52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between December 7, 1978 and August 28, 1981.

Division of seats

There were 52 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1978 Nova Scotia general election.

	Leader	Party	# of Seats	Gerald Regan	Liberal	17	John Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	31	Jeremy Akerman	NDP	4
Total			52

List of members

	Riding	Name	Party	First elected / previously elected	Position	Annapolis East	Gerry Sheehy	Progressive Conservative	1970		Annapolis West	Greg Kerr	Progressive Conservative	1978		Antigonish	J. William Gillis	Liberal	1970		Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley	Ken Streatch	Progressive Conservative	1978		Cape Breton South	Vincent MacLean	Liberal	1974		Cape Breton Centre	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	NDP	1974		Cape Breton North	Len J. Arsenault	NDP	1978		Cape Breton Nova	Paul MacEwan	NDP	1970		Independent	Cape Breton East	Jeremy Akerman	NDP	1970		Donnie MacLeod (1980)	Progressive Conservative	1980		Cape Breton West	David N. Muise	Liberal	1978		Cape Breton The Lakes	Ossie Fraser	Liberal	1976		Clare	Benoit Comeau	Liberal	1967		Colchester North	Bill Campbell	Progressive Conservative	1978		Colchester South	R. Colin Stewart	Progressive Conservative	1978		Cole Harbour	David Nantes	Progressive Conservative	1978		Cumberland East	Roger S. Bacon	Progressive Conservative	1970		Cumberland West	D. L. George Henley	Progressive Conservative	1963		Cumberland Centre	Guy A. C. Brown	Liberal	1974		Dartmouth East	Richard L. Weldon	Progressive Conservative	1978		Dartmouth North	Laird Stirling	Progressive Conservative	1978		Dartmouth South	Roland J. Thornhill	Progressive Conservative	1974		Digby	Joseph H. Casey	Liberal	1970		Guysborough	A. M. "Sandy" Cameron	Liberal	1973		Halifax Atlantic	John Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	1967	Premier	Halifax Bedford Basin	Joel Matheson	Progressive Conservative	1978		Halifax Cornwallis	Terry Donahoe	Progressive Conservative	1978		Halifax Citadel	Arthur R. Donahoe	Progressive Conservative	1978		Halifax Chebucto	Walter Fitzgerald	Liberal	1974		Halifax Eastern Shore	Tom McInnis	Progressive Conservative	1978		Halifax Needham	Gerald Regan	Liberal	1967		Edmund L. Morris (1980)	Progressive Conservative	1980		Halifax St. Margarets	Gerald A.(Jerry) Lawrence	Progressive Conservative	1978		Hants East	G. Patrick Hunt	Progressive Conservative	1978		Hants West	Ron Russell	Progressive Conservative	1978		Inverness	Bill MacEachern	Liberal	1974		John Archie MacKenzie	Liberal	1970		Kings North	Edward Twohig	Progressive Conservative	1978		Kings South	Harry How	Progressive Conservative	1970		Kings West	George Moody	Progressive Conservative	1978		Lunenburg Centre	Bruce Cochran	Progressive Conservative	1974		Lunenburg East	Ron Barkhouse	Progressive Conservative	1974		Lunenburg West	Mel Pickings	Progressive Conservative	1978		Pictou East	Donald W. Cameron	Progressive Conservative	1974		Pictou West	Donald P. McInnes	Progressive Conservative	1978		Pictou Centre	Jack MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	1977		Queens	John Leefe	Progressive Conservative	1978		Richmond	Gaston LeBlanc	Liberal	1974		John E. LeBrun (1980)	Liberal	1980		Sackville	Malcolm A. MacKay	Progressive Conservative	1978		Shelburne	Harold Huskilson	Liberal	1970		Truro-Bible Hill	Ron Giffin	Progressive Conservative	1978		Victoria	Peter John Nicholson	Liberal	1978		Fisher Hudson (1980)	Progressive Conservative	1967, 1980		Yarmouth	Fraser Mooney	Liberal	1970		Hugh Tinkham	Liberal	1974

Former members of the 52nd General Assembly

	Name	Party	Electoral District	Cause of departure	Succeeded by	Elected	Gerald Regan	Liberal	Halifax Needham	elected to federal seat	Edmund L. Morris, PC	May 6, 1980	Gaston T. LeBlanc	Liberal	Richmond	death	John E. LeBrun, Liberal	May 6, 1980	Peter John Nicholson	Liberal	Victoria	resigned	Fisher Hudson, PC	May 6, 1980	Jeremy Akerman	NDP	Cape Breton East	resigned	Donnie MacLeod, PC	December 2, 1980

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