Nova Scotia Legislature

Joined the Commonwealth: 19 November 1926

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1932

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral - Nova Scotia House of Assembly (55)

Parliament/Legislature website: Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: Currently 6

Standing Committee on Community Services; Standing Committee on Health; Standing Committee on Human Resources; Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development; Standing Committee on Public Accounts; Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs 

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: 

Standing Committee on Assembly Matters; Standing Committee on Internal Affairs; Standing Committee on Law Amendments; Standing Committee on Private and Local Bills

Standing Orders: Please click here

Articles in The Parliamentarian (2013 to date):

• The Parliamentarians 2022 Issue Two - Canada Profile: 65th CPC Supplement - 'The Nova Scotian Experience: What challenges have arisen, and what initiatives have been implemented in Canada that other Parliamentarians may learn from?' - Hon. Keith Bain, MLA, Speaker of the Nova Scotia Legislature
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Four - Reflections on establishing the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities network - Hon. Kevin Murphy, former Speaker of Nova Scotia
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Three - 57th CPA Canada Regional Conference in Nova Scotia and CWP Canada Regional Conference in Nova Scotia
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Four - Hon. Kevin Murphy, Speaker of Nova Scotia, Parliamentarians with Disabilities Conference

Recent CPA Programmatic Activities/News:

In August 2022, the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia with the CPA Canada Region hosting the event along with the CPA Nova Scotia Branch.

At the first ever meeting of the Regional Champions of the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) network, held on 26 November 2020, the former Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, Hon. Kevin Murphy, MLA, was unanimously elected as the first Chairperson of the CPwD network. More information on the network can be found by clicking here.     

In December 2020, the CPA Headquarters Secretariat welcomed two delegates, representing the CPA Nova Scotia Branch, at the first ever Virtual Commonwealth Youth Parliament where participants debated a number of issues including youth unemployment and COVID-19.