52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

Government of Nova Scotia, 1978 to 1981

The 52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1978 and 19 September 1981.

## Division of seats[edit]

There were 52 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1978 Nova Scotia general election.

| Leader  | Party  | # of Seats

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| Gerald Regan | Liberal  | 17
| John Buchanan | Progressive Conservative  | 31
| Jeremy Akerman | NDP  | 4
Total | 52

## List of members[edit]

| Riding  | Name  | Position

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| Annapolis East | Gerry Sheehy |
| Annapolis West | Greg Kerr |
| Antigonish | J. William Gillis |
| Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley | Ken Streatch |
| Cape Breton South | Vincent MacLean |
| Cape Breton Centre | James 'Buddy' MacEachern |
| Cape Breton North | Len J. Arsenault |
| Cape Breton Nova | Paul MacEwan |
| Cape Breton East | Jeremy Akerman |
| Cape Breton West | David N. Muise |
| Cape Breton The Lakes | Ossie Fraser |
| Clare | Benoit Comeau |
| Colchester North | Bill Campbell |
| Colchester South | R. Colin Stewart |
| Cole Harbour | David Nantes |
| Cumberland East | Roger S. Bacon |
| Cumberland West | D. L. George Henley |
| Cumberland Centre | Guy A. C. Brown |
| Dartmouth East | Richard L. Weldon |
| Dartmouth North | Laird Stirling |
| Dartmouth South | Roland J. Thornhill |
| Digby | Joseph H. Casey |
| Guysborough | A. M. "Sandy" Cameron |
| Halifax Atlantic | John Buchanan | Premier
| Halifax Bedford Basin | Joel Matheson |
| Halifax Cornwallis | Terry Donahoe |
| Halifax Citadel | Arthur R. Donahoe |
| Halifax Chebucto | Walter Fitzgerald |
| Halifax Eastern Shore | Tom McInnis |
| Halifax Needham | Gerald Regan |
| Halifax St. Margarets | Gerald A.(Jerry) Lawrence |
| Hants East | G. Patrick Hunt |
| Hants West | Ron Russell |
| Inverness | Bill MacEachern |
|  | John Archie MacKenzie |
| Kings North | Edward Twohig |
| Kings South | Harry How |
| Kings West | George Moody |
| Lunenburg Centre | Bruce Cochran |
| Lunenburg East | Ron Barkhouse |
| Lunenburg West | Mel Pickings |
| Pictou East | Donald W. Cameron |
| Pictou West | Donald P. McInnes |
| Pictou Centre | Jack MacIsaac |
| Queens | John Leefe |
| Richmond | Gaston LeBlanc |
| Sackville | Malcolm A. MacKay |
| Shelburne | Harold Huskilson |
| Truro-Bible Hill | Ron Giffin |
| Victoria | Peter John Nicholson |
| Yarmouth | Fraser Mooney |
|  | Hugh Tinkham |

## Former members of the 52nd General Assembly[edit]

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

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| Gerald Regan  | Liberal | Halifax Needham  | elected to federal seat  | Edmund L. Morris, PC  | May 6, 1980
| Gaston T. LeBlanc  | Liberal | Richmond  | death  | John E. LeBrun, Liberal  | May 6, 1980
| Peter John Nicholson  | Liberal | Victoria  | resigned  | Fisher Hudson, PC  | May 6, 1980
| Jeremy Akerman  | NDP | Cape Breton East  | resigned  | Donnie MacLeod, PC  | December 2, 1980

## References[edit]

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

Preceded by

51st General Assembly of Nova Scotia

|  General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1978–1981  | Succeeded by

53rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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