Albert Gayton (December 30, 1840 – March 7, 1923) was a merchant and political figure in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

, Canada. He represented Yarmouth County in the

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from 1871 to 1890 as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of James Gayton and Miriam Hamilton. In 1862, he married Helen Hamilton. He was Commissioner of Public Works and Mines for the province from 1877 to 1878 and was Commissioner of Mines in 1882 to 1884. Gayton also served as chairman of the Board of Public Charities for Nova Scotia. In 1890, he was named registrar of deeds for

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and served in that post until one year before his death in Yarmouth on March 7, 1923. He wrote the booklet ''The Gayton Genealogy, Descendants of Thomas Gayton of Argyle, Nova Scotia'', which was published in 1918. This booklet is very rare, and a PDF copy of it has been sent to the Yarmouth County Museum. Thomas Gayton (the 1st) came from Tipperary, Ireland.

References

''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1889'', JA Gemmill
* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) * ''The Gayton Genealogy, Descendants of Thomas Gayton Of Argyle, Nova Scotia, page 10

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* 1840 births 1923 deaths Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs People from Yarmouth County {{Liberal-NovaScotia-MLA-stub