6th Parliament of Upper Canada

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The 6th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 27 July 1812. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in June 1812. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada.

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The first Parliament buildings (located at the intersection of Front and Parliament Streets) were destroyed by fire on 27 April 1813, as a consequence of an American attack on the city during the War of 1812. The House of Assembly then met once in 1814 in the ballroom of Jordan's York Hotel. [1] The House then moved to the home of Chief Justice of Upper Canada William Henry Draper. This parliament was dissolved 18 April 1816.

This House of Assembly of the 6th Parliament of Upper Canada had five sessions 27 July 1812 to 1 April 1816: [2]

Sessions [2] StartEnd
1st27 July 18125 August 1812
2nd25 February 181313 March 1813
3rd15 February 181414 March 1814
4th1 February 1815114 March 1815
5th6 February 18161 April 1816
RidingMemberFirst elected/ previously elected
Dundas John Crysler 1804, 1812
Essex Richard Pattinson 1812
Essex William McCormick 1812
Frontenac Allan McLean – Speaker 1813–18161804
Glengarry Alexander McMartin 1812
Glengarry John Macdonell [3] 1812
Alexander Macdonell (1812)1800, 1812
Grenville Gideon Adams 1812
Hastings & Ameliasburgh Township James Young 1812
Kent John McGregor 1804
Leeds Levius Peters Sherwood 1812
Lennox & Addington Benjamin Fairfield 1812
Lennox & Addington Timothy Thompson 1812
1st Lincoln County Joseph Willcocks (deserted)1812
Robert Nelles (Feb 1816)1816
2nd Lincoln Ralfe Clench 1796, 1812
3rd Lincoln Thomas Dickson 1812
4th Lincoln John Fanning [4] 1812
Isaac Swayze (Feb 1814)1792, 1804, 1814
Norfolk Robert Nichol 1812
Northumberland and Durham David McGregor Rogers 1800
Oxford & Middlesex Mahlon Burwell 1812
Prescott Thomas Mears 1808
Prince Edward except Ameliasburgh Township John Stinson 1811
Stormont & Russell John Beikie 1812
East York & Simcoe Thomas Ridout 1812
West York Abraham Markle (deserted to US)1812
James Durand (Feb 1815)1815

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References

  1. Government of Ontario site
  2. 1 2 Archives of Ontario "The Statutes of Upper Canada and the Province of Canada 1792 to 1866 On Self-Service Microfilm". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  3. killed at Queenston Heights in October 1812 and replaced by Alexander Macdonell.
  4. died in January 1813 and was replaced by Isaac Swayze.

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