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 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 Electoral DistrictNameFirst elected / previously electedNotesAmherst TownshipEdward Baker1806Annapolis CountyThomas Ritchie1806Henry Rutherford 1806took seat 10 Dec. 1806, died 21 Feb. 1807.Phineas Lovett, Jr. (1808)1775, 1799, 1808by-election 11 May 1808, took seat 30 May 1808.Annapolis TownshipThomas Walker 1806seat 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 the house was in recess. Communicated to the House 25 May 1808.William Robertson (1808)1808by-election, took seat 20 May 1808.Barrington TownshipJohn Sargent 1793took seat 20 May 1808.Cornwallis TownshipLemuel Morton 1799took seat 18 Nov. 1806, died 30 April 1811.Cumberland CountyHenry Purdy1806Thomas Roach1799Digby TownshipJohn Warwick1806Falmouth TownshipJeremiah Northup 1775died in 1809William Henry Shey (1809) 1809by-election 31 May 1809, took seat 8 June 1809.Granville TownshipIsaiah Shaw1806Halifax CountyEdward Mortimer1799Simon Bradstreet Robie 1799took seat 3 Dec. 1807.Samuel George William Archibald1806William Lawson1806Halifax TownshipJohn George Pyke1793, 1801Foster Hutchinson, Jr. 1806took seat 18 Nov. 1806, seat declared vacant 2 Apr. 1811, appointed assistant justice of the Supreme CourtHants CountyWilliam Cottnam Tonge 1793seat declared vacant 2 Apr. 1811 for non-attendance.Shubael Dimock1799Horton TownshipDaniel DeWolf1806Kings CountyJonathan Crane1784John Wells1806Liverpool TownshipJoseph Barss 1799took seat May 20, 1808.Londonderry TownshipSamuel Chandler1799Lunenburg CountyLewis Morris Wilkins1799Edward James1793, 1806Lunenburg TownshipJohn Bolman 1793seat declared vacant 22 Dec. 1809 for non-attendance John Creighton, Jr. (1810)1810by-election, 30 Mar. 1810, may not have taken seat.Newport TownshipThomas Allen1806Onslow TownshipNathaniel Marsters1806Queens CountySnow Parker1801George Collins1806Shelburne CountyJacob Van Buskirk1805James Lent 1806took seat 3 Dec. 1807.Shelburne TownshipColin Campbell 1793took seat 20 May 1808.Sydney CountyJoseph Marshall 1799took seat 22 Nov. 1806.Edward Irish 1806diedWilliam Allen Chipman 1799by-election, took seat 18 Dec. 1807, seat declared vacant 4 Jan. 1808 due to invalid election.John Cunningham (1808)1808by-election 9 May 1808, took seat 24 Nov. 1808.Truro TownshipThomas Pearson1806Windsor TownshipWilliam Hersey Otis Haliburton1806Yarmouth TownshipSamuel Sheldon Poole 1785, 1804took seat 27 Nov. 1806.
References
External links
David Allison; "History of Nova Scotia", Bowen, Halifax, 1916. Journal and proceedings of the House of Assembly, 1806 (1807)