20th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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The 20th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1855 and 1859.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, John Le Marchant. George Phipps, Viscount Normanby, became governor in 1858.

Stewart Campbell was chosen as speaker for the house.

List of Members

Electoral districtName
Annapolis County J. W. Johnston
County of Cape Breton James McLeod
Colchester County Adams G. Archibald
Gloud W. McLelan [1]

Archibald McLelan (1858)

Cumberland County Charles Tupper
Alexander McFarlane
Digby County François Bourneuf
Guysborough County Stewart Campbell
John J. Marshall
Halifax County John Esson
William Annand
Hants County Ichabod Dimock [1]

Bennett Smith (1858)

Francis R. Parker
Inverness County William Young
Peter Smyth
Kings County Caleb R. Bill
William B. Webster
Lunenburg County Benjamin Reinhardt
George Geldert
Pictou County George McKenzie
Alexander C. McDonald
Queens County John Campbell
Edward D. Davison
Richmond County Thomas H. Fuller
Shelburne County Cornelius White
Sydney County John McKinnon
W. A. Henry
Victoria County Hugh Munro
Charles J. Campbell
Yarmouth County Thomas Killam
Township of Halifax Benjamin Wier
John Tobin
Township of Lunenburg Henry Bailey
Township of Liverpool Matthew McClearn
Township of Shelburne John Locke
Township of Barrington Robert Robertson
Township of Yarmouth Nathan Moses
Township of Argyle John Ryder
Township of Digby John C. Wade
Township of Clare Mathurin Robicheau
Township of Annapolis Alfred Whitman [2]

Moses Shaw (1858)

Township of Granville Stephen S. Thorne [3]
Township of Horton Edward L. Brown
Township of Cornwallis Samuel Chipman
Township of Amherst William W. Bent
Township of Pictou Martin I. Wilkins
Township of Londonderry Thomas F. Morrison
Town of Truro Hiram Hyde
Township of Windsor Lewis M. Wilkins
Township of Newport William Chambers
Township of Falmouth Ezra Churchill
Township of Sydney James McKeagney
Township of Arichat Henry Martell

Notes:

  1. 1 2 died in 1858
  2. named to Legislative Council
  3. accepted appointment

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Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1855–1859
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