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51st General Assembly of Nova Scotia

51st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
23 May 1974 – 12 August 1978
Parliament leaders
PremierGerald Regan
October 28, 1970 – October 5, 1978
Leader of the
Opposition
John Buchanan
March 6, 1971 – October 5, 1978
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionProgressive Conservative Party
RecognizedNew Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House
Vincent MacLean
May 23, 1974 – October 27, 1976
George Doucet
February 22, 1977 – August 12, 1978
Members46 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor
Clarence Gosse
October 1, 1973
Sessions
1st session
May 23, 1974 – November 27, 1974
2nd session
February 3, 1975 – February 17, 1976
3rd session
February 17, 1976 – May 20, 1976
4th session
February 22, 1977 – February 7, 1978
5th session
February 7, 1978 – August 12, 1978
← 50th → 52nd

The 51st General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between May 23, 1974 and August 12, 1978.

Division of seats

There were 46 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1974 Nova Scotia general election.

Leader Party # of Seats
  Gerald Regan Liberal 31
  John Buchanan Progressive Conservative 12
  Jeremy Akerman NDP 3
Total 46

List of members

Riding Name Position
  Annapolis East Gerry Sheehy
  Annapolis West Peter Murray Nicholson
  Antigonish J. William Gillis
  Cape Breton South Vince MacLean speaker
Minister of Lands & Forests (1976)
  Cape Breton Centre James 'Buddy' MacEachern
  Cape Breton North Tom McKeough
  Cape Breton Nova Paul MacEwan
  Cape Breton East Jeremy Akerman
  Cape Breton West Allan Sullivan
  Clare Benoit Comeau
  Colchester Melinda MacLean
  Floyd Tucker
  Cumberland East Roger S. Bacon
  Cumberland West D. L. George Henley
  Cumberland Centre Guy Brown
  Dartmouth North Glen M. Bagnell
  Dartmouth South Roland J. Thornhill
  Digby Joseph H. Casey
  Guysborough A. M. "Sandy" Cameron
  Halifax Atlantic John Buchanan
  Halifax Cornwallis George M. Mitchell
  Halifax Citadel Ronald Wallace
  Halifax Chebucto Walter Fitzgerald
  Halifax Cobequid George Doucet speaker (1977)
  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 Bill MacEachern
  John Archie MacKenzie
  Kings North Glenn Ells
  Kings South Harry How
  Kings West Frank C. Bezanson
  Lunenburg Centre Bruce Cochran
  Lunenburg East Ronald T. Barkhouse
  Lunenburg West Maurice DeLorey
  Pictou East Donald W. Cameron
  Pictou West Dan Reid
  Pictou Centre Fraser MacLean
  Queens John Wickwire
  Richmond Gaston LeBlanc
  Shelburne Harold Huskilson
  Victoria Maynard MacAskil
  Yarmouth Fraser Mooney
  Hugh Tinkham

Former members of the 51st General Assembly

Name Party Electoral District Cause of departure Succeeded by Elected
  Allan Sullivan Liberal Cape Breton West named to bench Osborne Fraser, Liberal September 7, 1976
  Fraser MacLean Progressive Conservative Pictou Centre resigned Jack MacIsaac, PC September 6, 1977

References

  • "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2011. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1974–1978
Succeeded by
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