45th General Assembly of Nova Scotia


The 45th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 24, 1954, and September 10, 1956.

Division of seats

There were 37 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1953 Nova Scotia general election.

List of members

RidingNamePartyFirst elected / previously electedPosition
Annapolis CountyHenry Davies HicksLiberal1945Minister of Education
Premier
AntigonishColin H. ChisholmLiberal1949
Cape Breton SouthJohn Smith MacIvorLiberal1945speaker
Cape Breton CentreMichael MacDonaldCCF1945
Cape Breton NorthAlexander O'HandleyLiberal1925, 1941
Cape Breton EastRussell CunninghamCCF1945
Cape Breton WestMalcolm A. PattersonLiberal1937Attorney general
ClarePierre E. BelliveauLiberal1953
ColchesterRobert L. StanfieldProgressive Conservative1949
G. I. SmithProgressive Conservative1949
Cumberland EastJames A. LangilleProgressive Conservative1953
Cumberland WestAllison T. SmithLiberal1953
Cumberland CentreStephen T. PykeProgressive Conservative1953
DigbyVictor George CardozaLiberal1953
GuysboroughArthur Whittier MacKenzieLiberal1945
Halifax SouthAngus L. MacDonaldLiberal1933, 1945Premier
Richard A.Donahoe Progressive Conservative1954
Halifax CentreJames Edward RutledgeLiberal1939
Halifax NorthHarold ConnollyLiberal1936Minister of Public Health
acting Premier
Halifax EastGeoffrey W. StevensLiberal1933
Halifax WestRonald Manning FieldingLiberal1941
Hants EastAlfred E. ReidLiberal1953
Hants WestGeorge H. WilsonProgressive Conservative1950
InvernessAlexander H. McKinnonLiberal1940
Roderick MacLeanLiberal1949
Joseph Clyde Nunn Liberal1954
KingsEdward HaliburtonProgressive Conservative1953
George Arthur BoggsProgressive Conservative1953
LunenburgHarley J. SpenceProgressive Conservative1953
R. Clifford LevyProgressive Conservative1953
Pictou EastJohn W. MacDonaldLiberal1949
Pictou WestStewart W. ProudfootLiberal1949
Pictou CentreAlfred B. DeWolfeLiberal1945
QueensW. S. Kennedy JonesProgressive Conservative1953
RichmondEarl Wallace UrquhartLiberal1949
ShelburneWilfred Tennyson DauphineeLiberal1941
VictoriaCarleton L. MacMillanLiberal1949
YarmouthWilliam H. BrownProgressive Conservative1949
Raymond Z. BourqueProgressive Conservative1953
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Former members of the 45th General Assembly

NamePartyElectoral DistrictCause of departureSucceeded byElected
Angus L. MacDonaldLiberalHalifax SouthdiedRichard A.Donahoe, PCNovember 14, 1954
Alexander H. McKinnonLiberalInvernessnamed judgeJoseph Clyde Nunn, LiberalNovember 14, 1954