Joseph Winniett (1726–1789) was a public official, judge 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 ...
. He was the first
Acadian elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He represented Annapolis Township from 1761 to 1765 and Annapolis County from 1765 to 1770 in the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia of the province of Nova Scotia ...
.
He was born in
Annapolis, Nova Scotia, the son of
William Winniett and Acadian Marie-Madeleine Maisonnat. He was the grandson of Baptiste and the brother-in-law to
Edward How. was a
justice of the peace, a collector of customs and excise duties, a judge of probates and wills and a registrar of deeds. He married Mary Dyson in 1751. His sister Elizabeth married the commander at
Fort Anne
Fort Anne (first established in 1629 as the Scottish Charles Fort) is a four-bastion fort built to protect the harbour of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The fort repelled all French attacks during the early stages of King George's War.
Now desig ...
,
John Handfield. He traded illegally with the French. In 1762, he was named a justice in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas.
His grandson
William Robert Wolseley Winniett[For more on William Robert Wolseley Winniett see: ] served as governor for the British
Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
colony.
See also
*
Military history of the Acadians
The military history of the Acadians consisted primarily of militias made up of Acadian settlers who participated in wars against the English (the British after 1707) in coordination with the Wabanaki Confederacy (particularly the Mi'kmaw mili ...
References
Calnek, W. A. ''History of the County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia: Including Old Port Royal & Acadia'' (1897). p. 330
1726 births
1789 deaths
Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs
Colony of Nova Scotia judges
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