Parliament of the former Province of Canada
The 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in August 1863, following the general election for the Legislative Assembly in August 1863. The Parliament was abolished when the British North America Act, 1867 (now the Constitution Act, 1867) came into force on July 1, 1867, creating the new country of Canada.
The first session of this Parliament sat from 13 August 1863 to 15 October 1863.[1] Sessions were held in Quebec City until the fourth session 8 August 1865 to 18 September 1865.[2] The fifth and last session was held in Ottawa in the newly completed Parliament building 8 June 1866 to 15 August 1866.[3]
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly was Lewis Wallbridge.
This was also the last session of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. Following Confederation in the following year, it was succeeded by 1st Legislative Assembly of Ontario in Toronto, the 1st Quebec Legislature, and the 1st Canadian Parliament in Ottawa.
Most members went on to become elected in the Canadian House of Commons, while other served at provincial level, appointed to the Senate of Canada, provincial Lieutenant Governor, government posts or simply retired from politics altogether.
Canada East - 65 Seats
Canada West - 65 Seats
References
- ^ Journals of the Legislative Assembly 1863 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00952_22/5
- ^ Journals of the Legislative Assembly 1865 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00952_25/5
- ^ Journals of the Legislative Assembly 1866 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00952_26/5
- ^ resigned his seat in 1864 to run for a position in the Legislative Council; Pierre-Alexis Tremblay was elected in a by-election in January 1865.
- ^ resigned his seat to accept the post of inspector of prisons; Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher was elected in a by-election in August 1864.
- ^ accepted an appointment as a judge in 1863; Rémi Raymond was elected in a by-election in October 1863.
- ^ died in December 1864; Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville was elected in a by-election in January 1865.
- ^ resigned in 1865; Charles Magill was elected in a by-election in 1866.
- ^ resigned his seat to allow William McDougall to be elected in November 1864.
- ^ appointed Solicitor-General for Canada West; David Ford Jones was elected in a by-election in January 1864.
- ^ resigned in 1864; Angus Morrison was elected in a by-election in September 1864.
- ^ accepted an appointment to cabinet and was defeated by Matthew Crooks Cameron in a by-election in July 1864.
- ^ received an appointment; Thomas Nicholson Gibbs was elected to the seat in a by-election in 1864.
- ^ died in 1866; Thomas Oliver was elected in a by-election in the same year.
- ^ died in 1864; Frederick W. Haultain was elected to the seat in a by-election in the same year.
- ^ was forced to seek reelection due to an appointment; Isaac Erb Bowman was elected in a by-election in April 1864.
- Upper Canadian politics in the 1850s, Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)
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