BILL NO. 187

(as passed)

2nd Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
68 Elizabeth II, 2019

 

Government Bill

 

House of Assembly Act
(amended)

 

CHAPTER 32 OF THE ACTS OF 2019

 

The Honourable Mark Furey
Attorney General and Minister of Justice

 

First Reading: October 9, 2019 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: October 10, 2019

Third Reading: October 22, 2019

Royal Assent: October 30, 2019

An Act to Amend Chapter 1
(1992 Supplement)
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the House of Assembly Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 4 of Chapter 1 (1992 Supplement) of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the House of Assembly Act, is repealed and the following Section substituted:

4 (1) The House is composed of fifty-five members, of whom one is elected from each of the fifty-five electoral districts named as follows:

Annapolis

Antigonish

Argyle

Bedford Basin

Bedford South

Cape Breton Centre–Whitney Pier

Cape Breton East

Chester–St. Margaret's

Clare

Clayton Park West

Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley

Colchester North

Cole Harbour

Cole Harbour–Dartmouth

Cumberland North

Cumberland South

Dartmouth East

Dartmouth North

Dartmouth South

Digby–Annapolis

Eastern Passage

Eastern Shore

Fairview–Clayton Park

Glace Bay–Dominion

Guysborough–Tracadie

Halifax Armdale

Halifax Atlantic

Halifax Chebucto

Halifax Citadel–Sable Island

Halifax Needham

Hammonds Plains–Lucasville

Hants East

Hants West

Inverness

Kings North

Kings South

Kings West

Lunenburg

Lunenburg West

Northside–Westmount

Pictou Centre

Pictou East

Pictou West

Preston

Queens

Richmond

Sackville–Cobequid

Sackville–Uniacke

Shelburne

Sydney–Membertou

Timberlea–Prospect

Truro–Bible Hill–Millbrook–Salmon River

Victoria–The Lakes

Waverley–Fall River–Beaver Bank

Yarmouth

(2) The boundaries of the electoral districts are as recommended in the final report, dated April 2019, of the independent electoral boundaries commission appointed pursuant to Section 5.

(3) The Chief Electoral Officer shall make a digital map showing the boundaries referred to in subsection (2) publicly accessible on the Elections Nova Scotia website.

2 (1) Subsection 7(1) of Chapter 1 is repealed.

(2) Subsection 7(2) of Chapter 1, as amended by Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2012, is further amended by striking out "set out in" in the first and second lines and substituting "determined by".

(3) Subsection 7(3) of Chapter 1, as enacted by Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2012, is amended by striking out "described" in the first line and substituting "recommended in the final report referred to".

(4) Subsection 7(4) of Chapter 1 is repealed.

3 (1) Notwithstanding Section 4, on, from and after the day this Act receives Royal Assent all necessary steps may be taken to establish constituency organizations based on the electoral districts contained in this Act including, for greater certainty, the appointment of officials and committees and the transfer of assets from the constituency organizations that existed before this Act received Royal Assent.

(2) When a constituency organization is established in accordance with subsection (1), the Chief Electoral Officer shall, notwithstanding Section 4, recognize and deal with the new constituency organization for the purpose of performing the functions of the Chief Electoral Officer.

(3) All actions taken pursuant to subsection (1) are effective on, from and after the date they are taken but not before January 1, 2020.

4 Sections 1 and 2 have effect on and after the dissolution or the determination by the effluxion of time of the present House of Assembly or on and after March 1, 2020, whichever is later.

 

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