8th Parliament of Upper Canada

The 8th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 31 January 1821. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in July 1820. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada and sat in the second Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 22 June 1824.

The House of Assembly of the 8th Parliament of Upper Canada had four sessions 31 January 1821 to 19 January 1824:[1] It sat at the second Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada until a fire destroyed it and moved to the York General Hospital.

This parliament saw the emergence of the power and conservative Family Compact with member Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto.

Sessions[1] Start End
1st31 January 182114 February 1821
2nd21 November 182117 January 1822
3rd15 January 182319 March 1823
4th11 November 182319 January 1824

Members

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Riding Member First elected/ previously elected
  Carleton William Morris 1820
  Dundas Peter Shaver 1820
  Durham Samuel Street Wilmot 1820
  Essex François Baby 1820
  Essex William McCormick 1812
  Frontenac Allan McLean 1804
  Glengarry Alexander MacDonell of Greenfield 1820
  Glengarry Alexander McMartin 1812
  Grenville Walter F. Gates 1820
  Grenville Jonas Jones 1816
  Halton James Crooks 1820
  Halton William Chisholm 1820
  Hastings Rueben White 1820
  Kent James Gordon 1820
  Kingston Christopher Alexander Hagerman 1820
  Leeds Levius Peters Sherwood – Speaker 1821–1824 1820
  Leeds Charles Jones 1820
  Lennox & Addington Samuel Casey 1820
  Lennox & Addington Daniel Hagerman[2] 1820
  Barnabas Bidwell (1821)[3] 1821
  Matthew Clark (1822)[4] 1822
  George Ham (1822)[5] 1822
  1st Lincoln County John Clarke 1820
  2nd Lincoln William Johnson Kerr 1820
  3rd Lincoln Robert Hamilton 1820
  4th Lincoln Robert Randal 1820
  Middlesex Mahlon Burwell 1820
  Middlesex John Bostwick (Mar 1821) 1821
  Norfolk Robert Nichol 1812
  Norfolk Francis Leigh Walsh 1820
  Northumberland David McGregor Rogers 1820
  Northumberland Henry Ruttan 1820
  Oxford Thomas Hornor 1820
  Prescott & Russell William Hamilton[6] 1820
  David Pattee (Mar 1821) 1821
  Prince Edward James Wilson 1820
  Prince Edward Paul Peterson 1820
  Stormont Archibald McLean 1820
  Stormont Philip VanKoughnet 1816
  Wentworth George Hamilton 1820
  Wentworth John Willson 1820
  York (town) John Beverley Robinson 1820
  York & Simcoe Peter Robinson 1816
  York William Warren Baldwin 1820

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. 1 2 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.
  2. died on 30 June 1821 and Barnabas Bidwell was seated in his place in November 1821.
  3. Bidwell was unseated in January 1822 and replaced by Matthew Clark.
  4. unseated before he was ever seated; replaced by George Ham.
  5. unseated before he was ever seated.
  6. declared not elected on 24 March 1821 and David Pattee was seated in his place.

Further reading

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