| Riding | Name | Party | First elected / previously elected | Position
| Annapolis East | Gerry Sheehy | Progressive Conservative | 1970 |
| Annapolis West | Greg Kerr | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Antigonish | J. William Gillis | Liberal | 1970 |
| Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley | Ken Streatch | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Cape Breton South | Vincent MacLean | Liberal | 1974 |
| Cape Breton Centre | James 'Buddy' MacEachern | NDP | 1974 |
| Cape Breton North | Len J. Arsenault | NDP | 1978 |
| Cape Breton Nova | Paul MacEwan | NDP | 1970 |
| Independent
| Cape Breton East | Jeremy Akerman | NDP | 1970 |
| Donnie MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | 1980 |
| Cape Breton West | David N. Muise | Liberal | 1978 |
| Cape Breton The Lakes | Ossie Fraser | Liberal | 1976 |
| Clare | Benoit Comeau | Liberal | 1967 |
| Colchester North | Bill Campbell | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Colchester South | R. Colin Stewart | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Cole Harbour | David Nantes | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Cumberland East | Roger S. Bacon | Progressive Conservative | 1970 |
| Cumberland West | D. L. George Henley | Progressive Conservative | 1963 |
| Cumberland Centre | Guy A. C. Brown | Liberal | 1974 |
| Dartmouth East | Richard L. Weldon | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Dartmouth North | Laird Stirling | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Dartmouth South | Roland J. Thornhill | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |
| Digby | Joseph H. Casey | Liberal | 1970 |
| Guysborough | A. M. "Sandy" Cameron | Liberal | 1973 |
| Halifax Atlantic | John Buchanan | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | Premier
| Halifax Bedford Basin | Joel Matheson | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Halifax Cornwallis | Terry Donahoe | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Halifax Citadel | Arthur R. Donahoe | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Halifax Chebucto | Walter Fitzgerald | Liberal | 1974 |
| Halifax Eastern Shore | Tom McInnis | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Halifax Needham | Gerald Regan | Liberal | 1967 |
| Edmund L. Morris | Progressive Conservative | 1980 |
| Halifax St. Margarets | Gerald A.(Jerry) Lawrence | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Hants East | G. Patrick Hunt | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Hants West | Ron Russell | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Inverness | Bill MacEachern | Liberal | 1974 |
| John Archie MacKenzie | Liberal | 1970 |
| Kings North | Edward Twohig | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Kings South | Harry How | Progressive Conservative | 1970 |
| Kings West | George Moody | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Lunenburg Centre | Bruce Cochran | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |
| Lunenburg East | Ron Barkhouse | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |
| Lunenburg West | Mel Pickings | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Pictou East | Donald W. Cameron | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |
| Pictou West | Donald P. McInnes | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Pictou Centre | Jack MacIsaac | Progressive Conservative | 1977 |
| Queens | John Leefe | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Richmond | Gaston LeBlanc | Liberal | 1974 |
| John E. LeBrun | Liberal | 1980 |
| Sackville | Malcolm A. MacKay | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Shelburne | Harold Huskilson | Liberal | 1970 |
| Truro-Bible Hill | Ron Giffin | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Victoria | Peter John Nicholson | Liberal | 1978 |
| Fisher Hudson | Progressive Conservative | 1967, 1980 |
| Yarmouth | Fraser Mooney | Liberal | 1970 |
| Hugh Tinkham | Liberal | 1974 | |