7th Parliament of Upper Canada

{{Short description|Parliament for Upper Canada 1817–1820}}

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The 7th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 4 February 1817. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in July 1816. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada at the home of Chief Justice of the Court William Henry Draper. This parliament was dissolved 3 May 1820 on the announcement of the death of King George III.

The House of Assembly of the 7th Parliament of Upper Canada had five sessions 4 February 1817 to 7 March 1820:Archives of Ontario {{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/about/library_l12.aspx#tablea |title=The Statutes of Upper Canada and the Province of Canada 1792 to 1866 On Self-Service Microfilm |access-date=2009-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611113645/http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/about/library_l12.aspx |archive-date=11 June 2011 }}

class="wikitable" !Sessions !Start !End

1st |4 February 1817 |7 April 1817

2nd |5 February 1818 |1 April 1818

3rd |12 October 1818 |27 November 1818

4th |7 June 1819 |12 July 1819

5th |21 February 1820 |7 March 1820

class="wikitable" !Riding !Member

Dundas |John Crysler

Essex |William McCormick

Essex |George Benson Hall

Frontenac |Allan McLean 1817-1820

Glengarry |Alexander McMartin

Glengarry |John Cameron

Grenville |Jonas Jones

Halton |Moses Gambledisqualified in March 1817; Richard Hatt was elected to the seat in a by-election.

|Richard Hatt (Feb 1818)

Hastings & Ameliasburgh Township |James McNabb

Kent |Joshua Cornwall

Leeds |Peter Howard

Lennox & Addington |Willet Casey

Lennox & Addington |Isaac Fraser

1st Lincoln County |Robert Nelles

2nd Lincoln |Ralfe Clench

3rd Lincoln |David Secord

4th Lincoln |Isaac Swayze

Norfolk |Robert Nichol

Northumberland and Durham |Zacheus Burnham

Oxford & Middlesex |Mahlon Burwell

Prescott |John McDonell

Prince Edward except Ameliasburgh Township |James Cotter

Stormont & Russell |Philip VanKoughnet

Wentworth |James Durandexpelled in March 1817 and re-elected in February 1818.

East York & Simcoe |Peter Robinson