47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia


The 47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 8, 1961 and August 29, 1963.

Division of seats

There were 43 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1960 Nova Scotia general election.

List of members

RidingNamePartyFirst elected / previously electedPosition
Annapolis EastHanson DowellProgressive Conservative1960
Annapolis WestPeter Murray NicholsonLiberal1956
AntigonishWilliam F. MacKinnonProgressive Conservative1956
Cape Breton SouthDonald C. McNeilProgressive Conservative1956
Cape Breton CentreMichael MacDonaldCCF1945
Cape Breton NorthTom McKeoughProgressive Conservative1960
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 Highways
DigbyVictor CardozaLiberal1953, 1960
GuysboroughAlex "Tando" MacIsaacProgressive Conservative1960
Halifax SouthRichard A.DonahoeProgressive Conservative1954
Halifax CentreDonald M. SmithProgressive Conservative1960
Halifax NorthJohn E. AhernLiberal1956
Halifax NorthwestGordon H. FitzgeraldProgressive Conservative1960
Halifax EastDuncan MacMillanLiberal1956
Halifax WestCharles H. ReardonLiberal1956
Halifax County DartmouthGordon L. S. HartLiberal1960
Hants EastErnest M. EttingerProgressive Conservative1949, 1956
Albert J. Ettinger Progressive Conservative1962
Hants WestGeorge H. WilsonProgressive Conservative1950
InvernessJoseph Clyde NunnLiberal1954
Roderick MacLeanLiberal1949
William N. MacLean Liberal1962
Kings NorthGladys M. PorterProgressive Conservative1960
Kings SouthEdward HaliburtonProgressive Conservative1953
Kings WestEdward D. MacArthurLiberal1960
Lunenburg CentreGeorge O. LohnesProgressive Conservative1956
Lunenburg EastMaurice L. ZinckProgressive Conservative1959
Lunenburg WestHarley J. SpenceProgressive Conservative1953
Pictou EastJohn W. MacDonaldLiberal1949, 1960
Pictou WestHarvey VeniotProgressive Conservative1956speaker
Pictou CentreDonald R. MacLeodProgressive Conservative1956
QueensW. S. Kennedy JonesProgressive Conservative1953
RichmondEarl Wallace UrquhartLiberal1949
ShelburneJames M. HardingProgressive Conservative1956
VictoriaCarleton L. MacMillanLiberal1949
YarmouthWillard C. O'BrienLiberal1956
George A. BurridgeProgressive Conservative1960
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Former members of the 47th General Assembly

NamePartyElectoral DistrictCause of departureSucceeded byElected
Ernest M. EttingerProgressive ConservativeHants EastdeathAlbert J. Ettinger, PCSeptember 11, 1962
Roderick MacLeanLiberalInvernessdeathWilliam N. MacLean, LiberalSeptember 11, 1962