Nova Scotia legislature fall sitting: Fun facts for political geeks
For those who score politics the way baseball fans score their favourite team, here are some fall facts gathered from a review of fall sittings in the House from 1994 to now.
Check out which government's have been the most and least productive
Since 1994, Nova Scotia MLAs have spent 539 days in the legislature during the fall.
They have turned a total of 572 bills into law. For those who score politics the way baseball fans score their favourite team, here are some fall facts gathered from a review of fall sittings in the House from 1994 to present.
- Earliest sitting start: Sept. 4, 2003
- Latest start: Nov. 28, 2013
- Earliest end to a fall sitting: Oct. 18, 2004
- Latest end: Feb. 6, 1996
- Longest fall sitting: 63 days (Oct. 27, 1994 – Feb. 6, 1995) It's the only sitting that recessed over the holidays and resumed in the new year. The contentious issue was the QEII Health Sciences Centre Act, amalgamating the hospitals.
- Shortest: 11 days (Nov. 28 – Dec 12, 2013)
- Most bills passed: 48 (Darrell Dexter's NDP government, 2010)
- Fewest bills passed: 8 (John Hamm's Progressive Conservatives, 2003)
- Most productive government by bills per days: Rodney MacDonald's Progressive Conservatives, 144 bills in 51 days over three fall sittings
- Least productive: John Savage's Liberals, 76 bills in 135 days over three fall sittings
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