9th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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A writ for the election of the 9th General Assembly of Nova Scotia was issued 29 May 1806, returnable 7 Aug. 1806. It convened on 18 November 1806 and held seven sessions. It was dissolved on 14 August 1811.

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The Assembly sat at the pleasure of Lieutenant Governor Sir John Wentworth until 1808, Lieutenant Governor Sir George Prevost to 1811, and Alexander Croke in 1811.

William Cottnam Tonge was chosen Speaker but the Lieutenant Governor did not approve. Lewis Morris Wilkins was then chosen Speaker 20 Nov. 1806.

Division of Seats

Electoral DistrictNameFirst elected / previously electedNotes
Amherst Township Edward Baker 1806
Annapolis County Thomas Ritchie 1806
Henry Rutherford 1806took seat 10 Dec. 1806, died 21 Feb. 1807.
Phineas Lovett, Jr. (1808)1775, 1799, 1808 by-election 11 May 1808, took seat 30 May 1808.
Annapolis Township Thomas Walker 1806seat declared vacant 11 Dec. 1806 for undue influence. Lt. Gov. refused to issue the writ for by-election, case referred to home government. Response commanding writ be issued received 3 March 1808, when the house was in recess. Communicated to the House 25 May 1808.
William Robertson (1808)1808by-election, took seat 20 May 1808.
Barrington Township John Sargent 1793took seat 20 May 1808.
Cornwallis Township Lemuel Morton 1799took seat 18 Nov. 1806, died 30 April 1811.
Cumberland County Henry Purdy 1806
Thomas Roach 1799
Digby Township John Warwick 1806
Falmouth Township Jeremiah Northup 1775died in 1809
William Henry Shey (1809)1809by-election 31 May 1809, took seat 8 June 1809.
Granville Township Isaiah Shaw 1806
Halifax County Edward Mortimer 1799
Simon Bradstreet Robie 1799took seat 3 Dec. 1807.
Samuel George William Archibald 1806
William Lawson 1806
Halifax Township John George Pyke 1793, 1801
Foster Hutchinson, Jr. 1806took seat 18 Nov. 1806, seat declared vacant 2 Apr. 1811, appointed assistant justice of the Supreme Court
Hants County William Cottnam Tonge 1793seat declared vacant 2 Apr. 1811 for non-attendance.
Shubael Dimock 1799
Horton Township Daniel DeWolf 1806
Kings County Jonathan Crane 1784
John Wells 1806
Liverpool Township Joseph Barss 1799took seat May 20, 1808.
Londonderry Township Samuel Chandler 1799
Lunenburg County Lewis Morris Wilkins 1799
Edward James 1793, 1806
Lunenburg Township John Bolman 1793seat declared vacant 22 Dec. 1809 for non-attendance
John Creighton, Jr. (1810)1810by-election, 30 Mar. 1810, may not have taken seat.
Newport Township Thomas Allen 1806
Onslow Township Nathaniel Marsters 1806
Queens County Snow Parker 1801
George Collins 1806
Shelburne County Jacob Van Buskirk 1805
James Lent 1806took seat 3 Dec. 1807.
Shelburne Township Colin Campbell 1793took seat 20 May 1808.
Sydney County Joseph Marshall 1799took seat 22 Nov. 1806.
Edward Irish 1806died
William Allen Chipman 1799by-election, took seat 18 Dec. 1807, seat declared vacant 4 Jan. 1808 due to invalid election.
John Cunningham (1808)1808by-election 9 May 1808, took seat 24 Nov. 1808.
Truro Township Thomas Pearson 1806
Windsor Township William Hersey Otis Haliburton 1806
Yarmouth Township Samuel Sheldon Poole 1785, 1804took seat 27 Nov. 1806.

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