2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada explained

The 2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in 1844, following the general elections for the Legislative Assembly in October 1844. It first met on November 28, 1844. It was dissolved in December 1847. All sessions were held at Montreal, Canada East.

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly was Allan Napier MacNab.

Canada East

RidingMemberParty
BeauharnoisEden ColvileTory
BellechasseAugustin-Norbert MorinPatriote
BerthierDavid Morrison ArmstrongPatriote
BonaventureJohn Le BoutillierConservative
ChamblyLouis LacostePatriote
ChamplainLouis GuilletPatriote
Deux-MontagnesWilliam Henry ScottReformer
DorchesterPierre-Elzéar Taschereau[1] Patriote
Joseph-André Taschereau (1845)[2] Patriote
François-Xavier Lemieux (1847)Patriote
DrummondRobert Nugent WattsConservative
GaspéRobert ChristieIndependent
HuntingdonBenjamin-Henri Le MoinePatriote
KamouraskaAmable BerthelotPatriote
LeinsterJacob De WittPatriote
L'IsletÉtienne-Paschal TachéPatriote
LotbinièreJoseph LaurinPatriote
MéganticDominick DalyConservative
MissisquoiJames Smith[3] Conservative
William Badgley (1847)Conservative
MontmorencyJoseph-Édouard CauchonPatriote
MontréalGeorge MoffattTory
MontréalClément-Charles Sabrevois de BleuryConservative
Montréal (county)André JobinReformer
NicoletAntoine-Prosper MéthotPatriote
OttawaDenis-Benjamin PapineauReformer
PortneufLewis Thomas DrummondReformer
Quebec CountyPierre-Joseph-Olivier ChauveauReformer
Quebec CityThomas Cushing AylwinPatriote
Quebec CityJean ChabotConservative
RichelieuWolfred NelsonPatriote
RimouskiLouis BertrandPatriote
RouvilleTimothée FranchèrePatriote
SaguenayMarc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière (1845)[4] Patriote
St. HyacintheThomas BoutillierPatriote
Saint-MauriceFrançois Lesieur DesaulniersPatriote
SheffordSewell FosterConservative
SherbrookeEdward HaleConservative
Sherbrooke (county)Samuel BrooksConservative
StansteadJohn McConnellConservative
TerrebonneLouis-Hippolyte LafontainePatriote
Three RiversEdward Greive[5] Conservative
Denis-Benjamin Viger (1845)Patriote
VaudreuilJacques-Philippe LantierPatriote
VerchèresJames LesliePatriote
YamaskaLéon RousseauPatriote

Notes:

Canada West

RidingMemberParty
BrockvilleGeorge SherwoodTory
BytownWilliam StewartConservative
CarletonJames Johnston[6] Reformer
George Lyon (1846)Conservative
CornwallRolland Macdonald[7]
John Hillyard Cameron (1846)Conservative
DundasGeorge Greenfield Macdonell[8]
DurhamJohn Tucker WilliamsTory
EssexJohn Prince
FrontenacHenry Smith, JrConservative
GlengarryJohn Sandfield MacdonaldReformer
GrenvilleHamilton Dibble JessupConservative
HaldimandDavid Thompson
East HaltonGeorge ChalmersConservative
West HaltonJames WebsterConservative
HamiltonAllan Napier MacNabConservative
HastingsEdmund Murney
HuronWilliam Dunlop[9] Conservative
William Cayley (1846)Conservative
KentSamuel Bealey Harrison[10] Reformer
Joseph Woods (1845)Conservative
KingstonJohn A. MacdonaldConservative
LanarkMalcolm CameronReformer
LeedsOgle Robert GowanConservative
Lennox & AddingtonBenjamin SeymourTory
North Lincoln CountyWilliam Hamilton MerrittReformer
South LincolnJames CummingsConservative
LondonLawrence Lawrason[11] Conservative
William Henry Draper (1845) [12] Conservative
John Wilson (1847)Conservative
MiddlesexEdward ErmatingerConservative
Niagara (town)Walter Hamilton Dickson
NorfolkIsrael Wood Powell
North NorthumberlandAdam H Meyers
South NorthumberlandGeorge Barker HallConservative
OxfordRobert RiddellConservative
PrescottNeil Stewart
Prince EdwardJohn Philip Roblin[13] Reformer
Roger B Conger (1847)
RussellArchibald PetrieConservative
SimcoeWilliam Benjamin RobinsonConservative
StormontDonald Aeneas MacDonell
TorontoWilliam Henry BoultonConservative
TorontoHenry SherwoodConservative
WentworthHarmannus Smith
1st YorkJames Hervey Price
2nd YorkGeorge DugganConservative
3rd YorkJames Edward Small[14] Reformer
George Monro (1844)Conservative
4th YorkRobert BaldwinReformer

References

  1. died in July 1845; Joseph-André Taschereau was elected in a by-election held in September 1845.
  2. resigned in May 1847 to become a judge; François-Xavier Lemieux was elected in a by-election held in July 1847.
  3. resigned after being named judge; William Badgley was elected in a by-election held in June 1847.
  4. Augustin-Norbert Morin was elected in both Bellechasse and Saguenay, choosing to sit in Bellechasse; Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière was elected to represent Saguenay in an 1845 by-election.
  5. died in June 1845; Denis-Benjamin Viger was elected in a by-election held in July 1845.
  6. resigned in May 1846; George Lyon was elected in a by-election held in June 1846.
  7. resigned his seat in 1846 to allow John Hillyard Cameron to be elected in a by-election in August 1846.
  8. Web site: Local News of All Sorts. . June 14, 1912. Glengarry County Archives . The Alexandria News. February 10, 2019 .
  9. resigned to accept an appointment; this allowed William Cayley to run for his seat in February 1846.
  10. resigned in 1845 to accept an appointment; Joseph Woods won the seat in a by-election.
  11. gave up his seat so that William Henry Draper could lead the government in the assembly.
  12. resigned in 1847 and John Wilson won the seat in a by-election.
  13. resigned in 1846 to accept other appointments in Prince Edward County; R B Conger was elected to his seat in a by-election.
  14. disqualified in 1844; George Monro was declared elected.

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