16th General Assembly of Nova Scotia explained

The 16th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1840 and 1843. The assembly was dissolved on October 26, 1843.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, Lucius Bentinck Cary.

Joseph Howe was chosen as speaker for the house.

List of members

Electoral DistrictName
Annapolis CountySamuel B. Chipman
County of Cape BretonJames Boyle Uniacke
Colchester CountySamuel G. W. Archibald[1]
Thomas Dickson (1842)
Cumberland CountyGaius Lewis
Stephen Fulton
Digby CountyJames B. Holdsworth
Guysborough CountyWilliam F. DesBarres
John J. Marshall
Halifax CountyJoseph Howe
William Annand
Hants CountyBenjamin Smith
George McKay
Inverness CountyWilliam Young
James Turnbull
Kings CountyThomas Andrew Strange DeWolf
Samuel Chipman
Lunenburg CountyJohn Creighton
Edward Zwicker
Pictou CountyJohn Holmes
Henry Blackadar
Queens CountyJames R. DeWolf
Samuel P. Fairbanks
Richmond CountyJames McKeagney[2]
William C. Delaney (1842)
Shelburne CountyGilbert McKenna
Sydney CountyRichard J. Forrestall
William A. Henry
Yarmouth CountyHerbert Huntington
Township of HalifaxJames McNab
Thomas Forrester[3]
William Stairs (1841)
Township of LunenburgJohn Heckman
Township of LiverpoolWilliam B. Taylor
Township of ShelburnePeter Spearwater, Jr.
Township of BarringtonJohn W. Homer
Township of YarmouthReuben Clements
Township of ArgyleJohn Ryder
Township of DigbyCharles Budd
Township of ClareAnselme F. Comeau
Township of AnnapolisHenry Gates
Township of GranvilleStephen S. Thorne
Township of HortonWilliam Johnson
Township of CornwallisMayhew Beckwith
Township of AmherstRobert McGowan Dickie
Township of PictouHenry Hatton
Township of LondonderryGloud W. McLelan
Town of TruroAlexander L. Archibald
Town of OnslowAlexander M. Upham
John Crowe (1842)
Township of WindsorHenry Goudge
Henry Palmer (1842)
Township of NewportIchabod Dimock
Township of FalmouthLewis J. Payzant
Township of SydneyEdmund Murray Dodd
Township of ArichatHenry Martell

Notes:

  1. named master of the rolls
  2. election appealed
  3. died in 1841

References

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