Nova Scotia legislature fall sitting: Fun facts for political geeks

Since 1994,Nova ScotiaMLAs have spent 539 days in the legislatureduring the fall.

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They have turned a total of 572bills 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 Housefrom 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 NDPgovernment,2010)
• Fewestbills passed: 8 (JohnHamm's Progressive Conservatives,2003)
• Most productive government by bills per days: Rodney MacDonald's Progressive Conservatives,144 bills in51 days over threefall sittings
• Least productive:John Savage's Liberals, 76 bills in135 days over three fall sittings