61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia was an assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2009 Nova Scotia election. The first session of the General Assembly lasted from 25 June 2009 to 25 March 2010. The second session began on 25 March 2010 with a speech from the throne.

List of members

Riding Member Party First elected / previously elected
  Annapolis Stephen McNeil[1] Liberal 2003
  Antigonish Angus MacIsaac Progressive Conservative 1969[a], 1999
  Maurice Smith NDP 2009
  Argyle Chris d'Entremont Progressive Conservative 2003
  Bedford—Birch Cove Kelly Regan Liberal 2009
  Cape Breton Centre Frank Corbett NDP 1998
  Cape Breton North Cecil Clarke Progressive Conservative 2001
  Eddie Orrell Progressive Conservative 2011
  Cape Breton Nova Gordie Gosse NDP 2003
  Cape Breton South Manning MacDonald Liberal 1993
Vacant
  Cape Breton West Alfie MacLeod Progressive Conservative 1995, 2006
  Chester-St. Margaret's Denise Peterson-Rafuse NDP 2009
  Clare Wayne Gaudet Liberal 1993
  Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Gary Burrill NDP 2009
  Colchester North Karen Casey Progressive Conservative 2006
  Liberal
  Cole Harbour Darrell Dexter NDP 1998
  Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage Becky Kent NDP 2007
  Cumberland North Brian Skabar NDP 2009
  Cumberland South Murray Scott Progressive Conservative 1998
  Jamie Baillie Progressive Conservative 2010
  Dartmouth East Andrew Younger Liberal 2009
  Dartmouth North Trevor Zinck NDP 2006
  Independent
Vacant
  Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Marilyn More NDP 2003
  Digby-Annapolis Harold Theriault, Jr. Liberal 2003
  Eastern Shore Sid Prest NDP 2009
  Glace Bay David Wilson Liberal 1999
  Geoff MacLellan Liberal 2010
  Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Jim Boudreau NDP 2009
  Halifax Atlantic Michèle Raymond NDP 2003
  Halifax Chebucto Howard Epstein NDP 1998
  Halifax Citadel-Sable Island Leonard Preyra NDP 2006
  Halifax Clayton Park Diana Whalen Liberal 2003
  Halifax Fairview Graham Steele NDP 2001
  Halifax Needham Maureen MacDonald NDP 1998
  Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Mat Whynott NDP 2009
  Hants East John MacDonell NDP 1998
  Hants West Chuck Porter Progressive Conservative 2006
  Inverness Rodney MacDonald Progressive Conservative 1999
  Allan MacMaster Progressive Conservative 2009
  Kings North Jim Morton NDP 2009
  Kings South Ramona Jennex NDP 2009
  Kings West Leo Glavine Liberal 2003
  Lunenburg Pam Birdsall NDP 2009
  Lunenburg West Gary Ramey NDP 2009
  Pictou Centre Ross Landry NDP 2009
  Pictou East Clarrie MacKinnon NDP 2006
  Pictou West Charlie Parker NDP 1998, 2003
  Preston Keith Colwell Liberal 1993[b], 2003
  Queens Vicki Conrad NDP 2006
  Richmond Michel Samson Liberal 1998
  Sackville-Cobequid Dave Wilson NDP 2003
  Shelburne Sterling Belliveau NDP 2006
  Timberlea-Prospect Bill Estabrooks NDP 1998
  Truro-Bible Hill Lenore Zann NDP 2009
  Victoria-The Lakes Keith Bain Progressive Conservative 2006
  Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank Percy Paris NDP 2006
  Yarmouth Richard Hurlburt Progressive Conservative 1999
  Zach Churchill Liberal 2010

Seating plan

Churchill Colwell Theriault MacLellan Regan Younger * MacMaster Porter Bain
Gaudet Samson Glavine Whalen MCNEIL Casey * Orrell BAILLIE MacLeod d'Entremont
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Parker
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Belliveau More Landry MacDonald Steele **** DEXTER Corbett Peterson-Rafuse Paris Jennex MacDonell Estabrooks
MacKinnon Wilson Kent Gosse Conrad **** Epstein Raymond Preyra Skabar Boudreau Prest Smith
**** **** Morton Burrill Birdsall **** Ramey Zann Whynott

Membership changes in the 61st Assembly

Number of members
per party by date 		2009 2010 2011 2013
Jun 9 Sep 4 Sep 10 Oct 20 Feb 9 Mar 11 Mar 25 Jun 22 Sep 8 Oct 26 Jan 10 Mar 25 Jun 21 May 29 June 19
  NDP 31 32 31
  Liberal 11 10 12 13 12
  Progressive Conservative 10 9 8 9 8 7 8 7 6 7
  Independent 0 1 0
Total members 52 51 50 52 51 50 52 51 52 51 52 51 50
Vacant 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2
Government majority 10 11 12 13 14 12 10 11 10 11 10 11 12
Membership changes in the 61st General Assembly
Date Name District Party Reason
June 9, 2009 See list of members Election day of the 38th Nova Scotia general election
  September 4, 2009 Angus MacIsaac Antigonish Progressive Conservative Vacated seat
  September 10, 2009 Rodney MacDonald Inverness Progressive Conservative Vacated seat
  October 20, 2009 Allan MacMaster Inverness Progressive Conservative Elected in a by-election
  October 20, 2009 Maurice Smith Antigonish NDP Elected in a by-election
  February 9, 2010 Richard Hurlburt Yarmouth Progressive Conservative Vacated seat due to constituency expense scandal
  March 11, 2010 David Wilson Glace Bay Liberal Vacated seat
  March 25, 2010 Trevor Zinck Dartmouth North Independent Removed from the NDP caucus over constituency expense irregularities
  June 22, 2010 Zach Churchill Yarmouth Liberal Elected in a by-election
  June 22, 2010 Geoff MacLellan Glace Bay Liberal Elected in a by-election
  September 8, 2010 Murray Scott Cumberland South Progressive Conservative Vacated Seat
  October 26, 2010 Jamie Baillie Cumberland South Progressive Conservative Elected in a by-election
  January 10, 2011 Karen Casey Colchester North Liberal Crossed the floor from Progressive Conservatives
  March 25, 2011 Cecil Clarke Cape Breton North Progressive Conservative Vacated seat to run in the 2011 Canadian federal election
  June 21, 2011 Eddie Orrell Cape Breton North Progressive Conservative Elected in a by-election
  May 29, 2013 Manning MacDonald Cape Breton South Liberal Vacated Seat
  June 19, 2013 Trevor Zinck Dartmouth North Independent Vacated Seat

Notes

  1. ^ Guysborough
  2. ^ Eastern Shore

References

  1. ^ "June 9, 2009 Nova Scotia Provincial general election - 01 Electoral District of Annapolis" (PDF).
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