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57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Minority parliament
21 May 1998 – 18 June 1999
Parliament leaders
PremierRussell MacLellan
July 18, 1997 – August 16, 1999
Leader of the
Opposition
Robert Chisholm
March 24, 1998 – August 16, 1999
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionNew Democratic Party
RecognizedProgressive Conservative Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House
Ron Russell
May 21, 1998 – June 18, 1999
Government
House Leader
Manning MacDonald
May 21, 1998 – June 18, 1999
Opposition
House Leader
John Holm
May 21, 1998 – June 18, 1999
Members52 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor
James Kinley
June 23, 1994
Sessions
1st session
May 21, 1998 – June 18, 1999
← 56th → 58th

57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between May 21, 1998, and June 18, 1999, its membership being set in the 1998 Nova Scotia general election. The Liberals led by Russell MacLellan formed a minority government with the support of the Progressive Conservatives.

Division of seats

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The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the general election of 1998

Leader Party # of Seats
  John Hamm Progressive Conservative 14
  Russell MacLellan Liberal 19
  Robert Chisholm NDP 19
Total 52

List of members

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Name Party Riding First elected / previously elected
  Laurie Montgomery Liberal Annapolis 1998
  Hyland Fraser Liberal Antigonish 1998
  Neil LeBlanc Progressive Conservative Argyle 1984, 1998
  Francene Cosman Liberal Bedford-Fall River 1993
  Frank Corbett NDP Cape Breton Centre 1998
  Reeves Matheson NDP Cape Breton East 1998
  Russell MacLellan Liberal Cape Breton North 1997
  Paul MacEwan Liberal Cape Breton Nova 1970[a]
  Manning MacDonald Liberal Cape Breton South 1993
  Helen MacDonald NDP Cape Breton The Lakes 1997
  Russell MacKinnon Liberal Cape Breton West 1988, 1998
  Hinrich Bitter-Suermann Progressive Conservative Chester-St. Margaret's 1998
  Wayne Gaudet Liberal Clare 1993
  Brooke Taylor Progressive Conservative Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley 1993
  Ed Lorraine Liberal Colchester North 1981, 1988
  Kevin Deveaux NDP Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage 1998
  Ernie Fage Progressive Conservative Cumberland North 1997
  Murray K. Scott Progressive Conservative Cumberland South 1998
  Darrell Dexter NDP Dartmouth-Cole Harbour 1998
  Jim Smith Liberal Dartmouth East 1984
  Jerry Pye NDP Dartmouth North 1998
  Don Chard NDP Dartmouth South 1998
  Gordon Balser Progressive Conservative Digby-Annapolis 1998
  Keith Colwell Liberal Eastern Shore 1993
  Ray White Liberal Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury 1993
  Robert Chisholm NDP Halifax Atlantic 1991
  Gerry Fogarty Liberal Halifax Bedford Basin 1993
  Howard Epstein NDP Halifax Chebucto 1998
  Peter Delefes NDP Halifax Citadel 1998
  Eileen O'Connell NDP Halifax Fairview 1996
  Maureen MacDonald NDP Halifax Needham 1998
  John MacDonell NDP Hants East 1998
  Ron Russell Progressive Conservative Hants West 1978
  Charlie MacDonald Liberal Inverness 1998
  George Archibald Progressive Conservative Kings North 1984
  Robbie Harrison Liberal Kings South 1993
  George Moody Progressive Conservative Kings West 1978
  Michael Baker Progressive Conservative Lunenburg 1998
  Don Downe Liberal Lunenburg West 1993
  John Hamm Progressive Conservative Pictou Centre 1993
  Jim DeWolfe Progressive Conservative Pictou East 1998
  Charlie Parker NDP Pictou West 1998
  Yvonne Atwell NDP Preston 1998
  John Leefe Progressive Conservative Queens 1978
  Michel Samson Liberal Richmond 1998
  Rosemary Godin NDP Sackville-Beaver Bank 1998
  John Holm NDP Sackville-Cobequid 1984
  Clifford Huskilson Liberal Shelburne 1993
  Bill Estabrooks NDP Timberlea-Prospect 1998
  Jamie Muir Progressive Conservative Truro-Bible Hill 1998
  Kennie MacAskill Liberal Victoria 1988
  John Deveau NDP Yarmouth 1998

References

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  • Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1998–1999
Succeeded by


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