59th general assembly of nova scotia represented nova scotia from 2003 to 2006, its membership being set in the 2003 nova scotia election. no party held a majority of the seats, but the progressive conservative party of nova scotia, under john hamm, held the most and thus formed a minority government. rodney macdonald became pc leader and premier in february 2006 after hamm's resignation. the assembly was dissolved may 13, 2006, at macdonald's request. ==division of seats== {| class="wikitable" |- | colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | affiliation | valign="top" | members |-  | align=left| progressive conservative party | 25 |-  | align=left|new democratic party | 15 |-  | align=left|liberal party | 10 |-  |align=left| independent | 1 |-  |align=left| vacant | 1 |- | colspan="2" align=left|total | 52 |- | colspan="2" align=left|government majority (minority) | (2) |} ==list of members== {|class="wikitable" ! !align="right"| riding !align="right"| member !align="right"| party |-  |annapolis |stephen mcneil |liberal |-  |antigonish |angus macisaac |progressive conservative |-  |argyle |chris d'entremont |progressive conservative |-  |bedford |peter g. christie |progressive conservative |-  |cape breton centre |frank corbett |ndp |-  |cape breton north |cecil clarkeâ  |progressive conservative |-  |cape breton nova |gordie gosse |ndp |-  |cape breton south |manning macdonald |liberal |- {{canadi
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