10th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

A writ for the election of the 10th General Assembly of Nova Scotia was issued Aug. 17, 1811. It convened on February 6, 1812 and held eight sessions. It was dissolved on May 11, 1818. The assembly sat at the pleasure of Lieutenant Governor John Coape Sherbrooke. George Ramsay became Lieutenant Governor in 1816. Lewis Morris Wilkins was chosen as speaker for the house, seat declared vacant Feb. 13, 1817. Simon Bradstreet Robie was chosen as speaker Feb. 13, 1817. List of members Electoral DistrictNameFirst elected / previously electedNotesAmherst TownshipEdward Baker1806Annapolis CountyThomas Ritchie 1806took seat Feb. 7, 1812.Peleg Wiswall 1811seat declared vacant Mar. 5, 1817, appointed associate judge of Supreme Court.Cereno Upham Jones (1817)1817by-election June 4, 1817, took seat Feb. 10, 1818.Annapolis TownshipJohn Harris1811Barrington TownshipJohn Sargent1793Cornwallis TownshipWilliam Allen Chipman1799Cumberland CountyThomas Roach 1799took seat Feb. 17, 1812.Henry Purdy1806Digby TownshipJohn Warwick1806Falmouth TownshipJohn Manning1811Granville TownshipIsaiah Shaw 1806took seat Feb. 17, 1812.Halifax CountyEdward Mortimer 1799took seat Feb. 14, 1812.Samuel George William Archibald 1806took seat Feb. 14, 1812.Simon Bradstreet Robie1799William Lawson1806Halifax TownshipJohn George Pyke1793, 1801John Pryor1811Hants CountyWilliam Hersey Otis Haliburton1811Shubael Dimock1799Horton TownshipSamuel Bishop1811Kings CountyJonathan Crane1784John Wells 1806took seat Feb. 7, 1812.Liverpool TownshipJoseph Freeman1811Londonderry TownshipJames Fleming1811Lunenburg CountyLewis Morris Wilkins 1799seat declared vacant Feb. 13, 1817, appointed puisne judge of Supreme Court.Edward James (1817)1793, 1806, 1817by-election June 2, 1817, took seat Feb. 27, 1818.Francis Joseph Rudolf 1811took seat Feb. 10, 1812.Lunenburg TownshipJohn Creighton, Jr. 1810took seat Feb. 10, 1812.Newport TownshipJohn Allison1811Onslow TownshipNathaniel Marsters1806Queens CountySnow Parker1801George Collins 1806took seat Mar. 20, 1812, died May 6, 1813.John Barss (1813)1813by-election Aug. 25, 1813, took seat Feb. 17, 1814.Shelburne CountyJacob Van Buskirk 1805took seat Mar. 14, 1814.James Lent 1806took seat July 21, 1812Shelburne TownshipColin Campbell 1793took seat Mar. 19, 1814.Sydney CountyJohn George Marshall 18112nd writ for Sydney Co. issued Oct. 28, election Dec. 2, 1811, took seat Feb. 6, 1812.James Ballaine 18112nd writ for Sydney Co. issued Oct. 28, election Dec. 2, 1811, took seat Feb. 6, 1812, died April 10, 1812.Samuel Hood George (1812) 1812by-election Aug. 13, 1812, may not have taken seat, died June 10, 1813.John Cunningham (1814)1814by-election May 20, 1814, took seat Feb. 8, 1815.Truro TownshipJames Kent1811Windsor TownshipLoran DeWolf1811Yarmouth TownshipSamuel Marshall 1811took seat February 13, 1812; died April 1, 1813.Samuel Sheldon Poole (1813)1785, 1804, 1813by-election September 3, 1813; took seat February 11, 1814. References External links Journal and proceedings of the House of Assembly, 1812 (1812) Elliott Shirley B. Shirley Elliott 1984 Appendix A: Assembly Lists The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1983: a biographical directory https://0-nsleg--edeposit-gov-ns-ca.legcat.gov.ns.ca/deposit/b10537582.pdf Halifax Province of Nova Scotia 262–264 0-88871-050-X General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 9th General Assembly of Nova Scotia 11th General Assembly of Nova Scotia 1811–1818 Category:Terms of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia Category:1811 in Canada Category:1812 in Canada Category:1813 in Canada Category:1814 in Canada Category:1815 in Canada Category:1816 in Canada Category:1817 in Canada Category:1818 in Canada Category:1811 establishments in Nova Scotia Category:1818 disestablishments in Nova Scotia