20th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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

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 district Name First elected / previously elected
Township of Amherst William W. Bent 1847
Annapolis County J. W. Johnston 1843
Township of Annapolis Alfred Whitman[a] 1843
Moses Shaw (1858) 1858
Township of Argyle John Ryder 1840
Township of Arichat Henry Martell 1840
Township of Barrington Robert Robertson 1855
County of Cape Breton James McLeod 1851
Thomas Caldwell (1856) 1856
Township of Clare Mathurin Robicheau 1855
Colchester County Adams G. Archibald 1851
Gloud W. McLelan[b] 1836,[c] 1851
Archibald McLelan (1858) 1858
Township of Cornwallis Samuel Chipman 1830,[d] 1851
Cumberland County Charles Tupper 1855
Alexander McFarlane 1855
Digby County François Bourneuf 1843
Township of Digby John C. Wade 1851
Township of Falmouth Ezra Churchill 1855
Township of Granville Stephen S. Thorne[e] 1836
Timothy Dwight Ruggles (1858) 1858
Guysborough County Stewart Campbell 1851
John J. Marshall 1840, 1848
Halifax County John Esson 1851
William Annand 1836, 1851
Township of Halifax Benjamin Wier 1851
John Tobin 1855
Hants County Ichabod Dimock[b] 1855
Bennett Smith (1858) 1858
Francis R. Parker 1855
Township of Horton Edward L. Brown 1847
Inverness County William Young 1840
Peter Smyth 1847
Kings County Caleb R. Bill 1855
William B. Webster 1855
Township of Liverpool Matthew McClearn 1855
Township of Londonderry Thomas F. Morrison 1855
Lunenburg County Benjamin Reinhardt 1855
George Geldert 1855
Township of Lunenburg Henry Bailey 1855
Township of Newport William Chambers 1855
Pictou County George McKenzie 1855
Alexander C. McDonald 1855
Township of Pictou Martin I. Wilkins 1851
Queens County John Campbell 1845
Edward D. Davison 1855
Richmond County Thomas H. Fuller 1855
Shelburne County Cornelius White 1855
Township of Shelburne John Locke 1851
Sydney County John McKinnon 1851
W. A. Henry 1847
Township of Sydney James McKeagney 1855
Town of Truro Hiram Hyde 1855
Victoria County Hugh Munro 1851
Charles J. Campbell 1855
Township of Windsor Lewis M. Wilkins 1833, 1852
Joseph Howe (1856) 1836[f] 1856
Yarmouth County Thomas Killam 1847
Township of Yarmouth Nathan Moses 1855

Notes

  1. ^ named to Legislative Council
  2. ^ a b died in 1858
  3. ^ Londonderry Township
  4. ^ King's County
  5. ^ accepted appointment
  6. ^ Halifax County/Cumberland County

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