16th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
# 16th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 16th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1840 and 1843. The assembly was dissolved on October 26, 1843.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, Lucius Bentinck Cary.

Joseph Howe was chosen as speaker for the house.

## List of members

| Electoral District | Name |
| - | - |
| Annapolis County | Samuel B. Chipman |
| County of Cape Breton | James Boyle Uniacke |
| Colchester County | Samuel G. W. Archibald Thomas Dickson (1842) |
| Cumberland County | Gaius Lewis |
| | Stephen Fulton |
| Digby County | James B. Holdsworth |
| Guysborough County | William F. DesBarres |
| | John J. Marshall |
| Halifax County | Joseph Howe |
| | William Annand |
| Hants County | Benjamin Smith |
| | George McKay |
| Inverness County | William Young |
| | James Turnbull |
| Kings County | Thomas Andrew Strange DeWolf |
| | Samuel Chipman |
| Lunenburg County | John Creighton |
| | Edward Zwicker |
| Pictou County | John Holmes |
| | Henry Blackadar |
| Queens County | James R. DeWolf |
| | Samuel P. Fairbanks |
| Richmond County | James McKeagney William C. Delaney (1842) |
| Shelburne County | Gilbert McKenna |
| Sydney County | Richard J. Forrestall |
| | William A. Henry |
| Yarmouth County | Herbert Huntington |
| Township of Halifax | James McNab |
| | Thomas Forrester William Stairs (1841) |
| Township of Lunenburg | John Heckman |
| Township of Liverpool | William B. Taylor |
| Township of Shelburne | Peter Spearwater, Jr. |
| Township of Barrington | John W. Homer |
| Township of Yarmouth | Reuben Clements |
| Township of Argyle | John Ryder |
| Township of Digby | Charles Budd |
| Township of Clare | Anselme F. Comeau |
| Township of Annapolis | Henry Gates |
| Township of Granville | Stephen S. Thorne |
| Township of Horton | William Johnson |
| Township of Cornwallis | Mayhew Beckwith |
| Township of Amherst | Robert McGowan Dickie |
| Township of Pictou | Henry Hatton |
| Township of Londonderry | Gloud W. McLelan |
| Town of Truro | Alexander L. Archibald |
| Town of Onslow | Alexander M. Upham John Crowe (1842) |
| Township of Windsor | Henry Goudge Henry Palmer (1842) |
| Township of Newport | Ichabod Dimock |
| Township of Falmouth | Lewis J. Payzant |
| Township of Sydney | Edmund Murray Dodd |
| Township of Arichat | Henry Martell |

Notes:

* ↑ named master of the rolls
* ↑ election appealed
* 1 2 3 died in 1841
