11th Parliament of Upper Canada

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The 11th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened on 7 January 1831. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in October 1830, and all sessions were held at York, then later at Toronto. This parliament was dissolved on 1 September 1834.

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The House of Assembly had four sessions, from 7 January 1831 to 6 March 1834. [1]

Both the House and Parliament sat at the old York Court House on King Street until 1832 and moved to the third Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada for the remaining session.

Sessions [1] StartEnd
1st7 January 183116 March 1831
2nd17 November 183113 February 1832
3rd31 October 183213 February 1833
4th19 November 18336 March 1834
RidingMember [2] First elected/ previously elected
Brockville Henry Jones 1830
Carleton John Bower Lewis 1830
Carleton [3] Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey [4] 1830
George Lyon 1830
Dundas Peter Shaver 1820, 1828
Dundas John Cook 1830
Durham George Strange Boulton 1824, 1830
Durham John Brown 1830
Essex William Elliott 1830
Essex Jean-Baptiste Maçon 1830
Frontenac Hugh Christopher Thomson 1824
Frontenac John Campbell 1830
Glengarry Alexander McMartin 1828
Glengarry Alexander Fraser 1828
Grenville Richard Duncan Fraser 1830
Grenville Edward Jessup III [5] 1830
Hiram Norton (1831)1831
Haldimand John Brant [6] 1830
John Warren (1831) [7] 1831
William Hamilton Merritt (Nov 1832)1832
Halton William Chisholm 1820, 1830
Halton James Crooks [8] 1830
Absalom Shade (Apr 1831)1831
Hastings Reuben White 1830
Hastings James Hunter Samson 1828
Kent William Bent Berczy 1828
Kingston Christopher Alexander Hagerman 1830
Lanark William Morris 1820
Lanark [9] Donald Fraser [10] 1832
Leeds William Buell, Jr. 1828
Leeds Matthew Munsel Howard 1830
Lennox & Addington Marshall Spring Bidwell 1824
Lennox & Addington Peter Perry 1824
1st Lincoln County John Clarke 1820, 1830
2nd & 3rd Lincoln William Crooks 1830
2nd & 3rd Lincoln Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley 1824, 1830
4th Lincoln Robert Randal 1820
Middlesex Mahlon Burwell 1812, 1830
Middlesex Russell Mount [11] 1830
Niagara (town) Henry John Boulton 1830
Norfolk Duncan McCall [12] 1824
Colin McNeilledge (Jan 1833)1833
Norfolk William Wilson 1830
Northumberland Archibald Macdonald 1830
Northumberland James Lyons 1824
Oxford Charles Fortescue Ingersoll [13] 1824, 1830
Thomas Hornor (Nov 1832)1832
Oxford Charles Duncombe 1830
Prescott & Russell Donald Macdonell 1824
Prince Edward Asa Werden [14] 1830
Prince Edward John Philip Roblin 1830
Simcoe William Benjamin Robinson 1830
Stormont Archibald McLean – Speaker 1831–18341820
Stormont Philip VanKoughnet 1816, 1830
Wentworth John Willson 1820
Wentworth Allan MacNab 1830
York (town) William Botsford Jarvis 1830
York William Lyon Mackenzie 1828
York Jesse Ketchum 1828

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References

  1. 1 2 Archives of Ontario Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Journal of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, From 7th January to 16th March, 1831. York (Toronto): John Carey. 1831.
  3. a second seat was added to Carleton County in 1832 and Hamnett Pinhey was elected in October.
  4. unseated after a protest; George Lyon was declared elected in January 1833.
  5. died in September 1831 and Hiram Norton was elected in a by-election.
  6. was declared not elected and John Warren took his place in February 1831.
  7. died September 1832 and William Hamilton Merritt took his place.
  8. appointed to the Legislative Council; Absalom Shade was elected in a by-election in April 1831.
  9. a second seat was added to Lanark County in 1832; Donald Fraser was elected in October 1832.
  10. unseated in November 1832 and not replaced.
  11. died in office in January 1834 and was not replaced.
  12. Duncan McCall died in November 1832 and Colin McNeilledge was seated in January 1833.
  13. died in August 1832 and Thomas Hornor took his place in November 1832.
  14. unseated but re-elected in March 1831.

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