Alfred William Savary served as a 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...

 member of the 1st Canadian Parliament

1st Canadian Parliament

The 1st Canadian Parliament was in session from November 6, 1867 until July 8, 1872. The membership was set by the 1867 federal election from August 7 to September 20, 1867, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was prorogued prior to the 1872 election.It was...

 for the Digby riding

Digby (electoral district)

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Savary was born in Plympton, Nova Scotia

Plympton, Nova Scotia

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, the son of Sabine Savary and Olivia Marshall, and was educated at King's College

University of King's College

The University of King's College is a post-secondary institution in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. King's is a small liberal arts university offering mainly undergraduate programs....

 in Windsor, Nova Scotia

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...

. He was called to the New Brunswick bar in 1857 and to the Nova Scotia bar in July 1861. Savary practised law in Digby, Nova Scotia

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,...

. He was also editor of the New Brunswicker. In 1872, he was named Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

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. Savary was married twice: to Bessie Crookshank Otty in 1877 and to Eliza Theresa Hunt in 1892.

Savary ran unsuccessfully for the Digby seat in the Nova Scotia assembly in 1863.

He was elected under the Anti-Confederation Party

Anti-Confederation Party

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 banner to the new Canadian Parliament in 1867, but became a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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 in 1869. He won re-election to the 2nd Canadian Parliament

2nd Canadian Parliament

The 2nd Canadian Parliament was in session from March 5, 1873, until January 2, 1874. The membership was set by the 1872 federal election from July 20 to October 12, 1872, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1874 election.It was...

 in 1872, but was defeated in the following election in 1874.

Savary was the author of:

• A genealogical and biographical record of the Savery families (Savory and Savary) and of the Severy family (Severit, Savery, Savory and Savary) ... published in 1893
• History of the county of Annapolis: including old Port Royal and Acadia ..., published in 1897

He served as county court judge for the 3rd District in Nova Scotia from 1876 to 1907.

Savary died at his home in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia approximately 02:40 on 30 December 1920 after losing consciousness several days earlier. He was among the final surviving members of the first modern Canadian parliament as only Albert Hagar

Albert Hagar

Albert Hagar was a Canadian merchant and politician.Born in North Plantagenet Township, Upper Canada , the son of Abner Hagar, a former Montreal merchant, and Hannah P. Barker, he was educated in Vermont and became a farmer, merchant and lumber dealer and owned a sawmill and gristmill at Plantagenet...

 outlived Savary.

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