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55th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

Field	Value
jurisdiction	NS
#	55th
type	Majority
status	inactive
term-begin	February 23, 1989
term-end	April 16, 1993
sc	Art Donahoe
scterm	February 19, 1981 – February 26, 1991
sc2	Ron Russell
scterm2	May 10, 1991 – April 16, 1993
pm	John Buchanan
pmterm	October 5, 1978 – September 12, 1990
pm2	Roger Bacon
pmterm2	September 12, 1990 – February 26, 1991
pm3	Donald Cameron
pmterm3	February 26, 1991 – June 11, 1993
lo	Vincent MacLean
loterm	February 22, 1986 – March 3, 1992
lo2	Bill Gillis
loterm2	March 21, 1992 – June 11, 1993
party	Progressive Conservative Party
party2	Liberal Party
party3	New Democratic Party
sessionbegin	February 23, 1989
sessionend	February 22, 1990
sessionbegin2	February 22, 1990
sessionend2	April 16, 1993
monarch	Elizabeth II
monarchterm	February 6, 1952
viceroy	Lloyd Crouse
viceroyterm	February 20, 1989
members	52
lastparl	54th
nextparl	56th

| # = 55th

| term-begin = February 23, 1989 | term-end = April 16, 1993

55th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 23, 1989, and April 16, 1993, its membership being set in the 1988 Nova Scotia general election. Roger Bacon replaced John Buchanan as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia and Premier in 1990.

Division of seats

The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the general election of 1988

Leader	Party	# of Seats
John M. Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	28
Total	52

List of members

Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected
Earle Rafuse	Liberal	Annapolis East	1988
Greg Kerr	Progressive Conservative	Annapolis West	1978
J. William Gillis	Liberal	Antigonish	1970
Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Argyle	1984
Kenneth Streatch	Progressive Conservative	Bedford - Musquodoboit Valley	1978
Wayne Connors	Liberal	Cape Breton Centre	1988
John MacEachern	Liberal	Cape Breton East	1988
Brian Young	Progressive Conservative	Cape Breton North	1981
Paul MacEwan	Independent	Cape Breton Nova	1970
Liberal
Vincent J. MacLean	Liberal	Cape Breton South	1974
Bernie Boudreau	Liberal	Cape Breton The Lakes	1988
Russell MacKinnon	Liberal	Cape Breton West	1988
Guy LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Clare	1984
Ed Lorraine	Liberal	Colchester North	1981, 1988
R. Collin Stewart	Progressive Conservative	Colchester South	1978
David Nantes	Progressive Conservative	Cole Harbour	1978
Guy Brown	Liberal	Cumberland Centre	1974
Roger Stuart Bacon	Progressive Conservative	Cumberland East	1970
Ross Bragg	Liberal	Cumberland West	1988
Jim Smith	Liberal	Dartmouth East	1984
Sandy Jolly	Liberal	Dartmouth North	1988
Roland J. Thornhill	Progressive Conservative	Dartmouth South	1974
Joe Casey	Liberal	Digby	1970, 1988
Chuck MacNeil	Progressive Conservative	Guysborough	1984
*John M. Buchanan*	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Atlantic	1967
Robert Chisholm (1991)	NDP	1991
Joel Matheson	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Bedford Basin	1978
Alexa McDonough	NDP	Halifax Chebucto	1981
Arthur R. Donahoe †	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Citadel	1978
Terence R. B. Donahoe	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Cornwallis	1978
Tom McInnis	Progressive Conservative	Halifax Eastern Shore	1978
Gerry O'Malley	Liberal	Halifax Needham	1988
Jerry Lawrence	Progressive Conservative	Halifax St. Margarets	1978
Jack Hawkins	Liberal	Hants East	1970, 1981, 1988
Ron Russell †	Progressive Conservative	Hants West	1978
Charles MacArthur	Liberal	Inverness North	1988
Danny Graham	Liberal	Inverness South	1988
George Archibald	Progressive Conservative	Kings North	1984
Derrick Kimball	Progressive Conservative	Kings South	1988
George Moody	Progressive Conservative	Kings West	1978
Al Mosher	Progressive Conservative	Lunenburg Centre	1988
Jim Barkhouse	Liberal	Lunenburg East	1984
Marie P. Dechman	Progressive Conservative	Lunenburg West	1988
Jack MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative	Pictou Centre	1977
Donald W. Cameron	Progressive Conservative	Pictou East	1974
Donald P. McInnes	Progressive Conservative	Pictou West	1978
John Leefe	Progressive Conservative	Queens	1978
Richard Mann	Liberal	Richmond	1988
John Holm	NDP	Sackville	1984
Harold Huskilson	Liberal	Shelburne	1970
Ron Giffin	Progressive Conservative	Truro-Bible Hill	1978
Kennie MacAskill	Liberal	Victoria	1988
Leroy Legere	Progressive Conservative	Yarmouth	1988

† denotes the speaker. Ron Russell became speaker in 1991.

Former members of the 55th General Assembly

Name	Party	Electoral District	Cause of departure	Succeeded by	Elected
Wayne Connors	Liberal	Cape Breton Centre	resigned	Russell MacNeil, Liberal	August 22, 1989

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