5th Parliament of Upper Canada explained

The 5th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 2 February 1809. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in May 1808. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada and sat at the Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 1 May 1812 by the Administrator of the Government Isaac Brock who had been frustrated in his efforts to pass legislation preparing the colony for war with the United States.

This House of Assembly of the 5th Parliament of Upper Canada had four sessions 2 February 1809 to 6 March 1812:[1]

SessionsStartEnd
1st2 February 18099 March 1809
2nd1 February 181012 March 1810
3rd1 February 181113 March 1811
4th1 February 18126 March 1812
RidingMember
DundasHenry Merkley
EssexMatthew Elliott
EssexJean Baptiste Baby
FrontenacAllan McLean
GlengarryAlexander Macdonell
GlengarryThomas Fraser
GrenvilleStephen Burritt
Hastings & Ameliasburgh TownshipJames McNabb
KentJohn McGregor
LeedsPeter Howard
Lennox & AddingtonJohn Roblin[2]
Willet Casey (Feb 1811)
Lennox & AddingtonThomas Dorland
1st Lincoln County & HaldimandJoseph Willcocks
1st Lincoln & HaldimandLevi Lewis
2nd LincolnDavid Secord
3rd LincolnSamuel Street – Speaker 1809–1812
4th LincolnCrowell Willson
NorfolkPhilip Sovereign
Northumberland and DurhamDavid McGregor Rogers
Oxford & MiddlesexBenajah Mallory
PrescottThomas Mears
Prince Edward except Ameliasburgh TownshipJames Wilson[3]
John Stinson (Feb 1811)
Stormont & RussellJohn Brownell[4]
Abraham Marsh (Sept 1810)
East York & SimcoeThomas B. Gough
West YorkRichard Beasley[5]
John Willson (Feb 1810)

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  1. [Archives of Ontario]
  2. disqualified in March 1810 because he was a Methodist preacher; Willet Casey was elected in a by-election in February 1811.
  3. unseated in 1810
  4. died in December 1809 and was replaced by Abraham Marsh in September 1810.
  5. unseated in 1809