9th Parliament of Upper Canada explained

The 9th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 11 January 1825. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in July 1824. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 24 June 1828.

The House of Assembly of the 9th Parliament of Upper Canada had four sessions 13 January 1825 to 25 March 1828:[1]

Both the House of Assembly and the Parliament sat at York General Hospital.

SessionsStartEnd
1st13 January 182513 April 1825
2nd7 November 182530 January 1826
3rd5 December 182617 February 1827
4th15 January 182825 March 1828
RidingMember
CarletonGeorge Thew Burke
DundasJohn Crysler
DurhamGeorge Strange Boulton[2]
Charles Fothergill (Nov 1825)
EssexJohn Alexander Wilkinson
EssexFrançois Baby
FrontenacHugh Christopher Thomson
FrontenacJames Atkinson
GlengarryAlexander Macdonell of Greenfield
GlengarryDuncan Cameron
GrenvilleJonas Jones
GrenvilleHamilton Walker
HaltonRichard Beasley
HaltonWilliam Scollick
HastingsRueben White
KentJames Gordon
KingstonJohn Cumming
LanarkWilliam Morris
LeedsCharles Jones
LeedsDavid Jones
Lennox & AddingtonMarshall Spring Bidwell
Lennox & AddingtonPeter Perry
1st Lincoln CountyJohn Clarke
2nd & 3rd LincolnBartholomew Crannell Beardsley
2nd & 3rd LincolnJohn Johnston Lefferty
4th LincolnRobert Randal
MiddlesexJohn Rolph
MiddlesexJohn Matthews
Niagara (town)Edward William McBride
NorfolkFrancis Leigh Walsh
NorfolkDuncan McCall
NorthumberlandZacheus Burnham
NorthumberlandJames Lyons[3]
Benjamin Ewing
OxfordThomas Hornor
OxfordCharles Fortescue Ingersoll
Prescott & RussellDonald Macdonell
Prince EdwardJames Wilson
Prince EdwardPaul Peterson
StormontArchibald McLean
StormontPhilip VanKoughnet
WentworthGeorge Hamilton
WentworthJohn Willson – Speaker 1825–1828
York (town)Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto
York & SimcoeWilliam Thompson
York & SimcoeEly Playter[4]

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Notes and References

  1. [Archives of Ontario]
  2. unseated in March 1825 and Charles Fothergill took his place in November 1825.
  3. election was voided in February 1825; Benjamin Ewing was declared elected. Lyons protested and was reseated in March 1825.
  4. left the province in February 1827 but his seat was declared not vacated.