Parliament of the Province of Canada

7th Legislature (1861-1863)

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House of Assembly

MLAs

The Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in the 7th Legislature.

Riding Name Party
Argenteuil Mr. John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (until 24-mai-1862) LIB
Mr. John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (since 12-jun-1862) LIB
Bagot Mr. Maurice Laframboise ROU
Beauce Mr. Henri-Elzéar Taschereau BLE
Beauharnois Mr. Paul Denis BLE
Bellechasse Mr. Édouard Rémillard ROU
Berthier Mr. Pierre-Eustache Dostaler BLE
Bonaventure Mr. Théodore Robitaille BLE
Brome Mr. Moses Sweet (until jan-1862) CON
Mr. Christopher Dunkin (since 17-mar-1862) CON
Chambly Mr. Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville BLE
Champlain Mr. John Jones Ross BLE
Charlevoix Mr. Adolphe Gagnon ROU
Chateauguai Mr. Henry Starnes LIB
Chicoutimi et Saguenay Mr. David Edward Price (Liberal MLA during the legislature) CON
LIB
Compton Mr. John Henry Pope CON
Deux-Montagnes Mr. Jean-Baptiste Daoust BLE
Dorchester Mr. Hector-Louis Langevin BLE
Drummond et Arthabaska Mr. Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion ROU
Gaspé Mr. John Le Boutillier BLE
Hochelaga Mr. Paschal Falkner (until 06-jun-1862) ROU
Mr. Antoine-Aimé Dorion (since 20-jun-1862) ROU
Huntingdon Mr. Robert Brown Somerville LIB
Iberville Mr. Alexandre Dufresne ROU
Islet Mr. Charles-François Fournier BLE
Jacques Cartier Mr. François-Zéphirin Tassé BLE
Joliette Mr. Joseph-Hilarion Jobin ROU
Kamouraska Mr. Jean-Charles Chapais BLE
Laprairie Mr. Thomas-Jean-Jacques Loranger (until 28-fév-1863) ind.
Mr. Alfred Pinsonneault (since 01-avr-1863) BLE
L'Assomption Mr. Alexandre Archambault ROU
Laval Mr. Pierre Labelle (until sep-1861) BLE
Mr. Louis-Siméon Morin (since 27-sep-1861) BLE
Lévis Mr. Joseph-Godric Blanchet BLE
Lotbinière Mr. Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière ROU
Maskinongé Mr. George Caron BLE
Mégantic Mr. Noël Hébert ROU
Missiscoui Mr. James O'Halloran ROU
Montcalm Mr. Jean-Louis Martin (until 16-déc-1861) ROU
Mr. Joseph Dufresne (since 20-fév-1862) BLE
Montmagny Mr. Joseph-Octave Beaubien BLE
Montmorency Mr. Joseph-Édouard Cauchon BLE
Montréal Centre Mr. John Rose CON
Montréal Est Mr. George-Étienne Cartier BLE
Montréal Ouest Mr. Thomas D'Arcy McGee (until 24-mai-1862) ROU
Mr. Thomas D'Arcy McGee (since 05-jun-1862) ROU
Nicolet Mr. Joseph Gaudet BLE
Napierville Mr. Jacques-Olivier Bureau ROU
Ottawa (Outaouais) Mr. William McDonell Dawson (Liberal MLA during the legislature) CON
LIB
Pontiac Mr. John Poupore BLE
Portneuf Mr. Jean-Docile Brousseau L-CON
Québec Mr. François Évanturel (until 24-mai-1862) LIB
Mr. François Évanturel (since 09-jun-1862) LIB
Québec Centre Mr. Georges-Honoré Simard BLE
Québec Est Mr. Pierre-Gabriel Huot ROU
Québec Ouest Mr. Charles Joseph Alleyn CON
Richelieu Mr. Joseph Beaudreau BLE
Richmond et Wolfe Mr. Charles de Cazes ind.
Rimouski Mr. George Sylvain LIB
Rouville Mr. Lewis Thomas Drummond ROU
St. Hyacinthe Mr. Louis-Victor Sicotte (until 24-mai-1862) BLE
Mr. Louis-Victor Sicotte (since 12-jun-1862) BLE
St. Jean Mr. François Bourassa ROU
St. Maurice Mr. Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers BLE
Shefford Mr. Lucius Seth Huntington ROU
Sherbrooke Mr. Alexander Tilloch Galt L-CON
Soulanges Mr. Jean-Baptiste-Jules Prévost MOD
Stanstead Mr. Albert Knight CON
Témiscouata Mr. Michel-Guillaume Baby BLE
Terrebonne Mr. Louis Labrèche-Viger ROU
Trois-Rivières Mr. Joseph-Édouard Turcotte BLE
Vaudreuil Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mongenais BLE
Verchères Mr. Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski (until 04-mai-1863) ROU
Mr. Charles-François Painchaud (since 04-mai-1863) BLE
Yamaska Mr. Moïse Fortier ROU

Parliamentary Groups

Composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in the 7th Legislature1.

  CON
BLE / CON2		 REF
REF3		 LIB
ROU / LIB4		 MOD
MOD		 ind.
ind.		 vac.
vac.
Election (July 15, 1861) Canada East 36 0 26 1 2 0
Canada West 29 6 29 0 0 1
Total 65 6 55 1 2 1
Dissolution (May 16, 1863) Canada East 37 0 28 1 1 0
Canada West 30 5 29 0 0 1
Total 67 5 57 1 1 1

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

2 "Bleus", "Conservatives" and "Liberal-Conservatives" in Canada East; "Conservatives" and "Liberal-Conservatives" in Canada West.

3 "Reform" in Canada East and in Canada West.

4 "Rouges" and "Liberals" in Canada East; "Clear Grits" and "Liberals" in Canada West.

Legislative Council

Legislative Councillors

The Members of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in the 7th Legislature.

Division Name Party
Canada Est Mr. Adam Ferrie ind.
Canada Est Mr. Paul Holland Knowlton TOR
Canada Est Mr. Philip Henry Moore TOR
Canada Est Mr. William Walker (died on 18-mai-1863 after the dissolution of the legislature) ind.
Canada Est Mr. James Ferrier TOR
Canada Est Mr. James Leslie LIB
Canada Est Mr. Étienne-Paschal Taché BLE
Canada Est Mr. Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel LIB
Canada Est Mr. Georges-René Saveuse de Beaujeu ind.
Canada Est Mr. Louis Panet BLE
Canada Est Mr. Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau BLE
Canada Est Mr. Charles Wilson BLE
Canada Est Mr. David Morrison Armstrong BLE
Alma Mr. Joseph-Flavien Armand CON
Bedford Mr. Asa Belknap Foster CON
De la Durantaye Mr. François-Xavier Lemieux (oncle) (since 15-sep-1862) ROU
De Lanaudière Mr. Alexandre Bareil, dit Lajoie (since 02-oct-1862; until 18-nov-1862) ind.
Mr. Louis-Auguste Olivier (since 06-avr-1863) LIB
De la Vallière Mr. Jean-Baptiste-Georges Proulx ROU
De Lorimier Mr. Jacques-Olivier Bureau (since 07-oct-1862; until 28-jan-1863) ROU
Mr. Jacques-Olivier Bureau (since 26-fév-1863) ROU
De Salaberry Mr. Louis Renaud BLE
Golfe Mr. Ulric-Joseph Tessier (until 24-mai-1862) ROU
Mr. Ulric-Joseph Tessier (since 23-jun-1862) ROU
Grandville Mr. Luc Letellier de Saint-Just (until 16-mai-1863) ROU
Inkerman Mr. John Hamilton CON
Kennebec Mr. Charles Cormier (since 09-oct-1862) ROU
La Salle Mr. Édouard-Louis-Antoine-Charles Juchereau Duchesnay BLE
Lauzon Mr. Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay BLE
Les Laurentides Mr. Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière ROU
Mille-Isles Mr. Édouard Masson ind.
Montarville Mr. Louis Lacoste (since 17-jun-1861) CON
Repentigny Mr. Pierre-Urgel Archambault ROU
Rigaud Mr. Robert Unwin Harwood (until 12-avr-1863) CON
vacant (since 12-avr-1863) vac.
Rougemont Mr. Louis-Antoine Dessaulles ROU
Shawinigan Mr. Charles-Christophe Malhiot (since 30-sep-1862) ROU
Sorel Mr. Jean-Baptiste Guévremont ROU
Stadacona Mr. Charles-François-Xavier Baby CON
Victoria Mr. Luther Hamilton Holton (since 11-sep-1862; until 16-mai-1863) ROU
vacant (since 16-mai-1863) vac.
Wellington Mr. Hollis Smith (until 28-fév-1863) LIB
Mr. John Sewell Sanborn (since 08-mai-1863) LIB

Parliamentary Groups

Composition of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in the 7th Legislature.

  CON
BLE / CON		 REF
REF		 LIB
ROU / LIB		 MOD
MOD		 ind.
ind.		 vac.
vac.
Election (July 15, 1861) Canada East 18 0 16 0 5 0
Dissolution (May 16, 1863) Canada East 17 0 16 0 4 2

Governor

Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck, appointed administrator in the absence of the governor on October 25, 1861, sworn in on November 28, 1861.

Joint Prime Ministers

Mr. George-Étienne Cartier (BLE), MLA for Verchères (Canada East), and Mr. John Alexander Macdonald (CON), MLA for Kingston (Canada West), took office on August 6, 1858.

Mr. John Sandfield Macdonald (LIB), MLA for Cornwall (Canada West), and Mr. Louis-Victor Sicotte (ROU), MLA for St. Hyacinthe (Canada East), took office on May 24, 1862.

Mr. John Sandfield Macdonald (LIB), MLA for Cornwall (Canada West), and Mr. Antoine-Aimé Dorion (ROU), MLA for Hochelaga (Canada East), took office on May 15, 1863.

Last update: May 14, 2006

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