12th Parliament of Upper Canada

The 12th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 15 January 1835. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in October 1834. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 28 May 1836 by the new Lieutenant Governor, Sir Francis Bond Head. Head ordered a new election because the House of Assembly, dominated by reformers, had refused to pass any new money bills. The assembly also labelled Head a deceitful tyrant after he had invoked his right to consult them (the representatives of the people) only on certain specific matters. It was succeeded by the 13th Parliament of Upper Canada in November 1836.

The 12th Parliament had two sessions: 15 January 1835 to 16 April 1835, and 14 January 1836 to 20 April 1836.[1]

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

Sessions[1] Start End
1st 15 January 1835 16 April 1835
2nd 14 January 1836 20 April 1836

Members

Riding Member First elected/ previously elected
  Brockville David Jones 1824, 1834
  Carleton Edward Malloch 1834
  Carleton John Bower Lewis 1830
  Cornwall Archibald McLean – Speaker 1836 1820
  Dundas Peter Shaver 1820, 1828
  Dundas John Cook 1830
  Durham George Strange Boulton 1824, 1830
  Durham John Brown 1830
  Essex Francis Xavier Caldwell 1834
  Essex John Alexander Wilkinson 1834
  Frontenac Jacob Shibley 1834
  Frontenac John Strange 1834
  Glengarry Donald Macdonell 1824
  Glengarry Alexander Chisholm 1834
  Grenville Hiram Norton 1831
  Grenville William Benjamin Wells 1834
  Haldimand William Hamilton Merritt 1832
  Halton Caleb Hopkins 1828, 1834
  Halton James Durand, Jr. 1834
  Hamilton Allan Napier MacNab 1830
  Hastings Henry W. Yager 1834
  Hastings James Hunter Samson[2] 1828
  Huron[3] Robert Graham Dunlop (July 1835) 1835
  Kent William McCrae 1834
  Kent Nathan Cornwall 1834
  Kingston Christopher Alexander Hagerman 1830
  Lanark William Morris[4] 1820
  Alexander Thom (1836) 1836
  Lanark Josias Tayler 1834
  Leeds Ogle Robert Gowan[5] 1834
  William Buell (Apr 1836) 1828, 1836
  Leeds Robert Sympson Jameson[5] 1834
  Matthew M. Howard (Apr 1836) 1830, 1836
  Lennox & Addington Marshall Spring Bidwell – Speaker 1835 1824
  Lennox & Addington Peter Perry 1824
  1st Lincoln County Dennis Woolverton 1834
  2nd Lincoln George Rykert 1834
  3rd Lincoln John Johnston Lefferty[6] 1825, 1834
  David Thorburn (Feb 1835) 1835
  4th Lincoln Gilbert McMicking 1834
  Middlesex Thomas Parke 1834
  Middlesex Elias Moore 1834
  Niagara (town) Charles Richardson 1834
  Norfolk Francis Leigh Walsh 1834
  Norfolk David Duncombe 1834
  Northumberland Alexander McDonell 1834
  Northumberland John Gilchrist 1834
  Oxford Charles Duncombe 1830
  Oxford Robert Alway 1834
  Prescott Alexander MacDonell of Greenfield[7] 1820, 1835
  John Chesser (Apr 1835) 1835
  Prescott Charles Waters 1834
  Prince Edward John Philip Roblin 1830
  Prince Edward James Wilson 1808, 1820, 1834
  Russell Thomas McKay 1834
  Simcoe William Benjamin Robinson 1830
  Simcoe Samuel Lount 1834
  Stormont William Bruce 1834
  Stormont Donald Aeneas MacDonell 1834
  Toronto James Edward Small 1834
  Wentworth Harmannus Smith 1834
  Wentworth Jacob Rymal 1834
  1st York David Gibson 1834
  2nd York William Lyon Mackenzie[8] 1828
  3rd York Thomas David Morrison 1834
  4th York John McIntosh 1834

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Archives of Ontario Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ died while still in office on 27 March 1836 and was not replaced.
  3. ↑ a separate riding was created for Huron in 1835.
  4. ↑ became a member of the Legislative Council in January 1836; Alexander Thom was elected in a by-election held in February 1836.
  5. 1 2 Ogle Gowan and Robert Jameson were elected but the election was declared invalid due to violence at the polls; William Buell and Mathew Howard were elected in a by-election.
  6. ↑ election was overturned on appeal and David Thorburn was declared elected.
  7. ↑ died on 16 February 1835 and was replaced by John Chesser.
  8. ↑ fled to US 1837-1849

Further reading

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