# 31st General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 31st General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1894 and 1897.
The Liberal Party led by William Stevens Fielding formed the government. George Henry Murray replaced Fielding as party leader and premier when Fielding entered federal politics in 1896.
Frederick A. Lawrence was chosen as speaker for the house.
The assembly was dissolved on March 20, 1897.

## List of Members

| Electoral District | Name | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Annapolis County | Joseph A. Bancroft | Liberal | 1894 |
| Annapolis County | J. W. Longley | Liberal | 1882 |
| Annapolis County | J.W. Longley (1896) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Antigonish County | Christopher P. Chisholm | Liberal | 1891 |
| Antigonish County | Colin F. McIsaac | Liberal | 1886 |
| Antigonish County | Angus McGillivray (1895) | Liberal | 1878, 1887, 1895 |
| County of Cape Breton | John McCormick | Liberal-Conservative | 1894 |
| County of Cape Breton | William McKay | Liberal-Conservative | 1886, 1894 |
| Colchester County | Wilbert D. Dimock | Liberal-Conservative | 1894 |
| Colchester County | Frederick Andrew Laurence | Liberal | 1886 |
| Colchester County | Firman McClure (1895) | Liberal | 1895 |
| Cumberland County | Thomas R. Black | Liberal | 1884, 1894 |
| Cumberland County | Alexander E. Fraser | Liberal | 1894 |
| Digby County | Ambrose H. Comeau | Liberal | 1890 |
| Digby County | Eliakim E. Tupper | Liberal | 1890 |
| Digby County | Angus M. Gidney (1895) | Liberal-Conservative | 1895 |
| Guysborough County | Daniel H. MacKinnon | Liberal | 1894 |
| Guysborough County | John H. Sinclair | Liberal | 1894 |
| Halifax County | William A. Black | Liberal-Conservative | 1894 |
| Halifax County | William S. Fielding | Liberal | 1882 |
| Halifax County | William Roche, Jr. | Liberal | 1886 |
| Halifax County | William B. Wallace (1896) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Hants County | Arthur Drysdale | Liberal | 1891 |
| Hants County | Charles Smith Wilcox | Liberal-Conservative | 1894 |
| Inverness County | Alexander Campbell | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878, 1894 |
| Inverness County | John H. Jamieson | Liberal-Conservative | 1894 |
| Kings County | Brenton H. Dodge | Liberal | 1894 |
| Kings County | Harry H. Wickwire | Liberal | 1894 |
| Lunenburg County | Charles E. Church | Liberal | 1882 |
| Lunenburg County | John D. Sperry | Liberal | 1889 |
| Lunenburg County | Allan R. Moreash (1896) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Pictou County | William Cameron | Liberal-Conservative | 1887 |
| Pictou County | Alexander Grant | Liberal-Conservative | 1890 |
| Pictou County | Charles E. Tanner | Liberal-Conservative | 1894 |
| Queens County | Albert M. Hemeon | Liberal | 1887 |
| Queens County | Richard Hunt | Liberal | 1890 |
| Queens County | Edward M. Farrell (1896) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Richmond County | Simon Joyce | Liberal | 1894 |
| Richmond County | John Morrison | Liberal-Conservative | 1894 |
| Richmond County | Joseph Matheson (1894) | Liberal | 1886, 1894 |
| Shelburne County | Thomas Johnston | Liberal | 1867, 1882 |
| Shelburne County | Thomas Robertson | Liberal | 1894 |
| Victoria County | John L. Bethune | Conservative | 1886 |
| Victoria County | John G. Morrison | Liberal | 1894 |
| Victoria County | George Henry Murray (1896) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Yarmouth County | William Law | Liberal | 1886 |
| Yarmouth County | Albert A. Pothier | Liberal-Conservative | 1894 |