39th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

Political Gathering

The 39th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between October 1, 1928, to July 13, 1933.

Gordon Sidney Harrington became premier in 1930 after E. N. Rhodes entered the federal cabinet.

## Division of seats

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There were 43 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1928 Nova Scotia general election.

| Leader  | Party  | # of Seats

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| Edgar Nelson Rhodes | Conservative  | 24
| William Chisholm | Liberal  | 18
| N/A  | CCF/United Farmer/Labour  | 1
Total | 43

## List of members

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| Riding  | Name  | Position

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| Annapolis County  | Obediah Parker Goucher | Minister of Agriculture

(1930)

|  | Harry Thompson MacKenzie |
| Antigonish County  | John Laughlin McIsaac |
|  | William Chisholm |
| Cape Breton Centre | Gordon Sidney Harrington | Premier (1930)
|  | Joseph Macdonald |
| Cape Breton East | Robert H. Butts |
|  | Daniel R. Cameron |
| Colchester County  | Frank Stanfield |
|  | William A. Flemming |
| Cumberland County  | Percy Chapman Black | Minister of Highways
|  | Archibald Terris |
|  | Daniel George McKenzie |
| Digby County  | Joseph Willie Comeau |
|  | Alexander S. MacMillan |
| Guysborough County  | Clarence W. Anderson |
|  | M. E. Morrison  |
| Halifax County  | John Francis Mahoney |
|  | Gordon Benjamin Isnor |
|  | Josiah Frederick Fraser | Provincial Secretary
(1931)
|  | Angus McDonald Morton  |
|  | Edward Joseph Cragg |
| Hants County  | Albert E. Parsons |
|  | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | Premier
| Inverness County | James A.Proudfoot  |
|  | Moses E. McGarry |
| Kings County  | Reginald Tucker Caldwell |
|  | George Clyde Nowlan |
| Lunenburg County  | John James Kinley |
|  | Gordon E. Romkey |
| Pictou County  | John Doull |
|  | Robert Albert Douglas |
|  | Hugh Allan MacQuarrie |
| Queens County  | William Lorimer Hall |
|  | Donald W. MacKay |
| Richmond County & Cape Breton West  | Edward C. Doyle |
|  | Alonzo A. Martell |
| Shelburne County  | Henry R. L. Bill |
|  | Wishart McLea Robertson |
| Victoria County  | Donald Buchanan McLeod |
|  | Daniel Alexander Cameron |
| Yarmouth County  | Lindsay C. Gardner |
|  | René W.E. Landry |

## Former members of the 39th General Assembly

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| Name  | Party  | Electoral District  | Cause of departure  | Succeeded by  | Elected

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| Edward Joseph Cragg  | Liberal | Halifax County  | resigned to run federally  | n/a  |
| John James Kinley  | Liberal | Lunenburg County  | resigned to run federally  | n/a  |
| Edward C. Doyle  | Liberal | Richmond County & Cape Breton West  | resigned to run federally  | seat abolished  |
| Daniel Alexander Cameron  | Liberal | Victoria County  | resigned to run federally  | seat abolished  |
| John Francis Mahoney  | Conservative | Halifax County  | death  | George H. Murphy, Conservative  | January 21, 1930
| Edgar Nelson Rhodes  | Conservative | Hants County  | named to federal cabinet  | n/a  |
| Frank Stanfield  | Conservative | Colchester County  | appointed Lieutenant Governor  | n/a  |
| William Lorimer Hall  | Conservative | Queens County  | appointed to Supreme Court of Nova Scotia  | seat abolished  |

## References

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* "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-05-14.

Preceded by

38th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

|  General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1928–1933  | Succeeded by

40th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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