52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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

52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
7 December 1978 – 28 August 1981
Parliament leaders
Premier	John Buchanan October 5, 1978
Leader of the Opposition	Gerald Regan October 5, 1978 – January 1, 1980
	Benoit Comeau January 1, 1980 – June 8, 1980
	A.M. (Sandy) Cameron June 8, 1980
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the House	Ron Russell December 7, 1978 – July 8, 1980
	Art Donahoe February 19, 1981
Members	52 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952
Lieutenant Governor	Clarence Gosse October 1, 1973 – December 23, 1978
	John Elvin Shaffner December 23, 1978
Sessions
1st session December 7, 1978 – December 28, 1979
2nd session February 28, 1980 – February 19, 1981
3rd session February 19, 1981 – August 28, 1981
← 51st → 53rd

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

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