The Family Compact was a small closed group of men who exercised most of the political, economic and judicial power in Upper Canada from the 1810s to the 1840s. It was the Upper Canadian equivalent of the Château Clique in Lower Canada. It was noted for its conservatism and opposition to democracy.
Henry Sherwood, was a lawyer and Tory politician in the Province of Canada. He was involved in provincial and municipal politics. Born into a Loyalist family in Brockville in Augusta Township, Upper Canada, he studied law and was called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1828. In 1838, he was appointed Queen's Counsel. Sherwood was part of the Family Compact, the inter-connected families of strong British and Loyalist sympathies which dominated the government of Upper Canada in the early years of the 19th century
Henry Allcock was a judge and political figure in Upper and Lower Canada.
Sir John Beverley Robinson, 1st Baronet, was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was considered the leader of the Family Compact, a group of families which effectively controlled the early government of Upper Canada.
The Legislative Council of Upper Canada was the upper house governing the province of Upper Canada. Modelled after the British House of Lords, it was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was specified that the council should consist of at least seven members. Members were appointed for life but could be dropped for non-attendance. The first nine members of the council were appointed on 12 July 1792. The speaker was usually the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. The Legislative Council was dissolved on 10 February 1841 when Upper and Lower Canada were united into the Province of Canada. Some members were reappointed to the Legislative Council of the united Province.
Jonas Jones was a lawyer, judge, farmer, and political figure in Upper Canada.
Henry John Boulton, was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada and the Province of Canada, as well as Chief Justice of Newfoundland.
Charles Dewey Day, was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada East. He was appointed to the Special Council of Lower Canada, which governed Lower Canada after the Lower Canada Rebellions in 1837 and 1838. He was elected to the first Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1841, but resigned in 1842 to accept a judicial appointment. He served on the commission for the codification of the civil law of Lower Canada, which produced the Civil Code of Lower Canada, enacted in 1866. He was also appointed to the federal royal commission investigating the Pacific Scandal.
Chief Justice The Hon. Archibald McLean was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.
Robert Sympson Jameson was a lawyer and politician in Upper Canada, and later in the Province of Canada. He served as the first Speaker of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1843.
George Sherwood was a judge, lawyer and political figure in Canada West.
George Okill Stuart was an Anglo-Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure.
Jean-Antoine Panet was a notary, lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.
Jonathan Sewell was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.
Pierre-Stanislas Bédard was a lawyer, judge, journalist and political figure in Lower Canada.
Philippe Panet was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.
Pierre-Louis Panet was a Canadian lawyer, notary, seigneur, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.
Dominique Mondelet was a lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.
Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.
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.