Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
Association progressiste-conservatrice de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Nova Scotia's centre-right governing party. Founded 1867 as the provincial wing of the federal Conservative Party at Confederation. Has formed government repeatedly in NS history. Most recent governments before Houston: John Hamm 1999-2006, Rodney MacDonald 2006-2009, then Liberals (2013-2021) and then NDP (2009-2013). Tim Houston won a majority on August 17, 2021, defeating Iain Rankin's Liberals, then won re-election on November 26, 2024 with a strengthened majority of 43 seats out of 55, defeating Zach Churchill's Liberals. The Houston government's second-term agenda has defined itself as 'fix healthcare,' with Bill 1 (Affordable Healthcare Reform Act) restructuring Nova Scotia Health, Bill 312 (Health Authority Modernization Act), Bill 419 (Affordable Housing Acceleration Act) speeding HRM approvals, and Bill 35 (Coastal Protection Implementation Act) forcing the 2019 statute into effect.
Leader
Tim Houston
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Positions on Issues
Healthcare
The Nova Scotia PC government under Premier Tim Houston has invested an additional $1.6 billion in healthcare over four years, opened the new Halifax Infirmary expansion in 2024, signed the federal Pharmacare bilateral on contraceptives and diabetes medications, launched the Action for Health four-year plan in April 2022 reducing the family-doctor waitlist by approximately 27 percent through to 2024, and committed to ending hallway healthcare in Nova Scotia hospitals. Has resisted private-clinic OHIP-funded surgery expansion (the Ontario model) while opening expedited public-system surgical access.
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The Nova Scotia PC government under Premier Tim Houston has set a binding 38,000 new housing-unit target by 2027 in the Action for Housing plan (May 2022), invested $500 million through the Province-Municipal Joint Action Group on housing (announced October 2023), increased the Department of Municipal Affairs and Housing budget to $290 million in 2024-2025, and used statutory authority under Bill 26 of the 65th General Assembly to override Halifax Regional Municipality zoning where it conflicts with provincial housing targets. Maintains a temporary rent cap at five percent through 2027.
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Members (11)
NS PCAllan MacMaster
Minister of Finance and Treasury Board (Nova Scotia)
NS PCBarbara Adams
Deputy Premier and Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care (Nova Scotia)
NS PCBrad Johns
Attorney General (Nova Scotia)
NS PCBrendan Maguire
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development and Government House Leader (Nova Scotia)
NS PCBrian Wong
Minister of Advanced Education (Nova Scotia)
NS PCKim Masland
Minister of Emergency Management (Nova Scotia)
NS PCMarco MacLeod
Minister of Energy (Nova Scotia)
NS PCSusan Corkum-Greek
Minister of Opportunities and Social Development (Nova Scotia)
- NS PC
Tim Halman
Minister of Environment (Nova Scotia)
- NS PC
Tim Houston
Premier of Nova ScotiaPictou East
NS PCTory Rushton
Minister of Natural Resources (Nova Scotia)