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58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
20 August 1999 – 5 July 2003
Parliament leaders
PremierJohn Hamm
August 16, 1999
Leader of the
Opposition
None (duties shared between Liberals and NDP)
August 16, 1999 – March 22, 2001
John MacDonell
March 22, 2001 – April 29, 2001
Darrell Dexter
April 29, 2001
Party caucuses
GovernmentProgressive Conservative Party
OppositionNew Democratic Party & Liberal Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House
Murray Scott
August 20, 1999
Government
House Leader
Ron Russell
August 20, 1999
Opposition
House Leader
None (duties shared between Liberals and NDP)
August 20, 1999 – March 20, 2001
John Holm
March 20, 2001 – July 5, 2003
Members52 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor
James Kinley
June 23, 1994 – May 17, 2000
Myra Freeman
May 17, 2000
Sessions
1st session
August 20, 1999 – March 22, 2001
2nd session
March 22, 2001 – March 27, 2003
3rd session
March 27, 2003 – July 5, 2003
← 57th → 59th

The 58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2003, its membership being set in the 1999 Nova Scotia election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, under John Hamm, held the most seats and thus formed the government.

Division of seats

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Affiliation Members
  Progressive Conservative Party 30
  Liberal Party 11
  New Democratic Party 11
Total
52
Government Majority
8

List of members

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Riding Member Party First elected / previously elected
  Annapolis Frank Chipman Progressive Conservative 1999
  Antigonish Angus MacIsaac Progressive Conservative 1969[a], 1999
  Argyle Neil LeBlanc Progressive Conservative 1984, 1998
  Bedford-Fall River Peter G. Christie Progressive Conservative 1999
  Cape Breton Centre Frank Corbett New Democratic 1998
  Cape Breton East Dave Wilson Liberal 1999
  Cape Breton North[b] Russell MacLellan [1] Liberal 1997
  Cecil Clarke[2] Progressive Conservative 2001
  Cape Breton Nova Paul MacEwan Liberal 1970[c]
  Cape Breton South Manning MacDonald Liberal 1993
  Cape Breton-The Lakes Brian Boudreau Liberal 1999
  Cape Breton West Russell MacKinnon Liberal 1988, 1998
  Chester-St. Margaret's John Chataway Progressive Conservative 1999
  Clare Wayne Gaudet Liberal 1993
  Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Brooke Taylor Progressive Conservative 1993
  Colchester North Bill Langille Progressive Conservative 1999
  Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage Kevin Deveaux New Democratic 1998
  Cumberland North Ernie Fage Progressive Conservative 1997
  Cumberland South Murray Scott Progressive Conservative 1998
  Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Darrell Dexter New Democratic 1998
  Dartmouth East Jim Smith Liberal 1984
  Dartmouth North Jerry Pye New Democratic 1998
  Dartmouth South Tim Olive Progressive Conservative 1999
  Digby-Annapolis Gordon Balser Progressive Conservative 1998
  Eastern Shore Bill Dooks Progressive Conservative 1999
  Guysborough-Port Hawkes Ron Chisholm Progressive Conservative 1999
  Halifax Atlantic Robert Chisholm New Democratic 1991
  Halifax Bedford Basin Mary Ann McGrath Progressive Conservative 1999
  Halifax Chebucto Howard Epstein New Democratic 1998
  Halifax Citadel Jane Purves Progressive Conservative 1999
  Halifax Fairview Eileen O'Connell New Democratic 1996
  Graham Steele New Democratic 2001
  Halifax Needham Maureen MacDonald New Democratic 1998
  Hants East John MacDonell New Democratic 1998
  Hants West Ron Russell Progressive Conservative 1978
  Inverness Rodney MacDonald Progressive Conservative 1999
  Kings North Mark Parent Progressive Conservative 1999
  Kings South David Morse Progressive Conservative 1999
  Kings West Jon Carey Progressive Conservative 1999
  Lunenburg Michael Baker Progressive Conservative 1998
  Lunenburg West Don Downe[d] Liberal 1993
  Pictou Centre John Hamm Progressive Conservative 1993
  Pictou East James DeWolfe Progressive Conservative 1998
  Pictou West Muriel Baillie Progressive Conservative 1999
  Preston David Hendsbee Progressive Conservative 1999
  Queens Kerry Morash Progressive Conservative 1999
  Richmond Michel Samson Liberal 1998
  Sackville-Beaver Bank Barry Barnet Progressive Conservative 1999
  Sackville-Cobequid John Holm New Democratic 1984
  Shelburne Cecil O'Donnell Progressive Conservative 1999
  Timberlea-Prospect Bill Estabrooks New Democratic 1998
  Truro-Bible Hill Jamie Muir Progressive Conservative 1998
  Victoria Kennie MacAskill Liberal 1988
  Yarmouth Richard Hurlburt Progressive Conservative 1999

Notes

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  1. ^ Guysborough
  2. ^ Russell MacLellan resigned in 2001, Cecil Clarke subsequently won the by-election.
  3. ^ First elected as a New Democrat
  4. ^ Don Downe resigned before an election was called.
Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1999–2003
Succeeded by