44th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 44th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between March 21, 1950, and April 14, 1953.

Division of seats edit

There were 37 members of the General Assembly elected in the 1949 Nova Scotia general election.

Leader Party # of Seats
  Robert L. Stanfield Conservative 8
  Angus L. Macdonald Liberal 27
  Russell Cunningham CCF 2
Total 37

List of members edit

Riding Name Position
  Annapolis County Henry Davies Hicks Minister of Education
  Antigonish Colin H. Chisholm
  Cape Breton South John Smith MacIvor
  Cape Breton Centre Michael McDonald
  Cape Breton North Alexander O'Handley
  Cape Breton East Russell Cunningham
  Cape Breton West Malcolm A. Patterson Attorney general
  Clare Desire J. Comeau
  Colchester Robert L. Stanfield
  G. I. Smith
  Cumberland East Martin J. Kaufman
  Cumberland West Thomas A. Giles
  Cumberland Centre Archibald J. Mason
  Digby E. Keith Potter
  Guysborough Arthur Whittier MacKenzie
  Halifax South Angus L.MacDonald Premier
  Halifax Centre James Edward Rutledge
  Halifax North Harold Connolly
  Halifax East Geoffrey W. Stevens
  Halifax West Ronald Manning Fielding
  Hants East Ernest M. Ettinger
  Hants West George B. Cole
  Inverness Alexander H. McKinnon
  Roderick MacLean
  Kings William H. Pipe
  David Durell Sutton
  Lunenburg Gordon E. Romkey speaker
  Arthur L. Thurlow
  Pictou East John W. MacDonald
  Pictou West Stewart W. Proudfoot
  Pictou Centre Alfred B. DeWolfe
  Queens Merrill D. Rawding
  Richmond Lauchlin Daniel Currie
  Shelburne Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee
  Victoria Carleton L. MacMillan
  Yarmouth William H. Brown
  Donald J. Fraser

Former members of the 44th General Assembly edit

Name Party Electoral District Cause of departure Succeeded by Elected
  Lauchlin Daniel Currie Liberal Richmond named judge Earle W. Urquhart, Liberal December 20, 1949
  George B. Cole Liberal Hants West election appealed George H. Wilson, PC November 27, 1950

References edit

  • "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2011. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  • "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1949" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1949. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  • Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1949, PG Normandin
Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1949–1953
Succeeded by