8th Parliament of Upper Canada
The 8th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 31 January 1821. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in July 1820. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada and sat in the second Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 22 June 1824.
The House of Assembly of the 8th Parliament of Upper Canada had four sessions 31 January 1821 to 19 January 1824:[1] It sat at the second Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada until a fire destroyed it and moved to the York General Hospital.
This parliament saw the emergence of the power and conservative Family Compact with member Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto.
| Sessions[1] | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 31 January 1821 | 14 February 1821 |
| 2nd | 21 November 1821 | 17 January 1822 |
| 3rd | 15 January 1823 | 19 March 1823 |
| 4th | 11 November 1823 | 19 January 1824 |
Members
| Electoral Division | Fraction or leaning | Member | First elected/ previously elected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern, Ottawa, Johnstown districts (Eastern District of 1792) | |||
| Glengarry (2-member division) | Conservative (pro-ministry) | Alexander MacDonell of Greenfield | 1820 |
| Conservative (pro-ministry) | Alexander McMartin | 1812 | |
| Prescott & Russell | Reformer | William Hamilton[2] | 1820 |
| David Pattee (Mar 1821) | 1821 | ||
| Stormont (2-member division) | Family Compact | Archibald McLean | 1820 |
| Family Compact | Philip VanKoughnet | 1816 | |
| Dundas | Peter Shaver | 1820 | |
| Grenville (2-member division) | Walter F. Gates | 1820 | |
| Family Compact | Jonas Jones | 1816 | |
| Leeds (2-member division) | Family Compact | Levius Peters Sherwood (Speaker 1821–1824) | 1820 |
| Family Compact | Charles Jones | 1820 | |
| Carleton | Conservative (moderate) | William Morris | 1820 |
| Midland District | |||
| Frontenac | Allan McLean | 1804 | |
| Kingston (Town of) | Family Compact | Christopher Alexander Hagerman | 1820 |
| Lennox & Addington (2-member division) | Samuel Casey | 1820 | |
| Daniel Hagerman[3] | 1820 | ||
| Barnabas Bidwell (1821)[4] | 1821 | ||
| Matthew Clark (1822)[5] | 1822 | ||
| George Ham (1822)[5] | 1822 | ||
| Hastings | Rueben White | 1820 | |
| Prince Edward (2-member division) | Reformer | James Wilson | 1820 |
| Paul Peterson | 1820 | ||
| Home, Newcastle, Gore, Niagara districts (Home District of 1792) | |||
| Northumberland (2-member division) | Reformer | David McGregor Rogers | 1820 |
| Henry Ruttan | 1820 | ||
| Durham | Samuel Street Wilmot | 1820 | |
| York (Town of) | Family Compact | John Beverley Robinson (Attorney General 1818–1829) | 1820 |
| York & Simcoe (2-member division) | Family Compact | Peter Robinson | 1816 |
| Reformer (moderate[a]) | William Warren Baldwin | 1820 | |
| Halton (2-member division) | conservative (moderate) | James Crooks | 1820 |
| Reformer | William Chisholm | 1820 | |
| Lincoln 1st riding | John Clarke | 1820 | |
| Lincoln 2nd riding | Reformer | William Johnson Kerr | 1820 |
| Lincoln 3rd riding | Robert Hamilton | 1820 | |
| Lincoln 4th riding | Reformer | Robert Randal | 1820 |
| Wentworth (2-member division) | Reformer | George Hamilton | 1820 |
| conservative (moderate) | John Willson | 1820 | |
| Western, London districts (Western District of 1792) | |||
| Oxford | Reformer | Thomas Hornor | 1820 |
| Middlesex (2-member division) | Conservative (pro-ministry) | Mahlon Burwell | 1820 |
| Conservative (pro-ministry) | John Bostwick (Mar 1821) | 1821 | |
| Norfolk (2-member division) | Reformer (moderate) | Robert Nichol | 1812 |
| Francis Leigh Walsh | 1820 | ||
| Kent | James Gordon | 1820 | |
| Essex (2-member division) | Reformer | François Baby | 1820 |
| William McCormick | 1812 | ||
See also
- Legislative Council of Upper Canada
- Executive Council of Upper Canada
- Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
- Lieutenant Governors of Upper Canada, 1791-1841
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
- List of Ontario provincial electoral districts
Notes
- ^ moderate and conciliatory toward the administration in the 8th Parliament, became a leading Reformer in 10th Parliaments
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ declared not elected on 24 March 1821 and David Pattee was seated in his place.
- ^ died in office on 30 June 1821
- ^ took seat November 1821; election subsequently invalided in January 1822
- ^ a b election invalidated before taking seat
Further reading
- Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology, Frederick H. Armstrong, Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. ISBN 0-919670-92-X