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4th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

A series of writs for the election of the 4th General Assembly of Nova Scotia were issued February 2–19, 1765, returnable by March 13, 1765. The assembly convened on May 28, 1765, held eight sessions, and was dissolved on April 2, 1770.

Sessions

Dates of specific sessions are under research.

Governor and Council

  • Governor: Montague Wilmot -died May 23, 1766
    • Lieutenant Governor: vacant
  • Administrator: Benjamin Green served as acting governor after Wilmot's death
  • Lieutenant Governor: Michael Francklin -named August 23, 1766, served as acting governor until Campbell arrived
  • Governor: Lord William Campbell -named November 27, 1766
    • Lieutenant Governor: Michael Francklin

The members of the Council are currently under research.

House of Assembly

Officers

  • Speaker of the House: William Nesbitt of Halifax County
  • Clerk of the House: Isaac Deschamps of Falmouth Township

Division of seats

An order in Council on January 30, 1765 allocated seats as follows:

  • 4 seats: Halifax County
  • 2 seats each: Annapolis, Lunenburg, Kings, Cumberland, and Queens Counties, and Halifax Township
  • 1 seat each: Horton, Cornwallis, Falmouth, Cumberland, Granville, Annapolis, Lunenburg, Liverpool, Onslow, Truro, and Newport Townships making a total of 27 seats.

During the assembly, Sunbury County was created with 2 seats and Londonderry, Sackville, Yarmouth, and Barrington Townships were created with 1 seat each, for a total of 33 seats.

(Cape) Breton County was also created, and 2 members were elected, but the seats were held not to exist due to insufficient freeholders.

Members

Electoral DistrictNameFirst elected / previously electedNotes
Annapolis CountyJoseph Winniett1765
John Harris1762
Annapolis TownshipJonathan Hoar1765
Barrington TownshipFrancis White1766initial by-election March 24, 1766, took seat July 1, 1767, seat declared vacant November 8, 1769.
(Cape) Breton CountyGregory Townshend1766
John Grant1766
Cornwallis TownshipJohn Burbidge1758
Cumberland CountyBenoni Danks1765took seat June 21, 1766
Gamaliel Smethurst1765
Cumberland TownshipJosia Troop1765attended, seat declared vacant November 8, 1769
Falmouth TownshipIsaac Deschamps1761
Granville TownshipHenry Munroe1765resigned June 21, 1768.
John Hicks (1768)1768by-election, took seat October 31, 1768.
Halifax CountyWilliam Nesbitt1758
Benjamin Gerrish1758resigned June 27, 1768 after being appointed to the Council.
John Fillis (1768)1768by-election, took seat October 22, 1768.
John Butler1762
William Best1758, 1761
Halifax TownshipCharles Procter1765
Richard Wenman1765
Horton TownshipWilliam Welch1761attended, seat declared vacant August 1, 1767.
Charles Dickson (1768)1768by-election, writ issued September 28, 1767, took seat June 18, 1768.
Kings CountyWinckworth Tonge1765
Charles Morris1761
Liverpool TownshipElisha Freeman1765attended, resigned due to age October 19, 1767.
Ephraim Dean (1768)1768by-election, August 17, 1768, but election disputed October 28, 1768.
Apparently did not serve.
Londonderry TownshipAlexander McNutt1767initial by-election, October 26, 1767, seat declared vacant November 8, 1769.
Lunenburg CountyJoseph Pernette1761
Philip Augustus Knaut1758
Lunenburg TownshipArchibald Hinshelwood1759
Newport TownshipJohn Day1765attended, seat vacated in 1769, but no record in the journal why. Other sources indicate he left for Philadelphia.
Henry Denny Denson1769by-election October 7, 1769, took seat October 16, 1769.
Onslow TownshipJames Brenton1765
Queens CountyWilliam Smith1765
Simeon Perkins1765seat apparently declared vacant July 1766, but not directly noted in the journal.
John Doggett (1768)1768by-election, August 17, 1768, but its not clear if he ever took the seat.
Sackville TownshipBenjamin Mason1766initial by-election 1766, took seat October 27, 1766; seat declared vacant November 8, 1769
Sunbury CountyBeamsley Perkins Glasier1765initial by-election, writ issued May 30, 1765, returned Aug. 1, 1765 but never took seat.
Thomas Falconer1765initial by-election, writ issued May 30, 1765, returned August 1, 1765 but never took seat.
Richard Shorne (1768)1768by-election, September 20, 1768
Phineas Nevers (1768)1768by-election, September 20, 1768
Truro TownshipCharles Morris1761elected for both Kings County and Truro Township, gave up this seat.
David Archibald1766by-election, writ issued February 19, 1766, returned May 24, 1766, took seat June 5, 1766.
Yarmouth TownshipMalachy Salter1766initial by-election, took seat October 24, 1766; did not attend after 1768.

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 taking their seat on a certain date, but a by-election isn't noted, the member was elected at the general election but arrived late.

Notes

References

;Bibliography

  • A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1958, Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)
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