7th Parliament of Upper Canada

The 7th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 4 February 1817. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in July 1816. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada at the home of Chief Justice of the Court William Henry Draper. This parliament was dissolved 3 May 1820 on the announcement of the death of King George III.

The House of Assembly of the 7th Parliament of Upper Canada had five sessions 4 February 1817 to 7 March 1820:[1]

Sessions[1] Start End
1st 4 February 1817 7 April 1817
2nd 5 February 1818 1 April 1818
3rd 12 October 1818 27 November 1818
4th 7 June 1819 12 July 1819
5th 21 February 1820 7 March 1820

Members

Riding Member First elected/ previously elected
  Dundas John Crysler 1804, 1812
  Essex William McCormick 1812
  Essex George Benson Hall 1816
  Frontenac Allan McLean 1817-1820 1804
  Glengarry Alexander McMartin 1812
  Glengarry John Cameron 1816
  Grenville Jonas Jones 1816
  Halton Moses Gamble[2] 1816
  Richard Hatt (Feb 1818) 1818
  Hastings & Ameliasburgh Township James McNabb 1808, 1816
  Kent Joshua Cornwall 1816
  Leeds Peter Howard 1816
  Lennox & Addington Willet Casey 1816
  Lennox & Addington Isaac Fraser 1816
  1st Lincoln County Robert Nelles 1816
  2nd Lincoln Ralfe Clench 1796, 1812
  3rd Lincoln David Secord 1808, 1816
  4th Lincoln Isaac Swayze 1792, 1804, 1814
  Norfolk Robert Nichol 1812
  Northumberland and Durham Zacheus Burnham 1816
  Oxford & Middlesex Mahlon Burwell 1812
  Prescott John McDonell 1816
  Prince Edward except Ameliasburgh Township James Cotter 1816
  Stormont & Russell Philip VanKoughnet 1816
  Wentworth James Durand[3] 1815
  East York & Simcoe Peter Robinson 1816

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Archives of Ontario "The Statutes of Upper Canada and the Province of Canada 1792 to 1866 On Self-Service Microfilm". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  2. ↑ disqualified in March 1817; Richard Hatt was elected to the seat in a by-election.
  3. ↑ expelled in March 1817 and re-elected in February 1818.

Further reading

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