54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

Majority parliament
28 February 1985 - 30 July 1988
Parliament leaders
Premier| John Buchanan
October 5, 1978
Leader of the
Opposition| Vincent MacLean
January 9, 1985 – December 2, 1985
| Bill Gillis
December 2, 1985 – February 22, 1986
| Vincent MacLean
February 22, 1986
Party caucuses
Government| Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition| Liberal Party
Recognized| New Democratic Party
| Cape Breton Labour Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the
House| Art Donahoe
February 19, 1981
Members| 52 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch| Elizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor| Alan Abraham
February 1, 1984 – February 20, 1989
Sessions
1st session
February 28, 1985 – February 27, 1986
2nd session
February 27, 1986 – February 26, 1987
3rd session
February 26, 1987 – February 25, 1988
4th session
February 25, 1988 – July 30, 1988
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54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 28, 1985, and July 30, 1988, its membership being set in the 1984 Nova Scotia general election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia expanded their seat share from last election, controlling more than 80% of the seats.

## Division of seats

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The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the General Election of 1984

| Leader  | Party  | # of Seats

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| John M. Buchanan | Progressive Conservative  | 42
| A.M. (Sandy) Cameron | Liberal | 6
| Alexa McDonough | NDP | 3
| Paul MacEwan | Cape Breton Labour Party | 1
Total | 52

## List of members

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| Gerry Sheehy | Progressive Conservative | Annapolis East

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| Greg Kerr | Progressive Conservative | Annapolis West
| J. William Gillis | Liberal | Antigonish
| Neil LeBlanc | Progressive Conservative | Argyle
| Kenneth Streatch | Progressive Conservative | Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley
| Mike Laffin | Progressive Conservative | Cape Breton Centre
| Donnie MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | Cape Breton East
| Brian Young | Progressive Conservative | Cape Breton North
| Paul MacEwan | Cape Breton Labour Party | Cape Breton Nova
| Vincent J. MacLean | Liberal | Cape Breton South
| John A. Newell | Progressive Conservative | Cape Breton The Lakes
| Donnie MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | Cape Breton West
| Guy LeBlanc | Progressive Conservative | Clare
| Jack Coupar | Progressive Conservative | Colchester North
| R. Colin Stewart | Progressive Conservative | Colchester South
| David Nantes | Progressive Conservative | Cole Harbour
| Guy Brown | Liberal | Cumberland Centre
| Roger Stuart Bacon | Progressive Conservative | Cumberland East
| Gardner (Bud) Hurley | Progressive Conservative | Cumberland West
| Jim Smith | Liberal | Dartmouth East
| Laird Stirling | Progressive Conservative | Dartmouth North
| Roland J. Thornhill | Progressive Conservative | Dartmouth South
| Merryl Lawton | Progressive Conservative | Digby
| Chuck MacNeil | Progressive Conservative | Guysborough
| John M. Buchanan | Progressive Conservative | Halifax Atlantic
| Joel Matheson | Progressive Conservative | Halifax Bedford Basin
| Alexa McDonough | NDP | Halifax Chebucto
| Arthur R. Donahoe †  | Progressive Conservative | Halifax Citadel
| Terence R. B. Donahoe | Progressive Conservative | Halifax Cornwallis
| Tom McInnis | Progressive Conservative | Halifax Eastern Shore
| Edmund L. Morris | Progressive Conservative | Halifax Needham
| Jerry Lawrence | Progressive Conservative | Halifax St. Margarets
| Cora H. Etter | Progressive Conservative | Hants East
| Ron Russell | Progressive Conservative | Hants West
| Jim MacLean | Progressive Conservative | Inverness North
| Billy Joe MacLean | Progressive Conservative | Inverness South
| George Archibald | Progressive Conservative | Kings North
| Bob Levy | NDP | Kings South
| George Moody | Progressive Conservative | Kings West
| Maxine Cochran | Progressive Conservative | Lunenburg Centre
| Jim Barkhouse | Liberal | Lunenburg East
| Mel Pickings | Progressive Conservative | Lunenburg West
| Jack MacIsaac | Progressive Conservative | Pictou Centre
| Donald W. Cameron | Progressive Conservative | Pictou East
| Donald P. McInnes | Progressive Conservative | Pictou West
| John Leefe | Progressive Conservative | Queens
| Greg MacIsaac | Progressive Conservative | Richmond
| John Holm | NDP | Sackville
| Harold Huskilson | Liberal | Shelburne
| Ron Giffin | Progressive Conservative | Truro-Bible Hill
| Fisher Hudson | Progressive Conservative | Victoria
| Alex McIntosh | Progressive Conservative | Yarmouth

† denotes the speaker

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## 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

53rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

|  General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1984–1988  | Succeeded by

55th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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