11th Parliament of Upper Canada

The 11th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened on 7 January 1831. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in October 1830, and all sessions were held at York, then later at Toronto. This parliament was dissolved on 1 September 1834.

The House of Assembly had four sessions, from 7 January 1831 to 6 March 1834.[1]

Both the House and Parliament sat at the old York Court House on King Street until 1832 and moved to the third Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada for the remaining session.

Sessions[1] Start End
1st 7 January 1831 16 March 1831
2nd 17 November 1831 13 February 1832
3rd 31 October 1832 13 February 1833
4th 19 November 1833 6 March 1834

Members

Riding Member[2] First elected/ previously elected
  Brockville Henry Jones 1830
  Carleton John Bower Lewis 1830
  Carleton[3] Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey[4] 1830
  George Lyon 1830
  Dundas Peter Shaver 1820, 1828
  Dundas John Cook 1830
  Durham George Strange Boulton 1824, 1830
  Durham John Brown 1830
  Essex William Elliott 1830
  Essex Jean-Baptiste Maçon 1830
  Frontenac Hugh Christopher Thomson 1824
  Frontenac John Campbell 1830
  Glengarry Alexander McMartin 1828
  Glengarry Alexander Fraser 1828
  Grenville Richard Duncan Fraser 1830
  Grenville Edward Jessup III[5] 1830
  Hiram Norton (1831) 1831
  Haldimand John Brant[6] 1830
  John Warren (1831)[7] 1831
  William Hamilton Merritt (Nov 1832) 1832
  Halton William Chisholm 1820, 1830
  Halton James Crooks[8] 1830
  Absalom Shade (Apr 1831) 1831
  Hastings Reuben White 1830
  Hastings James Hunter Samson 1828
  Kent William Bent Berczy 1828
  Kingston Christopher Alexander Hagerman 1830
  Lanark William Morris 1820
  Lanark[9] Donald Fraser[10] 1832
  Leeds William Buell, Jr. 1828
  Leeds Matthew Munsel Howard 1830
  Lennox & Addington Marshall Spring Bidwell 1824
  Lennox & Addington Peter Perry 1824
  1st Lincoln County John Clarke 1820, 1830
  2nd & 3rd Lincoln William Crooks 1830
  2nd & 3rd Lincoln Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley 1824, 1830
  4th Lincoln Robert Randal 1820
  Middlesex Mahlon Burwell 1812, 1830
  Middlesex Russell Mount[11] 1830
  Niagara (town) Henry John Boulton 1830
  Norfolk Duncan McCall[12] 1824
  Colin McNeilledge (Jan 1833) 1833
  Norfolk William Wilson 1830
  Northumberland Archibald Macdonald 1830
  Northumberland James Lyons 1824
  Oxford Charles Fortescue Ingersoll[13] 1824, 1830
  Thomas Hornor (Nov 1832) 1832
  Oxford Charles Duncombe 1830
  Prescott & Russell Donald Macdonell 1824
  Prince Edward Asa Werden[14] 1830
  Prince Edward John Philip Roblin 1830
  Simcoe William Benjamin Robinson 1830
  Stormont Archibald McLean – Speaker 1831–1834 1820
  Stormont Philip VanKoughnet 1816, 1830
  Wentworth John Willson 1820
  Wentworth Allan MacNab 1830
  York (town) William Botsford Jarvis 1830
  York William Lyon Mackenzie 1828
  York Jesse Ketchum 1828

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Archives of Ontario Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Journal of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, From 7th January to 16th March, 1831. York (Toronto): John Carey. 1831.
  3. ↑ a second seat was added to Carleton County in 1832 and Hamnett Pinhey was elected in October.
  4. ↑ unseated after a protest; George Lyon was declared elected in January 1833.
  5. ↑ died in September 1831 and Hiram Norton was elected in a by-election.
  6. ↑ was declared not elected and John Warren took his place in February 1831.
  7. ↑ died September 1832 and William Hamilton Merritt took his place.
  8. ↑ appointed to the Legislative Council; Absalom Shade was elected in a by-election in April 1831.
  9. ↑ a second seat was added to Lanark County in 1832; Donald Fraser was elected in October 1832.
  10. ↑ unseated in November 1832 and not replaced.
  11. ↑ died in office in January 1834 and was not replaced.
  12. ↑ Duncan McCall died in November 1832 and Colin McNeilledge was seated in January 1833.
  13. ↑ died in August 1832 and Thomas Hornor took his place in November 1832.
  14. ↑ unseated but re-elected in March 1831.

Further reading

  • Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology, Frederick H. Armstrong, Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. ISBN 0-919670-92-X