1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia

• Speaker of the House
  • Robert Sanderson -left the province for England in 1759.
  • William Nesbitt elected August 1, 1759
• Clerk of the House David Lloyd

Since counties had not been established by this time, the proclamation called for the election of 4 members from Halifax Township, 2 members from Lunenburg Township, and 16 members from the province at large, for a total of 22 members.

The election was held using Block Voting. Each voter had to cast the maximum number of votes, whether 16, two or four.^[1]

Knaut and Kedie (or Kedy) represented Lunenburg Township, but the records do not distinguish the Halifax Township members from the at large members.

Note: Unless otherwise noted, members were elected at the general election, and took their seats at the convening of the assembly. By-elections are special elections held to fill specific vacancies. When a member is noted as having taken their seat on a certain date, but a by-election isn't noted, the member was elected at the general election but arrived late.

General

• Democracy 250 : Celebrating 250 Years of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada
• A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1958, Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)

• Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). "Appendix A: Assembly Lists". The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1983: a biographical directory (PDF). Halifax: Province of Nova Scotia. p. 242. ISBN 0-88871-050-X.