47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
Feb. 8, 1961 – Aug. 29, 1963
Parliament leaders
Premier	Robert Stanfield November 20, 1956
Leader of the Opposition	Earl Wallace Urquhart February 8, 1961 – October 8, 1963
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Crossbench	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
House of Assembly
Speaker of the House	Harvey Veniot February 8, 1961
Members	43 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952
Lieutenant governor	Edward Chester Plow January 15, 1958 – March 1, 1963
	Henry Poole MacKeen March 1, 1963
Sessions
1st session February 8, 1961 – March 24, 1961
2nd session February 28, 1962 – April 13, 1962
3rd session February 20, 1963 – August 29, 1963
← 46th → 48th

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.

	Leader	Party	# of Seats
	Henry D. Hicks	Liberal	15
	Robert L. Stanfield	Progressive Conservative	27
	Michael James MacDonald	CCF	1
Total			43

List of members

	Riding	Name	Party	First elected / previously elected	Position
	Annapolis East	Hanson Dowell	Progressive Conservative	1960
	Annapolis West	Peter Murray Nicholson	Liberal	1956
	Antigonish	William F. MacKinnon	Progressive Conservative	1956
	Cape Breton South	Donald C. McNeil	Progressive Conservative	1956
	Cape Breton Centre	Michael MacDonald	CCF	1945
	Cape Breton North	Tom McKeough	Progressive Conservative	1960
	Cape Breton Nova	Percy Gaum	Progressive Conservative	1956
	Cape Breton East	Layton Fergusson	Progressive Conservative	1956
	Cape Breton West	Edward Manson	Progressive Conservative	1956
	Clare	Pierre E. Belliveau	Liberal	1953
	Colchester	Robert L. Stanfield	Progressive Conservative	1949	Premier
		G. I. Smith	Progressive Conservative	1949
	Cumberland East	James A. Langille	Progressive Conservative	1953
	Cumberland West	Allison T. Smith	Liberal	1953
	Cumberland Centre	Stephen T. Pyke	Progressive Conservative	1953	Minister of Highways
	Digby	Victor Cardoza	Liberal	1953, 1960
	Guysborough	Alex "Tando" MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	1960
	Halifax South	Richard A.Donahoe	Progressive Conservative	1954
	Halifax Centre	Donald M. Smith	Progressive Conservative	1960
	Halifax North	John E. Ahern	Liberal	1956
	Halifax Northwest	Gordon H. Fitzgerald	Progressive Conservative	1960
	Halifax East	Duncan MacMillan	Liberal	1956
	Halifax West	Charles H. Reardon	Liberal	1956
	Halifax County Dartmouth	Gordon L. S. Hart	Liberal	1960
	Hants East	Ernest M. Ettinger	Progressive Conservative	1949, 1956
		Albert J. Ettinger (1962)	Progressive Conservative	1962
	Hants West	George H. Wilson	Progressive Conservative	1950
	Inverness	Joseph Clyde Nunn	Liberal	1954
		Roderick MacLean	Liberal	1949
		William N. MacLean (1962)	Liberal	1962
	Kings North	Gladys M. Porter	Progressive Conservative	1960
	Kings South	Edward Haliburton	Progressive Conservative	1953
	Kings West	Edward D. MacArthur	Liberal	1960
	Lunenburg Centre	George O. Lohnes	Progressive Conservative	1956
	Lunenburg East	Maurice L. Zinck	Progressive Conservative	1959
	Lunenburg West	Harley J. Spence	Progressive Conservative	1953
	Pictou East	John W. MacDonald	Liberal	1949, 1960
	Pictou West	Harvey Veniot	Progressive Conservative	1956	speaker
	Pictou Centre	Donald R. MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	1956
	Queens	W. S. Kennedy Jones	Progressive Conservative	1953
	Richmond	Earl Wallace Urquhart	Liberal	1949
	Shelburne	James M. Harding	Progressive Conservative	1956
	Victoria	Carleton L. MacMillan	Liberal	1949
	Yarmouth	Willard C. O'Brien	Liberal	1956
		George A. Burridge	Progressive Conservative	1960

Former members of the 47th General Assembly

	Name	Party	Electoral District	Cause of departure	Succeeded by	Elected
	Ernest M. Ettinger	Progressive Conservative	Hants East	death	Albert J. Ettinger, PC	September 11, 1962
	Roderick MacLean	Liberal	Inverness	death	William N. MacLean, Liberal	September 11, 1962

References

External links

• "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2011. Retrieved 2015-04-28.

Preceded by 46th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 1960–1963

Succeeded by 48th General Assembly of Nova Scotia