ANDERSON, John Hawkins

1805 - 1870  (65 years)

• Name	ANDERSON, John Hawkins
  Birth	1805	Nova Scotia, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Dec 1870	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Person ID	I7368	Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2021

  
  

  Family	RITCHIE, Margaret
  Children	1. ANDERSON, Cecilia Augusta,   b. 1837   d. 28 Apr 1872, Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F2203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  John Hawkins Anderson was a bank manager, merchant, an Alderman in Halifax, NS, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia and a member of the first Canadian Senate. A Liberal, he was appointed to the Senate on 23 October 1867 by a Royal Proclamation of Queen Victoria following Canadian Confederation earlier that year. He represented the senatorial division of Nova Scotia until his death.