# 51st General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 51st General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between May 23, 1974 and August 12, 1978.

## Division of seats

There were 46 members of the General Assembly, elected in the 1974 Nova Scotia general election.
| | Leader | Party | # of Seats |
| | Gerald Regan | Liberal | 31 |
| | John Buchanan | Progressive Conservative | 12 |
| | Jeremy Akerman | NDP | 3 |
| 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 | Vince MacLean | Liberal | 1974 | speaker Minister of Lands & Forests (1976) |
| Cape Breton Centre | James 'Buddy' MacEachern | NDP | 1974 | |
| Cape Breton North | Tom McKeough | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | |
| Cape Breton Nova | Paul MacEwan | NDP | 1970 | |
| Cape Breton East | Jeremy Akerman | NDP | 1970 | |
| Cape Breton West | Allan Sullivan | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Cape Breton West | Osborne Fraser (1976) | Liberal | 1976 | |
| Clare | Benoit Comeau | Liberal | 1967 | |
| Colchester | Melinda MacLean | Liberal | 1974 | |
| Colchester | Floyd Tucker | Liberal | 1974 | |
| Cumberland East | Roger S. Bacon | Progressive Conservative | 1970 | |
| Cumberland West | D. L. George Henley | Progressive Conservative | 1963 | |
| Cumberland Centre | Guy Brown | Liberal | 1974 | |
| Dartmouth North | Glen M. Bagnell | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Dartmouth South | Roland J. Thornhill | Progressive Conservative | 1974 | |
| Digby | Joseph H. Casey | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Guysborough | A. M. "Sandy" Cameron | Liberal | 1973 | |
| Halifax Atlantic | John Buchanan | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | |
| Halifax Cornwallis | George M. Mitchell | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Halifax Citadel | Ronald Wallace | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Halifax Chebucto | Walter Fitzgerald | Liberal | 1974 | |
| Halifax Cobequid | George Doucet | Liberal | 1974 | speaker (1977) |
| 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 | Bill MacEachern | Liberal | 1974 | |
| Inverness | John Archie MacKenzie | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Kings North | Glenn Ells | Liberal | 1974 | |
| Kings South | Harry How | Progressive Conservative | 1970 | |
| Kings West | Frank C. Bezanson | Liberal | 1971 | |
| Lunenburg Centre | Bruce Cochran | Progressive Conservative | 1974 | |
| Lunenburg East | Ronald T. Barkhouse | Progressive Conservative | 1974 | |
| Lunenburg West | Maurice DeLorey | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Pictou East | Donald W. Cameron | Progressive Conservative | 1974 | |
| Pictou West | Dan Reid | Liberal | 1974 | |
| Pictou Centre | Fraser MacLean | Progressive Conservative | 1974 | |
| Pictou Centre | Jack MacIsaac (1977) | Progressive Conservative | 1977 | |
| Queens | John Wickwire | Progressive Conservative | 1974 | |
| Richmond | Gaston LeBlanc | Liberal | 1974 | |
| Shelburne | Harold Huskilson | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Victoria | Maynard MacAskil | Liberal | 1974 | |
| Yarmouth | Fraser Mooney | Liberal | 1970 | |
| Yarmouth | Hugh Tinkham | Liberal | 1974 | |

## Former members of the 51st General Assembly

| Name | Party | Electoral District | Cause of departure | Succeeded by | Elected |
| Allan Sullivan | Liberal | Cape Breton West | named to bench | Osborne Fraser, Liberal | September 7, 1976 |
| Fraser MacLean | Progressive Conservative | Pictou Centre | resigned | Jack MacIsaac, PC | September 6, 1977 |