page_title: Michael Francklin
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Michael Francklin / Political career
caption_attribution_description: English: Governor's House, Halifax, Nova Scotia (inset) by Dominic Serres, c. 1765
context_page_description: Michael Francklin or Franklin served as Nova Scotia's Lieutenant Governor from 1766–1772. He is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church.
context_section_description: Francklin represented Lunenburg County from 1759 to 1760 and Halifax County from 1761 to 1762 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
  On February 7, 1762, Francklin married Susannah Boutineau. In May of that year, he was named to the Nova Scotia Council.
  In the early 1770s, he was responsible for bringing about the Yorkshire Emigration. He also played an important role in assisting the return of Acadians after the Expulsion of the Acadians by guaranteeing Catholic worship, land grants and a promise that there would be no second expulsion.
  He established the Shubenacadie reserve in 1779.
caption: Governor Franklin's residence (built 1749).  (Located on the site of Province House, which still is furnished with his Nova Scotia Council table)
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