Parliament of the Province of Canada

1st Legislature (1841-1844)

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House of Assembly

MLAs

The Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in the 1st Legislature.

Riding Name Party
Beauharnois Mr. John William Dunscomb (until 08-oct-1842) TOR
Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield (since 09-nov-1842; Tory MLA during the legislature) PAT
TOR
Bellechasse Mr. Augustin-Guillaume Ruel (until 01-jan-1842) PAT
Mr. Abraham Turgeon (since 06-jun-1842) PAT
Berthier Mr. David Morrison Armstrong PAT
Bonaventure Mr. John Robinson Hamilton ind.
Chambly Mr. John Yule (until 22-sep-1843) TOR
Mr. Louis Lacoste (since 23-oct-1843) PAT
Champlain Mr. René-Joseph Kimber (until 04-sep-1843) PAT
Mr. Henry Judah (since 22-sep-1843) LIB
Dorchester Mr. Antoine-Charles Taschereau PAT
Drummond Mr. Robert Nugent Watts TOR
Gaspé Mr. Robert Christie ind.
Huntingdon Mr. Austin Cuvillier PAT
Ilet Mr. Étienne-Paschal Taché PAT
Kamouraska Mr. Amable Berthelot PAT
Lac des deux Montagnes Mr. Colin Robertson (until 04-fév-1842) TOR
Mr. Charles John Forbes (since 18-avr-1842) TOR
Leinster Mr. Jean-Moïse Raymond (until 01-jan-1842) PAT
Mr. Jacob De Witt (since 08-aou-1842) PAT
Lotbinière Mr. Jean-Baptiste-Isaïe Noël PAT
Mégantic Mr. Dominick Daly TOR
Missiskoui Mr. Robert Jones TOR
Montmorency Mr. Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel PAT
Montréal (seat 1) Mr. Benjamin Holmes (Independent MLA, then Canadian MLA in 1842) TOR
ind.
PAT
Montréal (seat 2) Mr. George Moffat (until 30-oct-1843) TOR
Mr. Pierre Beaubien (since 22-nov-1843) PAT
Montréal (comté de) Mr. Alexandre-Maurice Delisle (until 04-jul-1843) TOR
Mr. André Jobin (since 26-oct-1843) PAT
Nicolet Mr. Augustin-Norbert Morin (until 07-jan-1842) PAT
Mr. Louis-Michel Viger (since 15-fév-1842) PAT
Outaouais Mr. Charles Dewey Day (until 21-jun-1842) TOR
Mr. Denis-Benjamin Papineau (since 17-aou-1842) PAT
Portneuf Mr. Thomas Cushing Aylwin PAT
Québec (seat 1) Mr. David Burnet (until 26-aou-1843) ind.
Mr. Jean Chabot (since 18-sep-1843) PAT
Québec (seat 2) Mr. Henry Black TOR
Québec (comté de) Mr. John Neilson (Independent MLA during the legislature) PAT
ind.
Richelieu Mr. Denis-Benjamin Viger PAT
Rimouski Mr. Michel Borne (until 15-déc-1842) PAT
Mr. Robert Baldwin (since 30-jan-1843) REF
Rouville Mr. Melchior-Alphonse d'Irumberry de Salaberry (until 01-jan-1842) TOR
Mr. William Walker (from 07-jul 1842 to 26-aou-1843) TOR
vacant (since 26-aou-1843) vac.
Saguenay Mr. Étienne Parent (until 14-oct-1842) PAT
Mr. Augustin-Norbert Morin (since 28-nov-1842) PAT
Saint Hyacinthe Mr. Thomas Boutillier PAT
Saint Maurice Mr. Joseph-Édouard Turcotte (until 28-mai-1842) PAT
Mr. Joseph-Édouard Turcotte (since 08-jul-1842) PAT
Shefford Mr. Stephen Sewell Foster TOR
Sherbrooke Mr. Edward Hale TOR
Stanstead Mr. Marcus Child TOR
Terrebonne Mr. Michael McCulloch TOR
Trois-Rivières Mr. Charles Richard Ogden TOR
Vaudreuil Mr. John Simpson TOR
Verchères Mr. Henri Desrivières (until 06-nov-1841) PAT
Mr. James Leslie (since 28-déc-1841) PAT
Yamaska Mr. Joseph-Guillaume Barthe PAT

Parliamentary Groups

Composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in the 1st Legislature1.

  CON
TOR2		 REF
REF3		 PAT
PAT / LIB4		 ind.
ind.		 vac.
vac.
Election (April 8, 1841) Canada East 18 0 21 3 0
Canada West 10 31 0 1 0
Total 28 31 21 4 0
Dissolution (September 23, 1844) Canada East 13 1 23 4 1
Canada West 12 29 0 1 0
Total 25 30 23 5 1

1 Sources: Assemblée nationale du Québec (Canada East) et Wikipedia (Canada West).

2 "Tories" in Canada East and "Family Compact" in Canada West.

3 "Reform" in Canada West.

4 "Patriotes" in Canada East.

Legislative Council

Legislative Councillors

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

Division Name Party
Canada Est Mr. Antoine-Olivier Berthelet (since 09-jun-1841; until 26-jun-1841) PAT
Canada Est Mr. François-Pierre Bruneau (since 09-jun-1841) TOR
Canada Est Mr. René-Édouard Caron (since 09-jun-1841) ind.
Canada Est Mr. Adam Ferrie (since 09-jun-1841) ind.
Canada Est Mr. Barthélemy Joliette (since 09-jun-1841) TOR
Canada Est Mr. Paul Holland Knowlton (since 09-jun-1841) TOR
Canada Est Mr. Étienne Mayrand (since 09-jun-1841; until 22-jun-1841) TOR
Canada Est Mr. Peter McGill (McCutcheon) (since 09-jun-1841) TOR
Canada Est Mr. George Pemberton (since 09-jun-1841) TOR
Canada Est Mr. John Fraser (Northumberland) (since 09-jun-1841; until 15-nov-1843) TOR
Canada Est Mr. Jules-Maurice Quesnel (since 09-jun-1841; until 20-mai-1842) TOR
Canada Est Mr. Jean-Baptiste Taché (since 09-jun-1841) ind.
Canada Est Mr. Gabriel Roy (since 14-jun-1841) TOR
Canada Est Mr. Philip Henry Moore (since 07-sep-1841) TOR
Canada Est Mr. Amable Dionne (since 19-aou-1842) TOR
Canada Est Mr. Joseph Dionne (since 19-aou-1842) ind.
Canada Est Mr. William Walker (since 19-aou-1842) ind.
Canada Est Mr. René-Joseph Kimber (since 04-sep-1843; until 22-déc-1843) PAT
Canada Est Mr. Louis Massue (since 04-sep-1843) PAT
Canada Est Mr. Pierre-Amable Boucher de Boucherville (since 27-sep-1843) ind.

Parliamentary Groups

Composition of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in the 1st Legislature.

  CON
TOR		 REF
REF		 PAT
PAT / LIB		 ind.
ind.		 vac.
vac.
Appointment (June 9, 1841) Canada East 8 0 1 3 2
Dissolution (September 23, 1844) Canada East 8 0 1 6 0

Governor

Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Lord Sydenham, sworn in on October 19, 1839.

Mr. John Clitherow, appointed administrator following the death of the governor from September 18, 1841 to November, 1841.

Sir Richard Downes Jackson, appointed administrator following the death of the governor from November, 1841 to January 12, 1842.

Sir Charles Bagot, sworn in on January 12, 1842.

Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, sworn in on March 30, 1843.

Joint Prime Ministers

Mr. Samuel Bealey Harrison (REF), MLA for Kingston (Canada West), and Mr. William Henry Draper (TOR), MLA for Russell (Canada West), took office on February 5, 1841.

Mr. William Henry Draper (TOR), MLA for Russell (Canada West), and Mr. Charles Richard Ogden (TOR), MLA for Trois-Rivières (Canada East), took office on January 12, 1842.

Mr. Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine (REF), MLA for 4th York (Canada West), and Mr. Robert Baldwin (REF), MLA for Rimouski (Canada East), took office on September 26, 1842.

Mr. Dominick Daly (REF), MLA for Mégantic (Canada East), took office on an interim basis on November 27, 1843.

Mr. William Henry Draper (TOR), MLA for Russell (Canada West), and Mr. Denis-Benjamin Viger (TOR), MLA for Richelieu (Canada East), took office on December 12, 1843.

Last update: May 14, 2006

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