42 seats in the Legislature. Jeremy Akerman - Cape Breton East 1970-1974-1978-1980by (resigned due to government appointment, NDP lost subsequent by-election) Paul MacEwan - Cape Breton Nova 1970-1974-1978-1980 (left NDP in 1980, ran as independent in 1981) 1974 general election In the 1974 election, the NDP won an additional seat for three of the 43 seats in the Legislature. James Buddy McEachern - Cape Breton Centre 1974-1978-1981 (ran, NDP lost) 1978 general election In the 1978 election, the NDP won an additional seat for four of the 50 seats in the Legislature. Len Arsenault - Cape Breton North 1978-1981 (ran, NDP lost) 1981 general election In the 1981 election, the NDP won only one seat in the 52-member Legislature. Alexa McDonough - Halifax Chebucto 1981-1984-1988-1993, Halifax Fairview 1993-1996by (left to become federal NDP leader) 1984 general election In the 1984 election, the NDP won two additional seats for three of the 52 seats in the Legislature. Bob Levy - Kings South 1984-1988 (Government Appointment, NDP lost) John Holm - Sackville 1984-1988-1993, Sackville-Cobequid 1993-1998-1999-2003 (retired, NDP won) 1988 general election In the 1988 election, the NDP won two seats in the 52-seat the Legislature. 1991 by-election In a 1991 by-election, the NDP won an additional seat for three seats in the Legislature. Robert Chisholm - Halifax Atlantic 1991by-1993-1998-1999-2003 (retired, NDP won) 1993 general election In the 1993 election, the NDP won three seats in the 52-seat the Legislature. 1996 by-election In a 1996 by-election, the NDP kept the seat formerly held by federal leader Alexa McDonough. Eileen O'Connell - Halifax Fairview 1996by-1998-1999-2001by (Died, NDP won) 1997 by-election In a 1997 by-election, the NDP won an additional seat for four seats in the Legislature. Helen MacDonald - Cape Breton the Lakes 1997by-1998-1999 (ran, NDP lost) 1998 general election In the 1998 election, the NDP won an additional 15 seats for 19 of the 52 seats in the Legislature. Frank Corbett - Cape Breton Centre 1998-1999-2003-2006-2009–2013-2015 (resigned 2015, NDP lost) Reeves Matheson - Cape Breton East 1998-1999 (retired, NDP lost) Kevin Deveaux - Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage 1998-1999-2003-2006-(Left Politics in 2007, NDP won) Darrell Dexter - Dartmouth-Cole Harbour 1998-1999-2003, Cole Harbour 2003-2006-2009–2013 (ran 2013, NDP lost) Jerry Pye - Dartmouth North 1998-1999-2003-2006 (Left Politics, NDP won) Don Chard - Dartmouth South 1998-1999 (ran, NDP lost) Howard Epstein - Halifax Chebucto 1998-1999-2003-2006-2009–2013 (retired, NDP lost) Peter Delefes - Halifax Citadel 1998-1999 (ran, NDP lost) Maureen