13th Parliament of Upper Canada

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The 13th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 8 November 1836. Elections in Upper Canada had been held 20 June 1836. All sessions were held at Toronto.

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The House of Assembly had five sessions 8 November 1836 to 10 February 1840. [1]

Both the House and Parliament sat at the third Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada.

Sessions [1] StartEnd
1st8 November 18364 March 1837
2nd19 June 183711 July 1837
3rd28 December 18376 March 1838
4th27 February 183911 May 1839
5th3 December 183910 February 1840

In the election campaign of June 1836, the Lieutenant Governor Sir Francis Bond Head appealed to the United Empire Loyalists of the colony, proclaiming that the reformers were advocating American republicanism. The Conservative party, led by the wealthy landowners known as the "Family Compact", won the election resulting in a conservative majority in the legislative assembly and triggering dissent in the province. This was the last parliament for Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 10 February 1840. The Act of Union 1840 abolished the legislative assemblies for Upper and Lower Canada and created a new Province of Canada with a common Legislative Assembly. This came as a result of the Rebellions of 1837.

RidingMemberFirst elected/ previously elected
Brockville Henry Sherwood 1836
Carleton John Bower Lewis 1830
Carleton Edward Malloch 1834
Cornwall George Stephen Benjamin Jarvis 1836
Dundas Peter Shaver 1820, 1828
Dundas John Cook 1830
Durham George Strange Boulton 1824, 1830
Durham George Elliott 1836
Essex John Prince 1836
Essex Francis Xavier Caldwell 1834
Frontenac John B. Marks 1836
Frontenac James Mathewson 1836
Glengarry Donald Macdonell 1824
Glengarry Alexander Chisholm 1834
Grenville Hiram Norton [2] 1831
Milo McCarger (Apr 1839)1839
Grenville William Benjamin Wells [3] 1834
Henry Burritt (Dec 1839)1839
Haldimand William Hamilton Merritt 1832
Halton William Chisholm 1820, 1830, 1836
Halton Absalom Shade 1836
Hamilton Colin Campbell Ferrie 1836
Hastings Edmund Murney 1836
Hastings Anthony Manahan 1836
Huron Robert Graham Dunlop 1835
Kent William McCrae 1834
Kent Nathan Cornwall 1834
Kingston Christopher Alexander Hagerman 1830
Lanark John A.H. Powell 1836
Lanark Malcolm Cameron 1836
Leeds Jonas Jones [4] 1816, 1836
James Morris (Dec 1837)1837
Leeds Ogle Robert Gowan 1836
Lennox & Addington John Solomon Cartwright 1836
Lennox & Addington George Hill Detlor 1836
1st Lincoln County Richard Woodruff 1836
2nd Lincoln George Rykert 1834
3rd Lincoln David Thorburn 1835
4th Lincoln Gilbert McMicking 1834
London Mahlon Burwell 1812, 1830, 1836
Middlesex Thomas Parker 1834
Middlesex Elias Moore 1834
Niagara (town) Charles Richardson 1834
Norfolk David Duncombe 1834
Norfolk John Rolph [5] 1836
William Salmon (Feb 1838)1838
Northumberland Alexander McDonell 1834
Northumberland Henry Ruttan – Speaker 18371836
Oxford Robert Alway 1834
Oxford Charles Duncombe [6] 1830
Roger Rollo Hunter (Feb 1839)1839
Prescott John Kearns 1836
Prescott Richard Phillips Hotham 1836
Prince Edward James Rogers Armstrong 1836
Prince Edward Charles Bochus 1836
Russell Thomas McKay 1834
Simcoe William Benjamin Robinson 1830
Simcoe Charles Wickens [7] 1836
Stormont Archibald McLean [8] 1820
Alexander McLean (Dec 1837)1837
Stormont Donald Aeneas MacDonell 1836
Toronto William Henry Draper 1836
Wentworth Allan Napier MacNab – Speaker 1837-18401830
Wentworth Michael Aikman 1836
1st York David Gibson [9] 1834
John William Gamble (Feb 1838)1838
2nd York Edward William Thomson 1834
3rd York Thomas David Morrison [10] 1834
James Edward Small (Apr 1839)1839
4th York John McIntosh 1834

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References

  1. 1 2 Archives of Ontario Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. resigned in October 1838 and went to the United States; he was replaced by Milo McCorger in a by-election.
  3. refused to take his seat in the legislature, protesting the actions of the lieutenant governor in the elections; he was expelled in 1838 and replaced by Henry Burritt.
  4. appointed registrar for Dundas County; he was replaced by James Morris in a by-election.
  5. was expelled from the assembly in January 1838, accused of conspiring with the rebels; he was replaced by William Salmon.
  6. left the country following the Upper Canada Rebellion; Roger Rollo Hunter took his place in the legislature.
  7. This name appears in the two references cited below; however, in other sources, the name "James Wickens" appears instead.
  8. appointed to the Court of King's Bench in March 1837 and replaced by Alexander McLean.
  9. left the country; John William Gamble took his seat in a by-election.
  10. left Canada; James Edward Small replaced him in the assembly.

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