1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The General Assembly of Nova Scotia was established by a proclamation of the Governor in Council on May 20, 1758. A writ for the election of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia was issued by May 22, returnable at the convening of the assembly on October 2, 1758. The assembly held two sessions, and was dissolved on August 13, 1759.

Sessions

Dates of specific sessions are under research.

Governor and Council

The members of the Council are currently under research.

House of Assembly

Officers

Division of seats

Since counties had not been established by this time, the proclamation called for the election of 4 members from Halifax Township, 2 members from Lunenburg Township, and 16 members from the province at large, for a total of 22 members.

The election was held using Block Voting. Each voter had to cast the maximum number of votes, whether 16, two or four.[1]

Knaut and Kedie (or Kedy) represented Lunenburg Township, but the records do not distinguish the Halifax Township members from the at large members.

Members

Name First elected Notes
Joseph Gerrish 1758
Robert Sanderson 1758 left the province for England in 1759.
Henry Newton 1758
William Foye 1758
William Nesbitt 1758
Joseph Rundel 1758
Jonathan Binney 1758
Henry Ferguson 1758
George Suckling 1758
John Burbidge 1758
Robert Campbell 1758
William Pantree 1758
Joseph Fairbanks 1758
Philip Hammond 1758
John Fillis 1758
Lambert Folkers 1758
Philip Augustus Knaut (Lunenburg Township) 1758
William Best 1758
Alexander Kedie (Lunenburg Township) 1758
Malachy Salter 1758 took seat October 30, 1758.
Benjamin Gerrish 1758 might not have served, was out of the province by November 21, 1758.
John Anderson 1758 might not have served, was out of the province by November 21, 1758.
Archibald Hinshelwood (1759) 1759 by-election January 10, 1759, took seat April 6, 1759, election disputed by Richard Bowers, Hinshelwood quit his seat April 9.
no record of the by-election for the second vacancy.

Note: Unless otherwise noted, members were elected at the general election, and took their seats at the convening of the assembly. By-elections are special elections held to fill specific vacancies. When a member is noted as having taken their seat on a certain date, but a by-election isn't noted, the member was elected at the general election but arrived late.

References

  1. ^ "Proclamation" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. Province of Nova–Scotia. May 20, 1758.
General
  • Democracy 250 : Celebrating 250 Years of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada
  • A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1958, Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)
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