60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia from 2006 to 2009. Its membership was determined in the 2006 Nova Scotia election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia led by Rodney MacDonald formed a minority government.
| 60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Minority parliament | |||
| 29 June 2006 – 5 May 2009 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | Rodney MacDonald February 24, 2006 – June 19, 2009 | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Darrell Dexter April 29, 2001 – June 19, 2009 | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
| Opposition | New Democratic Party | ||
| Recognized | Liberal Party | ||
| House of Assembly | |||
| Speaker of the House | Cecil Clarke March 3, 2006 – October 23, 2007 | ||
| Alfie MacLeod October 25, 2007 – May 5, 2009 | |||
| Government House Leader | Michael Baker June 29, 2006 – October 23, 2007 | ||
| Cecil Clarke October 23, 2007 – May 5, 2009 | |||
| Opposition House Leader | Kevin Deveaux September 4, 2003 – February 8, 2007 | ||
| Frank Corbett February 8, 2007 – May 5, 2009 | |||
| Members | 52 MLA seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 | ||
| Lieutenant Governor | Myra Freeman May 17, 2000 – September 7, 2006 | ||
| Mayann Francis September 7, 2006 | |||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session June 29, 2006 – November 22, 2007 | |||
| 2nd session November 22, 2007 – May 5, 2009 | |||
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The first session met from June 29, 2006 to July 14, 2006, October 30, 2006 to November 23, 2006, January 8, 2006 to January 11, 2006, March 19, 2007 to April 13, 2007 and October 27, 2007 to November 22, 2007.
The second session met from November 22, 2007 to December 13, 2007, April 24, 2008 to May 27, 2008, October 30, 2008 to November 25, 2008, and May 1, 2009 to May 5, 2009, when the government was defeated on a money bill.
Division of seats
edit| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative Party | 21 | |
| New Democratic Party | 20 | |
| Liberal Party | 9 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Vacant | 1 | |
| Total |
52 | |
| Government majority (minority) |
(1) | |
List of members
edit- ^a elected in by-election on October 2, 2007
- ^b resigned from cabinet and from the Progressive Conservative caucus on January 4, 2007
- ^c vacancy caused by the death of Michael Baker on March 2, 2009
Seating plan
edit| **** | **** | Epstein | MacKinnon | Belliveau | Preyra | **** | * | **** | Samson | Theriault | ||
| Gosse | Estabrooks | Zinck | Raymond | Paris | Conrad | Wilson | More | * | Glavine | Wilson | Whalen | |
| Parker | Massey | Steele | MacDonell | Corbett | MacDonald | DEXTER | Kent | * | MacDonald | MCNEIL | Gaudet | Colwell |
| **** | ||||||||||||
| MacLeod | ||||||||||||
| **** | ||||||||||||
| **** | Hurlburt | Morse | Barnet | MacIsaac | **** | MACDONALD | Muir | d'Entremont | Bolivar-Getson | **** | Fage | |
| **** | Clarke | Casey | Goucher | Parent | **** | Streatch | Scott | Dooks | Taylor | |||
| **** | Chisholm | Bain | Dunn | Porter | ||||||||
External links
edit- Hansard of the 60th General Assembly, 1st Session Archived 2006-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Hansard of the 60th General Assembly, 2nd Session Archived 2009-05-09 at the Wayback Machine