11th Parliament of Upper Canada

The 11th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened on 7 January 1831. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in October 1830, and all sessions were held at York, then later at Toronto. This parliament was dissolved on 1 September 1834.

The House of Assembly had four sessions, from 7 January 1831 to 6 March 1834.[1]

Both the House and Parliament sat at the old York Court House on King Street until 1832 and moved to the third Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada for the remaining session.

Sessions[1] Start End
1st 7 January 1831 16 March 1831
2nd 17 November 1831 13 February 1832
3rd 31 October 1832 13 February 1833
4th 19 November 1833 6 March 1834
Riding Member[2]
Brockville Henry Jones
Carleton John Bower Lewis
Carleton[3] Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey[4]
George Lyon
Dundas Peter Shaver
Dundas John Cook
Durham George Strange Boulton
Durham John Brown
Essex William Elliott
Essex Jean-Baptiste Maçon
Frontenac Hugh Christopher Thomson
Frontenac John Campbell
Glengarry Alexander McMartin
Glengarry Alexander Fraser
Grenville Richard Duncan Fraser
Grenville Edward Jessup III[5]
Hiram Norton
Haldimand John Brant[6]
John Warren[7]
William Hamilton Merritt (Nov 1832)
Halton William Chisholm
Halton James Crooks[8]
Absalom Shade (Apr 1831)
Hastings Reuben White
Hastings James Hunter Samson
Kent William Bent Berczy
Kingston Christopher Alexander Hagerman
Lanark William Morris
Lanark[9] Donald Fraser[10]
Leeds William Buell, Jr.
Leeds Matthew Munsel Howard
Lennox & Addington Marshall Spring Bidwell
Lennox & Addington Peter Perry
1st Lincoln County John Clarke
2nd & 3rd Lincoln William Crooks
2nd & 3rd Lincoln Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley
4th Lincoln Robert Randal
Middlesex Mahlon Burwell
Middlesex Russell Mount[11]
Niagara (town) Henry John Boulton
Norfolk Duncan McCall[12]
Colin McNeilledge (Jan 1833)
Norfolk William Wilson
Northumberland Archibald Macdonald
Northumberland James Lyons
Oxford Charles Fortescue Ingersoll[13]
Thomas Hornor (Nov 1832)
Oxford Charles Duncombe
Prescott & Russell Donald Macdonell
Prince Edward Asa Werden[14]
Prince Edward John Philip Roblin
Simcoe William Benjamin Robinson
Stormont Archibald McLean – Speaker 1831–1834
Stormont Philip VanKoughnet
Wentworth John Willson
Wentworth Allan MacNab
York (town) William Botsford Jarvis
York William Lyon Mackenzie
York Jesse Ketchum

See also

References
  1. Archives of Ontario Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Journal of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, From 7th January to 16th March, 1831. York (Toronto): John Carey. 1831.
  3. a second seat was added to Carleton County in 1832 and Hamnett Pinhey was elected in October.
  4. unseated after a protest; George Lyon was declared elected in January 1833.
  5. died in September 1831 and Hiram Norton was elected in a by-election.
  6. was declared not elected and John Warren took his place in February 1831.
  7. died September 1832 and William Hamilton Merritt took his place.
  8. appointed to the Legislative Council; Absalom Shade was elected in a by-election in April 1831.
  9. a second seat was added to Lanark County in 1832; Donald Fraser was elected in October 1832.
  10. unseated in November 1832 and not replaced.
  11. died in office in January 1834 and was not replaced.
  12. Duncan McCall died in November 1832 and Colin McNeilledge was seated in January 1833.
  13. died in August 1832 and Thomas Hornor took his place in November 1832.
  14. unseated but re-elected in March 1831.

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