# 45th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 45th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between February 24, 1954, and September 10, 1956.

## Division of seats

There were 37 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1953 Nova Scotia general election.
| | Leader | Party | # of Seats |
| | Angus L. Macdonald | Liberal | 22 |
| | Robert L. Stanfield | Progressive Conservative | 13 |
| | Russell Cunningham | CCF | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 37 |

## List of members

| Riding | Name | Party | First elected / previously elected | Position |
| Annapolis County | Henry Davies Hicks | Liberal | 1945 | Minister of Education Premier (1954) |
| Antigonish | Colin H. Chisholm | Liberal | 1949 | |
| Cape Breton South | John Smith MacIvor | Liberal | 1945 | speaker |
| Cape Breton Centre | Michael MacDonald | CCF | 1945 | |
| Cape Breton North | Alexander O'Handley | Liberal | 1925, 1941 | |
| Cape Breton East | Russell Cunningham | CCF | 1945 | |
| Cape Breton West | Malcolm A. Patterson | Liberal | 1937 | Attorney general |
| Clare | Pierre E. Belliveau | Liberal | 1953 | |
| Colchester | Robert L. Stanfield | Progressive Conservative | 1949 | |
| 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 | |
| Digby | Victor George Cardoza | Liberal | 1953 | |
| Guysborough | Arthur Whittier MacKenzie | Liberal | 1945 | |
| Halifax South | Angus L. MacDonald | Liberal | 1933, 1945 | Premier |
| Halifax South | Richard A.Donahoe (1954) | Progressive Conservative | 1954 | |
| Halifax Centre | James Edward Rutledge | Liberal | 1939 | |
| Halifax North | Harold Connolly | Liberal | 1936 | Minister of Public Health acting Premier (1954) |
| Halifax East | Geoffrey W. Stevens | Liberal | 1933 | |
| Halifax West | Ronald Manning Fielding | Liberal | 1941 | |
| Hants East | Alfred E. Reid | Liberal | 1953 | |
| Hants West | George H. Wilson | Progressive Conservative | 1950 | |
| Inverness | Alexander H. McKinnon | Liberal | 1940 | |
| Inverness | Roderick MacLean | Liberal | 1949 | |
| Inverness | Joseph Clyde Nunn (1954) | Liberal | 1954 | |
| Kings | Edward Haliburton | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |
| Kings | George Arthur Boggs | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |
| Lunenburg | Harley J. Spence | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |
| Lunenburg | R. Clifford Levy | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |
| Pictou East | John W. MacDonald | Liberal | 1949 | |
| Pictou West | Stewart W. Proudfoot | Liberal | 1949 | |
| Pictou Centre | Alfred B. DeWolfe | Liberal | 1945 | |
| Queens | W. S. Kennedy Jones | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |
| Richmond | Earl Wallace Urquhart | Liberal | 1949 | |
| Shelburne | Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee | Liberal | 1941 | |
| Victoria | Carleton L. MacMillan | Liberal | 1949 | |
| Yarmouth | William H. Brown | Progressive Conservative | 1949 | |
| Yarmouth | Raymond Z. Bourque | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |

## Former members of the 45th General Assembly

| Name | Party | Electoral District | Cause of departure | Succeeded by | Elected |
| Angus L. MacDonald | Liberal | Halifax South | died | Richard A.Donahoe, PC | November 14, 1954 |
| Alexander H. McKinnon | Liberal | Inverness | named judge | Joseph Clyde Nunn, Liberal | November 14, 1954 |