title: 23rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
text: # 23rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
  
  The 23rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1864 and 1867.
  
  The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, Charles Hastings Doyle. Richard Graves MacDonnell was governor for Nova Scotia from May 1864 to October 1865. William Fenwick Williams served as governor from 1865 to 1867.
  
  John C. Wade was chosen as speaker for the house.
  
  The assembly was dissolved on June 10, 1867.
  
  ## List of Members
  
  | Electoral District | Name |
  | - | - |
  | Annapolis County | J.W. Johnston William Hallett Ray (1864) |
  | | Avard Longley |
  | | George Whitman |
  | Antigonish County | W. A. Henry |
  | | John McKinnon |
  | County of Cape Breton | Thomas Caldwell |
  | | John George Bourinot |
  | Colchester County North division | A.W. McLellan |
  | | William Blackwood |
  | Colchester County South division | Adams G. Archibald |
  | | Francis R. Parker |
  | Cumberland County | Charles Tupper |
  | | Alexander McFarlane |
  | | Robert Donkin |
  | Digby County | John C. Wade |
  | | Mathurin Robicheau |
  | | Colin Campbell |
  | Guysborough County | William O. Heffernan |
  | | Stewart Campbell |
  | Halifax County Western division | John Tobin |
  | | Samuel Leonard Shannon |
  | | Henry Pryor |
  | Halifax County Eastern division | William Annand |
  | | Henry Balcom |
  | Hants County North Division | Ezra Churchill |
  | | William Dawson Lawrence |
  | Hants County South division | James W. King |
  | | Lewis W. Hill |
  | Inverness County | Hiram Blanchard |
  | | Peter Smyth |
  | | Samuel McDonnell |
  | Kings County North Division | Charles C. Hamilton |
  | | Caleb R. Bill |
  | Kings County South division | Daniel Moore |
  | | Edward L. Brown |
  | Lunenburg County | Henry S. Jost |
  | | Henry A.N. Kaulback |
  | | William Slocumb Abraham Hebb (1865) |
  | Pictou County East division | James Fraser |
  | | James McDonald |
  | Pictou County West division | Donald Fraser |
  | | Alexander MacKay |
  | Queens County | John Campbell |
  | Queens County South district | Andrew Cowie |
  | Queens County North district | Charles Allison |
  | Richmond County | Isaac LeVesconte |
  | | William Miller |
  | Shelburne County | Thomas Coffin |
  | Township of Shelburne | John Locke |
  | Township of Barrington | Robert Robertson |
  | Victoria County | William Ross |
  | | Charles J. Campbell |
  | Yarmouth County | Thomas Killam |
  | Township of Yarmouth | George S. Brown |
  | Township of Argyle | Isaac Hatfield |
  
  Notes:
  
  * ↑ named judge
  * ↑ died in 1865
  