61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia

61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
25 June 2009 – 7 September 2013
Parliament leaders
Premier	Darrell Dexter; June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013
Leader of the; Opposition	Stephen McNeil; June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013
Party caucuses
Government	New Democratic Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Recognized	Progressive Conservative Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the; House	Charlie Parker; June 25, 2009 – January 11, 2011
	Gordie Gosse; January 19, 2011 – September 7, 2013
Government; House Leader	Frank Corbett; June 25, 2009 – September 7, 2013
Opposition; House Leader	Manning MacDonald; June 25, 2009 – January 27, 2012
	Michel Samson; January 27, 2012 – September 7, 2013
Members	52 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; February 6, 1952
Lieutenant; Governor	Mayann Francis; September 7, 2006 – April 12, 2012
	John James Grant; April 12, 2012
Sessions
	1st session; June 25, 2009 – March 25, 2010
	2nd session; March 25, 2010 – March 31, 2011
	3rd session; March 31, 2011 – March 29, 2012
	4th session; March 29, 2012 – March 26, 2013
	5th session; March 26, 2013 – September 7, 2013
← 60th	→ 62nd

61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia is an assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2009 Nova Scotia election. The first session of the General Assembly lasted from 25 June 2009 to 25 March 2010. The second session began on 25 March 2010 with a speech from the throne.

Number of members per party by date		2009				2010						2011			2013
Number of members per party by date		Jun 9	Sep 4	Sep 10	Oct 20	Feb 9	Mar 11	Mar 25	Jun 22	Sep 8	Oct 26	Jan 10	Mar 25	Jun 21	May 29	June 19
	NDP	31			32			31
	Liberal	11					10		12			13			12
	Progressive Conservative	10	9	8	9	8				7	8	7	6	7
	Independent	0						1								0
	Total members	52	51	50	52	51	50		52	51	52		51	52	51	50
	Vacant	0	1	2	0	1	2		0	1	0	1	0		1	2
	Government majority	10	11	12		13	14	12	10	11	10		11	10	11	12


Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
June 9, 2009	See list of members			Election day of the 38th Nova Scotia general election
September 4, 2009	Angus MacIsaac	Antigonish	Progressive Conservative	Vacated seat
September 10, 2009	Rodney MacDonald	Inverness	Progressive Conservative	Vacated seat
October 20, 2009	Allan MacMaster	Inverness	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election
October 20, 2009	Maurice Smith	Antigonish	NDP	Elected in a by-election
February 9, 2010	Richard Hurlburt	Yarmouth	Progressive Conservative	Vacated seat due to constituency expense scandal
March 11, 2010	David Wilson	Glace Bay	Liberal	Vacated seat
March 25, 2010	Trevor Zinck	Dartmouth North	Independent	Removed from the NDP caucus over constituency expense irregularities
June 22, 2010	Zach Churchill	Yarmouth	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
June 22, 2010	Geoff MacLellan	Glace Bay	Liberal	Elected in a by-election
September 8, 2010	Murray Scott	Cumberland South	Progressive Conservative	Vacated Seat
October 26, 2010	Jamie Baillie	Cumberland South	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election
January 10, 2011	Karen Casey	Colchester North	Liberal	Crossed the floor from Progressive Conservatives
March 25, 2011	Cecil Clarke	Cape Breton North	Progressive Conservative	Vacated seat to run in the 2011 Canadian federal election
June 21, 2011	Eddie Orrell	Cape Breton North	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election
May 29, 2013	Manning MacDonald	Cape Breton South	Liberal	Vacated Seat
June 19, 2013	Trevor Zinck	Dartmouth North	Independent	Vacated Seat

List of members

Seating plan

Membership changes in the 61st Assembly

References