16th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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 District	Name
Annapolis County	Samuel B. Chipman
County of Cape Breton	James Boyle Uniacke
Colchester County	Samuel G. W. Archibald ^[1] Thomas Dickson (1842)
Cumberland County	Gaius Lewis
	Stephen Fulton
Digby County	James B. Holdsworth
Guysborough County	William F. DesBarres
	John J. Marshall
Halifax County	Joseph Howe
	William Annand
Hants County	Benjamin Smith
	George McKay
Inverness County	William Young
	James Turnbull
Kings County	Thomas Andrew Strange DeWolf
	Samuel Chipman
Lunenburg County	John Creighton
	Edward Zwicker
Pictou County	John Holmes
	Henry Blackadar
Queens County	James R. DeWolf
	Samuel P. Fairbanks
Richmond County	James McKeagney ^[2] William C. Delaney (1842)
Shelburne County	Gilbert McKenna
Sydney County	Richard J. Forrestall
	William A. Henry
Yarmouth County	Herbert Huntington
Township of Halifax	James McNab
	Thomas Forrester ^[3] William Stairs (1841)
Township of Lunenburg	John Heckman
Township of Liverpool	William B. Taylor
Township of Shelburne	Peter Spearwater, Jr.
Township of Barrington	John W. Homer
Township of Yarmouth	Reuben Clements
Township of Argyle	John Ryder
Township of Digby	Charles Budd
Township of Clare	Anselme F. Comeau
Township of Annapolis	Henry Gates
Township of Granville	Stephen S. Thorne
Township of Horton	William Johnson
Township of Cornwallis	Mayhew Beckwith
Township of Amherst	Robert McGowan Dickie
Township of Pictou	Henry Hatton
Township of Londonderry	Gloud W. McLelan
Town of Truro	Alexander L. Archibald
Town of Onslow	Alexander M. Upham^[3] John Crowe (1842)
Township of Windsor	Henry Goudge^[3] Henry Palmer (1842)
Township of Newport	Ichabod Dimock
Township of Falmouth	Lewis J. Payzant
Township of Sydney	Edmund Murray Dodd
Township of Arichat	Henry Martell

Notes:

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

Preceded by 15th General Assembly of Nova Scotia	General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 1840–1843	Succeeded by 17th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

References

Journal and proceedings of the House of Assembly, 1841 (1841)

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