Robert Baldwin was an Upper Canadian lawyer and politician who with his political partner Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine of Lower Canada,led the first responsible government ministry in the Province of Canada. "Responsible Government" marked the province's democratic self-government,without a revolution,although not without violence. This achievement also included the introduction of municipal government,the introduction of a modern legal system,reforms to the jury system in Upper Canada,and the abolition of imprisonment for debt. Baldwin is also noted for feuding with the Orange Order and other fraternal societies. The Lafontaine-Baldwin government enacted the Rebellion Losses Bill to compensate Lower Canadians for damages suffered during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. The passage of the Bill outraged Anglo-Canadian Tories in Montreal,resulting in the burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal in 1849.
John Sandfield Macdonald,was the joint premier of the Province of Canada from 1862 to 1864. He was also the first premier of Ontario from 1867 to 1871,one of the four founding provinces created at Confederation in 1867. He served as both premier and attorney general of Ontario from July 16,1867,to December 20,1871.
Ontario County was the name of two historic counties in the Canadian province of Ontario. Both counties were located in approximately the same area and existed on-and-off between 1792 and 1974. Their primary modern successor is the Regional Municipality of Durham,though certain parts of them were transferred to other surrounding regions.
Marshall Spring Bidwell was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada.
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the Parliament of the Province of Canada. The Province of Canada consisted of the former province of Lower Canada,then known as Canada East,and Upper Canada,then known as Canada West. It was created by The Union Act,1840.
The 3rd Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in 1848,following the general election for the Legislative Assembly in January 1848. The first session was held at Montreal,Canada East. In 1849,rioters protesting the Rebellion Losses Bill burned the parliament buildings. The remaining sessions were held in Toronto. The Parliament was dissolved on November 6,1851.
Barnabas Bidwell was an author,teacher and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries,active in Massachusetts and Upper Canada. Educated at Yale,he practised law in western Massachusetts and served as treasurer of Berkshire County. He served in the state legislature as representative and senator,as well as in the United States Congress as spokesman for the administration of Thomas Jefferson. He was effective in defending the administration's positions and passing important legislation. He resigned his seat in Congress in July 1807.
Malcolm Cameron was a Canadian businessman and politician.
Ebenezer Perry was a merchant and Canadian political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada from 1871 until his death and at the age of 83,the oldest person ever summoned to the Senate.
John Philip Roblin was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West.
William Buell was a journalist and political figure in Upper Canada.
William Benjamin Wells was a lawyer,judge,journalist and political figure in Upper Canada.
David Barker Stevenson was a businessman and politician in Canada West.
David Christie,was a Canadian politician.
Abram Farewell was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He represented Ontario South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1871 to 1875.
John Gilchrist was a physician and political figure in Canada West in the Province of Canada.
Jean-Moïse Raymond was a businessman,militia officer and political figure in Lower Canada,and briefly in Canada East,in the Province of Canada. He was active in a family business inherited from his father,and also served in the Lower Canada militia during the War of 1812,at the Battle of the Châteauguay. As a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada,he was critical of British government of the province,voting in favour of the Ninety-Two Resolutions,which set out a detailed list of problems with the government. He opposed the union of Lower Canada with Upper Canada. Following the union of those two provinces into the Province of Canada,he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the new province,but resigned his seat after only one year to take a government appointment. He died in 1843.
Edmund Fuller Murney was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented Hastings in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1836 to 1841 and in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1842 to 1848 and from 1852 to 1856 as a Conservative member.
Frontenac was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of the Province of Canada,in Canada West,based on Frontenac County. It was created in 1841,upon the establishment of the Province of Canada by the union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. Frontenac was represented by one member in the Legislative Assembly. It was abolished in 1867,upon the creation of Canada and the province of Ontario.
Lennox and Addington was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of the Province of Canada,in Canada West. Based on the combined counties of Lennox and Addington,it was created in 1841,upon the establishment of the Province of Canada by the union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
