The 5th General Assembly is known as Nova Scotia's "Long Parliament" [1] as it sat for fourteen years, throughout the length of the rebellion of the thirteen colonies.
Due to the extreme length of this assembly, there were a very large number of seats declared vacant and by-elections.
The house journal sometimes makes note of the circumstances, oftentimes coloured by political rhetoric of the time.
According to Allison, page 481, in 1774, the composition of His Majesties government in Nova Scotia was: Note: this data is preliminary and is a work in progress.
The information below comes from an earlier version of this article and has not been verified: Governor – His Excellency Francis Legge Lieutenant-Governor – The Hon.