52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia explained

The 52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1978 and 19 September 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	Position	Annapolis East	Gerry Sheehy		Annapolis West	Greg Kerr		Antigonish	J. William Gillis		Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley	Ken Streatch		Cape Breton South	Vincent MacLean		Cape Breton Centre	James 'Buddy' MacEachern		Cape Breton North	Len J. Arsenault		Cape Breton Nova	Paul MacEwan		Cape Breton East	Jeremy Akerman		Cape Breton West	David N. Muise		Cape Breton The Lakes	Ossie Fraser		Clare	Benoit Comeau		Colchester North	Bill Campbell		Colchester South	R. Colin Stewart		Cole Harbour	David Nantes		Cumberland East	Roger S. Bacon		Cumberland West	D. L. George Henley		Cumberland Centre	Guy A. C. Brown		Dartmouth East	Richard L. Weldon		Dartmouth North	Laird Stirling		Dartmouth South	Roland J. Thornhill		Digby	Joseph H. Casey		Guysborough	A. M. "Sandy" Cameron		Halifax Atlantic	John Buchanan	Premier	Halifax Bedford Basin	Joel Matheson		Halifax Cornwallis	Terry Donahoe		Halifax Citadel	Arthur R. Donahoe		Halifax Chebucto	Walter Fitzgerald		Halifax Eastern Shore	Tom McInnis		Halifax Needham	Gerald Regan		Halifax St. Margarets	Gerald A.(Jerry) Lawrence		Hants East	G. Patrick Hunt		Hants West	Ron Russell		Inverness	Bill MacEachern			John Archie MacKenzie		Kings North	Edward Twohig		Kings South	Harry How		Kings West	George Moody		Lunenburg Centre	Bruce Cochran		Lunenburg East	Ron Barkhouse		Lunenburg West	Mel Pickings		Pictou East	Donald W. Cameron		Pictou West	Donald P. McInnes		Pictou Centre	Jack MacIsaac		Queens	John Leefe		Richmond	Gaston LeBlanc		Sackville	Malcolm A. MacKay		Shelburne	Harold Huskilson		Truro-Bible Hill	Ron Giffin		Victoria	Peter John Nicholson		Yarmouth	Fraser Mooney			Hugh Tinkham

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

References

• Web site: Summary Results from 1867 to 2011. Elections Nova Scotia. 2011. 2015-04-28.