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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

Governor Charles Lawrence
Lieutenant Governor vacant?

The members of the Council are currently under research.

House of Assembly

Officers

Speaker of the House
- Robert Sanderson -left the province for England in 1759.
- William Nesbitt elected August 1, 1759
Clerk of the House David Lloyd

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.

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

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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)

References

(May 20, 1758). "Proclamation". Province of Nova{{endash}}Scotia.

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