The Legislative Council of Upper Canada was the upper house governing the province of Upper Canada. Modelled after the British House of Lords, it was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was specified that the council should consist of at least seven members. Members were appointed for life but could be dropped for non-attendance. The first nine members of the council were appointed on July 12, 1792. The speaker was usually the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. The Legislative Council was dissolved on February 10, 1841 when Upper and Lower Canada were united into the Province of Canada. Some members were reappointed to the Legislative Council of the united Province.
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List of Members of the Legislative Council
| Member | Town | Start | Stop | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Baby | Sandwich | July 12 1792 | Feb 19 1833 | died in office |
| Richard Cartwright | Kingston | July 12 1792 | July 27 1815 | died in office |
| Richard Duncan | Williamsburgh | July 12 1792 | 1805 | dropped due to non-attendance; return to the United States and died in Schenectady, New York in 1819 |
| Alexander Grant, Sr. | York | July 12 1792 | May, 1813 | died in office |
| Robert Hamilton | Niagara | July 12 1792 | March 8 1809 | died in office |
| John Munro | Eastern District | July 12 1792 | October, 1800 | died in office |
| William Osgoode | York | July 12 1792 | Feb 24 1794 | became Chief Justice of Lower Canada 1794-1801; retired and died in London, Ontario |
| William Robertson | Sandwich | July 12 1792 | Nov 4 1792 | resigned and left for Montreal in 1797; moved to London England 1800 and died there in 1806 |
| Peter Russell | York | July 12 1792 | September 30 1808 | died in office |
| Æneas Shaw | York | June 19 1794 | Feb 6 1814 | died in office |
| Jacob Mountain1 (1 Dec. 1749-16 June 1825) | Quebec City | July 1 1794 | June 25 1825 | died in office; Bishop of Quebec and founder of the Church of England in the Canadas |
| John Elmsley, Sr. | York | Dec 10 1796 | Oct 13 1802 | died in office |
| John McGill | York | June 10 1797 | Dec 31 1834 | died in office |
| Henry Allcock | York | Jan 4 1803 | July 1 1805 | move to Lower Canada as member of the Executive Council of Lower Canada and later as Speaker of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada; died in office at Quebec City in 1808 |
| Thomas Scott | York | Aug 7 1806 | July 29 1824 | died in office |
| Thomas Talbot | Point Talbot | Sept 1809 | Feb 10 1841 | died in London, Ontario 1853 |
| William Claus (8 Sept. 1765-11 Nov. 1826) | Niagara | Feb 1 1812 | Nov 11 1826 | died in office (cancer); Indian Department official, Justice of the Peace |
| Thomas Clark | Chippawa | Nov 16 1815 | Oct 13 1835 | died in office |
| William Dickson | Niagara | Nov 16 1815 | Feb 10 1841 | retired to Niagara and died there in 1846 |
| Thomas Fraser | Ernestown | Nov 16 1815 | 1819 | status unknown after 1819; died in South Dundas, Ontario in 1821 |
| Neil McLean | Cornwall | Nov 16 1815 | N/A | never attended |
| William Dummer Powell | York | March 21 1816 | Sept 6 1834 | died in office |
| John Strachan | York | July 10 1820 | Feb 10 1841 | resigned office due to Act of Union 1840, but remained active member of the Family Compact |
| Angus McIntosh 2 | Sandwich | July 11 1820 | July 24 1833 | died in office |
| Joseph Wells | York | July 12 1820 | Feb 10 1841 | Bursar of King's College |
| Duncan Cameron | York | July 12 1820 | Sept 9 1838 | died in office |
| George Herchmer Markland | York | July 14 1820 | 1838 | resigned |
| George Crookshank (23 July 1773-21 July 1859) | York | Jan 1 1821 | Feb 10 1841 | Commissariat of supplies for Fort York; Assistant Commissary General 1814-1819, Receiver General of Public Accounts (1819-1820); Director of the Bank of Upper Canada 1822-1827 |
| John Henry Dunn | York | Mar 1 1822 | Feb 10 1841 | became Receiver General for the Province of Canada in 1841 and elected to the Legislative Council of the Canadas 1841-1843 for Toronto |
| Thomas Ridout | York | Oct 11 1825 | Feb 8 1829 | died in office |
| William Allan | York | Oct 12 1825 | Feb 10 1841 | retired from politics after the Act of Union of 1840 and died in 1853 |
| William Campbell | York | Oct 10 1826 | Jan 18 1834 | died in office |
| Peter Robinson | York | Jan 6 1829 | July 8 1838 | died in office |
| Charles Jones | Brockville | Jan 7 1829 | Aug 21 1840 | died in office |
| James Gordon 3 | Amherstburg | Jan 8 1829 | Feb 10 1841 | re-appointed |
| John Beverley Robinson | York | Jan 1 1830 | Feb 10 1841 | Provincial Secretary 1817-1838, became Baron 1854 and died in 1863 |
| John Kirby | Kingston | 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | not re-appointed to Council after Union and died in Kingston in 1846 |
| Augustus Warren Baldwin | York | Jan 26 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | re-appointed |
| Zacheus Burnham | Cobourg | Jan 26 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | not re-appointed after Act of Union and died in Cobourg in 1857 |
| John Elmsley, Jr. 19 May 1801-8 May 1863 | York | Jan 26 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | RN Captain, entrepreneur, and philanthropist; supported Catholic education in York/Toronto; son of 2nd Chief Justice of Upper Canada |
| Alexander Macdonell | Eastern District | Jan 27 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | chaplain of the Glengarry Fencibles, Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec, Bishop of Kingston, founder of Regiopolis College, Kingston |
| Walter Boswell | Cobourg | Jan 29 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | RN Captain, church wardens of St. Peter's Anglican Church in Cobourg |
| John Hamilton | Queenston | Jan 29 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | re-appointed |
| Peter Adamson | Esquesing | Feb 2 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | Peninsular War veteran, General and mill owner |
| James Kerby 1785-20 June 1854 | Kingston | Mar 2 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | militia Captain (Incorporated Militia), businessman, justice of the peace and mill owner |
| James Crooks | West Flamborough | Mar 16 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | re-appointed |
| Alexander Macdonell | Kingston | Oct 12 1831 | Jan 14 1840 | died in office |
| Alexander Grant, Jr. 4 | Brockville | Nov 19 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | excused |
| Arthur Lloyd | March | Dec 6 1831 | Feb 10 1841 | Colonel, Napoleonic War veteran |
| Abraham Nelles 4 | Grimsby | Jan 5 1832 | Feb 10 1841 | Reverend and missionary |
| Thomas Alexander Stewart (10 June 1786-6 Sept. 1847) | Peterborough | Nov 20 1833 | Feb 10 1841 | settler, JP and mill owner |
| William Morris | Perth | Jan 22 1836 | Feb 10 1841 | re-appointed |
| George Hamilton | Hamilton | Jan 23 1836 | Feb 20 1836 | died in office |
| John Macaulay | Kingston | Jan 23 1836 | Feb 10 1841 | re-appointed |
| Archibald McLean | Cornwall | Jan 23 1836 | Feb 10 1841 | not re-appointed; later served as in the Court of Common Pleas 1850-1862, Chief justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench for Upper Canada 1862-1863 and judge of the Court of Error and Appeal 1863-1865. He died in Toronto in 1865 |
| Philip VanKoughnet | Cornwall | Jan 23 1836 | Feb 10 1841 | not re-appointed; later chairman of the Canadian Board of Government Arbitrators 1870-1873 |
| John Simcoe Macaulay | Toronto | Feb 9 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | not re-appointed; served on Toronto City Council 1841-1842; retired to England 1845 |
| Jonas Jones (19 May 1791-30 July 1848) | Toronto | Feb 27 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | barrister and judge (Prescott and Russell, Leeds and Grenville and Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry)[1] |
| Adam Fergusson | Gore District | Feb 27 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | re-appointed |
| Thomas Radcliff (17 April 1794- 6 June 1841) | Adelaide | Feb 27 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | Peninsular War veteran and militia officer; later as magistrate and customs collector (died June 1841 before assuming post)[2] |
| Robert Baldwin Sullivan | Toronto | Feb 27 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | Provincial Secretary 1838-1841; not re-appointed to Council after Union; appointed to the Queen's Bench 1848 |
| Robert Charles Wilkins | Prince Edward | Mar 14 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | owner of mercantile firm Shuter and Wilkins |
| John McDonald | Gananoque | Mar 20 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | appointed to Council after Union 1841, but removed for non-attendance 1848 |
| Henry Graham | Bathurst District | Apr 19 1839 | N/A | never attended |
| Isaac Fraser | Ernestown | July 16 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | Colonel of the Addington Militia and JP |
| Peter Boyle de Blaquière | Woodstock | Dec 3 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | re-appointed |
| Alexander Fraser | Eastern District | Dec 3 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | re-appointed |
| John McGillivray | Williamstown | Dec 3 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | not re-appointed; served as justice of the peace; died near Williamstown (South Glengarry, Ontario) in 1855 |
| John Willson | Gore District | Dec 3 1839 | Feb 10 1841 | not re-appointed; died in Saltfleet Township in 1860 |
Notes:
- Jacob Mountain was the bishop of Quebec; he never attended a session but was not dropped.
- Angus McIntosh never attended a session but was not dropped; he returned to Scotland in 1831.
- James Gordon was re-appointed to the Legislative Council of the United Province in October 1845.
- Alexander Grant, Jr. and Abraham Nelles did not attend after 1832.
See also
- Parliament of Canada
- Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
- Legislative Council of Lower Canada
- Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
- Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
- Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
- Legislative Assembly of Ontario
References
- Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology, Frederick H. Armstrong, Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. ISBN 0-919670-92-X
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