53rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between October 6, 1981, and November 6, 1984, its membership being set in the 1981 Nova Scotia general election. John M. Buchanan led the Progressive Conservatives to a Majority Government.

Division of seats

The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the General Election of 1981

Leader Party # of Seats
  John M. Buchanan Progressive Conservative 37
  A.M. (Sandy) Cameron Liberal 13
  Alexa McDonough NDP 1
  Paul MacEwan Cape Breton Labour Party 1
Total 52

List of members

  Gerry Sheehy Progressive Conservative Annapolis East
  Greg Kerr Progressive Conservative Annapolis West
  J. William Gillis Liberal Antigonish
  Hugh Tinkham Liberal Argyle
  Kenneth Streatch Progressive Conservative Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley
  Mike Laffin Progressive Conservative Cape Breton Centre
  Donnie MacLeod Progressive Conservative Cape Breton East
  Brian Young Progressive Conservative Cape Breton North
  Paul MacEwan Cape Breton Labour Party Cape Breton Nova
  Vincent J. MacLean Liberal Cape Breton South
  Ossie Fraser Liberal Cape Breton The Lakes
  Donnie MacLeod Progressive Conservative Cape Breton West
  Chester Melanson Liberal Clare
  Ed Lorraine Liberal Colchester North
  R. Collin Stewart Progressive Conservative Colchester South
  David Nantes Progressive Conservative Cole Harbour
  Guy Brown Liberal Cumberland Centre
  Roger Stuart Bacon Progressive Conservative Cumberland East
  D. L. George Henley Progressive Conservative Cumberland West
  Richard L. Weldon Progressive Conservative Dartmouth East
  Laird Stirling Progressive Conservative Dartmouth North
  Roland J. Thornhill Progressive Conservative Dartmouth South
  Joe Casey Liberal Digby
  A. M. (Sandy) Cameron Liberal Guysborough
  John M. Buchanan Progressive Conservative Halifax Atlantic
  Joel Matheson Progressive Conservative Halifax Bedford Basin
  Alexa McDonough NDP Halifax Chebucto
  Arthur R. Donahoe Progressive Conservative Halifax Citadel
  Terence R. B. Donahoe Progressive Conservative Halifax Cornwallis
  Tom McInnis Progressive Conservative Halifax Eastern Shore
  Edmond L. Morris Progressive Conservative Halifax Needham
  Jerry Lawrence Progressive Conservative Halifax St. Margarets
  Jack Hawkins Liberal Hants East
  Ron Russell Progressive Conservative Hants West
  John Archie MacKenzie Liberal Inverness North
  Billy Joe MacLean Progressive Conservative Inverness South
  Edward Twohig Progressive Conservative Kings North
  Harry How Progressive Conservative Kings South
  George Moody Progressive Conservative Kings West
  Bruce Cochran Progressive Conservative Lunenburg Centre
  Ron Barkhouse Progressive Conservative Lunenburg East
  Mel Pickings Progressive Conservative Lunenburg West
  Jack MacIsaac Progressive Conservative Pictou Centre
  Donald W. Cameron Progressive Conservative Pictou East
  Donald P. McInnes Progressive Conservative Pictou West
  John Leefe Progressive Conservative Queens
  Greg MacIsaac Progressive Conservative Richmond
  Malcolm A. MacKay Progressive Conservative Sackville
  Harold Huskilson Liberal Shelburne
  Ron Giffin Progressive Conservative Truro-Bible Hill
  Fisher Hudson Progressive Conservative Victoria
  Fraser Mooney Liberal Yarmouth

† denotes the speaker

Former members of the 53rd General Assembly

Name Party Electoral District Cause of departure Succeeded by Elected
  Ossie Fraser Liberal Cape Breton The Lakes death John Newell, PC February 22, 1983
  Harry How Progressive Conservative Kings South resignation Paul Kinsman, PC February 12, 1984
  Bruce Cochran Progressive Conservative Lunenburg Centre died Maxine Cochran, PC June 5, 1984

References

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