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Governor Phillips arrived in Nova Scotia in April 1720 after wintering in Boston, and created the Nova Scotia Council, consisting of himself and 11 townsmen and officers. During this period, the Nova Scotia Council served as the only civil court of Justice in Nova Scotia. The court met four times a year for the administration of justice. They sat on the first Tues of February, May, August and November. There were eleven councilors. A quorum required five councilors to be present.

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Councillors Governor Richard Philipps (1720–22)

Paul Mascarene by John Smibert, 1729 John Lawrence Armstrong Paul Mascarene Rev. John Harrison John Adams Cyprian Southack Arthur Savage Hibbert Newton (father of Henry Newton (politician)) William Skene William Shirreff Peter Boudre Lt Governor John Doucett, (1722–1725) Paul Mascarene William Skene Alexander Cosby John Adams William Shirreff Lt Governor Lawrence Armstrong, (1725–1739) Erasmus James Philipps [7] Paul Mascarene William Winniett[8] William Skene John Adams William Shirreff Otho Hamilton[9] Lt Governor Alexander Cosby, 1739–1740 Paul Mascarene Erasmus James Philipps John Adams William Shirreff William Skene Otho Hamilton Lt Governor Paul Mascarene, (1740–1749) John Gorham (military officer) Otho Hamilton[9] Henry Cope Erasmus James Philipps William Skene John Handfield Edward Amhurst John Salter John Adams William Shirreff Council at Halifax

Edward Cornwallis - established the Nova Scotia Council at Halifax (1749) With the founding of Halifax, Edward Cornwallis separated the judicial function from the civil administration. Upon the arrival of Cornwallis, the Council was established at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Later the Planters wanted a decentralized government but the Nova Scotia Council prevented this from happening. In the 19th Century, Richard John Uniacke and Joseph Howe significantly limited the power the Nova Scotia Council had over the elected House of Assembly.

The table first used by Edward Cornwallis and the Nova Scotia Council (1749), The Red Chamber of Province House (Nova Scotia) Councilors

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Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet Lt Governor Edward Cornwallis (1749-1752) Paul Mascarene Captain Edward How[10] Erasmus James Philipps John Gorham (military officer) Benjamin Green John Salusbury (diarist) Hugh Davidson (secretary)[11] James F Mercer Rob Ellison Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet Peregrine Hopson John Collier[12][13] Mr. William Steel Col. John Horseman[14] Captain George Fotheringham Governor Peregrine Hopson (1752-1753) Charles Lawrence John Collier Mr. Cotterall John Duport (clerk) Benjamin Green Governor Charles Lawrence (1753-1760) Charles Morris (jurist) John Collier Mr. Cotterall Henry Newton (politician) (1758-1760) Benjamin Green John Rous Jonathan Belcher (jurist) Richard Bulkeley (governor) Governor Jonathan Belcher (jurist) (1760-1763) Richard Bulkeley (governor) John Collier Joseph Gerrish Alexander Grant[15] Governor Montague Wilmot (1763-1766) Joseph Gorham Governor William Campbell (1766-1773) John Newton (Nova Scotia politician) Governor Francis Legge (1772-1776) Lieutenant-Governor Mariot Arbuthnot (1776-1778) Colonel Arthur Goold[16] Lieutenant-Governor Richard Hughes (1778-1781) Lieutenant-Governor Andrew Hammond (1781-1782) Governor John Parr (1782-1786)