He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1793 to 1798.
[1] He was born in Massachusetts, the son of David Sterns and Ruth Hubbard, and was educated at Harvard University.
[2] Sterns accused the Attorney General Richard John Uniacke of being biased against Loyalists in the courts which resulted in a street fight between Sterns and Uniacke in 1798.
The Chief Justice and ally of Sterns, Sampson Salter Blowers, blamed Uniacke for the death and challenged him to a duel which was called off when both men were bound to keep the peace.
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