6th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
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The 6th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between November 1785 to 1793.
The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, Edmund Fanning until 1786, and then under Governor John Parr.
In 1785, the Speaker of the House was Sampson Salter Blowers In 1789, the speaker was Richard John Uniacke.
[edit] Division of Seats
- County of Halifax - S.S Blowers, J.G. Pyke, R.J. Uniacke, M. Wallace
- County of Lunenburg - D.C. Jessen, J.W. Schwartz
- Queen's County - S. Perkins, B. Collins
- County of Annapolis - T. Barclay, D. Seabury [1]
- County of Hants - B DeWolf, W. Tonge
- County of King's - J. Crane, E. Lawrence
- County of Cumberland - J.B. Dwight, C. Harper
- County of Shelburne - A. Lockie, C.McNeal
- Town of Halifax - J. Fillis, W. Cochran
- Town of Sydney - J.F. Buckley, J. Putnam
- Town of Lunenberg - C. Wollenhaept
- Town of Liverpool - F. Dean
- Town of Yarmouth - S.S. Pool
- Town of Barrington - J. Aplin
- Town of Annapolis - Col. Stephen DeLancey
- Town of Granville - B. James
- Town of Windsor - J. McMonagle
- Town of Newport - J. Day
- Town of Falmouth - J. Northup
- Town of Cornwallis - B. Belcher
- Town of Horton - G. Dennison
- Town of Amherst - W. Freeman
- Town of Truro - M. Archibald
- Town of Onslow - C. Dickson
- Town of Londonderry - J. Smith
- Town of Shelburne - I. Wilkins
County of Sundbury no longer elected representatives as it became the Province of New Brunswick.
Notes:
- ^ Election overturned after an appeal. Seabury won the subsequent by-election, but Alexander Howe declared elected by assembly.[1]
[edit] References
- David Allison; "History of Nova Scotia", Bowen, Halifax, 1916. [2]
- Journal and proceedings of the General Assembly of the province of Nova-Scotia ... summoned ... Halifax, the 5th December, 1785 ... (1785)
| Preceded by 5th General Assembly of Nova Scotia |
General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 1785-1794 |
Succeeded by 7th General Assembly of Nova Scotia |
