64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia is the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2021 Nova Scotia election. The assembly opened on September 24, 2021.

64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
24 September 2021 – present
Parliament leaders
Premier	Tim Houston August 31, 2021
Leader of the Opposition	Iain Rankin August 31, 2021 – July 9, 2022
	Zach Churchill July 9, 2022
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the House	Keith Bain September 24, 2021 – October 12, 2023
	Karla MacFarlane October 12, 2023-April 5, 2024
Government House Leader	Kim Masland September 24, 2021
Opposition House Leader	Derek Mombourquette September 24, 2021
Members	55 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
	Charles III 8 September 2022 – present
Lieutenant Governor	Arthur LeBlanc June 28, 2017 – present
Sessions
1st session September 24, 2021 – present
← 63rd → 65th

List of members

	Riding	Member	Party	Notes
	Annapolis	Carman Kerr	Liberal
	Antigonish	Michelle Thompson	Progressive Conservative
	Argyle	Colton LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
	Bedford Basin	Kelly Regan	Liberal
	Bedford South	Braedon Clark	Liberal
	Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier	Kendra Coombes	NDP
	Cape Breton East	Brian Comer	Progressive Conservative
	Chester-St. Margaret's	Danielle Barkhouse	Progressive Conservative
	Clare	Ronnie LeBlanc	Liberal
	Clayton Park West	Rafah DiCostanzo	Liberal
	Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Larry Harrison	Progressive Conservative
	Colchester North	Tom Taggart	Progressive Conservative
	Cole Harbour-Dartmouth	Lorelei Nicoll	Liberal
	Cole Harbour	Tony Ince	Liberal
	Cumberland North	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	Independent
	Cumberland South	Tory Rushton	Progressive Conservative
	Dartmouth East	Tim Halman	Progressive Conservative
	Dartmouth North	Susan Leblanc	NDP
	Dartmouth South	Claudia Chender	NDP	Leader of the New Democratic Party
	Digby-Annapolis	Jill Balser	Progressive Conservative
	Eastern Passage	Barbara Adams	Progressive Conservative
	Eastern Shore	Kent Smith	Progressive Conservative
	Fairview-Clayton Park	Patricia Arab	Liberal
	Glace Bay-Dominion	John White	Progressive Conservative
	Guysborough-Tracadie	Greg Morrow	Progressive Conservative
	Halifax Armdale	Ali Duale	Liberal
	Halifax Atlantic	Brendan Maguire	Liberal	Liberal until February 22, 2024; joined Progressive Conservative caucus.
			Progressive Conservative
	Halifax Chebucto	Gary Burrill	NDP
	Halifax Citadel-Sable Island	Lisa Lachance	NDP
	Halifax Needham	Suzy Hansen	NDP
	Hammonds Plains-Lucasville	Ben Jessome	Liberal
	Hants East	John A. MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
	Hants West	Melissa Sheehy-Richard	Progressive Conservative
	Inverness	Allan MacMaster	Progressive Conservative
	Kings North	John Lohr	Progressive Conservative
	Kings South	Keith Irving	Liberal
	Kings West	Chris Palmer	Progressive Conservative
	Lunenburg	Susan Corkum-Greek	Progressive Conservative
	Lunenburg West	Becky Druhan	Progressive Conservative
	Northside-Westmount	Fred Tilley	Liberal
	Pictou Centre	Pat Dunn	Progressive Conservative
	Pictou East	Tim Houston	Progressive Conservative	Premier of Nova Scotia
	Pictou West	Karla MacFarlane	Progressive Conservative	Resigned April 12, 2024
		Vacant
	Preston	Angela Simmonds	Liberal	Resigned April 1, 2023
		Twila Grosse	Progressive Conservative	Elected August 8, 2023
	Queens	Kim Masland	Progressive Conservative
	Richmond	Trevor Boudreau	Progressive Conservative
	Sackville-Cobequid	Steve Craig	Progressive Conservative
	Sackville-Uniacke	Brad Johns	Progressive Conservative
	Shelburne	Nolan Young	Progressive Conservative
	Sydney-Membertou	Derek Mombourquette	Liberal
	Timberlea-Prospect	Iain Rankin	Liberal
	Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Dave Ritcey	Progressive Conservative
	Victoria-The Lakes	Keith Bain	Progressive Conservative
	Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank	Brian Wong	Progressive Conservative
	Yarmouth	Zach Churchill	Liberal	Leader of the Opposition

Seating Plan

Kerr

R. LeBlanc

Tilley

Smith-McCrossin

Clark

Jessome

Nicoll

Duale

DiConstanzo

Lachance

Burrill

Hansen

Arab

Irving

Ince

Mombourquette

CHURCHILL

Regan

Rankin

CHENDER

S. Leblanc

Coombes

MacFarlane

Johns

Rushton

Adams

Masland

HOUSTON

MacMaster

Grosse

Thompson

Lohr

C. LeBlanc

Halman

Smith

Young

White

Druhan

Morrow

Boudreau

Balser

Maguire

Comer

Corkum-Greek

Wong

Ritcey

MacDonald

Dunn

Bain

Palmer

Sheehy-Richard

Barkhouse

Taggart

Harrison

Craig

Current as of February 2024

Membership changes in the 64th Assembly

Number of members per party by date		2021	2023		2024
		August 18	April 1	August 8	February 22	April 12
	Progressive Conservative	31		32	33	32
	Liberal	17	16		15
	NDP	6
	Independent	1
	Vacant	0	1	0		1

Membership changes in the 64th General Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	August 17, 2021	See list of members			Election day of the 41st Nova Scotia general election
	April 1, 2023	Angela Simmonds	Preston	Liberal	Resignation
	August 8, 2023	Twila Grosse	Preston	Progressive Conservative	Elected in by-election
	February 22, 2024	Brendan Maguire	Halifax Atlantic	Progressive Conservative	Joined Progressive Conservative caucus
	April 12, 2024	Karla MacFarlane	Pictou West	Progressive Conservative	Resignation