title: 63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
text: # 63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
  
  63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia is the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2017 Nova Scotia election. The assembly opened on June 16, 2017, and was dissolved July 17, 2021.
  
  ## Seating plan
  
  | | Paon | | LeBlanc | Comer | Ritcey | Johns | | MacKay | | | |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ryan | Smith-McCrossin | Craig | Rushton | Halman | Lohr | Adams | | | Roberts | Coombes |
  | | Harrison | Dunn | Bain | Masland | MacFarlane | HOUSTON | MacMaster | | Chender | BURRILL | Leblanc |
  | Murphy |
  | | Churchill | Delorey | Lohnes-Croft | MacLellan | | RANKIN | Regan | Irving | Diab | Colwell | Mombourquette | Kousoulis |
  | | Casey | Glavine | Arab | Jessome | | Ince | Maguire | Hines | Porter | | | |
  | | | | Furey | DiCostanzo | | Horne | Wilson | | | | | |
  
  ## List of members
  
  | Riding | Member | Party | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Annapolis | Stephen McNeil | Liberal | Resigned May 3, 2021 |
  | Annapolis | Vacant | Vacant | |
  | Antigonish | Randy Delorey | Liberal | |
  | Argyle-Barrington | Chris d'Entremont | Progressive Conservative | Resigned July 31, 2019 |
  | Argyle-Barrington | Colton LeBlanc | Progressive Conservative | Elected September 3, 2019 |
  | Bedford | Kelly Regan | Liberal | |
  | Cape Breton Centre | Tammy Martin | NDP | Resigned February 6, 2020 |
  | Cape Breton Centre | Kendra Coombes | NDP | Elected March 10, 2020 |
  | Cape Breton-Richmond | Alana Paon | Progressive Conservative | Progressive Conservative until June 24, 2019; removed from caucus after refusing to comply with a motion from the House of Assembly management commission to have the driveway to her constituency office paved to bring her office in line with the province's accessibility rules. |
  | Cape Breton-Richmond | Alana Paon | Independent | |
  | Chester-St. Margaret's | Hugh MacKay | Liberal | Liberal until February 23, 2020; resigned from caucus after facing charges of impaired driving. |
  | Chester-St. Margaret's | Hugh MacKay | Independent | |
  | Clare-Digby | Gordon Wilson | Liberal | |
  | Clayton Park West | Rafah DiCostanzo | Liberal | |
  | Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley | Larry Harrison | Progressive Conservative | |
  | Colchester North | Karen Casey | Liberal | |
  | Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage | Barbara Adams | Progressive Conservative | |
  | Cole Harbour-Portland Valley | Tony Ince | Liberal | |
  | Cumberland North | Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin | Progressive Conservative | Progressive Conservative until June 24, 2021; removed from caucus after encouraging a protest that blocked the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border for more than 24 hours. |
  | Cumberland North | Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin | Independent | |
  | Cumberland South | Jamie Baillie | Progressive Conservative | Resigned January 24, 2018 |
  | Cumberland South | Tory Rushton | Progressive Conservative | Elected June 19, 2018 |
  | Dartmouth East | Tim Halman | Progressive Conservative | |
  | Dartmouth North | Susan Leblanc | NDP | |
  | Dartmouth South | Claudia Chender | NDP | |
  | Eastern Shore | Kevin Murphy | Liberal | |
  | Fairview-Clayton Park | Patricia Arab | Liberal | |
  | Glace Bay | Geoff MacLellan | Liberal | |
  | Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie | Lloyd Hines | Liberal | |
  | Halifax Armdale | Lena Diab | Liberal | |
  | Halifax Atlantic | Brendan Maguire | Liberal | |
  | Halifax Chebucto | Gary Burrill | NDP | Leader of the New Democratic Party |
  | Halifax Citadel-Sable Island | Labi Kousoulis | Liberal | |
  | Halifax Needham | Lisa Roberts | NDP | |
  | Hammonds Plains-Lucasville | Ben Jessome | Liberal | |
  | Hants East | Margaret Miller | Liberal | Resigned June 1, 2021 |
  | Hants East | Vacant | Vacant | |
  | Hants West | Chuck Porter | Liberal | |
  | Inverness | Allan MacMaster | Progressive Conservative | |
  | Kings North | John Lohr | Progressive Conservative | |
  | Kings South | Keith Irving | Liberal | |
  | Kings West | Leo Glavine | Liberal | |
  | Lunenburg | Suzanne Lohnes-Croft | Liberal | |
  | Lunenburg West | Mark Furey | Liberal | |
  | Northside-Westmount | Eddie Orrell | Progressive Conservative | Resigned July 31, 2019 |
  | Northside-Westmount | Murray Ryan | Progressive Conservative | Elected September 3, 2019 |
  | Pictou Centre | Pat Dunn | Progressive Conservative | |
  | Pictou East | Tim Houston | Progressive Conservative | Leader of the Opposition |
  | Pictou West | Karla MacFarlane | Progressive Conservative | |
  | Preston-Dartmouth | Keith Colwell | Liberal | |
  | Queens-Shelburne | Kim Masland | Progressive Conservative | |
  | Sackville-Beaver Bank | Brad Johns | Progressive Conservative |
  | Sackville-Cobequid | Dave Wilson | NDP | Resigned November 16, 2018 |
  | Sackville-Cobequid | Steve Craig | Progressive Conservative | Elected June 19, 2019 |
  | Sydney-Whitney Pier | Derek Mombourquette | Liberal |
  | Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg | Alfie MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | Resigned July 31, 2019 |
  | Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg | Brian Comer | Progressive Conservative | Elected September 3, 2019 |
  | Timberlea-Prospect | Iain Rankin | Liberal | Premier of Nova Scotia |
  | Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River | Lenore Zann | Independent | Resigned September 12, 2019 |
  | Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River | Dave Ritcey | Progressive Conservative | Elected March 10, 2020 |
  | Victoria-The Lakes | Keith Bain | Progressive Conservative | |
  | Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank | Bill Horne | Liberal | |
  | Yarmouth | Zach Churchill | Liberal | |
  
  ## Membership changes in the 63rd Assembly
  
  | Number of members per party by date | Number of members per party by date | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Number of members per party by date | Number of members per party by date | May 30 | Jan 24 | Jun 19 | Nov 16 | Jun 9 | Jun 19 | Jun 24 | Jul 31 | Sep 3 | Sep 12 | Feb 6 | Feb 23 | Mar 10 | May 3 | Jun 1 | Jun 24 |
  | | Liberal | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
  | | Progressive Conservative | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
  | | NDP | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
  | | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
  | | Vacant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
  
  Membership changes in the 63rd General Assembly :
  
  | Date | Name | District | Party | Reason |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | May 30, 2017 | See list of members | See list of members | See list of members | Election day of the 40th Nova Scotia general election |
  | January 24, 2018 | Jamie Baillie | Cumberland South | Progressive Conservative | Resignation |
  | June 19, 2018 | Tory Rushton | Cumberland South | Progressive Conservative | Elected in by-election |
  | November 16, 2018 | Dave Wilson | Sackville-Cobequid | NDP | Resignation |
  | June 9, 2019 | Lenore Zann | Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River | Independent | Changing affiliation as means to run in federal politics as a Liberal candidate |
  | June 19, 2019 | Steve Craig | Sackville-Cobequid | Progressive Conservative | Elected in by-election |
  | June 24, 2019 | Alana Paon | Cape Breton-Richmond | Independent | Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus |
  | July 31, 2019 | Chris d'Entremont | Argyle-Barrington | Progressive Conservative | Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party. |
  | July 31, 2019 | Eddie Orrell | Northside-Westmount | Progressive Conservative | Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party. |
  | July 31, 2019 | Alfie MacLeod | Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg | Progressive Conservative | Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Conservative Party. |
  | September 3, 2019 | Colton LeBlanc | Argyle-Barrington | Progressive Conservative | Elected in by-election |
  | September 3, 2019 | Murray Ryan | Northside-Westmount | Progressive Conservative | Elected in by-election |
  | September 3, 2019 | Brian Comer | Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg | Progressive Conservative | Elected in by-election |
  | September 12, 2019 | Lenore Zann | Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River | Independent | Resignation as means to run in federal politics for the Liberal Party. |
  | February 6, 2020 | Tammy Martin | Cape Breton Centre | NDP | Resignation |
  | February 23, 2020 | Hugh MacKay | Chester-St. Margaret's | Independent | Resigned from Liberal caucus |
  | March 10, 2020 | Kendra Coombes | Cape Breton Centre | NDP | Elected in by-election |
  | March 10, 2020 | Dave Ritcey | Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River | Progressive Conservative | Elected in by-election |
  | May 3, 2021 | Stephen McNeil | Annapolis | Liberal | Resignation |
  | June 1, 2021 | Margaret Miller | Hants East | Liberal | Resignation |
  | June 24, 2021 | Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin | Cumberland North | Independent | Removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus |
  