# 47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 8, 1961 and August 29, 1963.

## Division of seats

There were 43 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1960 Nova Scotia general election.
| | Leader | Party | # of Seats |
| | Henry D. Hicks | Liberal | 15 |
| | Robert L. Stanfield | Progressive Conservative | 27 |
| | Michael James MacDonald | CCF | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 43 |

## List of members

| Riding | Name | Party | First elected / previously elected | Position |
| Annapolis East | Hanson Dowell | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | |
| Annapolis West | Peter Murray Nicholson | Liberal | 1956 | |
| Antigonish | William F. MacKinnon | Progressive Conservative | 1956 | |
| Cape Breton South | Donald C. McNeil | Progressive Conservative | 1956 | |
| Cape Breton Centre | Michael MacDonald | CCF | 1945 | |
| Cape Breton North | Tom McKeough | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | |
| Cape Breton Nova | Percy Gaum | Progressive Conservative | 1956 | |
| Cape Breton East | Layton Fergusson | Progressive Conservative | 1956 | |
| Cape Breton West | Edward Manson | Progressive Conservative | 1956 | |
| Clare | Pierre E. Belliveau | Liberal | 1953 | |
| Colchester | Robert L. Stanfield | Progressive Conservative | 1949 | Premier |
| Colchester | G. I. Smith | Progressive Conservative | 1949 | |
| Cumberland East | James A. Langille | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |
| Cumberland West | Allison T. Smith | Liberal | 1953 | |
| Cumberland Centre | Stephen T. Pyke | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | Minister of Highways |
| Digby | Victor Cardoza | Liberal | 1953, 1960 | |
| Guysborough | Alex "Tando" MacIsaac | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | |
| Halifax South | Richard A.Donahoe | Progressive Conservative | 1954 | |
| Halifax Centre | Donald M. Smith | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | |
| Halifax North | John E. Ahern | Liberal | 1956 | |
| Halifax Northwest | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | |
| Halifax East | Duncan MacMillan | Liberal | 1956 | |
| Halifax West | Charles H. Reardon | Liberal | 1956 | |
| Halifax County Dartmouth | Gordon L. S. Hart | Liberal | 1960 | |
| Hants East | Ernest M. Ettinger | Progressive Conservative | 1949, 1956 | |
| Hants East | Albert J. Ettinger (1962) | Progressive Conservative | 1962 | |
| Hants West | George H. Wilson | Progressive Conservative | 1950 | |
| Inverness | Joseph Clyde Nunn | Liberal | 1954 | |
| Inverness | Roderick MacLean | Liberal | 1949 | |
| Inverness | William N. MacLean (1962) | Liberal | 1962 | |
| Kings North | Gladys M. Porter | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | |
| Kings South | Edward Haliburton | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |
| Kings West | Edward D. MacArthur | Liberal | 1960 | |
| Lunenburg Centre | George O. Lohnes | Progressive Conservative | 1956 | |
| Lunenburg East | Maurice L. Zinck | Progressive Conservative | 1959 | |
| Lunenburg West | Harley J. Spence | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |
| Pictou East | John W. MacDonald | Liberal | 1949, 1960 | |
| Pictou West | Harvey Veniot | Progressive Conservative | 1956 | speaker |
| Pictou Centre | Donald R. MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | 1956 | |
| Queens | W. S. Kennedy Jones | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |
| Richmond | Earl Wallace Urquhart | Liberal | 1949 | |
| Shelburne | James M. Harding | Progressive Conservative | 1956 | |
| Victoria | Carleton L. MacMillan | Liberal | 1949 | |
| Yarmouth | Willard C. O'Brien | Liberal | 1956 | |
| Yarmouth | George A. Burridge | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | |

## Former members of the 47th General Assembly

| Name | Party | Electoral District | Cause of departure | Succeeded by | Elected |
| Ernest M. Ettinger | Progressive Conservative | Hants East | death | Albert J. Ettinger, PC | September 11, 1962 |
| Roderick MacLean | Liberal | Inverness | death | William N. MacLean, Liberal | September 11, 1962 |