61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia explained

61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia is an assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2009 Nova Scotia election. The first session of the General Assembly lasted from 25 June 2009 to 25 March 2010. The second session began on 25 March 2010 with a speech from the throne.

List of members

	Riding	Member	Party	Annapolis	Stephen McNeil[1]	Liberal	Antigonish	Angus MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Smith	NDP	Argyle	Chris d'Entremont	Progressive Conservative	Bedford—Birch Cove	Kelly Regan	Liberal	Cape Breton Centre	Frank Corbett	NDP	Cape Breton North	Eddie Orrell	Progressive Conservative	Cape Breton Nova	Gordie Gosse	NDP	Cape Breton South	Manning MacDonald	Liberal
	Vacant		Cape Breton West	Alfie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	Chester-St. Margaret's		Denise Peterson-Rafuse	NDP	Clare	Wayne Gaudet	Liberal	Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Gary Burrill	NDP	Colchester North	Karen Casey	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	Cole Harbour	Darrell Dexter	NDP	Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage	Becky Kent	NDP	Cumberland North		Brian Skabar	NDP	Cumberland South	Jamie Baillie	Progressive Conservative	Dartmouth East	Andrew Younger	Liberal	Dartmouth North	Trevor Zinck	NDP	Independent
	Vacant		Dartmouth South-Portland Valley	Marilyn More	NDP	Digby-Annapolis	Harold Theriault, Jr.	Liberal	Eastern Shore	Sid Prest	NDP	Glace Bay	David Wilson	Liberal	Geoff MacLellan			Liberal	Guysborough-Sheet Harbour	Jim Boudreau	NDP	Halifax Atlantic	Michèle Raymond	NDP	Halifax Chebucto	Howard Epstein	NDP	Halifax Citadel-Sable Island	Leonard Preyra	NDP	Halifax Clayton Park	Diana Whalen	Liberal	Halifax Fairview	Graham Steele			NDP	Halifax Needham	Maureen MacDonald	NDP	Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville	Mat Whynott	NDP	Hants East	John MacDonell	NDP	Hants West	Chuck Porter	Progressive Conservative	Inverness	Rodney MacDonald	Progressive Conservative	Allan MacMaster	Progressive Conservative	Kings North	Jim Morton	NDP	Kings South	Ramona Jennex	NDP	Kings West	Leo Glavine	Liberal		Pam Birdsall	NDP	Lunenburg West	Gary Ramey	NDP	Pictou Centre	Ross Landry	NDP	Pictou East	Clarrie MacKinnon	NDP	Pictou West	Charlie Parker	NDP	Preston	Keith Colwell	Liberal	Queens	Vicki Conrad	NDP	Richmond	Michel Samson	Liberal	Sackville-Cobequid	Dave Wilson	NDP	Shelburne	Sterling Belliveau	NDP	Timberlea-Prospect	Bill Estabrooks	NDP	Truro-Bible Hill	Lenore Zann	NDP	Victoria-The Lakes	Keith Bain	Progressive Conservative	Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank	Percy Paris	NDP	Yarmouth	Richard Hurlburt	Progressive Conservative	Zach Churchill	Liberal

Seating plan

Younger

Porter

Bain

Casey

Orrell

BAILLIE

MacLeod

d'Entremont

Parker

Steele

Estabrooks

Conrad

Smith

Birdsall

Whynott

Membership changes in the 61st Assembly

Number of members per party by date		2009				2010						2011			2013
		Jun 9	Sep 4	Sep 10	Oct 20	Feb 9	Mar 11	Mar 25	Jun 22	Sep 8	Oct 26	Jan 10	Mar 25	Jun 21	May 29	June 19	NDP	31			32			31									Liberal	11					10		12			13			12		Progressive Conservative	10	9	8	9	8				7	8	7	6	7				Independent	0						1								0
	Total members	52	51	50	52	51	50		52	51	52		51	52	51	50
	Vacant	0	1	2	0	1	2		0	1	0	1	0		1	2
	Government majority	10	11	12		13	14	12	10	11	10		11	10	11	12

Notes and References

1. Web site: June 9, 2009 Nova Scotia Provincial general election - 01 Electoral District of Annapolis.