31st General Assembly of Nova Scotia explained

The 31st General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1894 and 1897.

The Liberal Party led by William Stevens Fielding formed the government. George Henry Murray replaced Fielding as party leader and premier when Fielding entered federal politics in 1896.

Frederick A. Lawrence was chosen as speaker for the house.

The assembly was dissolved on March 20, 1897.

List of Members

Electoral District	Name	Party
Annapolis County	Joseph A. Bancroft	Liberal
	J. W. Longley^[1] J.W. Longley (1896)	Liberal
Antigonish County	Christopher P. Chisholm	Liberal
	Colin F. McIsaac^[2] Angus McGillivray (1895)	Liberal
County of Cape Breton	John McCormick	Liberal-Conservative
	William McKay	Liberal-Conservative
Colchester County	Wilbert D. Dimock Firman McClure (1895)	Liberal-Conservative Liberal
	Frederick Andrew Laurence	Liberal
Cumberland County	Thomas R. Black	Liberal
	Alexander E. Fraser	Liberal
Digby County	Ambrose H. Comeau	Liberal
	Eliakim E. Tupper^[3] Angus M. Gidney (1895)	Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Guysborough County	Daniel H. MacKinnon	Liberal
	John H. Sinclair	Liberal
Halifax County	William A. Black	Liberal-Conservative
	William S. Fielding William B. Wallace (1896)	Liberal
	William Roche, Jr.	Liberal
Hants County	Arthur Drysdale	Liberal
	Charles Smith Wilcox	Liberal-Conservative
Inverness County	Alexander Campbell	Liberal-Conservative
	John H. Jamieson	Liberal-Conservative
Kings County	Brenton H. Dodge	Liberal
	Harry H. Wickwire	Liberal
Lunenburg County	Charles E. Church	Liberal
	John D. Sperry Allan R. Moreash (1896)	Liberal
Pictou County	William Cameron	Liberal-Conservative
	Alexander Grant	Liberal-Conservative
	Charles E. Tanner	Liberal-Conservative
Queens County	Albert M. Hemeon^[4] Edward M. Farrell (1896)	Liberal
	Richard Hunt	Liberal
Richmond County	Simon Joyce	Liberal
	John Morrison ^[5] Joseph Matheson (1894)	Liberal-Conservative Liberal
Shelburne County	Thomas Johnston	Liberal
	Thomas Robertson	Liberal
Victoria County	John L. Bethune George Henry Murray (1896)	Conservative Liberal
	John G. Morrison	Liberal
Yarmouth County	William Law	Liberal
	Albert A. Pothier	Liberal-Conservative

Notes:

1. ran for federal seat
2. elected to federal seat
3. died in 1895
4. died in 1896
5. election appealed

References

• Web site: Government of Nova Scotia . Election Summary From 1867 - 2006 . PDF . 2008-07-20 . Elections Nova Scotia . Elections Statistics . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912061452/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/ele_summary.pdf . 2008-09-12 .