6th Parliament of Upper Canada
The 6th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 27 July 1812. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in June 1812. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada.
The first Parliament buildings (located at the intersection of Front and Parliament Streets) were destroyed by fire on 27 April 1813, as a consequence of an American attack on the city during the War of 1812. The House of Assembly then met once in 1814 in the ballroom of Jordan's York Hotel.[1] The House then moved to the home of Chief Justice of Upper Canada William Henry Draper. This parliament was dissolved 18 April 1816.
This House of Assembly of the 6th Parliament of Upper Canada had five sessions 27 July 1812 to 1 April 1816:[2]
| Sessions[2] | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 27 July 1812 | 5 August 1812 |
| 2nd | 25 February 1813 | 13 March 1813 |
| 3rd | 15 February 1814 | 14 March 1814 |
| 4th | 1 February 1815 | 114 March 1815 |
| 5th | 6 February 1816 | 1 April 1816 |
| Riding | Member |
|---|---|
| Dundas | John Crysler |
| Essex | Richard Pattinson |
| Essex | William McCormick |
| Frontenac | Allan McLean – Speaker 1813–1816 |
| Glengarry | Alexander McMartin |
| Glengarry | John Macdonell[3] |
| Alexander Macdonell | |
| Grenville | Gideon Adams |
| Hastings & Ameliasburgh Township | James Young |
| Kent | John McGregor |
| Leeds | Levius Peters Sherwood |
| Lennox & Addington | Benjamin Fairfield |
| Lennox & Addington | Timothy Thompson |
| 1st Lincoln County | Joseph Willcocks (deserted) |
| Robert Nelles (Feb 1816) | |
| 2nd Lincoln | Ralfe Clench |
| 3rd Lincoln | Thomas Dickson |
| 4th Lincoln | John Fanning[4] |
| Isaac Swayze (Feb 1814) | |
| Norfolk | Robert Nichol |
| Northumberland and Durham | David McGregor Rogers |
| Oxford & Middlesex | Mahlon Burwell |
| Prescott | Thomas Mears |
| Prince Edward except Ameliasburgh Township | John Stinson |
| Stormont & Russell | John Beikie |
| East York & Simcoe | Thomas Ridout |
| West York | Abraham Markle (deserted to US) |
| James Durand (Feb 1815) |
See also
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ Government of Ontario site
- ^ 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.
- ^ killed at Queenston Heights in October 1812 and replaced by Alexander Macdonell.
- ^ died in January 1813 and was replaced by Isaac Swayze.
Further reading
[edit]- Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology, Frederick H. Armstrong, Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. ISBN 0-919670-92-X