8th General Assembly Of Nova Scotia
The 8th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between May 1799 to 1806, its membership being set in the November 1799 Nova Scotia general election.
The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Nova Scotia, Sir John Wentworth.
In 1799, the Speaker of the House was Richard John Uniacke. William Cottnam Tonge replaced Uniacke as speaker in 1805.
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