No. |
Portrait |
Name Electoral district (Birth–Death) |
Term of office |
Party |
General Assembly |
1 |
|
Robert Sanderson MLA (1696–after 1761) |
1758–1759 |
|
Independent |
1st |
2 |
|
William Nesbitt MLA for Halifax County (1707–1784) |
1759–1783 |
|
Independent |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
3 |
|
Thomas Cochran MLA for Liverpool Township (1733–1801) |
1784–1785 |
|
Independent |
4 |
|
Sampson Salter Blowers MLA for Halifax County (1742–1842) |
1785–1789 |
|
Independent |
6th |
5 |
|
Richard John Uniacke MLA for Halifax County (1753–1830) |
1789–1793 |
|
Independent |
6 |
|
Thomas Henry Barclay MLA for Halifax County (1753–1830) |
1793–1799 |
|
Independent |
7th |
(5) |
|
Richard John Uniacke MLA for Queens County (1753–1830) |
1799–1805 |
|
Independent |
8th |
7 |
|
William Cottnam Tonge MLA for Newport Township (1764–1832) |
1805–1806 |
|
Independent |
8 |
|
Lewis Morris Wilkins MLA for Lunenburg County (1768–1848) |
1806–1817 |
|
Conservative |
9th |
10th |
9 |
|
Simon Bradstreet Robie MLA for Halifax County (1770–1858) |
1817–1824 |
|
Conservative |
11th |
12th |
10 |
|
Samuel George William Archibald MLA for Halifax County (until 1836) MLA for Colchester County (from 1836) (1777–1846) |
1824–1840 |
|
Reformer |
13th |
14th |
15th |
11 |
|
Joseph Howe MLA for Halifax County (1804–1873) |
1840–1843 |
|
Reformer |
16th |
12 |
|
William Young MLA for Inverness County (1799–1887) |
1843–1855 |
|
Reformer |
17th |
18th |
19th |
13 |
|
Stewart Campbell MLA for Guysborough County (1812–1885) |
1855–1863 |
|
Liberal |
20th |
22nd |
14 |
|
John Chipman Wade MLA for Digby County (1817–1892) |
1863–1867 |
|
Conservative |
23rd |
15 |
|
John Joseph Marshall MLA for Guysborough (1807–1870) |
1867–1870 |
|
Anti-Confederation |
24th |
16 |
|
Jared C. Troop MLA for Annapolis (1837–1876) |
1870–1874 |
|
Anti-Confederation |
|
Liberal |
25th |
17 |
|
John Barnhill Dickie MLA for Colchester (1829–1886) |
1874–1875 |
|
Liberal |
26th |
18 |
|
Mather Byles DesBrisay MLA for Lunenburg (1828–1900) |
1875–1876 |
|
Liberal |
19 |
|
Isaac N. Mack MLA for Queens (1838–1925) |
1877–1878 |
|
Liberal |
20 |
|
Ebenezer Tilton Moseley MLA for Cape Breton (1844–1898) |
1878–1882 |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
27th |
21 |
|
Angus McGillivray MLA for Antigonish (1842–1917) |
1882–1886 |
|
Liberal |
28th |
22 |
|
Michael Joseph Power MLA for Halifax (1834–1895) |
1886–1894 |
|
Liberal |
29th |
30th |
23 |
|
Frederick Andrew Laurence MLA for Colchester (1843–1912) |
1894–1901 |
|
Liberal |
31st |
32nd |
24 |
|
Thomas Robertson MLA for Shelburne (1852–1902) |
1902 |
|
Liberal |
33rd |
(23) |
|
Frederick Andrew Laurence MLA for Colchester (1843–1912) |
1903–1904 |
|
Liberal |
25 |
|
Edward Matthew Farrell MLA for Queens (1854–1931) |
1905–1910 |
|
Liberal |
34th |
26 |
|
George Everett Faulkner MLA for Halifax (1855–1931) |
1910–1911 |
|
Liberal |
27 |
|
James F. Ellis MLA for Guysborough (1869–1937) |
1912–1916 |
|
Liberal |
35th |
36th |
28 |
|
Robert Irwin MLA for Shelburne (1865–1941) |
1917–1925 |
|
Liberal |
37th |
29 |
|
Albert Parsons MLA for Hants (1869–1948) |
1926–1928 |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
38th |
30 |
|
Daniel George McKenzie MLA for Hants (1860–1940) |
1929–1933 |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
39th |
31 |
|
Lindsay C. Gardner MLA for Yarmouth (1875–1938) |
1934–1938 |
|
Liberal |
40th |
41st |
32 |
|
Moses Elijah McGarry MLA for Inverness (1878–1949) |
1939–1940 |
|
Liberal |
33 |
|
Gordon E. Romkey MLA for Lunenburg (1885–1977) |
1940–1953 |
|
Liberal |
42nd |
43rd |
44th |
34 |
|
John Smith MacIvor MLA for Cape Breton South (1913–1957) |
1954–1956 |
|
Liberal |
45th |
35 |
|
W. S. Kennedy Jones MLA for Queens (1919–1978) |
1957–1960 |
|
Progressive Conservative |
46th |
36 |
|
Harvey Veniot MLA for Pictou West (1915–2009) |
1961–1968 |
|
Progressive Conservative |
47th |
48th |
49th |
37 |
|
Gordon H. Fitzgerald MLA for Halifax Cobequid (1927–2014) |
1969–1970 |
|
Progressive Conservative |
38 |
|
George M. Mitchell MLA for Halifax Cornwallis (born 1932) |
1970–1973 |
|
Liberal |
50th |
39 |
|
James L. Connolly MLA for Halifax Chebucto (1927–2014) |
1973–1974 |
|
Liberal |
40 |
|
Vince MacLean MLA for Cape Breton South (born 1944) |
1974–1976 |
|
Liberal |
51st |
41 |
|
George Doucet MLA for Halifax Cobequid (born 1939) |
1977–1978 |
|
Liberal |
42 |
|
Ron Russell MLA for Hants West (1926–2019) |
1978–1981 |
|
Progressive Conservative |
52nd |
43 |
|
Art Donahoe MLA for Halifax Citadel (born 1940) |
1981–1991 |
|
Progressive Conservative |
53rd |
54th |
55th |
(42) |
|
Ron Russell MLA for Hants West (1926–2019) |
1991–1993 |
|
Progressive Conservative |
44 |
|
Paul MacEwan MLA for Cape Breton Nova (1943–2017) |
1993–1996 |
|
Liberal |
56th |
45 |
|
Wayne Gaudet MLA for Clare (born 1955) |
1996–1997 |
|
Liberal |
46 |
|
Gerry Fogarty MLA for Halifax Bedford Basin |
1997–1998 |
|
Liberal |
(42) |
|
Ron Russell MLA for Hants West (1926–2019) |
1998–1999 |
|
Progressive Conservative |
57th |
47 |
|
Murray Scott MLA for Cumberland South (born 1953) |
1999–2006 |
|
Progressive Conservative |
58th |
59th |
48 |
|
Cecil Clarke MLA for Cape Breton North (born 1968) |
2006–2007 |
|
Progressive Conservative |
60th |
49 |
|
Alfie MacLeod MLA for Cape Breton West (born 1956) |
2007–2009 |
|
Progressive Conservative |
50 |
|
Charlie Parker MLA for Pictou West (born 1951) |
2009–2011 |
|
New Democratic |
61st |
51 |
|
Gordie Gosse MLA for Cape Breton Nova (1955–2019) |
2011–2013 |
|
New Democratic |
52 |
|
Kevin Murphy MLA for Eastern Shore (born 1970) |
2013–2021 |
|
Liberal |
62nd |
63rd |
53 |
|
Keith Bain MLA for Victoria-The Lakes (born 1952) |
2021–2023 |
|
Progressive Conservative |
64th |
54 |
|
Karla MacFarlane MLA for Pictou West (born 1969) |
2023–2024 |
|
Progressive Conservative |