18th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 18th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between the 1847 and 1851, its membership being set in the August 5th, 1847 Nova Scotia general election. The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, Sir John Harvey. This Assembly is noteworthy for many reasons. It was the first Assembly elected after the adoption of the Simultaneous Polling Bill, which resulted in an election in days, rather than three to four weeks. It was the first election after the establishment of responsible government. The government of James W. Johnstone was the first to be defeated in the polls in Nova Scotia, resulting in a want of confidence resolution passing in the House, and the first resignation of a government in the province. Finally, the Governor asked James B. Uniacke to submit an outline of a new administration, and form the first elected, responsible government in the Province of Nova Scotia. List of Members Electoral DistrictNameFirst elected / previously electedTownship of AmherstW. W. Bent1847Annapolis CountyJames W. Johnston1843Township of AnnapolisAlfred Whitman1843Township of ArgyleJohn Ryder1840Township of ArichatHenry Martell1840Township of BarringtonJohn Homer1847County of Cape BretonJames B. Uniacke1818William Henry Munro (1848)1848Township of ClareAnselm F. Comeau1840Colchester CountySamuel Creelman1847Township of CornwallisMayhew Beckwith1840Cumberland CountyStephen Fulton1840R. McGowan Dickie1843Digby CountyFrancis Bourneuf1843Township of DigbyCharles Budd1836, 1840Township of FalmouthJames Sangster1847Township of GranvilleStephen S. Thorne1836Guysborough CountyW. F. DesBarres1836A. McDonald1836, 1847John Joseph Marshall (1848)1840, 1848Halifax CountyJoseph Howe1836Henry Y. Mott1847Township of HalifaxJames McNab 1840Lawrence O'C. Doyle1843James B. Uniacke (1848)1818,Cape Breton County 1848Hants CountyWilliam Card1847John McDougall1847Township of HortonEdward L. Brown1847Inverness County William Young1840Peter Smyth1847Kings CountyJohn C. Hall 1843Daniel Moore1847Township of Liverpool William B. Taylor1836Township of Londonderry John Wier1847Lunenburg County George Ernst 1847Henry Mignowitz1847Township of LunenburgJohn Kedy1847Township of NewportIchabod Dimock1840Town of OnslowJohn Crowe1835, 1841Pictou CountyG.R. Young 1843Andrew Robertson1847Township of PictouHenry Blackadar1840, 1845Queens CountyS.P. Freeman1843 John Campbell1845Richmond CountyChas. F. Harrington1847Shelburne CountyGilbert McKenna1840, 1847Township of ShelburneJoshua Snow1847Sydney CountyWilliam A.Henry1847James McLeod1847Township of SydneyEdmund M. Dodd1832James McKeagney (1848)1848Town of TruroWilliam FlemingFleming's election was overturned and Alexander Lackie Archibald was declared elected in 18481843Alexander Lackie Archibald (1848)1848Township of WindsorJames D. Fraser1843Yarmouth CountyHerbert Huntington1836Township of YarmouthThomas Killam1847 Notes References External links David Allison; "History of Nova Scotia", Bowen, Halifax, 1916. General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 17th General Assembly of Nova Scotia 19th General Assembly of Nova Scotia 1847–1851 18 Category:1847 in Canada Category:1848 in Canada Category:1849 in Canada Category:1850 in Canada Category:1851 in Canada Category:1847 establishments in Nova Scotia Category:1851 disestablishments in Nova Scotia