1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia

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 October 2, 1758 and December 4, 1759, its membership being set in the 1758 Nova Scotia general election.

The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, Charles Lawrence. Robert Sanderson

Robert Sanderson (politician)

Robert Sanderson was a merchant, ship owner and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia....

 was elected speaker

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....

 for the first session, William Nesbitt

William Nesbitt

William Nesbitt was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He served as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1783....

 for the second. Sanderson left the province in 1759.

The assembly was dissolved on August 13, 1759.

Division of seats

The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the General Election of 1758.

• Joseph Gerrish
  Joseph Gerrish
  Joseph Gerrish was a soldier, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia....
  
  
• Robert Sanderson
  Robert Sanderson (politician)
  Robert Sanderson was a merchant, ship owner and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia....
  
  
• Henry Newton
  Henry Newton (politician)
  Henry Newton was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1760....
  
  
• William Foye
  William Foye
  William Foye was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1759....
  
  
• William Nesbitt
  William Nesbitt
  William Nesbitt was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He served as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1783....
  
  
• Joseph Rundel
  Joseph Rundel
  Joseph Rundel was a merchant, brewer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia. His surname also appears as Rundle or Rundell.He married Elizabeth Randel in Halifax in 1753...
  
  
• Jonathan Binney
  Jonathan Binney
  Jonathan Binney was a merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1764....
  
  
• Henry Ferguson
  Henry Ferguson (politician)
  Henry Ferguson was a baker, trader and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia....
  
  
• George Suckling
  George Suckling
  George Suckling was a lawyer who was appointed to be the first Chief Justice of the British Virgin Islands in 1776. Suckling's appointment was not popular in the islands, which were at the time a notorious haunt for the lawless and for those seeking to evade their creditors elsewhere...
  
  
• John Burbidge
  John Burbidge
  John Burbidge was a soldier, land owner, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax Township from 1759 to 1765 and Cornwallis Township from 1765 to 1775 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....
  
  
• Robert Campbell
  Robert Campbell (Nova Scotia politician)
  Robert Campbell was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia and represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1775....
  
  
• William Pantree
• Joseph Fairbanks
  Joseph Fairbanks
  Joseph Fairbanks was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia and represented Halifax township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1776 to 1785....
  
  
• Philip Hammond
• John Fillis
  John Fillis
  John Fillis was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia and later represented Halifax County from 1768 to 1770, Barrington township from 1772 to 1785 and Halifax township from 1785 to 1792 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.He...
  
  
• Lambert Folkers
  Lambert Folkers
  Lambert Folkers was a baker and political figure. He served as a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia.Folkers was in Halifax by 1750. In 1761, he married Elizabeth Shelfers, his second wife...
  
  
• Philip Knaut
  Philip Augustus Knaut
  Philip Augustus Knaut was a German-born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Lunenburg from 1758 to 1781....
  
  
• William Best
  William Best (Nova Scotia politician)
  William Best was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1759 and from 1761 to 1770....
  
  
• Alexander Kedie
  Alexander Kedie
  Alexander Kedie was a carpenter and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia....