Albert Gayton (December 30, 1840 – March 7, 1923) was a merchant and political figure in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...

, Canada. He represented Yarmouth County in the

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from 1871 to 1890 as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of James Gayton and Miriam Hamilton. In 1862, he married Helen Hamilton. He was Commissioner of Public Works and Mines for the province from 1877 to 1878 and was Commissioner of Mines in 1882 to 1884. Gayton also served as chairman of the Board of Public Charities for Nova Scotia. In 1890, he was named registrar of deeds for

Yarmouth County Yarmouth County is a rural county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It has both traditional Anglo-Scottish and Acadian French culture as well as significant inland wilderness areas, including over 365 lakes and several major rivers. It com ...

and served in that post until one year before his death in Yarmouth on March 7, 1923. He wrote the booklet ''The Gayton Genealogy, Descendants of Thomas Gayton of Argyle, Nova Scotia'', which was published in 1918. This booklet is very rare, and a PDF copy of it has been sent to the Yarmouth County Museum. Thomas Gayton (the 1st) came from Tipperary, Ireland.

References

* * ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) * ''The Gayton Genealogy, Descendants of Thomas Gayton Of Argyle, Nova Scotia'', page 10

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* 1840 births 1923 deaths Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs People from Yarmouth County 19th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{Liberal-NovaScotia-MLA-stub