46th General Assembly of Nova Scotia


The 46th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 27, 1957, and April 16, 1960.

Division of seats

There were 43 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1956 Nova Scotia general election.

List of members

RidingNamePartyFirst elected / previously electedPosition
Annapolis EastHenry Davies HicksLiberal1945
Annapolis WestPeter Murray NicholsonLiberal1956
AntigonishWilliam F. MacKinnonProgressive Conservative1956
Cape Breton SouthDonald C. McNeilProgressive Conservative1956
Cape Breton CentreMichael MacDonaldCCF1945
Cape Breton NorthJohn M. MacdonaldProgressive Conservative1956
Cape Breton NovaPercy GaumProgressive Conservative1956
Cape Breton EastLayton FergussonProgressive Conservative1956
Cape Breton WestEdward MansonProgressive Conservative1956
ClarePierre E. BelliveauLiberal1953
ColchesterRobert L. StanfieldProgressive Conservative1949Premier
G. I. SmithProgressive Conservative1949
Cumberland EastJames A. LangilleProgressive Conservative1953
Cumberland WestAllison T. SmithLiberal1953
Cumberland CentreStephen T. PykeProgressive Conservative1953Minister of Labour
DigbyMalcolm Stewart LeonardProgressive Conservative1956Minister of Education
GuysboroughA. W. CameronLiberal1956
Halifax SouthRichard A. DonahoeProgressive Conservative1954
Halifax CentreGordon S. CowanLiberal1956
Halifax NorthJohn E. AhernLiberal1956
Halifax NorthwestRonald Manning FieldingLiberal1941
Halifax EastDuncan MacMillanLiberal1956
Halifax WestCharles H. ReardonLiberal1956
Halifax County DartmouthGeoffrey W. StevensLiberal1933
Hants EastErnest M. EttingerProgressive Conservative1949, 1956
Hants WestGeorge H. WilsonProgressive Conservative1950
InvernessJoseph Clyde NunnLiberal1954
Roderick MacLeanLiberal1949
Kings NorthEric BalcomLiberal1956
Kings SouthEdward HaliburtonProgressive Conservative1953Minister of Agriculture
Kings WestHiram ThomasProgressive Conservative1956
Lunenburg CentreGeorge O. LohnesProgressive Conservative1956
Lunenburg EastR. Clifford LevyProgressive Conservative1953
Maurice L. Zinck Progressive Conservative1959
Lunenburg WestHarley J. SpenceProgressive Conservative1953
Pictou EastWilliam A. MacLeodProgressive Conservative1956
Pictou WestHarvey VeniotProgressive Conservative1956
Pictou CentreDonald R. MacLeodProgressive Conservative1956
QueensW. S. Kennedy JonesProgressive Conservative1953speaker
RichmondEarl Wallace UrquhartLiberal1949
ShelburneJames M. HardingProgressive Conservative1956
VictoriaCarleton L. MacMillanLiberal1949
YarmouthWillard O'BrienLiberal1956
Eric SpinneyLiberal1956
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Former members of the 46th General Assembly

NamePartyElectoral DistrictCause of departureSucceeded byElected
R. Clifford LevyProgressive ConservativeLunenburg EastMaurice L. Zinck, PCOctober 14, 1959