11th Parliament of Upper Canada

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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.Archives of Ontario [https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/about/library_l12.aspx#tablea] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611113645/http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/about/library_l12.aspx#tablea#tablea |date=11 June 2011 }}

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.

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!Sessions

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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

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!Member{{cite book |title=Journal of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, From 7th January to 16th March, 1831 |location=York (Toronto) |publisher=John Carey |date=1831 |url=http://www.canadiana.org/view/9_00941_7/0003}}

|John Bower Lewis

Carletona second seat was added to Carleton County in 1832 and Hamnett Pinhey was elected in October.

|Hamnett Kirkes Pinheyunseated after a protest; George Lyon was declared elected in January 1833.

Dundas

|George Strange Boulton

Durham

|William Elliott

Essex

|Jean-Baptiste Maçon

|Hugh Christopher Thomson

Frontenac

|Alexander McMartin

Glengarry

|Alexander Fraser

|Richard Duncan Fraser

Grenville

|Edward Jessup IIIdied in September 1831 and Hiram Norton was elected in a by-election.

|John Brantwas declared not elected and John Warren took his place in February 1831.

|John Warrendied September 1832 and William Hamilton Merritt took his place.

|William Hamilton Merritt (Nov 1832)

|William Chisholm

Halton

|James Crooksappointed to the Legislative Council; Absalom Shade was elected in a by-election in April 1831.

|Absalom Shade (Apr 1831)

Hastings

|James Hunter Samson

|William Bent Berczy

|Christopher Alexander Hagerman

|William Morris

Lanarka second seat was added to Lanark County in 1832; Donald Fraser was elected in October 1832.

|Donald Fraserunseated in November 1832 and not replaced.

|William Buell, Jr.

Leeds

|Matthew Munsel Howard

Lennox & Addington

|Marshall Spring Bidwell

Lennox & Addington

1st Lincoln County

2nd & 3rd Lincoln

|William Crooks

2nd & 3rd Lincoln

|Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley

|Mahlon Burwell

Middlesex

|Russell Mountdied in office in January 1834 and was not replaced.

|Henry John Boulton

|Duncan McCallDuncan McCall died in November 1832 and Colin McNeilledge was seated in January 1833.

|Colin McNeilledge (Jan 1833)

Norfolk

|William Wilson

|Archibald Macdonald

Northumberland

|Charles Fortescue Ingersolldied in August 1832 and Thomas Hornor took his place in November 1832.

|Thomas Hornor (Nov 1832)

Oxford

|Charles Duncombe

Prescott & Russell

|Donald Macdonell

|Asa Werdenunseated but re-elected in March 1831.

Prince Edward

|John Philip Roblin

|William Benjamin Robinson

|Archibald McLean – Speaker 1831–1834

Stormont

|Philip VanKoughnet

Wentworth

|William Botsford Jarvis

|William Lyon Mackenzie

York

See also

References

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Further reading

Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology, Frederick H. Armstrong, Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. {{ISBN|0-919670-92-X}}

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