12th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
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The 12th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia
between 1820 and 1826.
The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, James Kempt
.
Simon Bradstreet Robie
was chosen as speaker for the house
. Samuel George William Archibald
became speaker after Robie was named to the Council in 1824.
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
between 1820 and 1826.
The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, James Kempt
James Kempt
General Sir James Kempt, GCB was a British Army officer, who served in Holland, Egypt, Italy, the Peninsula, and British North America during the Napoleonic Wars...
.
Simon Bradstreet Robie
Simon Bradstreet Robie
Simon Bradstreet Robie was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Truro Township from 1799 to 1806 and Halifax County from 1806 to 1826 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....
was chosen as speaker for the house
Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia
The Speaker for the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia is the presiding Officer of the House of Assembly. Gordie Gosse is the current Speaker of the 61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia....
. Samuel George William Archibald
Samuel George William Archibald
Samuel George William Archibald was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County from 1806 to 1836 and Colchester County from 1836 to 1841 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....
became speaker after Robie was named to the Council in 1824.
List of members
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| County of Halifax Halifax County, Nova Scotia Halifax County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.The Municipality of the County of Halifax was the municipal government of Halifax County, apart from the separately incorporated towns and cities therein... |
William Lawson William Lawson (banker) William Lawson was a businessman, office holder, justice of the peace, and politician. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was the son of John Lawson and Sarah Shatford.-Business and public career:... |
| George Smith George Smith (Nova Scotia politician) George Smith was a Scottish-born merchant, shipbuilder and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County from 1819 to 1836, Pictou County from 1836 to 1838 and Pictou township from 1843 to 1845.... |
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| Samuel George William Archibald Samuel George William Archibald Samuel George William Archibald was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County from 1806 to 1836 and Colchester County from 1836 to 1841 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.... |
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| Simon Bradstreet Robie Simon Bradstreet Robie Simon Bradstreet Robie was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Truro Township from 1799 to 1806 and Halifax County from 1806 to 1826 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.... |
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| County of Annapolis Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Annapolis County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located in the western part of the province on the Bay of Fundy. The county seat is Annapolis Royal.-History:... |
Thomas Ritchie Thomas Ritchie (judge) Thomas Ritchie was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1806 to 1824.... Abraham Gesner Abraham Gesner (politician) Abraham Gesner was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1824 to 1827.... (1824) |
| Samuel Campbell Samuel Campbell (Canadian politician) Samuel Campbell was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1820 to 1826.... |
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| County of Lunenburg Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Lunenburg County is a county located on the South Shore of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, It ranges from Hubbards to the east and Vogler's Cove to the west.-History:... |
John Heckman John Heckman John Heckman was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg County from 1818 to 1826 and Lunengburg township from 1826 to 1847 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.... |
| Lot Church Charles Lot Church Charles Lot Church was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1820 to 1830.... |
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| County of Cumberland Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Cumberland County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:The name Cumberland was applied by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton to the captured Fort Beauséjour on June 18, 1755 in honour of the third son of King George II, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, victor at... |
Thomas Roach |
| George Oxley George Oxley George Oxley was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1799 to 1806 and in 1820.... Robert Blair Robert Blair (politician) Robert Blair was an English-born judge and politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1821 to 1825.... (1821) |
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| County of King's Kings County, Nova Scotia Kings County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.Kings County is located in central Nova Scotia on the shore of the Bay of Fundy with its northeastern part also forming the western shore of the Minas Basin.... |
William Allen Chipman William Allen Chipman William Allen Chipman was a merchant, land owner, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented King's County from 1799 to 1806, from 1818 to 1826 and from 1828 to 1830, Sydney County from 1807 to 1808 and Cornwallis Township from 1811 to 1818 in the Nova Scotia House of AssemblyHe was... |
| Samuel Bishop Samuel Henry Bishop Samuel Henry Bishop was a businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Horton township from 1811 to 1818 and King's County from 1820 to 1830.... |
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| County of Queen's | Snow Parker Snow Parker Snow Parker was a merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Queen's County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1801 to 1826.... |
| Joseph Freeman Joseph Freeman (politician) Joseph Freeman was a seaman, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Liverpool from 1811 to 1820 and Queen's County from 1820 to 1839 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.... |
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| County of Hants Hants County, Nova Scotia Hants County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia which was the home of Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Alden Nowlan and Noel Doiron. The county of Hants was created June 17, 1781, and consisted of the townships of Windsor, Falmouth and Newport... |
William Hersey Otis Haliburton William Hersey Otis Haliburton William Hersey Otis Haliburton was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Windsor from 1806 to 1811 and Hants County from 1811 to 1826.... Benjamin DeWolf Benjamin DeWolf (Windsor merchant) Benjamin DeWolf was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1824 to 1836.... (1824) |
| William O'Brien William O'Brien (Nova Scotia politician) William O'Brien was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Hants County from 1820 to 1826 and from 1834 to 1836 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.... |
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| County of Shelburne Shelburne County, Nova Scotia Shelburne County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:Shelburne County was founded in 1784 shortly following the influx of Loyalist settlers evacuated from the newly independent United States of America... |
John Bingay John Bingay John Bingay was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1826.... |
| John McKinnon John McKinnon (Nova Scotia politician) John McKinnon was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Sydney County and later Antigonish County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1850 to 1867.... |
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| County of Sydney | John George Marshall John George Marshall John George Marshall was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Sydney County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1811 to 1818 and from 1820 to 1823.... |
| Thomas Dickson | |
| County of Cape Breton Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia Cape Breton County, officially, County Cape Breton, is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island.Taking its name from Cape Breton, the most easterly point of the island which was called after the Bretons of Brittany, this municipality has what is probably the oldest... |
Richard John Uniacke, Jr. Richard John Uniacke, Jr. Richard John Uniacke was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1820 to 1830.... |
| Laurence Kavanagh Laurence Kavanagh Laurence Kavanagh was a merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1820 to 1830... |
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| Town of Halifax City of Halifax Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996... |
John Albro John Albro John Albro was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax Township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1826.... |
| Town of Truro Truro, Nova Scotia -Education:Truro has one high school, Cobequid Educational Centre. Post-secondary options include a campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, as well as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the neighboring town of Bible Hill.- Sports :... |
William Dickson William Dickson (Nova Scotia politician) William Dickson was a politician in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Truro in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1826.He was born in nearby Onslow, the son of Charles Dickson and Amelia Bishop, emigrants from Connecticut... |
| Town of Onslow Onslow, Nova Scotia Onslow is a small, unincorporated, Canadian rural community in central Colchester County, Nova Scotia. The community is located along the north bank of the Salmon River, opposite the town of Truro and is largely a farming area... |
Robert Dickson Robert Dickson (Nova Scotia politician) Robert Dickson was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Onslow township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1826 and from 1830 to 1836.... |
| Town of Londonderry Londonderry, Nova Scotia Londonderry is an unincorporated community located in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada, formerly called Acadia Mines. A bustling iron ore mining and steel making town of some 5,000 in the late 19th century, the present population stands at around 200.-History:Londonderry saw the pouring of... |
James Fleming James Fleming (Nova Scotia politician) James Fleming was an Irish-born farmer, businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Londonderry township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1811 to 1826.... |
| Town of Annapolis Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia Annapolis Royal is a town located in the western part of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Known as Port Royal until the Conquest of Acadia in 1710 by Britain, the town is the oldest continuous European settlement in North America, north of St... |
John Robertson John Robertson (Nova Scotia politician) John Robertson was a sailor, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1820 to 1826.... |
| Town of Granville | Timothy Ruggles Timothy Ruggles (Nova Scotia politician) Timothy Ruggles was a merchant, farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Granville township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1831.... |
| Town of Digby Digby, Nova Scotia Digby is a Canadian town in western Nova Scotia. It is the shiretown and largest population centre in Digby County.The town is situated on the western shore of the Annapolis Basin near the entrance to the Digby Gut which connects the basin to the Bay of Fundy.Named after Admiral Robert Digby, RN,... |
William Henry Roach William Henry Roach William Henry Roach was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Digby from 1818 to 1826 and Annapolis County from 1826 to 1836 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Reformer.... |
| Town of Lunenburg Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Lunenburg , is a Canadian port town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.Situated on the province's South Shore, Lunenburg is located on a peninsula at the western side of Mahone Bay. The town is approximately 90 kilometres southwest of the county boundary with the Halifax Regional Municipality.The... |
Edward James Edward James (judge) Edward James was an English-born judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg County from 1793 to 1799, from 1806 to 1811 and from 1817 to 1818 and Lunenburg township from 1818 to 1826.... |
| Town of Amherst Amherst, Nova Scotia Amherst is a Canadian town in northwestern Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.Located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin, an arm of the Bay of Fundy, Amherst is strategically situated on the eastern boundary of the Tantramar Marshes 3 kilometres east of the interprovincial border with New... |
James Shannon Morse James Shannon Morse James Shannon Morse was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Amherst township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1836.... |
| Town of Horton | Jonathan Crane Jonathan Crane (politician) Johnathan Crane was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented King's County from 1785 to 1818 and the Township of Horton from 1818 to 1820 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.... |
| Town of Cornwallis | John Wells John Wells (Nova Scotia politician) John Wells was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented King's County from 1806 to 1818 and the town of Cornwallis from 1820 to 1826 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.... |
| Town of Liverpool Liverpool, Nova Scotia Liverpool is a Canadian community and former town located along the Atlantic Ocean of the Province of Nova Scotia's South Shore. It is situated within the Region of Queens Municipality which is the local governmental unit that comprises all of Queens County, Nova Scotia... |
James R. Dewolf James Ratchford DeWolf James Ratchford DeWolf was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Liverpool township from 1820 to 1830 and Queens County from 1830 to 1836 and from 1840 to 1843 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.He was born in Horton , the son of Elisha DeWolf and Margaret Ratchford... |
| Town of Windsor Windsor, Nova Scotia Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was... |
William Fraser |
| Town of Falmouth Falmouth, Nova Scotia Falmouth, Nova Scotia is a village located along the Avon River in Hants County between Mount Denson and Windsor.Falmouth and area was known as Pisiguit by the Acadians. Having migrated from Port Royal, Nova Scotia, the Acadians were the first to settle in the area, around 1685... |
William Young |
| Town of Newport | Daniel Wier Daniel Wier Daniel Wier was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Newport township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1820 to 1826. His name also appears as Daniel Weir.... |
| Town of Shelburne Shelburne, Nova Scotia Shelburne is a town located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Shelburne County.-History:-Settlers:... |
Jared Ingersol Chipman Jared Ingersol Chipman Jared Ingersol Chipman was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Shelburne in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1826.... |
| Town of Barrington Barrington, Nova Scotia Barrington is a municipal district in western Shelburne County, Nova Scotia.Barrington forms the southernmost part of the province and contains Cape Sable, the eastern boundary between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine.- Demographics :... |
William Browne Sargent William Browne Sargent William Browne Sargent was a fish merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Barrington township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1826.... |
| Town of Yarmouth Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Yarmouth is a town and fishing port located on the Gulf of Maine in rural southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Yarmouth County. The town is located in the heart of the world's largest lobster fishing grounds and has Canada's highest lobster catch.- History :The townsite may... |
Samuel Sheldon Poole Samuel Sheldon Poole Samuel Sheldon Poole was a judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Yarmouth township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1785 to 1799, from 1806 to 1811 and from 1814 to 1835.... |
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