Parliament of Lower Canada

1st Legislature (1792-1796)

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House of Assembly

MHAs

The Members of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada in the 1st Legislature.

Riding Name Party
Bedford Mr. Jean-Baptiste-Melchior Hertel de Rouville CAN
Buckinghamshire (seat 1) Mr. Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay CAN
Buckinghamshire (seat 2) Mr. Joseph-Marie Godefroy de Tonnancour CAN
Cornwallis (seat 1) Mr. Jean Digé CAN
Cornwallis (seat 2) Mr. Pierre-Louis Panet BUR
Devon (seat 1) Mr. François Dambourgès BUR
Devon (seat 2) Mr. James Tod BUR
Dorchester (seat 1) Mr. Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry CAN
Dorchester (seat 2) Mr. Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau BUR
Effingham (seat 1) Mr. Jacob Jordan (père) (until 23-fév-1796) BUR
vacant (since 23-fév-1796) vac.
Effingham (seat 2) Mr. Joseph-Hubert Lacroix CAN
Gaspé Mr. Edward O'Hara BUR
Hampshire (seat 1) Mr. Jean Boudreau CAN
Hampshire (seat 2) Mr. Matthew MacNider BUR
Hertford (seat 1) Mr. Louis Dunière CAN
Hertford (seat 2) Mr. Pierre Marcoux CAN
Huntingdon (seat 1) Mr. George-Hippolyte Le Comte Dupré CAN
Huntingdon (seat 2) Mr. Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier CAN
Kent (seat 1) Mr. Pierre Legras Pierreville CAN
Kent (seat 2) Mr. René Boileau CAN
Leinster (seat 1) Mr. Bonaventure Panet CAN
Leinster (seat 2) Mr. François Antoine Larocque (until 31-oct-1792; never sat) ?
Mr. George McBeath (since 25-jan-1793) BUR
Montréal, comté de (seat 1) Mr. Joseph Papineau CAN
Montréal, comté de (seat 2) Mr. James Walker BUR
Montréal (quartier est) (seat 1) Mr. Joseph Frobisher BUR
Montréal (quartier est) (seat 2) Mr. John Richardson BUR
Montréal (quartier ouest) (seat 1) Mr. Jean-Baptiste Durocher CAN
Montréal (quartier ouest) (seat 2) Mr. James McGill BUR
Northumberland (seat 1) Mr. Pierre-Stanislas Bédard CAN
Northumberland (seat 2) Mr. Joseph Dufour, dit Bona CAN
Orléans Mr. Nicholas-Gaspard Boisseau CAN
Québec, comté de (seat 1) Mr. David Lynd BUR
Québec, comté de (seat 2) Mr. Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry (chose to sit for Dorchester on 08-jan-1793) CAN
Mr. Michel-Amable Berthelot d'Artigny (since 18-fév-1793) CAN
Québec (basse-ville) (seat 1) Mr. Robert Lester BUR
Québec (basse-ville) (seat 2) Mr. John Young (Basse-Ville de Québec) BUR
Québec (haute-ville) (seat 1) Mr. William Grant BUR
Québec (haute-ville) (seat 2) Mr. Jean-Antoine Panet CAN
Richelieu (seat 1) Mr. Benjamin-Hyacinthe-Martin Cherrier CAN
Richelieu (seat 2) Mr. Pierre-Guillaume Guerout BUR
Saint Maurice (seat 1) Mr. Thomas Coffin BUR
Saint Maurice (seat 2) Mr. Augustin Rivard (Rivard-Dufresne) CAN
Surrey (seat 1) Mr. François Malhiot CAN
Surrey (seat 2) Mr. Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave CAN
Trois-Rivières (seat 1) Mr. John Lees BUR
Trois-Rivières (seat 2) Mr. Nicolas Saint-Martin CAN
Warwick (seat 1) Mr. Pierre-Paul Margane de Lavaltrie CAN
Warwick (seat 2) Mr. Louis Olivier CAN
William Henry Mr. John Barnes BUR
York (seat 1) Mr. Pierre-Amable De Bonne BUR
York (seat 2) Mr. Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière ind.

Parliamentary Groups

Composition of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada in the 1st Legislature.

  CAN
CAN		 BUR
BUR		 ind.
ind.		 inc.
inc.		 vac.
vac.
Election (1792) 27 21 1 1 0
Dissolution (1796) 27 21 1 0 1

Composition de la Chambre d'assemblée    Composition de la Chambre d'assemblée

Legislative Council

Legislative Councillors

The Members of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada in the 1st Legislature.

Division Name Party
  Mr. William Smith (until 06-déc-1793) BUR
  Mr. Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry BUR
  Mr. Hugh Finlay BUR
  Mr. François-Marie Picoté de Belestre (until 30-mar-1793) BUR
  Mr. Thomas Dunn BUR
  Mr. Paul-Roch de Saint-Ours BUR
  Mr. Edward Harrison (until 15-oct-1794) BUR
  Mr. François Baby BUR
  Mr. John Collins (until 15-avr-1795) BUR
  Mr. Joseph-Dominique-Emmanuel Le Moyne de Longueuil BUR
  Mr. Charles-Louis Tarrieu de Lanaudière BUR
  Mr. George Pownall BUR
  Mr. René-Amable Boucher de Boucherville BUR
  Mr. John Fraser (until 05-déc-1795) BUR
  Mr. Henry Caldwell (since 05-fév-1793) BUR
  Mr. Jacob Mountain (since 07-jul-1793) BUR
  Mr. William Osgoode (since 05-jan-1795) BUR
  Mr. James Monk (since 05-jan-1795) BUR

Governor

Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Lord Dorchester, sworn in as Governor General of British North America on April 22, 1786; also sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada on December 26, 1791.

Mr. Alured Clarke, appointed administrator in the absence of the governor from December 26, 1791 to September 24, 1793.

Mr. Robert Prescott, appointed administrator on December 15, 1796, sworn in on April 27, 1797.

Last update: May 14, 2006

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