12th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

Last updated February 04, 2022

The 12th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1820 and 1826.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, James Kempt.

Simon Bradstreet Robie was chosen as speaker for the house. Samuel George William Archibald became speaker after Robie was named to the Council in 1824.

List of members

Electoral District	Name
County of Halifax	William Lawson
	George Smith
	Samuel George William Archibald
	Simon Bradstreet Robie
County of Annapolis	Thomas Ritchie ^[1] Abraham Gesner (1824)
	Samuel Campbell
County of Lunenburg	John Heckman
	Lot Church
County of Cumberland	Thomas Roach
	George Oxley ^[2] Robert Blair (1821)^[3]
County of King's	William Allen Chipman
	Samuel Bishop
County of Queen's	Snow Parker
	Joseph Freeman
County of Hants	William Hersey Otis Haliburton ^[1] Benjamin DeWolf (1824)
	William O'Brien
County of Shelburne	John Bingay
	John McKinnon
County of Sydney	John George Marshall
	Thomas Dickson
County of Cape Breton	Richard John Uniacke, Jr.
	Laurence Kavanagh
Town of Halifax	John Albro
Town of Truro	William Dickson
Town of Onslow	Robert Dickson
Town of Londonderry	James Fleming
Town of Annapolis	John Robertson
Town of Granville	Timothy Ruggles
Town of Digby	William Henry Roach
Town of Lunenburg	Edward James
Town of Amherst	James Shannon Morse
Town of Horton	Jonathan Crane ^[4]
Town of Cornwallis	John Wells
Town of Liverpool	James R. Dewolf
Town of Windsor	William Fraser
Town of Falmouth	William Young
Town of Newport	Daniel Wier
Town of Shelburne	Jared Ingersol Chipman
Town of Barrington	William Browne Sargent
Town of Yarmouth	Samuel Sheldon Poole

Notes:

1 2 named judge
↑ died in 1820
↑ left for England in 1825; his resignation was not accepted by the assembly so the seat remained empty
↑ died before first session. Sherman Denison elected in his place. Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton (1910). The History of King's County, Nova Scotia. Salem Press Company. pp. 485, 490.

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Journal and proceedings of the House of Assembly, 1820 (1821)

Preceded by 11th General Assembly of Nova Scotia	General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 1820–1826	Succeeded by 13th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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[3] t for England in 1825; his resignation was not accepted by the assembly so the seat remained empty

[4] re first session. Sherman Denison elected in his place. Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton (1910). The History of King's County, Nova Scotia. Salem Press Company. pp. 485, 490.

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