5th Parliament of Upper Canada

The 5th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 2 February 1809. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in May 1808. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada and sat at the Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 1 May 1812 by the Administrator of the Government Isaac Brock who had been frustrated in his efforts to pass legislation preparing the colony for war with the United States.

This House of Assembly of the 5th Parliament of Upper Canada had four sessions 2 February 1809 to 6 March 1812:^[1]

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

Notes:

1. 1 2 Archives of Ontario "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 2009-12-07. 
2. ↑ disqualified in March 1810 because he was a Methodist preacher; Willet Casey was elected in a by-election in February 1811.
3. ↑ unseated in 1810
4. ↑ died in December 1809 and was replaced by Abraham Marsh in September 1810.
5. ↑ unseated in 1809

Lieutenant Governors of Ontario
Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Stisted Howland Crawford D. A. Macdonald J. B. Robinson Campbell Kirkpatrick Gzowski Mowat Clark Gibson Hendrie Clarke Cockshutt Ross Mulock H. A. Bruce Matthews Lawson Breithaupt MacKay Rowe W. R. Macdonald McGibbon Aird Alexander Jackman Weston Bartleman Onley Dowdeswell
Province of Canada (1841–67)*	Clitherow Jackson Bagot Metcalfe Cathcart J. Bruce E. W. Head Monck
Upper Canada (1791–1841)	Simcoe Russell Hunter Grant Gore Brock Sheaffe de Rottenburg Drummond Murray F. P. Robinson Smith Maitland Colborne Bond Head Arthur Thomson
British Province of Quebec (1759–91)*	Amherst Murray Carleton Haldimand Carleton (2nd time)
* The Crown's representative from 1759 to 1791, and from 1841 to 1866 held the office and rank of Governor-General.

References

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