1st Parliament of Upper Canada




The 1st Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 17 September 1792. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in August 1792. All sessions were held at Navy Hall in Newark, later Niagara-on-the-Lake. This parliament was dissolved 1 July 1796.


This House of Assembly of the 1st Parliament of Upper Canada had five sessions 17 September 1792 to 3 June 1796:[1]

































Sessions[1]
Start
End
1st
17 September 1792
15 October 1792
2nd
31 May 1793
9 July 1793
3rd
2 June 1794
9 July 1794
4th
6 July 1795
10 August 1795
5th
16 May 1796
3 June 1796










































































Riding
Member

Dundas

Alexander Campbell

Durham, York & 1st Lincoln

Nathaniel Pettit
1st Glengarry

Hugh McDonell
2nd Glengarry

John McDonell - Speaker 1792-1796

Grenville

Ephraim Jones

Kent

William Macomb
Kent

François Baby

Leeds & Frontenac

John White

Lennox, Hastings & Northumberland

Hazelton Spencer
2nd Lincoln

Benjamin Pawling
3rd Lincoln

Isaac Swayze
4th Lincoln & Norfolk

Parshall Terry

Ontario & Addington

Joshua Booth

Prince Edward and Adolphus Township

Philip Dorland refused oath of office because he was a Quaker.

Prince Edward and Adolphustown

Peter Van Alstine (from June 1793)

Stormont

Jeremiah French

Suffolk & Essex

David William Smith


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



References




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





Preceded by
n/a

Parliaments in Upper Canada
in Newark

1792-1796
Succeeded by
2nd Parliament of Upper Canada









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