12th Parliament of Upper Canada

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The 12th Parliament of Upper Canada was in session from January 15, 1835 to May 28, 1836. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in October 1834. All sessions were held at Toronto. Parliament was dissolved after a serious dispute with the new lieutenant governor, Sir Francis Bond Head, who ordered a new election. The assembly, dominated by reformers, had refused to pass any new money bills and had labelled Head a deceitful tyrant after he had invoked his right to consult the representatives of the people only on certain specific matters.

Riding Member
Brockville David Jones
Carleton Edward Malloch
Carleton John Bower Lewis
Cornwall Archibald McLean
Dundas Peter Shaver
Dundas John Cook
Durham George Strange Boulton
Durham John Brown
Essex Francis Xavier Caldwell
Essex John Alexander Wilkinson
Frontenac Jacob Shibley
Frontenac John Strange
Glengarry Donald Macdonell
Glengarry Alexander Chisholm
Grenville Hiram Norton
Grenville William Benjamin Wells
Haldimand William Hamilton Merritt (Nov 1832)
Halton Caleb Hopkins
Halton James Durand, Jr.
Hamilton Allan Napier MacNab
Hastings Henry W. Yager
Hastings James Hunter Samson (d. 1836)
Huron Robert Graham Dunlop (July 1835)
Kent William McCrae
Kent Nathan Cornwall
Kingston Christopher Alexander Hagerman
Lanark William Morris
Alexander Thom
Lanark Josias Tayler
Leeds Ogle Robert Gowan (unseated)
William Buell (Apr 1836)
Leeds Robert Sympson Jameson (unseated)
Mathew M. Howard (Apr 1836)
Lennox & Addington Marshall Spring Bidwell
Lennox & Addington Peter Perry
1st Lincoln County Dennis Wolverton
2nd Lincoln George Rykert
3rd Lincoln John Johnston Lefferty (unseated)
David Thorburn (Feb 1835)
4th Lincoln Gilbert McMicking
Middlesex Thomas Parke
Middlesex Elias Moore
Niagara (town) Charles Richardson
Norfolk Francis Leigh Walsh
Norfolk David Duncombe
Northumberland Alexander McDonell
Northumberland John Gilchrist
Oxford Charles Duncombe
Oxford Robert Alway
Prescott Alexander Macdonell (d. 1835)
John Chesser (Apr 1835)
Prescott Charles Waters
Prince Edward John Philip Roblin
Prince Edward James Wilson
Russell Thomas McKay
Simcoe William Benjamin Robinson
Simcoe Samuel Lount
Stormont William Bruce
Stormont Donald Aeneas MacDonell
Toronto James Edward Small
Wentworth Harmannus Smith
Wentworth Jacob Rymal
1st York David Gibson
2nd York William Lyon Mackenzie
3rd York Thomas David Morrison
4th York John McIntosh

James Samson died while still in office on March 27 1836 and was not replaced. A separate riding was created for Huron in 1835. William Morris became a member of the Legislative Council in January 1836; Alexander Thom was elected in a by-election held in February 1836. Ogle Gowan and Robert Jameson were elected but the election was declared invalid due to violence at the polls; William Buell and Mathew Howard were elected in a by-election. John Lefferty's election was overturned on appeal and David Thorburn was declared elected. Alexander Macdonell died on February 16 1835 and was replaced by John Chesser.

Preceded by
11th Parliament of Upper Canada
Parliaments in Upper Canada
1835-1836
Succeeded by
13th Parliament of Upper Canada

[edit] References

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