# 57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between May 21, 1998, and June 18, 1999, its membership being set in the 1998 Nova Scotia general election. The Liberals led by Russell MacLellan formed a minority government with the support of the Progressive Conservatives.

## Division of seats

The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the general election of 1998
| | Leader | Party | # of Seats |
| | John Hamm | Progressive Conservative | 14 |
| | Russell MacLellan | Liberal | 19 |
| | Robert Chisholm | NDP | 19 |
| Total | Total | Total | 52 |

## List of members

| Name | Party | Riding | First elected / previously elected |
| Laurie Montgomery | Liberal | Annapolis | 1998 |
| Hyland Fraser | Liberal | Antigonish | 1998 |
| Neil LeBlanc | Progressive Conservative | Argyle | 1984, 1998 |
| Francene Cosman | Liberal | Bedford-Fall River | 1993 |
| Frank Corbett | NDP | Cape Breton Centre | 1998 |
| Reeves Matheson | NDP | Cape Breton East | 1998 |
| Reeves Matheson | Independent | Cape Breton East | 1998 |
| Russell MacLellan | Liberal | Cape Breton North | 1997 |
| Paul MacEwan | Liberal | Cape Breton Nova | 1970 |
| Manning MacDonald | Liberal | Cape Breton South | 1993 |
| Helen MacDonald | NDP | Cape Breton The Lakes | 1997 |
| Russell MacKinnon | Liberal | Cape Breton West | 1988, 1998 |
| Hinrich Bitter-Suermann | Progressive Conservative | Chester-St. Margaret's | 1998 |
| Wayne Gaudet | Liberal | Clare | 1993 |
| Brooke Taylor | Progressive Conservative | Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley | 1993 |
| Ed Lorraine | Liberal | Colchester North | 1981, 1988 |
| Kevin Deveaux | NDP | Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage | 1998 |
| Ernie Fage | Progressive Conservative | Cumberland North | 1997 |
| Murray K. Scott | Progressive Conservative | Cumberland South | 1998 |
| Darrell Dexter | NDP | Dartmouth-Cole Harbour | 1998 |
| Jim Smith | Liberal | Dartmouth East | 1984 |
| Jerry Pye | NDP | Dartmouth North | 1998 |
| Don Chard | NDP | Dartmouth South | 1998 |
| Gordon Balser | Progressive Conservative | Digby-Annapolis | 1998 |
| Keith Colwell | Liberal | Eastern Shore | 1993 |
| Ray White | Liberal | Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury | 1993 |
| Robert Chisholm | NDP | Halifax Atlantic | 1991 |
| Gerry Fogarty | Liberal | Halifax Bedford Basin | 1993 |
| Howard Epstein | NDP | Halifax Chebucto | 1998 |
| Peter Delefes | NDP | Halifax Citadel | 1998 |
| Eileen O'Connell | NDP | Halifax Fairview | 1996 |
| Maureen MacDonald | NDP | Halifax Needham | 1998 |
| John MacDonell | NDP | Hants East | 1998 |
| Ron Russell | Progressive Conservative | Hants West | 1978 |
| Charlie MacDonald | Liberal | Inverness | 1998 |
| George Archibald | Progressive Conservative | Kings North | 1984 |
| Robbie Harrison | Liberal | Kings South | 1993 |
| George Moody | Progressive Conservative | Kings West | 1978 |
| Michael Baker | Progressive Conservative | Lunenburg | 1998 |
| Don Downe | Liberal | Lunenburg West | 1993 |
| John Hamm | Progressive Conservative | Pictou Centre | 1993 |
| Jim DeWolfe | Progressive Conservative | Pictou East | 1998 |
| Charlie Parker | NDP | Pictou West | 1998 |
| Yvonne Atwell | NDP | Preston | 1998 |
| John Leefe | Progressive Conservative | Queens | 1978 |
| Michel Samson | Liberal | Richmond | 1998 |
| Rosemary Godin | NDP | Sackville-Beaver Bank | 1998 |
| John Holm | NDP | Sackville-Cobequid | 1984 |
| Clifford Huskilson | Liberal | Shelburne | 1993 |
| Bill Estabrooks | NDP | Timberlea-Prospect | 1998 |
| Jamie Muir | Progressive Conservative | Truro-Bible Hill | 1998 |
| Kennie MacAskill | Liberal | Victoria | 1988 |
| John Deveau | NDP | Yarmouth | 1998 |