David Seabury was a tradesman, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 in 1785 and 1786.

Biography

He was born in the United States

United States

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, the son of the Reverend Samuel Seabury and Elizabeth Powell. His brother Samuel was the first bishop of the Episcopal Church

Episcopal Church (United States)

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 in the United States. In 1770, he married Anne Lyne. A United Empire Loyalist, he served as captain in a loyalist regiment during the American Revolution

American Revolution

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 and came to Nova Scotia in 1783, settling in Granville. Seabury was a lieutenant-colonel in the militia.

He defeated Alexander Howe

Alexander Howe

Alexander Howe was a soldier, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. He represented Annapolis County and then Granville township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1785 to 1799....

 in 1785. After the election was appealed, he won the subsequent by-election. However, in the end, Howe was awarded the seat by a vote in the assembly. In 1790, he was named a judge in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for Annapolis County

Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

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. He also served as acting agent for Indian

First Nations

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 Affairs. In 1806, after suffering financial losses, Seabury returned to New York

New York

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