title: 61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
text: # 61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
  
  61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia is an assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2009 Nova Scotia election. The first session of the General Assembly lasted from 25 June 2009 to 25 March 2010. The second session began on 25 March 2010 with a speech from the throne.
  
  ## Seating plan
  
  | Churchill | Colwell | Theriault | MacLellan | Regan | Younger | * | MacMaster | Porter | Bain |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gaudet | Samson | Glavine | Whalen | MCNEIL | Casey | * | Orrell | BAILLIE | MacLeod | d'Entremont |
  | Parker |
  | Belliveau | More | Landry | MacDonald | Steele | **** | DEXTER | Corbett | Peterson-Rafuse | Paris | Jennex | MacDonell | Estabrooks |
  | MacKinnon | Wilson | Kent | Gosse | Conrad | **** | Epstein | Raymond | Preyra | Skabar | Boudreau | Prest | Smith |
  | **** | **** | Morton | Burrill | Birdsall | **** | Ramey | Zann | Whynott |
  
  ## Membership changes in the 61st Assembly
  
  | Number of members per party by date | Number of members per party by date | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2013 | 2013 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Number of members per party by date | Number of members per party by date | Jun 9 | Sep 4 | Sep 10 | Oct 20 | Feb 9 | Mar 11 | Mar 25 | Jun 22 | Sep 8 | Oct 26 | Jan 10 | Mar 25 | Jun 21 | May 29 | June 19 |
  | | NDP | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
  | | Liberal | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
  | | Progressive Conservative | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
  | | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | | Total members | 52 | 51 | 50 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 52 | 51 | 50 |
  | | Vacant | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | | Government majority | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
  
  Membership changes in the 61st General Assembly :
  
  | Date | Name | District | Party | Reason |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | June 9, 2009 | See list of members | See list of members | See list of members | Election day of the 38th Nova Scotia general election |
  | September 4, 2009 | Angus MacIsaac | Antigonish | Progressive Conservative | Vacated seat |
  | September 10, 2009 | Rodney MacDonald | Inverness | Progressive Conservative | Vacated seat |
  | October 20, 2009 | Allan MacMaster | Inverness | Progressive Conservative | Elected in a by-election |
  | October 20, 2009 | Maurice Smith | Antigonish | NDP | Elected in a by-election |
  | February 9, 2010 | Richard Hurlburt | Yarmouth | Progressive Conservative | Vacated seat due to constituency expense scandal |
  | March 11, 2010 | David Wilson | Glace Bay | Liberal | Vacated seat |
  | March 25, 2010 | Trevor Zinck | Dartmouth North | Independent | Removed from the NDP caucus over constituency expense irregularities |
  | June 22, 2010 | Zach Churchill | Yarmouth | Liberal | Elected in a by-election |
  | June 22, 2010 | Geoff MacLellan | Glace Bay | Liberal | Elected in a by-election |
  | September 8, 2010 | Murray Scott | Cumberland South | Progressive Conservative | Vacated Seat |
  | October 26, 2010 | Jamie Baillie | Cumberland South | Progressive Conservative | Elected in a by-election |
  | January 10, 2011 | Karen Casey | Colchester North | Liberal | Crossed the floor from Progressive Conservatives |
  | March 25, 2011 | Cecil Clarke | Cape Breton North | Progressive Conservative | Vacated seat to run in the 2011 Canadian federal election |
  | June 21, 2011 | Eddie Orrell | Cape Breton North | Progressive Conservative | Elected in a by-election |
  | May 29, 2013 | Manning MacDonald | Cape Breton South | Liberal | Vacated Seat |
  | June 19, 2013 | Trevor Zinck | Dartmouth North | Independent | Vacated Seat |
  
  ## List of members
  
  | Riding | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Annapolis | Stephen McNeil | Liberal |
  | Antigonish | Angus MacIsaac | Progressive Conservative |
  | Antigonish | Maurice Smith | NDP |
  | Argyle | Chris d'Entremont | Progressive Conservative |
  | Bedford—Birch Cove | Kelly Regan | Liberal |
  | Cape Breton Centre | Frank Corbett | NDP |
  | Cape Breton North | Eddie Orrell | Progressive Conservative |
  | Cape Breton Nova | Gordie Gosse | NDP |
  | Cape Breton South | Manning MacDonald | Liberal |
  | Cape Breton South | Vacant | Vacant |
  | Cape Breton West | Alfie MacLeod | Progressive Conservative |
  | Chester-St. Margaret's | Denise Peterson-Rafuse | NDP |
  | Clare | Wayne Gaudet | Liberal |
  | Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley | Gary Burrill | NDP |
  | Colchester North | Karen Casey | Progressive Conservative |
  | Colchester North | Karen Casey | Liberal |
  | Cole Harbour | Darrell Dexter | NDP |
  | Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage | Becky Kent | NDP |
  | Cumberland North | Brian Skabar | NDP |
  | Cumberland South | Jamie Baillie | Progressive Conservative |
  | Dartmouth East | Andrew Younger | Liberal |
  | Dartmouth North | Trevor Zinck | NDP |
  | Dartmouth North | Trevor Zinck | Independent |
  | Dartmouth North | Vacant | Vacant |
  | Dartmouth South-Portland Valley | Marilyn More | NDP |
  | Digby-Annapolis | Harold Theriault, Jr. | Liberal |
  | Eastern Shore | Sid Prest | NDP |
  | Glace Bay | David Wilson | Liberal |
  | Glace Bay | Geoff MacLellan | Liberal |
  | Guysborough-Sheet Harbour | Jim Boudreau | NDP |
  | Halifax Atlantic | Michèle Raymond | NDP |
  | Halifax Chebucto | Howard Epstein | NDP |
  | Halifax Citadel-Sable Island | Leonard Preyra | NDP |
  | Halifax Clayton Park | Diana Whalen | Liberal |
  | Halifax Fairview | Graham Steele | NDP |
  | Halifax Needham | Maureen MacDonald | NDP |
  | Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville | Mat Whynott | NDP |
  | Hants East | John MacDonell | NDP |
  | Hants West | Chuck Porter | Progressive Conservative |
  | Inverness | Rodney MacDonald | Progressive Conservative |
  | Inverness | Allan MacMaster | Progressive Conservative |
  | Kings North | Jim Morton | NDP |
  | Kings South | Ramona Jennex | NDP |
  | Kings West | Leo Glavine | Liberal |
  | Lunenburg | Pam Birdsall | NDP |
  | Lunenburg West | Gary Ramey | NDP |
  | Pictou Centre | Ross Landry | NDP |
  | Pictou East | Clarrie MacKinnon | NDP |
  | Pictou West | Charlie Parker | NDP |
  | Preston | Keith Colwell | Liberal |
  | Queens | Vicki Conrad | NDP |
  | Richmond | Michel Samson | Liberal |
  | Sackville-Cobequid | Dave Wilson | NDP |
  | Shelburne | Sterling Belliveau | NDP |
  | Timberlea-Prospect | Bill Estabrooks | NDP |
  | Truro-Bible Hill | Lenore Zann | NDP |
  | Victoria-The Lakes | Keith Bain | Progressive Conservative |
  | Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank | Percy Paris | NDP |
  | Yarmouth | Richard Hurlburt | Progressive Conservative |
  | Yarmouth | Zach Churchill | Liberal |
  