57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia explained

57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between March 24, 1998, and June 18, 1999, its membership being set in the 1998 Nova Scotia general election. The Liberals led by Russell MacLellan formed a minority government with the support of the Progressive Conservatives.

Division of seats

The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the general election of 1998

	Leader	Party	of Seats	John Hamm	Progressive Conservative	14	Russell MacLellan	Liberal	19	Robert Chisholm	NDP	19
Total			52

List of members

Laurie Montgomery	Liberal	Annapolis
Hyland Fraser	Liberal	Antigonish
Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Argyle
Francene Cosman	Liberal	Bedford-Fall River
Frank Corbett	NDP	Cape Breton Centre
Reeves Matheson	NDP	Cape Breton East
Russell MacLellan	Liberal	Cape Breton North
Paul MacEwan	Liberal	Cape Breton Nova
Manning MacDonald	Liberal	Cape Breton South
Helen MacDonald	NDP	Cape Breton The Lakes
Russell MacKinnon	Liberal	Cape Breton West
Hinrich Bitter-Suermann	Progressive Conservative	Chester-St. Margaret's
Wayne Gaudet	Liberal	Clare
Brooke Taylor	Progressive Conservative	Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
Ed Lorraine	Liberal	Colchester North
Kevin Deveaux	NDP	Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
Ernie Fage	Progressive Conservative	Cumberland North
Murray K. Scott	Progressive Conservative	Cumberland South
Darrell Dexter	NDP	Dartmouth-Cole Harbour
Jim Smith	Liberal	Dartmouth East
Jerry Pye	NDP	Dartmouth North
Don Chard	NDP	Dartmouth South
Gordon Balser	Progressive Conservative	Digby-Annapolis
Keith Colwell	Liberal	Eastern Shore
Ray White	Liberal	Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury
Robert Chisholm	NDP	Halifax Atlantic
Gerry Fogarty	Liberal	Halifax Bedford Basin
Howard Epstein	NDP	Halifax Chebucto
Peter Delefes	NDP	Halifax Citadel
Eileen O'Connell	NDP	Halifax Fairview
Maureen MacDonald	NDP	Halifax Needham
John MacDonell	NDP	Hants East
Ron Russell	Progressive Conservative	Hants West
Charlie MacDonald	Liberal	Inverness
George Archibald	Progressive Conservative	Kings North
Robbie Harrison	Liberal	Kings South
George Moody	Progressive Conservative	Kings West
Michael Baker	Progressive Conservative	Lunenburg
Don Downe	Liberal	Lunenburg West
John Hamm	Progressive Conservative	Pictou Centre
Jim DeWolfe	Progressive Conservative	Pictou East
Charlie Parker	NDP	Pictou West
Yvonne Atwell	NDP	Preston
John Leefe	Progressive Conservative	Queens
Michel Samson	Liberal	Richmond
Rosemary Godin	NDP	Sackville-Beaver Bank
John Holm	NDP	Sackville-Cobequid
Clifford Huskilson	Liberal	Shelburne
Bill Estabrooks	NDP	Timberlea-Prospect
Jamie Muir	Progressive Conservative	Truro-Bible Hill
Kennie MacAskill	Liberal	Victoria
John Deveau	NDP	Yarmouth

References

• Web site: Government of Nova Scotia . Election Summary From 1867 - 2006 . PDF . 2008-10-27 . Elections Nova Scotia . Elections Statistics . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912061452/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/ele_summary.pdf . 12 September 2008 . dead .