10th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

A writ for the election of the 10th General Assembly of Nova Scotia was issued Aug. 17, 1811. It convened on February 6, 1812 and held eight sessions. It was dissolved on May 11, 1818.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of Lieutenant Governor John Coape Sherbrooke. George Ramsay became Lieutenant Governor in 1816.

Lewis Morris Wilkins was chosen as speaker for the house, seat declared vacant Feb. 13, 1817. Simon Bradstreet Robie was chosen as speaker Feb. 13, 1817.

List of members

• Amherst Township
  • Edward Baker
• Annapolis County
  • Thomas Ritchie -took seat Feb. 7, 1812.
  • Peleg Wiswall -seat declared vacant Mar. 5, 1817, appointed associate judge of Supreme Court.
  • Cereno Upham Jones -by-election June 4, 1817, took seat Feb. 10, 1818.
• Annapolis Township
  • John Harris
• Barrington Township
  • John Sargent
• Cornwallis Township
  • William Allen Chipman
• Cumberland County
  • Thomas Roach -took seat Feb. 17, 1812.
  • Henry Purdy
• Digby Township
  • John Warwick
• Falmouth Township
  • John Manning
• Granville Township
  • Isaiah Shaw -took seat Feb. 17, 1812.
• Halifax County
  • Edward Mortimer -took seat Feb. 14, 1812.
  • Samuel George William Archibald -took seat Feb. 14, 1812.
  • Simon Bradstreet Robie
  • William Lawson
• Halifax Township
  • John George Pyke
  • John Pryor
• Hants County
  • William Hersey Otis Haliburton
  • Shubael Dimock
• Horton Township
  • Samuel Bishop
• Kings County
  • Jonathan Crane
  • John Wells -took seat Feb. 7, 1812.
• Liverpool Township
  • Joseph Freeman
• Londonderry Township
  • James Fleming
• Lunenburg County
  • Lewis Morris Wilkins -seat declared vacant Feb. 13, 1817, appointed puisne judge of Supreme Court.
  • Edward James -by-election June 2, 1817, took seat Feb. 27, 1818.
  • Francis Joseph Rudolf -took seat Feb. 10, 1812.
• Lunenburg Township
  • John Creighton, Jr. -took seat Feb. 10, 1812.
• Newport Township
  • John Allison
• Onslow Township
  • Nathaniel Marsters
• Queens County
  • Snow Parker
  • George Collins -took seat Mar. 20, 1812, died May 6, 1813.
  • John Barss -by-election Aug. 25, 1813, took seat Feb. 17, 1814.
• Shelburne County
  • Jacob Van Buskirk -took seat Mar. 14, 1814.
  • James Lent -took seat July 21, 1812
• Shelburne Township
  • Colin Campbell -took seat Mar. 19, 1814.
• Sydney County
  • John George Marshall -2nd writ for Sydney Co. issued Oct. 28, election Dec. 2, 1811, took seat Feb. 6, 1812.
  • James Ballaine -2nd writ for Sydney Co. issued Oct. 28, election Dec. 2, 1811, took seat Feb. 6, 1812, died April 10, 1812.
  • Samuel Hood George (1812) -by-election Aug. 13, 1812, may not have taken seat, died June 10, 1813.
  • John Cunningham -by-election May 20, 1814, took seat Feb. 8, 1815.
• Truro Township
  • James Kent
• Windsor Township
  • Loran DeWolf
• Yarmouth Township
  • Samuel Marshall – took seat February 13, 1812; died April 1, 1813.
  • Samuel Sheldon Poole – by-election September 3, 1813; took seat February 11, 1814.

References

• Journal and proceedings of the House of Assembly, 1812 (1812)
• Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). "Appendix A: Assembly Lists". The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1983: a biographical directory (PDF). Halifax: Province of Nova Scotia. pp. 262–264. ISBN 0-88871-050-X.

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