title: 31st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
text: # 31st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
  
  The 31st General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1894 and 1897.
  
  The Liberal Party led by William Stevens Fielding formed the government. George Henry Murray replaced Fielding as party leader and premier when Fielding entered federal politics in 1896.
  
  Frederick A. Lawrence was chosen as speaker for the house.
  
  The assembly was dissolved on March 20, 1897.
  
  ## List of Members
  
  | Electoral District | Name | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Annapolis County | Joseph A. Bancroft | Liberal |
  | | J. W. Longley J.W. Longley (1896) | Liberal |
  | Antigonish County | Christopher P. Chisholm | Liberal |
  | | Colin F. McIsaac Angus McGillivray (1895) | Liberal |
  | County of Cape Breton | John McCormick | Liberal-Conservative |
  | | William McKay | Liberal-Conservative |
  | Colchester County | Wilbert D. Dimock Firman McClure (1895) | Liberal-Conservative Liberal |
  | | Frederick Andrew Laurence | Liberal |
  | Cumberland County | Thomas R. Black | Liberal |
  | | Alexander E. Fraser | Liberal |
  | Digby County | Ambrose H. Comeau | Liberal |
  | | Eliakim E. Tupper Angus M. Gidney (1895) | Liberal Liberal-Conservative |
  | Guysborough County | Daniel H. MacKinnon | Liberal |
  | | John H. Sinclair | Liberal |
  | Halifax County | William A. Black | Liberal-Conservative |
  | | William S. Fielding William B. Wallace (1896) | Liberal |
  | | William Roche, Jr. | Liberal |
  | Hants County | Arthur Drysdale | Liberal |
  | | Charles Smith Wilcox | Liberal-Conservative |
  | Inverness County | Alexander Campbell | Liberal-Conservative |
  | | John H. Jamieson | Liberal-Conservative |
  | Kings County | Brenton H. Dodge | Liberal |
  | | Harry H. Wickwire | Liberal |
  | Lunenburg County | Charles E. Church | Liberal |
  | | John D. Sperry Allan R. Moreash (1896) | Liberal |
  | Pictou County | William Cameron | Liberal-Conservative |
  | | Alexander Grant | Liberal-Conservative |
  | | Charles E. Tanner | Liberal-Conservative |
  | Queens County | Albert M. Hemeon Edward M. Farrell (1896) | Liberal |
  | | Richard Hunt | Liberal |
  | Richmond County | Simon Joyce | Liberal |
  | | John Morrison Joseph Matheson (1894) | Liberal-Conservative Liberal |
  | Shelburne County | Thomas Johnston | Liberal |
  | | Thomas Robertson | Liberal |
  | Victoria County | John L. Bethune George Henry Murray (1896) | Conservative Liberal |
  | | John G. Morrison | Liberal |
  | Yarmouth County | William Law | Liberal |
  | | Albert A. Pothier | Liberal-Conservative |
  
  Notes:
  
  * 1 2 ran for federal seat
  * 1 2 3 4 elected to federal seat
  * ↑ died in 1895
  * ↑ died in 1896
  * ↑ election appealed
  