20th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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

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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
Township of Amherst William W. Bent
Annapolis County J. W. Johnston
Township of Annapolis Alfred Whitman [a]
Moses Shaw (1858)
Township of Argyle John Ryder
Township of Arichat Henry Martell
Township of Barrington Robert Robertson
County of Cape Breton James McLeod
Thomas Caldwell (1856)
Township of Clare Mathurin Robicheau
Colchester County Adams G. Archibald
Gloud W. McLelan [b]
Archibald McLelan (1858)
Township of Cornwallis Samuel Chipman
Cumberland County Charles Tupper
Alexander McFarlane
Digby County François Bourneuf
Township of Digby John C. Wade
Township of Falmouth Ezra Churchill
Township of Granville Stephen S. Thorne [c]
Timothy Dwight Ruggles (1858)
Guysborough County Stewart Campbell
John J. Marshall
Halifax County John Esson
William Annand
Township of Halifax Benjamin Wier
John Tobin
Hants County Ichabod Dimock [b]
Bennett Smith (1858)
Francis R. Parker
Township of Horton Edward L. Brown
Inverness County William Young
Peter Smyth
Kings County Caleb R. Bill
William B. Webster
Township of Liverpool Matthew McClearn
Township of Londonderry Thomas F. Morrison
Lunenburg County Benjamin Reinhardt
George Geldert
Township of Lunenburg Henry Bailey
Township of Newport William Chambers
Pictou County George McKenzie
Alexander C. McDonald
Township of Pictou Martin I. Wilkins
Queens County John Campbell
Edward D. Davison
Richmond County Thomas H. Fuller
Shelburne County Cornelius White
Township of Shelburne John Locke
Sydney County John McKinnon
W. A. Henry
Township of Sydney James McKeagney
Town of Truro Hiram Hyde
Victoria County Hugh Munro
Charles J. Campbell
Township of Windsor Lewis M. Wilkins
Joseph Howe (1856)
Yarmouth County Thomas Killam
Township of Yarmouth Nathan Moses

Notes

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

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