The 5th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 between May 1770 to 1784, its membership being set in the 1770 Nova Scotia general election.

The 5th General Assembly is known as Nova Scotia's "Long Parliament" http://www.archive.org/details/historyofnovasco03alliuoft as it sat for fourteen years, throughout the length of the rebellion of the thirteen colonies

American Revolution

The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...

. William Nesbitt

William Nesbitt

William Nesbitt was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He served as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1783....

 was chosen as speaker in 1770. Thomas Cochran

Thomas Cochran (Nova Scotia politician)

Thomas Cochran was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Liverpool township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1775 to 1785....

 became speaker in 1784 after Nesbitt's death.

According to Allison, page 481, in 1774, the composition of His Majesties government in Nova Scotia was:

Governor and Council

Governor - His Excellency Francis Legge

Francis Legge

Francis Legge , was a British military officer and colonial official in Nova Scotia during the 18th century. He served as Governor of Nova Scotia from 1772 to 1776....

Lieutenant-Governor - The Hon. Michael Francklin

Michael Francklin

Michael Francklin or Franklin served as Nova Scotia's Lieutenant Governor from 1766-1772.Born in Poole, England, Francklin immigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1752. He worked as a trader and merchant, initially in association with Joshua Maugher...

His Majesty's Legislative Council (appointed by the Governor, may or may not be from House):

• Honorable Jonathan Belcher
  Jonathan Belcher (jurist)
  Jonathan Belcher was an American lawyer, chief justice, and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, second son of Jonathan Belcher and Mary Partridge, he received an Bachelor of Arts degree in 1728 and an Master of Arts degree in 1731 from Harvard College...
  
  
• Charles Morris
  Charles Morris (jurist)
  Charles Morris was a Canadian army officer, officeholder, and judge.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was the Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court from 1776 to 1778.He fought in the Battle of Grand Pre....
  
  
• Honorable Richard Bulkeley
  Richard Bulkeley (office-holder)
  Richard Bulkeley , known as the "Father of Nova Scotia", was a British politician influential in the history of Nova Scotia....
  
  
• Joseph Gerrish
  Joseph Gerrish
  Joseph Gerrish was a soldier, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia....
  
  
• Henry Newton
  Henry Newton (politician)
  Henry Newton was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1760....
  
  
• Jonathan Binney
  Jonathan Binney
  Jonathan Binney was a merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1764....
  
  
• Joseph Gorham
• Arthur Gould
• John Butler

Provincial Officers (appointed by the Governor, may or may not be from House):

• Secretary of the Province - Honourable Richard Bulkeley
• Attorney General - William Nesbitt
• Treasurer - Benjamin Green
  Benjamin Green (merchant)
  Benjamin Green was a merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He served as administrator for Nova Scotia in 1766 and from 1771 to 1772. He was born in Salem Village , the son of the Reverend Joseph Green and Elizabeth Gerrish, and entered business with his brothers in Boston...
  
  
• Register - Arthur Goold
• Chief Surveyor of Lands - Charles Morris
• Provost Marshal - John Fenton
• Chief Receiver of His Majesty's Quit Rent - Joseph Woodmass
  Joseph Woodmass
  Joseph Woodmass was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1761 to 1765. His surname also appears as Woodmas....
  
  
• Deputy Auditor - John Breynron

Division of Seats

Members of the House of Assembly following the election of 1770

• County of Halifax - William Nesbitt
  William Nesbitt
  William Nesbitt was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He served as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1783....
  
  , John Butler
  John Butler (Nova Scotia politician)
  John Butler was a businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1762 to 1772....
  
  , John Newton
  John Newton (Nova Scotia politician)
  John Newton was a surveyor, official and political figure in Nova Scotia. He served as a member of the 2nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia and then represented Halifax County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1770 to 1772.He was the son of Hibbert Newton and Hannah Adams, the...
  
  , Robert Campbell
  Robert Campbell (Nova Scotia politician)
  Robert Campbell was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia and represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1775....
  
  
• County of Annapolis - Phineas Lovett
  Phineas Lovett
  Phineas Lovett was a farmer, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County from 1774 to 1783 and from 1808 to 1811 and Annapolis township from 1799 to 1806 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.He was born in Massachusetts, the son of Phineas Lovett and Beulah...
  
  , Joseph Patten
  Joseph Patten
  Joseph Patten was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1774 and from 1775 to 1776....
  
  
• County of Lunenburg - A. Hinshelwood
  Archibald Hinshelwood
  Archibald Hinshelwood was a lawyer, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1759 to 1773, representing Lunenburg County from 1761 to 1765 and from 1770 to 1773, and Lunenburg town from 1765 to 1770. His name also appears as...
  
  , John Creighton
  John Creighton (judge)
  John Creighton was a founding father of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He led the settlement through the tubulent times of Father Le Loutre's War, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1775...
  
  
• King's County - Winckworth Tonge
  Winckworth Tonge
  Winckworth Tonge was a soldier, land owner and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland County from 1759 to 1760, King's County from 1765 to 1783 and Hants County from 1785 to 1792 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.He was born in County Wexford, Ireland and, in 1743, served as...
  
  , H.D. Denson
  Henry Denny Denson
  Henry Denny Denson was an Irish-born soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1761 to 1765 and from 1770 to 1784....
  
  
• County of Cumberland - John Huston
  John Huston (politician)
  John Huston was a farmer, soldier, merchant and politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland township from 1759 to 1760 and Cumberland County from 1770 to 1774 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....
  
  , Joshua Winslow
  Joshua Winslow
  Joshua Winslow was a soldier, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1772....
  
  
• Queen's County - William Smith
  William Smith (Nova Scotia politician)
  William Smith was a merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Queen's County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1765 to 1779....
  
  , Simeon Perkins
  Simeon Perkins
  Simeon Perkins was a Nova Scotia merchant, diarist and politician.Colonel Simeon Perkins was born in Norwich, Connecticut, one of sixteen children of Jacob Perkins and Jemima Leonard. He came to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in May 1762 as part of the New England Planter migration to Nova Scotia...
  
  
• County of Sunbury - Charles Morris, Jr
  Charles Morris (1731-1802)
  Charles Morris was a surveyor, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented King's County from 1761 to 1770 and Sunbury County from 1770 to 1784 in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia....
  
  
• Town of Halifax - Charles Procter
  Charles Procter
  Charles Procter was a ship owner and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented King's County from 1759 to 1760 and Halifax township from 1765 to 1773 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....
  
  , Thomas Bridge
  Thomas Bridge (politician)
  Thomas Bridge was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1781....
  
  
• Town of Onslow - Joshua Lamb
  Joshua Lamb
  Joshua Lamb was born in Massachusetts and became a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Onslow township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1774 and in 1776....
  
  
• Town of Truro - William Fisher
  William Fisher (Nova Scotia politician)
  William Fisher was an Irish-born politician and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Truro township in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1770 to 1774....
  
  
• Town of Londonderry - John Morrison
  John Morrison (blacksmith)
  John Morrison was a farmer, blacksmith and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Londonderry township in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1770 to 1772 and from 1773 to 1778....
  
  
• Town of Annapolis - O. Wheelock
  Obadiah Wheelock
  Obadiah Wheelock was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1774 and from 1774 to 1776....
  
  
• Town of Granville - John Harris
  John Harris (surveyor)
  John Harris was a farmer, land surveyor and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County from 1762 to 1770 and Granville township from 1770 to 1772....
  
  
• Town of Lunenberg - Philip Knaut
  Philip Augustus Knaut
  Philip Augustus Knaut was a German-born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Lunenburg from 1758 to 1781....
  
  
• Town of Horton - Charles Dickson
  Charles Dickson (soldier)
  Charles Dickson was a soldier, land owner and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Horton Township in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1767 to 1776....
  
  
• Town of Cornwallis - Samuel Willoughby
  Samuel Willoughby
  Samuel Willoughby was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cornwallis township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1760 to 1765 and from 1770 to 1776....
  
  
• Town of Falmouth - Edward York
  Edward York (politician)
  Edward York was a sea captain and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Falmouth township in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1771 to 1775. His name also appears as Edward Yorke....
  
   (1771)
• Town of Newport - Isaac Deschamps
  Isaac Deschamps
  Isaac Deschamps was a Canadian judge, and politician.Born in Switzerland or England, Deschamps came to Nova Scotia in 1749. He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1759 for Annapolis County and represented Falmouth Township from 1761 to 1770...
  
  
• Town of Cumberland - Jonathan Eddy
  Jonathan Eddy
  Jonathan Eddy served for the British in the French and Indian War and for the American Patriots in the American Revolution. After the French and Indian War he settled in Nova Scotia as a New England Planter, becoming a member of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia. During the American...
  
  
• Town of Sackville - Robert Foster
• Town of Liverpool - John Doggett
• Town of Yarmouth - empty
• Town of Barrington - John Fillis
  John Fillis
  John Fillis was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia and later represented Halifax County from 1768 to 1770, Barrington township from 1772 to 1785 and Halifax township from 1785 to 1792 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.He...
  
   (1772)
• Town of Amherst - William Freeman
  William Freeman (politician)
  William Freeman was an American-born land surveyor and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Amherst township from 1783 to 1793 and Cumberland County from 1793 to 1799 in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia....
  
   (1783)
• County of Hants - George Brightman
  George Brightman
  George Brightman was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Hants County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1783 to 1785....
  
   (1783), Benjamin DeWolf
  Benjamin DeWolf
  Benjamin DeWolf was a businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1783 to 1798....
  
  (1783)

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