58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
20 August 1999 – 5 July 2003
Parliament leaders
Premier	John Hamm; August 16, 1999
Leader of the; Opposition	None (duties shared between Liberals and NDP); August 16, 1999 – March 22, 2001
	John MacDonell; March 22, 2001 – April 29, 2001
	Darrell Dexter; April 29, 2001
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	New Democratic Party & Liberal Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the; House	Murray Scott; August 20, 1999
Government; House Leader	Ron Russell; August 20, 1999
Opposition; House Leader	None (duties shared between Liberals and NDP); August 20, 1999 – March 20, 2001
	John Holm; March 20, 2001 – July 5, 2003
Members	52 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; February 6, 1952
Lieutenant; Governor	James Kinley; June 23, 1994 – May 17, 2000
	Myra Freeman; May 17, 2000
Sessions
	1st session; August 20, 1999 – March 22, 2001
	2nd session; March 22, 2001 – March 27, 2003
	3rd session; March 27, 2003 – July 5, 2003
← 57th	→ 59th

The 58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2003, its membership being set in the 1999 Nova Scotia election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, under John Hamm, held the most seats and thus formed the government.

Division of seats

Affiliation		Members
	Progressive Conservative Party	30
	Liberal Party	11
	New Democratic Party	11
Total		52
Government Majority		8

List of members

Riding	Member	Party
Annapolis	Frank Chipman	Progressive Conservative
Antigonish	Angus MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
Argyle	Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
Bedford-Fall River	Peter G. Christie	Progressive Conservative
Cape Breton Centre	Frank Corbett	New Democratic
Cape Breton East	Dave Wilson	Liberal
Cape Breton North	Russell MacLellan ^[1]	Liberal
Cape Breton North	Cecil Clarke^[2]	Progressive Conservative
Cape Breton Nova	Paul MacEwan	Liberal
Cape Breton South	Manning MacDonald	Liberal
Cape Breton-The Lakes	Brian Boudreau	Liberal
Cape Breton West	Russell MacKinnon	Liberal
Chester-St. Margaret's	John Chataway	Progressive Conservative
Clare	Wayne Gaudet	Liberal
Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Brooke Taylor	Progressive Conservative
Colchester North	Bill Langille	Progressive Conservative
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage	Kevin Deveaux	New Democratic
Cumberland North	Ernie Fage	Progressive Conservative
Cumberland South	Murray Scott†	Progressive Conservative
Dartmouth-Cole Harbour	Darrell Dexter	New Democratic
Dartmouth East	Jim Smith	Liberal
Dartmouth North	Jerry Pye	New Democratic
Dartmouth South	Tim Olive	Progressive Conservative
Digby-Annapolis	Gordon Balser	Progressive Conservative
Eastern Shore	Bill Dooks	Progressive Conservative
Guysborough-Port Hawkes	Ron Chisholm	Progressive Conservative
Halifax Atlantic	Robert Chisholm	New Democratic
Halifax Bedford Basin	Mary Ann McGrath	Progressive Conservative
Halifax Chebucto	Howard Epstein	New Democratic
Halifax Citadel	Jane Purves	Progressive Conservative
Halifax Fairview	Graham Steele	New Democratic
Halifax Needham	Maureen MacDonald	New Democratic
Hants East	John MacDonell	New Democratic
Hants West	Ron Russell	Progressive Conservative
Inverness	Rodney MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
Kings North	Mark Parent	Progressive Conservative
Kings South	David Morse	Progressive Conservative
Kings West	Jon Carey	Progressive Conservative
Lunenburg	Michael Baker	Progressive Conservative
Lunenburg West	Don Downe^[3]	Liberal
Pictou Centre	John Hamm	Progressive Conservative
Pictou East	James DeWolfe	Progressive Conservative
Pictou West	Muriel Baillie	Progressive Conservative
Preston	David Hendsbee	Progressive Conservative
Queens	Kerry Morash	Progressive Conservative
Richmond	Michel Samson	Liberal
Sackville-Beaver Bank	Barry Barnet	Progressive Conservative
Sackville-Cobequid	John Holm	New Democratic
Shelburne	Cecil O'Donnell	Progressive Conservative
Timberlea-Prospect	Bill Estabrooks	New Democratic
Truro-Bible Hill	Jamie Muir	Progressive Conservative
Victoria	Kennie MacAskill	Liberal
Yarmouth	Richard Hurlburt	Progressive Conservative