John Graves Simcoe was a British Army general and the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. He founded York and was instrumental in introducing institutions such as courts of law,trial by jury,English common law,and freehold land tenure,and also in the abolition of slavery in Canada.
The Province of Canada was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton,1st Earl of Durham,in the Report on the Affairs of British North America following the Rebellions of 1837–1838.
The Attorney General of Ontario is the chief legal adviser to Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario and,by extension,the Government of Ontario. The Attorney General is a senior member of the Executive Council of Ontario and oversees the Ministry of the Attorney General –the department responsible for the oversight of the justice system in the province of Ontario. The Attorney General is an elected Member of Provincial Parliament who is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on the constitutional advice of the Premier of Ontario.
Robert Baldwin Sullivan,,was an Irish-Canadian lawyer,judge,and politician who became the second Mayor of Toronto,Upper Canada.
Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair,,known prior to 1862 as Adam Johnston Fergusson,was a Scottish-born Canadian lawyer,judge and politician.
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.
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.
The Legislative Council of the Province of Canada was the upper house for the Province of Canada,which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada,then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec,and Upper Canada,then known as Canada West and later the province of Ontario. It was created by The Union Act of 1840.
Samuel Bealey Harrison was Joint Premier of the Province of Canada for Canada East from 1841 to 1842 with William Henry Draper PM for Canada West. Draper was a member of the Family Compact and Harrison was a moderate Reformer,the predecessor of the Liberal Party of Canada.
James Morris was a businessman,banker and political figure in Canada West. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada,as a Reformer. He was later a member of the Legislative Council,serving as the Speaker of the Legislative Council. He was also a member of the Executive Council of the province.
Levius Peters Sherwood was a lawyer,judge 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.
John Prince,was a lawyer,militia officer,gentleman farmer and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West.
William Benjamin Robinson was a fur trader and political figure in Upper Canada.
John Henry Dunn was a public official and businessman in Upper Canada,who later entered politics in the Province of Canada. Born on Saint Helena of English parents,he came to Upper Canada as a young man to take up the position of Receiver General for Upper Canada,a position he held from 1820 to 1841.
Bartholomew Conrad Augustus Gugy represented Sherbrooke in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. He played a prominent military role in the Lower Canada Rebellion as Colonel of the cavalry at the Battle of Saint-Charles,afterwards seizing the Column of Liberty and carrying it in triumph back to Montreal. He was Police Magistrate at Montreal and Adjutant-General to the Militia of Lower Canada. He lived between Montreal and his father's manor house at Beauport. He was a large landowner having also inherited the Seigneuries of Yamachiche,Rivière-du-Loup,Grandpré,Grosbois,and Dumontier.
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.
John Elmsley was Chief Justice of Upper Canada and afterwards Lower Canada. In both of the Canadas he served as President of the Executive Council and Speaker of the Legislative Council. During the Hunter administration,he was the most powerful man in Upper Canada. In Lower Canada,from 1802 until his death he was second only in rank to the Lieutenant Governor.
