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He was the son of Doctor George Day.
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John Day
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He represented Newport township from 1765 to 1770 and Halifax town from 1774 to 1775 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. During the late 1750s, Day was a naval surgeon and merchant. He was named a justice of the peace for King"s County in 1764.
In 1769, he left for Philadelphia where he set up in business as a druggist.
He returned to Halifax in 1773, again entering business as a merchant. He resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in April 1775.
He was lost at sea later that year while transporting supplies to the garrison at Boston.
