Joseph William Hadley (November 27, 1819 – November 24, 1898) was a merchant, ship's captain 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 Guysborough County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1878 to 1882. He was born in Manchester, Nova Scotia, the son of William Hadley and Sarah Hart. Hadley was in command of a ship involved in the coastal trade for more than 30 years. In 1844, he married Isabella Logan Harty. He was named a magistrate in 1857. Hadley ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1871 and 1874 before he was elected in 1878. He was a

freemason Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...

. Hadley died in

Guysborough Guysborough (population: 397) is an unincorporated Canadian community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Located on the western shore of Chedabucto Bay, fronting Guysborough Harbour, it is the administrative seat of the Guysborough municipa ...

at the age of 78.

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''The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men ...'' (1881)
* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) 1819 births 1898 deaths Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Canadian Baptists People from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Sea captains 19th-century Baptists {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub