8th Parliament of the Province of Canada
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The 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada was in session from 1863 to July 1866. Elections were held in the Province of Canada in August 1863. Sessions were held in Quebec City until 1866; the last session was held in Ottawa.
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[edit] Canada East
Louis-Victor Sicotte accepted an appointment as a judge in 1863; Rémi Raymond was elected in a by-election in October 1863. David Edward Price resigned his seat in 1864 to run for a position in the Legislative Council; Pierre-Alexis Tremblay was elected in a by-election in January 1865. Joseph-Édouard Turcotte died in December 1864; Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville was elected in a by-election in January 1865. François-Zéphirin Tassé resigned his seat to accept the post of inspector of prisons; Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher was elected in a by-election in August 1864.
[edit] Canada West
| Riding | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| East Brant | John Young Bown | Liberal-Conservative |
| West Brant | Edmund Burke Wood | Reformer |
| Brockville | Fitzwilliam Henry Chambers | Reformer |
| Carleton | William F Powell | Conservative |
| Cornwall | John Sandfield Macdonald | Reformer |
| Dundas | John Sylvester Ross | Conservative |
| East Durham | John Shuter Smith | Reformer |
| West Durham | Henry Munro | Reformer |
| East Elgin | Leonidas Burwell | Reformer |
| West Elgin | John Scoble | Reform |
| Essex | Arthur Rankin | Reformer |
| Frontenac | William Ferguson | Conservative |
| Glengarry | Donald Alexander Macdonald | Reformer |
| Grenville | Walter Shanly | Liberal-Conservative |
| Grey | George Jackson | Conservative |
| Haldimand | David Thompson | Reformer |
| Halton | John White | Reformer |
| Hamilton | Isaac Buchanan | Conservative |
| Charles Magill (1866) | Liberal | |
| North Hastings | Thomas Campbell Wallbridge | Reformer |
| South Hastings | Lewis Wallbridge | Reformer |
| Huron & Bruce | James Dickson | Reformer |
| Kent | Archibald McKellar | Reformer |
| Kingston | John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative |
| Lambton | Alexander Mackenzie | Reformer |
| North Lanark | Robert Bell | Reformer |
| William McDougall (1864) | Reformer | |
| South Lanark | Alexander Morris | Conservative |
| North Leeds & Grenville | Francis Jones | Reformer |
| South Leeds | Albert Norton Richards | Reformer |
| David Ford Jones (1864) | ||
| Lennox & Addington | Richard John Cartwright | Conservative |
| Lincoln | William McGiverin | Reformer |
| London | John Carling | Liberal-Conservative |
| East Middlesex | Crowell Willson | Reformer |
| West Middlesex | Thomas Scatcherd | Reformer |
| Niagara (town) | John Simpson | Conservative |
| Angus Morrison (1864) | Reformer | |
| Norfolk | Aquila Walsh | Conservative |
| East Northumberland | James Biggar | Reformer |
| West Northumberland | James Cockburn | Liberal-Conservative |
| North Ontario | William McDougall | Reformer |
| Matthew Crooks Cameron (1864) | Conservative | |
| South Ontario | Oliver Mowat | Reformer |
| Thomas Nicholson Gibbs (1864) | Reformer | |
| Ottawa | Joseph Merrill Currier | Conservative |
| North Oxford | Hope Fleming Mackenzie | Reformer |
| Thomas Oliver (1866) | Reformer | |
| South Oxford | George Brown | Reformer |
| Peel | John Hillyard Cameron | Conservative |
| Perth | Robert MacFarlane | Reformer |
| Peterborough | Wilson Seymour Conger | Independent |
| Frederick W. Haultain (1864) | Conservative | |
| Prescott | Thomas Higginson | Conservative |
| Prince Edward | Walter Ross | Reformer |
| Renfrew | Robert McIntyre | Reformer |
| Russell | Robert Bell | Conservative |
| North Simcoe | Thomas David McConkey | Reformer |
| South Simcoe | Thomas Roberts Ferguson | Conservative |
| Stormont | Samuel Ault | Reformer |
| East Toronto | Alexander Mortimer Smith | Reformer |
| West Toronto | John Macdonald | Reformer |
| Victoria | James W Dunsford | Reformer |
| North Waterloo | Michael Hamilton Foley | Reformer |
| Isaac Erb Bowman (1864) | Reformer | |
| South Waterloo | James Cowan | Reformer |
| Welland | Thomas Clark Street | Conservative |
| North Wellington | Thomas Sutherland Parker | Reformer |
| South Wellington | David Stirton | Reformer |
| North Wentworth | William Notman | Reformer |
| James McMonies (1865) | Reformer | |
| South Wentworth | Joseph Rymal | Reformer |
| East York | Amos Wright | Reformer |
| North York | James Pearson Wells | Reform |
| West York | William Pearce Howland | Reformer |
Oliver Mowat received an appointment; Thomas Nicholson Gibbs was elected to the seat in a by-election in 1864. William McDougall accepted an appointment and was defeated by Matthew Crooks Cameron in a by-election in July 1864. Robert Bell resigned his seat to allow William McDougall to be elected in November 1864. John Simpson resigned in 1864; Angus Morrison was elected in a by-election in September 1864. Isaac Buchanan resigned in 1865; Charles Magill was elected in a by-election in 1866. Wilson Seymour Conger died in 1864; Frederick W. Haultain was elected to the seat in a by-election in the same year. Michael Hamilton Foley was forced to seek reelection due to an appointment; Isaac Erb Bowman was elected in a by-election in April 1864. Albert Norton Richards was appointed Solicitor-General for Canada West; David Ford Jones was elected in a by-election in January 1864. Hope Fleming Mackenzie died in 1866; Thomas Oliver was elected in a by-election in the same year.
| Preceded by 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada |
Parliaments in the Province of Canada 1863-1866 |
Succeeded by 1st Canadian Parliament |
[edit] References
- Upper Canadian politics in the 1850's, Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)
