7th Parliament of the Province of Canada
The 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in July 1861, following the general election for the Legislative Assembly in June 1861. It first met on July 15, 1861, and was dissolved in May 1863.
This was the first election in the Province of Canada to use a list of eligible voters prepared before the election. All sessions were held in Quebec City. The 7th Parliament ended following a vote of no confidence on May 8, 1863.[1]
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly was Joseph-Édouard Turcotte.
Members
Canada East – 65 Seats
Canada West – 65 Seats
| Riding | Member | Party | First elected/previously elected |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Brant | John Young Bown | Reformer | 1861 |
| West Brant | William Ryerson | Independent | 1861 |
| Brockville | George Sherwood | Conservative | 1858 |
| Carleton | William F. Powell | Conservative | 1854 |
| Cornwall | John Sandfield Macdonald | Reformer | 1841 |
| Dundas | John Sylvester Ross | Conservative | 1861 |
| East Durham | John Shuter Smith | Reformer | 1861 |
| West Durham | Henry Munro | Reformer | 1854 |
| East Elgin | Leonidas Burwell | Reformer | 1858 |
| West Elgin | George Macbeth[n] | Conservative | 1854 |
| John Scoble (1863) | Reformer | 1863 | |
| Essex | Arthur Rankin[o] | Reformer | 1854, 1861 |
| John O'Connor (1863) | Conservative | 1863 | |
| Frontenac | James Morton | Conservative | 1861 |
| Glengarry | Donald Alexander Macdonald | Reformer | 1858 |
| Grenville | William Patrick | Reformer | 1851 |
| Grey | George Jackson | Conservative | 1861 |
| Haldimand | Michael Harcourt | Reformer | 1858 |
| Halton | John White | Reformer | 1858 |
| Hamilton | Isaac Buchanan | Independent | 1858 |
| North Hastings | George Benjamin | Conservative | 1856 |
| South Hastings | Lewis Wallbridge | Reformer | 1858 |
| Huron & Bruce | James Dickson | Reformer | 1861 |
| Kent | Archibald McKellar | Reformer | 1858 |
| Kingston | John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | 1844 |
| Lambton | Alexander Mackenzie | Reformer | 1861 |
| North Lanark | Robert Bell | Reform | 1854 |
| South Lanark | Alexander Morris | Conservative | 1861 |
| North Leeds & Grenville | Francis Jones | Conservative | 1861 |
| South Leeds | Benjamin Tett | Conservative | 1858 |
| Lennox and Addington | Augustus Frederick Garland Hooper | Conservative | 1861 |
| Lincoln | John Charles Rykert | Liberal-Conservative | 1860 |
| London | John Carling | Liberal-Conservative | 1858 |
| East Middlesex | Maurice Berkeley Portman | Conservative | 1861 |
| West Middlesex | Thomas Scatcherd | Reformer | 1854, 1861 |
| Niagara (town) | John Simpson | Conservative | 1858 |
| Norfolk | Aquila Walsh | Conservative | 1861 |
| East Northumberland | James Lyons Biggar | Reformer | 1861 |
| West Northumberland | James Cockburn | Conservative | 1861 |
| North Ontario | Matthew Crooks Cameron | Conservative | 1861 |
| South Ontario | Oliver Mowat | Reformer | 1858 |
| Ottawa | Richard William Scott | Liberal-Conservative | 1858 |
| North Oxford | William McDougall | Reformer | 1858 |
| South Oxford | George Skeffington Connor[p] | Reformer | 1858 |
| George Brown (1863) | Reformer | 1851,[q] 1863 | |
| Peel | John Hillyard Cameron | Conservative | 1854 |
| Perth | Michael Hamilton Foley[r] | Reformer | 1854 |
| Thomas Mayne Daly (1862) | Liberal-Conservative | 1854, 1862 | |
| Peterborough | Frederick W. Haultain | Conservative | 1861 |
| Prescott | Henry Wellesly McCann | Conservative | 1854 |
| Prince Edward | William Anderson | Conservative | 1861 |
| Renfrew | Daniel McLachlin | Liberal-Conservative | 1851,[s] 1861 |
| Russell | Robert Bell | Conservative | 1861 |
| North Simcoe | Angus Morrison | Reformer | 1854 |
| South Simcoe | Thomas Roberts Ferguson | Conservative | 1858 |
| Stormont | Samuel Ault | Reformer | 1861 |
| East Toronto | John Willoughby Crawford | Conservative | 1861 |
| West Toronto | John Beverley Robinson | Conservative | 1858 |
| Victoria | James W Dunsford | Liberal-Conservative | 1861 |
| North Waterloo | Michael Hamilton Foley[r] | Reform | 1854 |
| South Waterloo | James Cowan | Reform | 1861 |
| Welland | Thomas Clark Street | Conservative | 1861 |
| North Wellington | William Clarke | Conservative | 1854, 1861 |
| South Wellington | David Stirton | Reformer | 1858 |
| North Wentworth | William Notman | Reformer | 1848,[t] 1858 |
| South Wentworth | Joseph Rymal | Reformer | 1858 |
| East York | Amos Wright | Reformer | 1851 |
| North York | Adam Wilson | Reformer | 1860 |
| West York | William Pearce Howland | Reformer | 1858 |
Notes
- ^ resigned his seat to accept a post in 1862; Christopher Dunkin was elected in a by-election in March 1862.
- ^ Drummond—Arthabaska
- ^ Bonaventure
- ^ gave up his seat to allow Antoine-Aimé Dorion to be elected in a by-election in June 1862.
- ^ Montreal
- ^ was appointed judge in 1863; Alfred Pinsonneault was elected in a by-election in April 1863.
- ^ resigned his seat to accept an appointment as superintendent of Public Works; Louis-Siméon Morin was elected in a by-election in September 1861.
- ^ died in 1861 without taking his seat; Joseph Dufresne was elected to the seat in a by-election in February 1862.
- ^ resigned November 1862 when elected to represent Lorimier in Legislative Council.
- ^ Saguenay
- ^ Montreal/Portneuf/Shefford
- ^ Saint-Maurice
- ^ election was declared invalid; Charles-François Painchaud was awarded the seat in May 1863.
- ^ unseated in February 1863; John Scoble was awarded the seat.
- ^ election declared invalid in March 1863; John O'Connor was declared elected.
- ^ resigned to accept an appointment as judge in 1863; George Brown was elected in a by-election in March 1863.
- ^ Kent/Lambton/Toronto
- ^ a b elected in both Perth & North Waterloo; Foley chose the Perth seat; when he was appointed to cabinet, he was forced to seek re-election and was elected in Waterloo North; Thomas Mayne Daly was elected in Perth in a by-election in 1862.
- ^ Bytown
- ^ Middlesex
References
- ^ "Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ... : [Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from February 12 to May 12, 1863 ... in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of ... Queen Victoria : being the 2nd session of the 7th Provincial Parliament of Canada". Canadiana. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- Bibliography
- Upper Canadian politics in the 1850s, Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)