# 50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between December 10, 1970 and February 23, 1974.

## Division of seats

There were 46 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1970 Nova Scotia general election.
| | Leader | Party | # of Seats |
| | Gerald Regan | Liberal | 23 |
| | George Isaac Smith | Progressive Conservative | 21 |
| | Jeremy Akerman | NDP | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 46 |

## List of members

| Riding | Name | Party | First elected / previously elected | Position |
| Annapolis East | Gerry Sheehy | Progressive Conservative | 1970 | |
| Annapolis West | Peter Murray Nicholson | Liberal | 1956 | |
| Antigonish | J. William Gillis | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Cape Breton South | John Francis Burke | Progressive Conservative | 1970 | |
| Cape Breton Centre | Mike Laffin | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |
| Cape Breton North | Tom McKeough | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | |
| Cape Breton Nova | Paul MacEwan | New Democratic Party | 1970 | |
| Cape Breton East | Jeremy Akerman | New Democratic Party | 1970 | |
| Cape Breton West | Allan Sullivan | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Clare | Benoit Comeau | Liberal | 1967 | |
| Colchester | G. I. Smith | Progressive Conservative | 1949 | |
| Colchester | Gerald Ritcey | Progressive Conservative | 1968 | |
| Cumberland East | Roger S. Bacon | Progressive Conservative | 1970 | |
| Cumberland West | D. L. George Henley | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |
| Cumberland Centre | Raymond M. Smith | Progressive Conservative | 1970 | |
| Dartmouth North | Glen M. Bagnell | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Dartmouth South | D. Scott MacNutt | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Digby | Joseph H. Casey | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Guysborough | Angus MacIsaac | Progressive Conservative | 1969 | |
| Guysborough | A. M. Cameron (1973) | Liberal | 1973 | |
| Halifax Atlantic | John Buchanan | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | |
| Halifax Cornwallis | George M. Mitchell | Liberal | 1970 | speaker Minister of Development (1973) |
| Halifax Citadel | Ronald Wallace | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Halifax Chebucto | James L. Connolly | Liberal | 1970 | speaker (1973) |
| Halifax Cobequid | George Riley | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Halifax Eastern Shore | Alexander Garnet Brown | Liberal | 1969 | |
| Halifax Needham | Gerald Regan | Liberal | 1967 | Premier |
| Halifax St. Margarets | Leonard L. Pace | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Hants East | Jack Hawkins | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Hants West | Robert D. Lindsay | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Inverness | Norman J. MacLean | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |
| Inverness | John Archie MacKenzie | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Kings North | Victor Thorpe | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | |
| Kings South | Harry How | Progressive Conservative | 1970 | |
| Kings West | Gordon Tidman | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | |
| Kings West | Frank Bezanson (1971) | Liberal | 1971 | |
| Lunenburg Centre | Walton Cook | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Lunenburg East | Maurice L. Zinck | Progressive Conservative | 1959 | |
| Lunenburg West | Maurice DeLory | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Pictou East | A. Lloyd MacDonald | Liberal | 1963, 1970 | |
| Pictou West | Harvey Veniot | Progressive Conservative | 1956 | |
| Pictou Centre | Ralph F. Fiske | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Queens | W. S. Kennedy Jones | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |
| Queens | Floyd MacDonald (1971) | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | |
| Richmond | Gerald Doucet | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |
| Shelburne | Harold Huskilson | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Victoria | Fisher Hudson | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | |
| Yarmouth | Fraser Mooney | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Yarmouth | George A. Snow | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |

## Former members of the 50th General Assembly

| Name | Party | Electoral District | Cause of departure | Succeeded by | Elected |
| Gordon A. Tidman | Progressive Conservative | Kings West | seat declared vacant | Frank Bezanson, Liberal | November 16, 1971 |
| W. S. Kennedy Jones | Progressive Conservative | Queens | resigned | Floyd MacDonald, PC | November 16, 1971 |
| Angus MacIsaac | Progressive Conservative | Guysborough | ran for federal seat | A. M. Cameron, Liberal | June 5, 1973 |