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Key Events in the History of Nova Scotia: 1844
- Up to 1843 there was something called a non-party government. The legislature was somewhat like a large coalition, no matter the beliefs and ideas of the individuals of which it was composed. "At the election in that year [1844] Johnson and Howe emerged as leaders of two opposing parties." Johnson was slightly ahead after the election, so he was called on to form the government.
- Feb 8th: The Seventeenth Assembly of the Nova Scotia Legislature convened.
- The trial of the Saladin pirates
- Up to 1843 there was something called a non-party government. The legislature was somewhat like a large coalition, no matter the beliefs and ideas of the individuals of which it was composed. "At the election in that year [1844] Johnson and Howe emerged as leaders of two opposing parties." Johnson was slightly ahead after the election, so he was called on to form the government.
