1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between October 2, 1758, and December 4, 1759, its membership being set in the 1758 Nova Scotia general election. (Previously there was the Nova Scotia Council.)
The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, Charles Lawrence. Robert Sanderson was elected speaker for the first session, William Nesbitt for the second. Sanderson left the province in 1759.
The assembly was dissolved on August 13, 1759.
Division of seats
The division of seats within the Nova Scotia Legislature after the General Election of 1758.
- Joseph Gerrish
- Robert Sanderson
- Henry Newton
- William Foye
- William Nesbitt
- Joseph Rundel
- Jonathan Binney
- Henry Ferguson
- George Suckling
- John Burbidge
- Robert Campbell
- William Pantree
- Joseph Fairbanks
- Philip Hammond
- John Fillis
- Lambert Folkers
- Philip Knaut
- William Best
- Alexander Kedie
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References
- Democracy 250 : Celebrating 250 Years of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada
- A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1958, Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)
| Preceded by No previous General Assembly |
General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 1758–1759 |
Succeeded by 2nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia |
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