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9th General Assembly Of Nova Scotia
A writ for the election of the 9th General Assembly of Nova Scotia was issued 29 May 1806, returnable 7 Aug. 1806. It convened on 18 November 1806 and held seven sessions. It was dissolved on 14 August 1811. The Assembly sat at the pleasure of Lieutenant Governor Sir John Wentworth until 1808, Lieutenant Governor Sir Sir George Prevost to 1811, and Alexander Croke in 1811. William Cottnam Tonge was chosen Speaker but the Lieutenant Governor did not approve. Lewis Morris Wilkins was then chosen Speaker 20 Nov. 1806. Division of Seats *Amherst Township ** Edward Baker *Annapolis County ** Thomas Ritchie ** Henry Rutherford -took seat 10 Dec. 1806, died 21 Feb. 1807. ** Phineas Lovett, Jr. -by-election 11 May 1808, took seat 30 May 1808. *Annapolis Township ** Thomas Walker -seat declared vacant 11 Dec. 1806 for undue influence. Lt. Gov. refused to issue the writ for by-election, case referred to home government. Response commanding writ be issued received 3 March 1808, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Nova Scotia
The following is a list of the governors and lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Nova Scotia came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1867, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of Nova Scotia in 1710. For much of the time, the full title of the post was Governor of Nova Scotia and Placentia (Placentia being in Newfoundland). Before the British occupation of Nova Scotia, the province was governed by French Governors of Acadia. From 1784 to 1829 Cape Breton Island was a separate colony with a vice regal post. Governors of Nova Scotia, 1710–1786 Lieutenant governors of Cape Breton Island, 1784–1820 Lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia, 1786–1867 Lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia, 1867–present See also * Office-holders of Canada * Canadian incumbents by year External links * * References {{Nova Scotia politics * Nova Scotia Lieutenant gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Warwick (Nova Scotia Politician)
John Warwick (1746–24 June 1828) was an English-born farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Digby Township from 1806 to 1820 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He was born in Yorkshire and came to Virginia in 1774. Warwick took up arms in the loyalist cause and came to Digby, Nova Scotia at the end of the American Revolution The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revoluti .... In 1800, he was named deputy postmaster. References Calnek, W. A. ''History of the County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia : Including Old Port Royal & Acadia'' (1999) 1746 births 1828 deaths Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wells (Nova Scotia Politician)
John Wells (born September 28, 1772) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented King's County from 1806 to 1818 and the Cornwallis Township from 1820 to 1826 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He was the son of Judah Wells and Eleanor Simpson. Wells married Prudence Eaton in 1793. Wells was also a justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa .... References Eaton, AWH ''The History of King's County'' (1910) 1772 births Year of death missing 19th-century deaths Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Crane (politician)
Jonathan Crane (1750 – August 1820) was a militia leader and political figure in Nova Scotia. He fought in the Battle off Cape Split in the American Revolution. He represented Kings County from 1784-1793 and 1799-1818, and Horton Township from 1818 to 1820 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of Silas Crane, and moved to Horton (later Wolfville), Nova Scotia, with his family in 1761. In 1771, Crane married Rebecca Allison there. He was named a justice of the peace in 1783 and a judge in the inferior Court of Common Pleas for King's County in 1815. He also served as colonel in the local militia. Crane was elected to represent Cornwallis in 1820 but died at Grand-Pré before the first session. His son William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel DeWolf
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel (given name), Gabriel—"God is my strength"), and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel (biblical figure), Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames. Background The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames (Dan (other), Dan, Danny) are common in both English language, English and Hebrew language, Hebrew; "Dan" may also be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Grammatical gender#Personal names, Feminine versions (Danielle, Daniele, Danièle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shubael Dimock
Shubael Dimock (c. 1753 – July 14, 1834) was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Newport Township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1793 to 1799 and from 1826 to 1830; later, he represented Hants County from 1799 to 1820. Dimock was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, the son of Shubael Dimock and Eunice Marsh. Dimock moved to Nova Scotia with his father in 1759, where the elder Dimock moved to escape religious persecution because of his involvement in the Separate Baptists. Like his father, Dimock also became a preacher; he also served as a magistrate. Dimock was married twice. His first marriage, to Susan Macumber, produced six children. Shubael and Susan's fourth child, Ichabod Ichabod ( he, אִיכָבוֹד ''ʼīyḵāḇōḏ'', – ''without glory'', or "''where is the glory?''") is mentioned in the first Book of Samuel as the son of Phinehas, a malicious priest at the biblical shrine of Shiloh, who was born on ..., also served as a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foster Hutchinson (Canadian Judge)
Foster Hutchinson Jr. (1761-28 November 1815) was a member of the 9th General Assembly of Nova Scotia representing Halifax Township 1806-1811, was appointed to the Nova Scotia Council in 1813, and was appointed a Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in 1810. He was the only son of Foster Hutchinson, Sr., the nephew of Governor of Massachusetts Thomas Hutchinson and grandchild of Governor of Nova Scotia Paul Mascarene. He arrived in Halifax from Boston with his father as Loyalists (1776). Hutchinson became a lawyer and worked under Chief Justice Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange. Sir George Prévost appointed him an Assistant Justice to the Supreme Court (1809). He is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia). See also *Nova Scotia in the American Revolution The Province of Nova Scotia was heavily involved in the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). At that time, Nova Scotia also included present-day New Brunswick until that colony was cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John George Pyke
John George Pyke (4 January 1744 – 3 September 1828) was an English-born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County from 1779 to 1793 and Halifax Township from 1793 to 1800 and from 1802 to 1818 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He also became head of the Police department. He survived the Raid on Dartmouth (1751) but his father Abraham did not. Background He was the only child of (John) Abraham Pyke and Ann Scrope of Yorkshire. He came to Nova Scotia with his parents on the Alderney in 1750, though he was educated in England. A year after his arrival in Canada his father was killed at Dartmouth by the Mi'kmaqs. His father was buried in an unmarked grave in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia). Two months later, John's mother married Richard Wenman. At St. Paul's, Halifax in August, 1772, Pyke married Elizabeth Allan, the daughter of Major William Allan by his wife Isabella, daughter of Sir Eustace Maxwell. Elizabeth Pyke was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lawson (banker)
William Lawson (14 March 1772 – 25 August 1848) was a Canadian businessman, office holder, justice of the peace, and politician. He was born in City of Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was the son of John Lawson and Sarah Shatford (who are both buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Old Burying Ground). Business and public career He was a founding director and first president of the Bank of Nova Scotia, now known as Scotiabank. The bank was incorporated by the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly on Mar 30, 1831 in Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax, Nova Scotia with William Lawson (banker) (1772–1848) serving as the first president. As a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, he introduced a bill chartering a public bank. The bill ensured that any bank directors were responsible for double the amount of their holdings in case of insolvency. This clause was an innovation in British North America, and came at a time when most banks limited liabil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel George William Archibald
Samuel George William Archibald (February 5, 1777 – January 28, 1846) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County from 1806 to 1836 and Colchester County from 1836 to 1841 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He supported the Royal Acadian School. He was born Samuel George Washington Archibald in Truro, Nova Scotia, the son of Samuel Archibald and Rachel Todd. His grandfather David Archibald, an immigrant from Ulster, was one of the founders of Truro, and raised the boy after the death of his father in 1780. At the age of 15, he went to Massachusetts for further education, returning four years later. After his return, he studied law with Simon Bradstreet Robie. In 1802, he married Elizabeth Dickson, daughter of Charles Dickson and Amelia Bishop, the sister of Robert, William, Thomas Dickson. Later that year, he became probate judge for Colchester and Pictou districts. In 1805, Archibald was admitted to practice as an attor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Bradstreet Robie
Simon Bradstreet Robie (1770 – January 3, 1858) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Truro Township from 1799 to 1806 and Halifax County from 1806 to 1826 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, he was the son of Loyalists Thomas Robie and Mary Bradstreet, and went to Halifax with his parents at the beginning of the American Revolution. He studied law with Jonathan Sterns and was called to the Nova Scotia bar in the early 1790s. In 1806, he married Elizabeth Creighton. He was named Solicitor General in 1815. He served as Speaker for the House of Assembly from 1817 to 1824. In 1824, he was named to Nova Scotia's Council. Robie, as a member of the Council, supported the creation of the Pictou Academy Pictou Academy (PA), founded in 1815 by Dr. Thomas McCulloch, is a secondary school in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Prior to the twentieth century, it was a grammar school; a liberal, nonsectarian degree-granting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Mortimer (businessman)
Edward Mortimer (1768 – October 10, 1819) was a Scottish-born businessman, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1799 to 1820. He was born in Keith, the son of Alexander Mortimer and Mary Smith, and came to Nova Scotia in the late 1780s as an employee of a firm from Glasgow. He purchased land at Pictou Pictou ( ; Canadian Gaelic: ''Baile Phiogto'') is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km (6 miles) north of the larger town of New Gla ... and became involved in the trade in fish and timber. Mortimer married Sarah Patterson around 1790. In 1813, he established his own company. Mortimer also operated coal mines at Pictou. Mortimer served in the local militia, was a trustee for the Pictou grammar school and was named a justice in the Court of General Sessions and the Inferior Court of Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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