The 38th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between June 25, 1925, through September 5, 1928. The first session of this assembly was convened on February 9, 1926. There were three sessions of the assembly during this period.
The election of 1925 represented a shift in Nova Scotia politics as the 37th General Assembly would mark the return of the Conservatives to government after a forty-three year absence.
One of the most significant pieces of legislation to come out of this General Assembly is that of An Act Abolishing the Legislative Council and Amending the Constitution of the Province, in 1928. This act abolished the Legislative Council, the General Assembly's upper house. When Edgar Rhodes became premier in 1925, the Legislative Council had only one Conservative member and 17 Liberal members, with three vacancies; Rhodes ultimately had 15 new councillors appointed in order to pack the Council for means of abolition, while dismissing all but a handful of Liberal councillors.
Division of seats There were 42 members of this General Assembly, elected in the 1925 Nova Scotia general election.
Leader Party # of SeatsEdgar Nelson RhodesLiberal-Conservative38Ernest Howard ArmstrongLiberal3Archibald TerrisLabour-Conservative1 Total42
List of members RidingNamePartyFirst elected / previously electedPositionAnnapolis CountyObediah Parker GoucherConservative1925Harry Thompson MacKenzieConservative1925Antigonish CountyWilliam ChisholmLiberal1916John Laughlin McIsaacLiberal1925Cape Breton CentreGordon Sidney HarringtonConservative1925Minister of Public Works & MinesJoseph MacdonaldConservative1925Cape Breton EastJohn Carey DouglasConservative1911, 1925Attorney General (1925-6)Alexander O'HandleyConservative1925Colchester CountyWilliam Boardman ArmstrongConservative1925Frank StanfieldConservative1911, 1925Cumberland CountyPercy Chapman BlackConservative1925Minister of HighwaysDaniel George McKenzieConservative1920Speaker (1925-6)Archibald TerrisLabour1920Digby CountyWilliam Hudson FarnhamConservative1925John Louis Philip RobicheauConservative1925Guysborough CountySimon Osborn GiffinConservative1925Howard Amos RiceConservative1925Halifax CountyJosiah Frederick FraserConservative1925Alexander MontgomerieConservative1925John Francis MahoneyConservative1925John Archibald WalkerConservative1925Minister of Natural Resources& Provincial DevelopmentWilliam Drysdale PierceyConservative1925Hants CountyAlbert E. ParsonsConservative1909, 1925Speaker (1926-8)Edgar Nelson RhodesConservative1925Provincial Secretary & PremierInverness CountyHubert Meen AucoinConservative1925Malcolm McKayConservative1925Kings CountyGeorge Clyde NowlanConservative1925Reginald Tucker CaldwellConservative1925Lunenburg CountyWallace Norman RehfussConservative1925William Haslam SmithConservative1925Pictou CountyJohn DoullConservative1925Robert Albert DouglasConservative1925Hugh Allan MacQuarrieConservative1925Queens CountyFrank J.D. BarnjumConservative1925William Lorimer HallConservative1910, 1925Attorney General (1926–1928)Richmond County & Cape Breton WestBenjamin Amedeé LeBlancConservative1916John Alexander MacDonaldConservative1916John Angus Stewart (1926)Conservative1926Shelburne CountyNorman Emmons SmithConservative1925Ernest Reginald NickersonConservative1925Victoria CountyDonald Buchanan McLeodLiberal1925Philip McLeodConservative1914, 1925Yarmouth CountyJohn Flint CahanConservative1925Raymond Neri d'EntremontConservative1925
Former members of the 37th General Assembly NamePartyElectoral DistrictCause of departureSucceeded byElectedJohn Alexander MacDonaldConservativesCape Breton Westresigned to run federallyJohn Angus Stewart, Con.February 24, 1926Frank J.D. BarnjumConservativesQueens Countyresigned March 16, 1926N/AN/AJohn Carey DouglasConservativesCape Breton Eastresigned to run federallyN/AN/A
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"Incidents of the 1927 Session of the Legislature" in "The Province of Nova Scotia". The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs. p 366. Google.