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The 42nd Nova Scotia general election will be held on or before July 15, 2025, to elect members to the 65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia. During the 2021 election, the Progressive Conservatives included a commitment in their platform to introduce fixed election dates in the province. Under amendments to the provincial Elections Act introduced and passed in October 2021, the first fixed election date following the 2021 Nova Scotia general election is set as 15 July 2025 with all subsequent elections to take place on the third Tuesday in July of the fourth calendar year following the previous election.[1] The general assembly may be dissolved earlier by order of the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia due to a motion of no confidence or on the advice of the premier. Premier Tim Houston, whose government passed the fixed election date law, indicated in June 2024 that he may call an election earlier than the fixed date.[2]