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 (1939–2024)
|
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
|
55
|
|
Danielle Barkhouse MLA for Chester-St. Margaret's (born 1976)
|
2024–present
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|