The 13th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 8 November 1836. Elections in Upper Canada had been held 20 June 1836. All sessions were held at Toronto.
The House of Assembly had five sessions 8 November 1836 to 10 February 1840.Archives of Ontario
Both the House and Parliament sat at the third Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada.
SessionsStartEnd1st8 November 18364 March 18372nd19 June 183711 July 18373rd28 December 18376 March 18384th27 February 183911 May 18395th3 December 183910 February 1840
In the election campaign of June 1836, the Lieutenant Governor Sir Francis Bond Head appealed to the United Empire Loyalists of the colony, proclaiming that the reformers were advocating American republicanism. The Conservative party, led by the wealthy landowners known as the "Family Compact", won the election resulting in a conservative majority in the legislative assembly and triggering dissent in the province. Owing to their unpopularity, the Tories would pass a bill to extend the life of parliament despite the death of William IV in 1837, disregarding the established practice of dissolving the House upon the death of a monarch. This was the last parliament for Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 10 February 1840. The Act of Union 1840 abolished the legislative assemblies for Upper and Lower Canada and created a new Province of Canada with a common Legislative Assembly. This came as a result of the Rebellions of 1837.
Members RidingMemberFirst elected/ previously electedNo. of termsBrockvilleHenry Sherwood18361st termCarletonJohn Bower Lewis18303rd termCarletonEdward Malloch18342nd termCornwallGeorge Stephen Benjamin Jarvis18361st termDundasPeter Shaver1820, 18285th term*DundasJohn Cook18303rd termDurhamGeorge Strange Boulton1824, 18304th term*DurhamGeorge Elliott18361st termEssexJohn Prince18361st termEssexFrancis Xavier Caldwell18342nd termFrontenacJohn B. Marks18361st termFrontenacJames Mathewson18361st termGlengarryDonald Macdonell18245th termGlengarryAlexander Chisholm18342nd termGrenvilleHiram Norton18313rd termMilo McCarger (Apr 1839)18391st termGrenvilleWilliam Benjamin Wells18342nd termHenry Burritt (Dec 1839)18391st termHaldimandWilliam Hamilton Merritt18323rd termHaltonWilliam Chisholm1820, 1830, 18363rd term* HaltonAbsalom Shade18361st termHamiltonColin Campbell Ferrie18361st termHastingsEdmund Murney18361st termHastingsAnthony Manahan18361st termHuronRobert Graham Dunlop18352nd termKentWilliam McCrae18342nd termKentNathan Cornwall18342nd termKingstonChristopher Alexander Hagerman18303rd termLanarkJohn A.H. Powell18361st termLanarkMalcolm Cameron18361st termLeedsJonas Jones1816, 18364th term*James Morris (Dec 1837)18371st termLeedsOgle Robert Gowan18342nd termLennox & AddingtonJohn Solomon Cartwright18361st termLennox & AddingtonGeorge Hill Detlor18361st term1st Lincoln CountyRichard Woodruff18361st term2nd LincolnGeorge Rykert18342nd term3rd LincolnDavid Thorburn18352nd term4th LincolnGilbert McMicking18342nd termLondonMahlon Burwell1812, 1830, 18365th term*MiddlesexThomas Parker18342nd termMiddlesexElias Moore18342nd termNiagara (town)Charles Richardson18342nd termNorfolkDavid Duncombe18342nd termNorfolkJohn Rolph18361st termWilliam Salmon (Feb 1838)18381st termNorthumberlandAlexander McDonell18342nd termNorthumberlandHenry Ruttan – Speaker 183718361st termOxfordRobert Alway18342nd termOxfordCharles Duncombe18303rd termRoger Rollo Hunter (Feb 1839)18391st termPrescottJohn Kearns18361st termPrescottRichard Phillips Hotham18361st termPrince EdwardJames Rogers Armstrong18361st termPrince EdwardCharles Bochus18361st termRussellThomas McKay18342nd termSimcoeWilliam Benjamin Robinson18303rd termSimcoeCharles Wickens18361st termStormontArchibald McLean18206th termAlexander McLean (Dec 1837)18371st termStormontDonald Aeneas MacDonell18361st termTorontoWilliam Henry Draper18361st termWentworthAllan Napier MacNab – Speaker 1837-184018303rd termWentworthMichael Aikman18361st term1st YorkDavid Gibson18342nd termJohn William Gamble (Feb 1838)18381st term2nd YorkEdward William Thomson18342nd term3rd YorkThomas David Morrison18342nd termJames Edward Small (Apr 1839)18391st term4th YorkJohn McIntosh18342nd term
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
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References
Further reading Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology, Frederick H. Armstrong, Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. Journal of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, from the eighth day of November, 1836, to the fourth day of March, 1837 (1837)