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26th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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The 26th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1874 and 1878.

John B. Dickie was chosen as speaker for the house in 1875. Mather Byles DesBrisay served as speaker from May 1875 to 1876, when he was named county judge. Isaac N. Mack became speaker in 1877.

The assembly was dissolved on September 21, 1878.

List of Members

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Electoral District Name Party First elected / previously elected
  Annapolis County Avard Longley Conservative 1874
  William Botsford Troop Conservative 1874
  Antigonish County John J. McKinnon[a] Independent 1874
  Daniel MacDonald Liberal 1867
  John Sparrow David Thompson (1877) Conservative 1877
  County of Cape Breton Alonza J. White Liberal 1867
  Ebenezer T. Moseley Conservative 1874
  Colchester County William A. Patterson Conservative 1874
  John B. Dickie Liberal 1874
  Cumberland County Hiram Black Liberal 1874
  Amos Purdy[a] Liberal 1874
  Edward Vickery Conservative 1871, 1874
  Digby County Colin Campbell Independent 1874
  Henri M. Robicheau Liberal 1874
  Guysborough County Charles M. Franchville Liberal 1874
  William H. Wylde[a] Liberal 1870
  Otto Schwartz Weeks (1875) Liberal 1875
  Halifax County Philip Carteret Hill Liberal 1870, 1874
  Donald Archibald Liberal 1871
  Edward Farrell Liberal 1874
  Hants County William Henry Allison Conservative 1871, 1874
  Alfred Putnam Liberal 1874
  Inverness County Duncan J. Campbell Conservative 1872
  John McKinnon Liberal 1874
  Kings County Douglas B. Woodworth Conservative 1871
  John B. North Independent 1874
  Lunenburg County James Eisenhauer Liberal 1867
  Mather Byles DesBrisay[b] Liberal 1867
  Charles Henry Davison (1876) Liberal 1876
  Pictou County Hugh J. Cameron Conservative 1871
  Simon H. Holmes Conservative 1871
  Alexander MacKay Conservative 1872
  Queens County Isaac N. Mack Liberal 1874
  Samuel Freeman Liberal 1867
  Richmond County Charles Boudroit Independent 1874
  Murdoch McRae Conservative 1871
  Shelburne County Thomas Johnston Liberal 1867
  Robert Robertson Liberal 1867
  Nathaniel Whitworth White Conservative 1878
  Victoria County David McCurdy Liberal 1873
  John A. Fraser Liberal 1874
  Yarmouth County Albert Gayton Liberal 1871
  John Lovitt Liberal 1874

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c resigned
  2. ^ named judge

References

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  • Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
Preceded by General Assemblies of Nova Scotia
1874–1878
Succeeded by