Augustin-Norbert Morin was a Canadien journalist,lawyer,politician,and rebel in Lower Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in the 1830s,as a leading member of the Parti patriote. Although he participated in the Lower Canada Rebellion,the British authorities concluded his conduct did not warrant a charge of high treason. After the Rebellion,he entered politics in the Province of Canada,eventually becoming joint premier of the Province. Retiring from politics due to health concerns,Morin was appointed to the bench. He was one of the commissioners who codified the law of Lower Canada,producing the Civil Code of Lower Canada which stayed in force for over a century.
The First Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in 1841,following the union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada as the Province of Canada on February 10,1841. The Parliament continued until dissolution in late 1844.
Charles Richard Ogden,was a Joint Premier of the Province of Canada for Canada East from 1841 to 1842 with William Henry Draper PM for Canada West. Odgen was a member of the Château Clique,the group of English-speaking officials who supported the Governor General,appointed by the British government. Trained as a lawyer,he developed a lucrative practice at Trois-Rivières and then Montreal. He had a lengthy career as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.
Joseph-Édouard Turcotte was a lawyer,businessman,and political figure in Canada East. Born to a merchant family,he considered the priesthood,but after the loss of one arm in an accident,he opted instead for a legal career. In addition to the law,he was engaged in journalism and in business activities in Trois-Rivières.
Edward Hale,D.C.L. was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was Chancellor of Bishop's University and a significant figure to Bishop's College School.
Louis Lacoste was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada and then Canada East,Province of Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada,supporting Louis-Joseph Papineau and the Parti patriote. During the Lower Canada Rebellion he was imprisoned without trial,for his activities in the lead-up to the Rebellion. Following the creation of the Province of Canada,he was a member of the new Legislative Assembly for several years,and then a member of the Legislative Council. He was one of the original members of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1878.
David Burnet was a prominent merchant and political figure in Quebec City,Lower Canada. Although initially successful,both his business activities and his political career were caught short by his bankruptcy. He died around age 50 in Quebec City.
Amable Berthelot was a Canadien lawyer,author and political figure. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and later to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. Trained as a lawyer,he was an avid book-collector,at one point having a personal library of some fifteen hundred volumes. He did not support those who took up arms during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. He never married,but adopted two children,a boy and a girl. His daughter married Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine,later co-premier of the Province of Canada. He was a literary mentor to François-Xavier Garneau.
David Morrison Armstrong was a merchant,insurance agent and political figure in Canada East in the Province of Canada. He represented the electoral district of Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1851. From 1855 to 1867 he sat in the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada,and in the Legislative Council of Quebec from 1867 until his death. He initially opposed the union of the Lower Canada and Upper Canada into the Province of Canada,and supported the reform movement for responsible government. After responsible government was achieved,he gradually became a Conservative.
Jean-Baptiste-Isaïe Noël was a seigneur,physician and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Lotbinière in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1838,and again in the Lotbinière electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1844.
John Robinson Hamilton,QC was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada and then the Province of Canada. He represented the electoral district of Bonaventure 1832 to 1834 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. Following the creation of the Province of Canada,he again represented Bonaventure from 1841 to 1844 in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. He opposed the union of Lower Canada and Upper Canada into the Province of Canada,and supported the reform movement,which favoured responsible government.
Robert Nugent Watts was a political figure in Canada East,Province of Canada. He represented the electoral district of Drummond for ten years in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. He was a supporter of the union of Lower Canada and Upper Canada and a Tory.
Robert Jones was a political figure in Canada East,in the Province of Canada. He represented Missiskoui in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1844. He also served as a member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1838 and the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada from 1849 to 1850.
John Moore was a contractor and political figure in Lower Canada,first serving in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and then the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. He initially was a strong supporter of the Governor General,appointed by the British government,but gradually shifted towards a Reform viewpoint,where the elected Legislative Assembly would have greater powers. Little is known of his life.
John William Dunscomb was a merchant and political figure in Canada East,Province of Canada. He represented Beauharnois in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1842 as a Government supporter and supporter of the union of the two Canadas.
Abraham Turgeon was a notary and political figure in Canada East. He served as an officer in the Lower Canada militia in the War of 1812,was a justice of the peace,and held other civil positions. He represented Bellechasse in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1842 to 1844,as a member of the French-Canadian Group.
Michel Borne was a merchant and political figure in Canada East. He represented Rimouski in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1842. Borne resigned his seat to allow Robert Baldwin,the Reform leader from Canada West to gain a seat in the Assembly. That manoeuvre was key to building the alliance between Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine,which ultimately led to the establishment of responsible government in the Province of Canada.
Henri Desrivières was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Verchères in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1841.
Bellechasse was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of the Province of Canada,in Canada East. It was created by the Union Act,1840 in 1841,based on the previous electoral district of the same name for the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. It was located in the current Chaudière-Appalaches area.
Portneuf was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of the Province of Canada,in Canada East,immediately west of Quebec City. It was created in 1841 and was based on the previous electoral district of the same name for the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. It was represented by one member in the Legislative Assembly.
