17th General Assembly of Nova Scotia explained

The 17th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1843 and 1847.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, Lucius Bentinck Cary. Jeremiah Dickson became governor in 1846.

William Young was chosen as speaker for the house.

List of members

Electoral DistrictName
Annapolis CountyJames W. Johnston
County of Cape BretonJames Boyle Uniacke
Colchester CountyJohn Ross
Cumberland CountyStephen Fulton
Robert McGowan Dickie
Digby CountyFrançois Bourneuf
Guysborough CountyWilliam F. DesBarres
John J. Marshall
Halifax CountyJoseph Howe
Laurence O'Connor Doyle
Hants CountyBenjamin Smith
Lewis Morris Wilkins
Inverness CountyWilliam Young
James McKeagney
Kings CountyThomas Andrew Strange DeWolf
John Clarke Hall
Lunenburg CountyJohn Creighton
Charles B. Owen
Pictou CountyJohn Holmes
George R. Young
Queens CountySamuel P. Fairbanks
Snow P. Freeman
Richmond CountyJames Turnbull
Shelburne CountyObadiah Wilson
Sydney CountyGeorge Brenan
Patrick Power
Yarmouth CountyHerbert Huntington
Township of HalifaxJames McNab
Andrew M. Uniacke
Township of LunenburgJohn Heckman
Township of LiverpoolWilliam B. Taylor
Township of ShelburnePeter Spearwater, Jr.
Township of BarringtonPaul Crowell
Township of YarmouthReuben Clements
Township of ArgyleJohn Ryder
Township of DigbyCharles Budd
Township of ClareAnselme F. Comeau
Township of AnnapolisAlfred Whitman
Township of GranvilleStephen S. Thorne
Township of HortonPerez M. Benjamin
Township of CornwallisMayhew Beckwith
Township of AmherstThomas Logan
Township of PictouGeorge Smith[1]
Henry Blackadar (1845)
Township of LondonderryGloud W. McLelan
Town of TruroWilliam Fleming
Town of OnslowJohn Crowe
Township of WindsorJames D. Fraser
Township of NewportIchabod Dimock
Township of FalmouthElkanah Young
Township of SydneyEdmund Murray Dodd
Township of ArichatHenry Martell

Notes:

  1. election appealed

References

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