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13th Parliament of Upper Canada

Parliament for Upper Canada 1836–1840

Parliament for Upper Canada 1836–1840

The 13th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 8 November 1836. Elections in Upper Canada had been held 20 June 1836. All sessions were held at Toronto.

The House of Assembly had five sessions 8 November 1836 to 10 February 1840.

Both the House and Parliament sat at the third Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada.

SessionsStartEnd
1st8 November 18364 March 1837
2nd19 June 183711 July 1837
3rd28 December 18376 March 1838
4th27 February 183911 May 1839
5th3 December 183910 February 1840

In the election campaign of June 1836, the Lieutenant Governor Sir Francis Bond Head appealed to the United Empire Loyalists of the colony, proclaiming that the reformers were advocating American republicanism. The Conservative party, led by the wealthy landowners known as the "Family Compact", won the election resulting in a conservative majority in the legislative assembly and triggering dissent in the province. This was the last parliament for Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 10 February 1840. The Act of Union 1840 abolished the legislative assemblies for Upper and Lower Canada and created a new Province of Canada with a common Legislative Assembly. This came as a result of the Rebellions of 1837.

Members

RidingMemberFirst elected/ previously elected
BrockvilleHenry Sherwood1836
CarletonJohn Bower Lewis1830
CarletonEdward Malloch1834
CornwallGeorge Stephen Benjamin Jarvis1836
DundasPeter Shaver1820, 1828
DundasJohn Cook1830
DurhamGeorge Strange Boulton1824, 1830
DurhamGeorge Elliott1836
EssexJohn Prince1836
EssexFrancis Xavier Caldwell1834
FrontenacJohn B. Marks1836
FrontenacJames Mathewson1836
GlengarryDonald Macdonell1824
GlengarryAlexander Chisholm1834
GrenvilleHiram Norton1831
Milo McCarger (Apr 1839)1839
GrenvilleWilliam Benjamin Wells1834
Henry Burritt (Dec 1839)1839
HaldimandWilliam Hamilton Merritt1832
HaltonWilliam Chisholm1820, 1830, 1836
HaltonAbsalom Shade1836
HamiltonColin Campbell Ferrie1836
HastingsEdmund Murney1836
HastingsAnthony Manahan1836
HuronRobert Graham Dunlop1835
KentWilliam McCrae1834
KentNathan Cornwall1834
KingstonChristopher Alexander Hagerman1830
LanarkJohn A.H. Powell1836
LanarkMalcolm Cameron1836
LeedsJonas Jones1816, 1836
James Morris (Dec 1837)1837
LeedsOgle Robert Gowan1836
Lennox & AddingtonJohn Solomon Cartwright1836
Lennox & AddingtonGeorge Hill Detlor1836
1st Lincoln CountyRichard Woodruff1836
2nd LincolnGeorge Rykert1834
3rd LincolnDavid Thorburn1835
4th LincolnGilbert McMicking1834
LondonMahlon Burwell1812, 1830, 1836
MiddlesexThomas Parker1834
MiddlesexElias Moore1834
Niagara (town)Charles Richardson1834
NorfolkDavid Duncombe1834
NorfolkJohn Rolph1836
William Salmon (Feb 1838)1838
NorthumberlandAlexander McDonell1834
NorthumberlandHenry Ruttan – Speaker 18371836
OxfordRobert Alway1834
OxfordCharles Duncombe1830
Roger Rollo Hunter (Feb 1839)1839
PrescottJohn Kearns1836
PrescottRichard Phillips Hotham1836
Prince EdwardJames Rogers Armstrong1836
Prince EdwardCharles Bochus1836
RussellThomas McKay1834
SimcoeWilliam Benjamin Robinson1830
SimcoeCharles Wickens1836
StormontArchibald McLean1820
Alexander McLean (Dec 1837)1837
StormontDonald Aeneas MacDonell1836
TorontoWilliam Henry Draper1836
WentworthAllan Napier MacNab – Speaker 1837-18401830
WentworthMichael Aikman1836
1st YorkDavid Gibson1834
John William Gamble (Feb 1838)1838
2nd YorkEdward William Thomson1834
3rd YorkThomas David Morrison1834
James Edward Small (Apr 1839)1839
4th YorkJohn McIntosh1834

References

References

References

  1. [[Archives of Ontario]] [https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/about/library_l12.aspx#tablea] {{Webarchive. link. (11 June 2011)
  2. resigned in October 1838 and went to the United States; he was replaced by Milo McCorger in a by-election.
  3. refused to take his seat in the legislature, protesting the actions of the lieutenant governor in the elections; he was expelled in 1838 and replaced by Henry Burritt.
  4. appointed registrar for Dundas County; he was replaced by James Morris in a by-election.
  5. was expelled from the assembly in January 1838, accused of conspiring with the rebels; he was replaced by William Salmon.
  6. left the country following the Upper Canada Rebellion; Roger Rollo Hunter took his place in the legislature.
  7. This name appears in the two references cited below; however, in other sources, the name "James Wickens" appears instead.
  8. appointed to the Court of King's Bench in March 1837 and replaced by Alexander McLean.
  9. left the country; John William Gamble took his seat in a by-election.
  10. left Canada; James Edward Small replaced him in the assembly.
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