2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada
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The 2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada was in session from November 28, 1844 to December 1847. Elections were held in the Province of Canada in October 1844. All sessions were held at Montreal, Canada East.
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[edit] Canada East
Edward Greive died in June 1845; Denis-Benjamin Viger was elected in a by-election held in July 1845. Augustin-Norbert Morin was elected in both Bellechasse and Saguenay, chosing to sit in Bellechasse; Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière was elected to represent Saguenay in an 1845 by-election. Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau resigned after being named judge; François-Xavier Lemieux was elected in a by-election held in July 1847. James Smith resigned after being named judge; William Badgley was elected in a by-election held in June 1847.
[edit] Canada West
| Riding | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Brockville | George Sherwood | Tory |
| Bytown | William Stewart | Conservative |
| Carleton | James Johnston | Reformer |
| George Lyon (1846) | Conservative | |
| Cornwall | Rolland Macdonald | |
| John Hillyard Cameron (1846) | Conservative | |
| Dundas | George Macdonnell | |
| Durham | John Tucker Williams | Tory |
| Essex | John Prince | |
| Frontenac | Henry Smith, Jr | Conservative |
| Glengarry | John Sandfield Macdonald | Reformer |
| Grenville | Hamilton Dibble Jessup | Conservative |
| Haldimand | David Thompson | |
| East Halton | George Chalmers | Conservative |
| West Halton | James Webster | Conservative |
| Hamilton | Allan Napier MacNab | Conservative |
| Hastings | Edmund Murney | |
| Huron | William Dunlop | Conservative |
| William Cayley (1846) | Conservative | |
| Kent | Samuel Bealey Harrison | Reformer |
| Joseph Woods (1845) | Conservative | |
| Kingston | John A. Macdonald | Conservative |
| Lanark | Malcolm Cameron | Reformer |
| Leeds | Ogle Robert Gowan | Conservative |
| Lennox & Addington | Benjamin Seymour | Tory |
| North Lincoln County | William Hamilton Merritt | Reformer |
| South Lincoln | James Cummings | Conservative |
| London | Lawrence Lawrason | Conservative |
| William Henry Draper (1845) | Conservative | |
| John Wilson (1847) | Conservative | |
| Middlesex | Edward Ermatinger | Conservative |
| Niagara (town) | Walter Hamilton Dickson | |
| Norfolk | Israel Wood Powell | |
| North Northumberland | Adam H Meyers | |
| South Northumberland | George Barker Hall | |
| Oxford | Robert Riddell | Conservative |
| Prescott | Neil Stewart | |
| Prince Edward | John Philip Roblin | Reformer |
| R B Conger (1847) | ||
| Russell | Archibald Petrie | Conservative |
| Simcoe | William Benjamin Robinson | Conservative |
| Stormont | D E Macdonell | |
| Toronto | William Henry Boulton | Conservative |
| Toronto | Henry Sherwood | Conservative |
| Wentworth | Harmannus Smith | |
| 1st York | James Hervey Price | |
| 2nd York | George Duggan | Conservative |
| 3rd York | James Edward Small | Reformer |
| George Monro (1844) | Conservative | |
| 4th York | Robert Baldwin | Reformer |
James Johnston resigned in May 1846; George Lyon was elected in a by-election held in June 1846. John Philip Roblin resigned in 1846 to accept other appointments in Prince Edward County; R B Conger was elected to his seat in a by-election. William Dunlop resigned to accept an appointment; this allowed William Cayley to run for his seat in February 1846. Lawrence Lawrason gave up his seat so that William Henry Draper could lead the government in the assembly; Draper resigned in 1847 and John Wilson won the seat in a by-election. Samuel Bealey Woods resigned in 1845 to accept an appointment; Joseph Woods won the seat in a by-election. Rolland Macdonald resigned his seat in 1846 to allow John Hillyard Cameron to be elected in a by-election in August 1846. James Edward Small was disqualified in 1844 and George Monro was declared elected.
| Preceded by 1st Parliament of the Province of Canada |
Parliaments in the Province of Canada 1844-1847 |
Succeeded by 3rd Parliament of the Province of Canada |
[edit] References
- Upper Canadian politics in the 1850's, Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)
