis
	Cape Breton South	John Francis Burke
	Cape Breton Centre	Mike Laffin
	Cape Breton North	Tom McKeough
	Cape Breton Nova	Paul MacEwan
	Cape Breton East	Jeremy Akerman
	Cape Breton West	Allan Sullivan
	Clare	Benoit Comeau
	Colchester	G. I. Smith
		Gerald Ritcey
	Cumberland East	Roger S. Bacon
	Cumberland West	D. L. George Henley
	Cumberland Centre	Raymond M. Smith
	Dartmouth North	Glen M. Bagnell
	Dartmouth South	D. Scott MacNutt
	Digby	Joseph H. Casey
	Guysborough	Angus MacIsaac
	Halifax Atlantic	John Buchanan
	Halifax Cornwallis	George M. Mitchell	speaker Minister of Development (1973)
	Halifax Citadel	Ronald Wallace
	Halifax Chebucto	James L. Connolly	speaker (1973)
	Halifax Cobequid	George Riley
	Halifax Eastern Shore	Alexander Garnet Brown
	Halifax Needham	Gerald Regan	Premier
	Halifax St. Margarets	Leonard L. Pace
	Hants East	Jack Hawkins
	Hants West	Robert D. Lindsay
	Inverness	Norman J. MacLean
		John Archie MacKenzie
	Kings North	Victor Thorpe
	Kings South	Harry How
	Kings West	Gordon Tidman
	Lunenburg Centre	Walton Cook
	Lunenburg East	Maurice L. Zinck
	Lunenburg West	Maurice DeLory
	Pictou East	A. Lloyd MacDonald
	Pictou West	Harvey Veniot
	Pictou Centre	Ralph F. Fiske
	Queens	W. S. Kennedy Jones
	Richmond	Gerald Doucet
	Shelburne	Harold Huskilson
	Victoria	Fisher Hudson
	Yarmouth	Fraser Mooney
		George A. Snow

Former members of the 50th General Assembly

	Name	Party	Electoral District	Cause of departure	Succeeded by	Elected
	Gordon A. Tidman	Progressive Conservative	Kings West	seat declared vacant	Frank Bezanson, Liberal	November 16, 1971
	W. S. Kennedy Jones	Progressive Conservative	Queens	resigned	Floyd MacDonald, PC	November 16, 1971
	Angus MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	Guysborough	ran for federal seat	A. M. Cameron, Liberal	June 5, 1973

References

• "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2011. Retrieved 2015-04-28.