Angus Morrison Gidney (politician)

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Angus Morrison Gidney (November 7, 1849 – June 28, 1926 [1] ) was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal-Conservative member from 1895 to 1911.

Nova Scotia Province of Canada

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime Provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada. Its provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest of Canada's ten provinces, with an area of 55,284 square kilometres (21,300 sq mi), including Cape Breton and another 3,800 coastal islands. As of 2016, the population was 923,598. Nova Scotia is Canada's second-most-densely populated province, after Prince Edward Island, with 17.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (45/sq mi).

Nova Scotia House of Assembly single house, former lower house, of Nova Scotia Legislature

The Nova Scotia House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia, the other being the Queen of Canada in Right of Nova Scotia represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. It is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada. The assembly is the oldest in Canada, having first sat in 1758, and in 1848 was the site of the first responsible government in the British Empire.

He was born in Mink Cove, Digby County, Nova Scotia and was educated there. Gidney married Annie Crosby in 1886. He served on the municipal council for Digby from 1884 to 1892. He was elected to the provincial assembly in an 1895 by-election held after the death of Eliakim Tupper. Gidney was customs collector for the port of Digby from 1910 to 1922. He died at Centreville in Digby County at the age of 76. [1]

Digby County, Nova Scotia County in Nova Scotia, Canada

Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Eliakim Eddy Tupper was a block maker and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1890 to 1895 as a Liberal member.

Digby, Nova Scotia Town in Nova Scotia, Canada

Digby is a town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the administrative centre and largest population centre in Digby County. The town is situated on the western shore of the Annapolis Basin near the entrance to Digby Gut, which connects the basin to the Bay of Fundy.

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References

  1. 1 2 A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958, Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)


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