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20-623: Sam Slick is a character created in 1835 by Thomas Chandler Haliburton , a Nova Scotian judge and author. With his wry wit and Yankee voice, Sam Slick of Slicksville put forward his views on " human nature " in a regular column in the Novascotian . The twenty-one sketches were published in a collection entitled The Clockmaker or, also known as, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slicksville First Series in 1836 and supplemented by an additional 12 unpublished or new sketches. The book
40-437: A fictional character is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Thomas Chandler Haliburton Thomas Chandler Haliburton (17 December 1796 – 27 August 1865) was a Nova Scotian politician , judge , and author . He made an important political contribution to the state of Nova Scotia before its entry into Confederation of Canada . He was the first international best-selling author of fiction from what
60-637: A literary society in honour of the College's most celebrated man of letters . The Haliburton Society, still active at the University of King's College, Halifax , is the longest-standing collegial literary society throughout the Commonwealth of Nations and North America . The mention "hurly on the long pond on the ice", which appears in the second volume of The Attaché, or Sam Slick in England ,
80-634: A judge, but his greatest fame came from his published writings. He wrote a number of books on history, politics, and farm improvement. He first rose to international fame with his Clockmaker serial, which first appeared in the Novascotian and was later published as a book throughout the British Empire , as popular light reading. The work recounted the humorous adventures of the main character, Sam Slick . In 1816, Haliburton married Louisa Neville, daughter of Captain Laurence Neville, of
100-663: A work of fiction published in 1844, has been interpreted by some as a reference to an ice-hockey-like game he may have played during his years at King's College. It is the basis of Windsor's disputed claim to being the town that fathered hockey. In 1902, a memorial to Haliburton and his first wife was erected in Christ Church, Windsor, Nova Scotia , by four of their children: Laura Cunard, Lord Haliburton, and two surviving sisters. Nova Scotian artist William Valentine painted Haliburton's portrait. His former home in Windsor
120-547: Is now Canada . In 1856, he immigrated to England, where he served as a Conservative Member of Parliament . He was the father of the British civil servant Lord Haliburton and of the anthropologist Robert Grant Haliburton . On 17 December 1796, Thomas Chandler Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia , to William Hersey Otis Haliburton , a lawyer, judge and political figure, and Lucy Chandler Grant. His mother died when he
140-655: Is preserved as a museum. Nova Scotia House of Assembly Other Parties The Nova Scotia House of Assembly ( French : Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse ; Scottish Gaelic : Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh ), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia , and together with the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia makes up the Nova Scotia Legislature. The assembly
160-793: Is the oldest in Canada, having first sat in 1758; in 1848, it was the site of the first responsible government in the British Empire . Bills passed by the House of Assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor in the name of the King of Canada . Originally (in 1758), the Legislature consisted of the Crown represented by a governor (later a lieutenant governor), the appointed Nova Scotia Council holding both executive and legislative duties and an elected House of Assembly (lower chamber). In 1838,
180-582: The Conservative minority. He did not stand for re-election in 1865. Haliburton received an honorary degree from Oxford for his services to literature. He continued writing until his death on August 27, 1865 at his home in Isleworth , near London and is buried in All Saints' churchyard. While in England, Thomas Chandler Haliburton met Louisa Neville, daughter of Captain Laurence Neville, of
200-607: The Egyptologist , to check the proofs of his work Letter Bag of the Great Western , with which Burton was unimpressed, in 1839, and those of the third series of The Clockmaker in 1840. The pair travelled together to Scotland to investigate their common ancestry, and intended to tour Canada and the United States of America together. Thomas Chandler Haliburton's daughter, Susannah, was impressed by James Burton,
220-453: The Egyptologist : she wrote, in 1839, " Mr James I admire very much. He is one of the most well-bred persons I saw &... decidedly the flower of the flock ". In 1856, Thomas Chandler Haliburton retired from law and moved to England. In the same year, he married Sarah Harriet Owen Williams. In 1859, Haliburton was elected the Member of Parliament for Launceston , Cornwall as a member of
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#1732783705411240-609: The Eighth Light Dragoons . Between 1826 and 1829, Haliburton represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . Thomas Chandler Haliburton resided in England from 1837, where he was hosted and entertained in London by his cousins Decimus Burton , Jane Burton, James Burton, the Egyptologist , Septimus Burton, the solicitor, Octavia Burton, and Jessy Burton. Thomas asked James Burton,
260-405: The Eighth Light Dragoons . In 1816, he married her, soon thereafter returning to Nova Scotia with her. Louisa's story before marriage is related in the "Haliburton Chaplet," edited by their son, Robert Grant Haliburton (Toronto: 1899). The couple had three sons and five daughters: Haliburton was eager to promote immigration to the colonies of British North America. One of his first written works
280-562: The council was replaced by an executive council with the executive function and a legislative council with the legislative functions based on the House of Lords. In 1928, the Legislative Council was abolished and the members pensioned off. There are 55 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) representing 55 electoral districts . Members nearly always represent one of the three main political parties of
300-551: The location of the "Freedom of the Press" trial of Joseph Howe . Its main entrance is found on Hollis Street in Halifax. A number of officers of the house are appointed in accordance with legislation passed by the house. These officers fulfil numerous functions as prescribed in the relevant legislation. There are two categories of officers: The Speaker of the House has authority over the following offices and officers: These include
320-542: The most popular writers of comic fiction in English of that era. The Clockmaker, which was also translated into German , established Haliburton as one of the founders of North American humour . As Arthur Scobie notes in The Canadian Encyclopedia , The Clockmaker stories, "proved immensely popular and, ironically, have influenced American humour as much as Canadian." This article about
340-666: The province: the Nova Scotia Liberal Party , Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia , and Nova Scotia New Democratic Party . The assembly meets in Province House . Located in Halifax , Province House is a National Historic Site and Canada's oldest and smallest legislative building. It opened on February 11, 1819. The building was also originally home to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and
360-604: Was Canada 's first international bestseller and was hugely popular not only in Nova Scotia , but also in Britain and the United States . Slick’s wise-cracking commentary on the colonial life of Nova Scotia and relations with the U.S. and Britain struck a note with readers, which led to a second series in 1838 and a third in 1840. The satirical sketches, mocking both Canadians and Americans, made Haliburton one of
380-484: Was a small child. When Thomas was seven, his father married Susanna Davis, the daughter of Michael Francklin , who had been Nova Scotia 's Lieutenant Governor . He attended University of King's College in Windsor, from which he graduated in 1815. Later he became a lawyer and opened a practice in Annapolis Royal , the former capital of the colony. Haliburton attained distinction as a local businessman and as
400-474: Was an emigrant's guide to Nova Scotia published in 1823, A General Description of Nova Scotia; Illustrated by a New and Correct Map The community of Haliburton, Nova Scotia was named after him. In Ontario, Haliburton County is named after Haliburton in recognition of his work as the first chair of the Canadian Land and Emigration Company . In 1884, faculty and students at his alma mater founded
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