49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia


The 49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between December 1, 1967 and September 5, 1970.

Division of seats

There were 46 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1967 Nova Scotia general election.

List of members

RidingNamePartyFirst elected / previously electedPosition
Annapolis EastJohn I. MarshallProgressive Conservative1963
Annapolis WestPeter Murray NicholsonLiberal1956
AntigonishWilliam F. MacKinnonProgressive Conservative1956
Cape Breton SouthDonald C. McNeilProgressive Conservative1956
Cape Breton CentreMike LaffinProgressive Conservative1963
Cape Breton NorthTom McKeoughProgressive Conservative1960
Cape Breton NovaPercy GaumProgressive Conservative1956
Cape Breton EastLayton FergussonProgressive Conservative1956
Cape Breton WestEdward MansonProgressive Conservative1956
ClareBenoit ComeauLiberal1967
ColchesterRobert L. StanfieldProgressive Conservative1949Premier
G. I. SmithProgressive Conservative1949Premier
Gerald Ritcey Progressive Conservative1968
Cumberland EastJames A. LangilleProgressive Conservative1953
Cumberland WestD. L. George HenleyProgressive Conservative1963
Cumberland CentreStephen T. PykeProgressive Conservative1953Minister of Highways
Raymond M. Smith Progressive Conservative1968
Dartmouth NorthGordon L. S. HartLiberal1960, 1967
Gerald G. Wambolt Progressive Conservative1968
Dartmouth SouthI. W. AkerleyProgressive Conservative1963
DigbyRobert Baden PowellProgressive Conservative1963
GuysboroughAlex "Tando" MacIsaacProgressive Conservative1960
Angus MacIsaac Progressive Conservative1969
Halifax AtlanticJohn BuchananProgressive Conservative1967
Halifax CornwallisRichard A. DonahoeProgressive Conservative1954
Halifax CitadelDonald M. SmithProgressive Conservative1960
Halifax ChebuctoJames H. VaughanProgressive Conservative1963
Halifax CobequidGordon H. FitzgeraldProgressive Conservative1960speaker
Halifax Eastern ShoreDuncan MacMillanLiberal1956, 1967
Alexander Garnet Brown Liberal1969
Halifax NeedhamGerald ReganLiberal1967
Halifax St. MargaretsD. C. McNeilProgressive Conservative1963
Hants EastAlbert J. EttingerProgressive Conservative1962
Hants WestNorman T. SpenceProgressive Conservative1963
InvernessNorman J. MacLeanProgressive Conservative1963
William N. MacLeanLiberal1962
Kings NorthVictor ThorpeProgressive Conservative1967
Kings SouthEdward HaliburtonProgressive Conservative1953
Kings WestGordon TidmanProgressive Conservative1967
Lunenburg CentreGeorge O. LohnesProgressive Conservative1956
Lunenburg EastMaurice L. ZinckProgressive Conservative1959
Lunenburg WestHarley J. SpenceProgressive Conservative1953
Pictou EastThomas MacQueenProgressive Conservative1967
Pictou WestHarvey VeniotProgressive Conservative1956speaker
Pictou CentreDonald R. MacLeodProgressive Conservative1956
QueensW. S. Kennedy JonesProgressive Conservative1953
RichmondGerald DoucetProgressive Conservative1963
ShelburneJames M. HardingProgressive Conservative1956
VictoriaFisher HudsonProgressive Conservative1967
YarmouthGeorge A. SnowProgressive Conservative1963
Benoit RobichaudProgressive Conservative1967
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Former members of the 49th General Assembly

NamePartyElectoral DistrictCause of departureSucceeded byElected
Robert L. StanfieldProgressive ConservativeColchesterbecame federal party leaderGerald Ritcey, PCFebruary 13, 1968
Stephen T. PykeProgressive ConservativeCumberland CentreRaymond M. Smith, PCNovember 26, 1968
Gordon L. S. HartLiberalDartmouth NorthGerald G. Wambolt, PCNovember 26, 1968
Alex MacIsaacProgressive ConservativeGuysboroughdeathAngus MacIsaac, PCFebruary 11, 1969
Duncan MacMillanLiberalHalifax Eastern ShoredeathAlexander Garnet Brown, LiberalFebruary 11, 1969