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4th Legislature (1851-1854)
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MLAs
The Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in the 4th Legislature.
| Riding | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Beauharnois | Mr. Ovide Le Blanc | REF |
| Bellechasse | Mr. Jean Chabot (until 23-sep-1852) | REF |
| Mr. Jean Chabot (since 04-oct-1852) | REF | |
| Berthier | Mr. Joseph-Hilarion Jobin | ROU |
| Bonaventure | Mr. William Cuthbert | TOR |
| Chambly | Mr. Louis Lacoste | REF |
| Champlain | Mr. Thomas Marchildon | LIB |
| Deux-Montagnes | Mr. William Henry Scott (until 18-déc-1851) | REF |
| Mr. Louis-Joseph Papineau (since 09-jul-1852) | ROU | |
| Dorchester | Mr. François-Xavier Lemieux (oncle) | REF |
| Drummond | Mr. John McDougall (Conservative MLA during the legislature) | REF |
| CON | ||
| Gaspé | Mr. Robert Christie | ind. |
| Huntingdon | Mr. Jean-Baptiste Varin | REF |
| Ilet | Mr. Charles-François Fournier | REF |
| Kamouraska | Mr. Jean-Charles Chapais | REF |
| Leinster | Mr. Louis-Michel Viger | REF |
| Lotbinière | Mr. Joseph Laurin | REF |
| Mégantic | Mr. John Greaves Clapham | TOR |
| Missiskoui | Mr. Seneca Paige | MOD |
| Montmorency | Mr. Joseph-Édouard Cauchon | REF |
| Montréal (seat 1) | Mr. John Young | ROU |
| Montréal (seat 2) | Mr. William Badgley | TOR |
| Montréal (comté de) | Mr. Michel-François Valois | ROU |
| Nicolet | Mr. Thomas Fortier | REF |
| Outaouais | Mr. John Egan (Reform MLA during the legislature) | MOD |
| REF | ||
| Portneuf | Mr. Ulric-Joseph Tessier | REF |
| Québec (seat 1) | Mr. Hippolyte Dubord | ind. |
| Québec (seat 2) | Mr. George Okill Stuart | CON-I |
| Québec (comté de) | Mr. Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau | REF |
| Richelieu | Mr. Antoine-Némèse Gouin | REF |
| Rimouski | Mr. Joseph-Charles Taché | REF |
| Rouville | Mr. Joseph-Napoléon Poulin | REF |
| Saguenay | Mr. Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière | REF |
| St. Hyacinthe | Mr. Louis-Victor Sicotte | LIB |
| St. Maurice | Mr. Joseph-Édouard Turcotte | REF |
| Shefford | Mr. Lewis Thomas Drummond | REF |
| Sherbrooke (cité de) | Mr. Edward Short (until 12-déc-1852) | MOD |
| Mr. Alexander Tilloch Galt (since 08-mar-1853) | ind. | |
| Sherbrooke (comté de) | Mr. John Sewell Sanborn | LIB |
| Stanstead | Mr. Hazard Bailey Terrill (until 29-oct-1852) | MOD |
| Mr. Timothy Lee Terrill (since 23-nov-1852) | MOD | |
| Terrebonne | Mr. Augustin-Norbert Morin | REF |
| Trois-Rivières | Mr. Antoine Polette (Moderate MLA in jun-1854) | REF |
| MOD | ||
| Vaudreuil | Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mongenais | REF |
| Verchères | Mr. George-Étienne Cartier | REF |
| Yamaska | Mr. Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin | REF |
Parliamentary Groups
Composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in the 4th Legislature1.
 TOR / CON2 |
REF3 |
ROU / LIB4 |
CON-I |
MOD |
ind. |
vac. |
||
| Election (December 24, 1851) | Canada East | 3 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Canada West | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dissolution (June 23, 1854) | Canada East | 4 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Canada West | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
1 Sources: Assemblée nationale du Québec (Canada East) and Wikipedia (Canada West).
2 "Tories" and "Conservatives" in Canada East and in Canada West.
3 "Reform" in Canada East and in Canada West.
4 "Rouges" and "Liberals" in Canada East.
Legislative Council
Legislative Councillors
The Members of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in the 4th Legislature.
| Division | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Est | Mr. René-Édouard Caron | ind. |
| Canada Est | Mr. Adam Ferrie | ind. |
| Canada Est | Mr. Paul Holland Knowlton | TOR |
| Canada Est | Mr. Peter McGill (McCutcheon) | TOR |
| Canada Est | Mr. Philip Henry Moore | TOR |
| Canada Est | Mr. Amable Dionne (until 02-mai-1852) | TOR |
| Canada Est | Mr. Joseph Dionne | ind. |
| Canada Est | Mr. William Walker | ind. |
| Canada Est | Mr. Pierre-Amable Boucher de Boucherville | ind. |
| Canada Est | Mr. James Ferrier | TOR |
| Canada Est | Mr. Denis-Benjamin Viger | TOR |
| Canada Est | Mr. James Leslie | LIB |
| Canada Est | Mr. Étienne-Paschal Taché | BLE |
| Canada Est | Mr. Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel | LIB |
| Canada Est | Mr. Joseph Bourret | LIB |
| Canada Est | Mr. Georges-René Saveuse de Beaujeu | ind. |
| Canada Est | Mr. Louis Méthot | ind. |
| Canada Est | Mr. Joseph-Ovide Turgeon | ind. |
| Canada Est | Mr. Robert Jones (Missisquoi) (since 16-jan-1849; until 22-mai 1850) | TOR |
| Canada Est | Mr. Louis Panet (since 20-oct-1852) | BLE |
| Canada Est | Mr. Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau (since 23-oct-1852) | BLE |
| Canada Est | Mr. Charles Wilson (since 23-oct-1852) | BLE |
Parliamentary Groups
Composition of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in the 4th Legislature.
TOR / CON |
REF |
ROU / LIB |
CON-I |
MOD |
ind. |
vac. |
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| Election (December 24, 1851) | Canada East | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dissolution (June 23, 1854) | Canada East | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Governor
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, sworn in on January 30, 1847.
Joint Prime Ministers
Mr. Francis Hincks (REF), MLA for Oxford (Canada West), and Mr. Augustin-Norbert Morin (REF), MLA for Bellechasse (Canada East), took office on October 28, 1851.
Mr. Allan Napier MacNab (L-CON), MLA for Hamilton (Canada West), and Mr. Augustin-Norbert Morin (REF), MLA for Terrebonne (Canada East), took office on September 11, 1854.
Last update: May 14, 2006