Democracy 250

Democracy 250 was a year long celebration of responsible government in British North America in 2008.

On October 2, 1758, the Nova Scotia House of Assembly met for the first time in a modest wooden building at the corner of Argyle and Buckingham streets in Halifax. It was an assembly of twenty-two men, who came together to deliberate as a parliament on questions affecting the colony. With voting limited to Protestant, free-land holding males, it was a modest beginning, and their influence with the British-appointed Governor was questionable. It was the first elected assembly of its kind in what eventually became Canada.

Events commemorating the meeting were held throughout Nova Scotia and Canada in 2008.

External links

Demcocracy 250 website

• The Canadian Encyclopedia