57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

Minority parliament
May 21, 1998 - June 18, 1999
Parliament leaders
Premier| Russell MacLellan
July 18, 1997 – August 16, 1999
Leader of the
Opposition| Robert Chisholm
March 24, 1998 – August 16, 1999
Party caucuses
Government| Liberal Party
Opposition| New Democratic Party
Recognized| Progressive 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
Members| 52 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch| Elizabeth II
February 6, 1952
Lieutenant
Governor| James Kinley
June 23, 1994
Sessions
1st session
May 21, 1998 – June 18, 1999
| ← 56th | → 58th

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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

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| 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

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| 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
| Independent
| 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
| Independent
| NDP
| 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

## Notes

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1. ^ First elected as a New Democrat

## References

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## External links

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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

56th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

|  General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1998–1999  | Succeeded by

58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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