10th Parliament of Lower Canada
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The 10th Parliament of Lower Canada was in session from April 11, 1820 to April 24, 1820. Elections in Lower Canada
had been held in March 1820. The legislature was dissolved due to the death of King George III
. All sessions were held at Quebec City
.
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Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
had been held in March 1820. The legislature was dissolved due to the death of King George III
George III of the United Kingdom
George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
. All sessions were held at Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
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| Riding | Member |
|---|---|
| Bedford | Joseph Franchère Joseph Franchère Joseph Franchère was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Bedford in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1820 and from 1822 to 1824.... |
| Buckinghamshire | François Bellet François Bellet François Bellet was a ship's captain, merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented York and then Buckingham in the Assembly of Lower Canada from 1810 to 1820 as a member of the Parti canadien.... |
| Buckinghamshire | Louis Bourdages Louis Bourdages Louis Bourdages was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Louis-Marie Bourdages in Jeune-Lorette, Quebec in 1764, the son of Raymond Bourdages, an Acadian doctor and merchant. Bourdages studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, where he met Pierre-Stanislas Bédard... |
| Cornwallis | Jean-Baptiste Taché Jean-Baptiste Taché Jean-Baptiste Taché was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Cornwallis from 1820 to 1824 and Rimouski from 1834 until the suspension of the constitution in 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada... |
| Cornwallis | Joseph Robitaille Joseph Robitaille Joseph Robitaille was a miller, farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Cornwallis in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1830, as a supporter of the Parti canadien and later the Parti patriote.He was born in Ancienne-Lorette, the son of Romain Robitaille and... |
| Devon | Jean-Baptiste Fortin Jean-Baptiste Fortin Jean-Baptiste Fortin was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Devon from 1804 to 1814 and from 1820 to 1830 and L'Islet from 1830 to 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.... |
| Devon | François Fournier François Fournier (politician) François Fournier was a land surveyor and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Devon in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1824.... |
| Dorchester | John Davidson John Davidson (Lower Canada politician) John Davidson was a merchant, civil servant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Dorchester in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1827.... |
| Dorchester | Louis Lagueux Louis Lagueux Louis Lagueux was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in the town of Quebec in 1793, the son of merchant Louis Lagueux and Louise Bégin, whose father Charles Bégin served in the legislative assembly... |
| Effingham | Jacob Oldham Jacob Oldham Jacob Oldham was an English-born lawyer, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Effingham in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1824.... |
| Effingham | François Tassé François Tassé François Tassé was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Effingham in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1824.... |
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| Hampshire | Charles Langevin Charles Langevin Charles Langevin was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Beauport in 1789, the son of Jean Bergevin, dit Langevin and Françoise Villers. After the death of his father, his mother married François Huot in 1801... |
| Hampshire | François Huot François Huot François Huot was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Pierre-François Huot at Sainte-Foy in 1756, the son of a farmer. He is thought to have been employed as a servant before setting up a shop at Quebec City. Huot sold fabrics, clothing and other household goods... |
| Hertford | François Blanchet François Blanchet (physician) François Blanchet was a physician, businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in 1776 and studied at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec. He went on to study medicine with James Fisher and then at Columbia College where he received a... |
| Hertford | François-Xavier Paré François-Xavier Paré François-Xavier Paré was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Hertford in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1824.... |
| Huntingdon | Michael O'Sullivan Michael O'Sullivan Michael O'Sullivan is a former English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman, left-arm fast medium and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who played for Berkshire. He was born in Reading.... |
| Huntingdon | Austin Cuvillier Austin Cuvillier Austin Cuvillier was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born Augustin Cuvillier in Quebec City in 1779 and was hired by a Montreal auctioneer, eventually taking over the business when his employer retired. After he formed a partnership with two other men, the... |
| Kent | Pierre Bruneau Pierre Bruneau Pierre Bruneau was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in the town of Quebec in 1761, the son of a merchant involved in the fur trade, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. In 1785, he married Marie-Anne Robitaille... |
| Kent | Denis-Benjamin Viger Denis-Benjamin Viger Denis-Benjamin Viger was a 19th century Lower Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, and Patriote movement member.Viger was part of the militia in the early 19th century and then a captain in the War of 1812... |
| Leinster | Jacques Trullier, dit Lacombe Jacques Trullier, dit Lacombe Jacques Trullier, dit Lacombe was a businessman and politician in Lower Canada. He represented Leinster in 1814 and then from 1816 to 1821 as a member of the Parti canadien.... |
| Leinster | Barthélemy Joliette Barthélemy Joliette Barthélemy Joliette was a notary, businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.... |
| Montreal County | Joseph Valois Joseph Valois Joseph Valois was a businessman, farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Montréal in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1834.... |
| Montreal County | Joseph Perrault Joseph Perrault (Lower Canada politician) Joseph Perrault was a politician in Lower Canada. He represented Montréal County in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1831.... |
| Montreal East | Hugues Heney Hugues Heney Hugues Heney was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1789, the grandson of Pierre Foretier, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. Heney articled with Joseph Bédard in Montreal, was called to the bar in 1811 and set up practice in Montreal... |
| Montreal East | Thomas Busby Thomas Busby (Lower Canada politician) Thomas Busby was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Montreal East in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1820.... |
| Montreal West | Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau , born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a famous politician in Quebec... |
| Montreal West | George Garden George Garden George Garden was a Scottish-born businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Montreal West in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1824.... |
| Northumberland | Étienne-Claude Lagueux Étienne-Claude Lagueux Étienne-Claude Lagueux was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1824 and from 1827 to 1830.... |
| Northumberland | Philippe Panet Philippe Panet Philippe Panet was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Quebec City in 1791, the son of Jean-Antoine Panet, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec... |
| Orléans | François Quirouet François Quirouet François Quirouet was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Pierre-François Quirouet in the town of Quebec in 1776. He served in the militia, later becoming lieutenant-colonel. He was a merchant and was also licensed as an auctioneer... |
| Quebec County Quebec County, Quebec Quebec County is an historic county in the province of Quebec, Canada. The county included the Quebec City metropolitan area and extended northwestward... |
Louis Gauvreau Louis Gauvreau Louis Gauvreau was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Petite-Rivière-Saint-Charles near Quebec City in 1761 and studied at Quebec. He owned a general store and was also involved in lumber, wholesale trade, real estate and money-lending... |
| Quebec County | John Neilson John Neilson John Neilson was a Scots-Quebecer editor of the newspaper La Gazette de Québec/The Quebec Gazette and a politician.- Biography :... |
| Quebec (Lower Town) | Thomas Lee Thomas Lee (notary) Thomas Lee was a notary, merchant and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Thomas Lée in the town of Quebec in 1783, the son of merchant Jean-Thomas Lée, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He articled as a notary, qualified to practice in 1805 and set up practice at Quebec. He... |
| Quebec (Lower Town) | Peter Burnet Peter Burnet Peter Burnet was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Quebec Lower Town in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1820.... |
| Quebec (Upper Town) | Claude Dénéchau Claude Dénéchau Claude Dénéchau was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec City in 1768, the son of surgeon Jacques Dénéchaud. He went into business with his brother Pierre at Quebec, later entering the import-export on his own. In 1800, he married Marianne-Josette, the daughter... |
| Quebec (Upper Town) | Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Joseph-Rémi Vallières in Carleton in 1787, the son of a blacksmith, and moved to Windham Township in Upper Canada with his family in 1799... |
| Richelieu | François Saint-Onge François Saint-Onge François Saint-Onge was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Richelieu in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1824... |
| Richelieu | Jean Dessaulles Jean Dessaulles Jean Dessaulles was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-François-du-Lac in 1766 and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. He worked as a seigneurial agent for his aunt, who was managing the seigneury of Saint-Hyacinthe... |
| Saint-Maurice | Louis Picotte Louis Picotte Louis Picotte was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Saint-Maurice in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1824 as a member of the Parti canadien.... |
| Saint-Maurice | Pierre Bureau Pierre Bureau Pierre Bureau was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in L’Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec in 1771. Bureau operated an inn for travellers at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade and a ferry service across the Sainte-Anne River. Around 1811, he moved to Trois-Rivières, where he became a... |
| Surrey | Pierre Amiot Pierre Amiot Pierre Amiot was a farmer, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Surrey from 1813 to 1830 and then Verchères from 1830 to 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.... |
| Surrey | Étienne Duchesnois Étienne Duchesnois Étienne Duchesnois was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Surrey in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1824.... |
| Trois-Rivières | Charles Richard Ogden Charles Richard Ogden Charles Richard Ogden was a Joint Premier of the Province of Canada for Canada East from 1842 with William Henry Draper PM for Canada West. Odgen was a member of the Château Clique.... |
| Trois-Rivières | Marie-Joseph Godefroy de Tonnancour Marie-Joseph Godefroy de Tonnancour Marie-Joseph Godefroy de Tonnancour was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Trois-Rivières in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1820.... |
| Warwick | Alexis Mousseau Alexis Mousseau Alexis Mousseau was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Warwick from 1820 to 1824 and from 1827 to 1830 and Berthier from 1830 to 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.... |
| Warwick | Ross Cuthbert Ross Cuthbert Ross Cuthbert was a Canadian writer, lawyer and politician.Born at Berthier and baptised at Montreal, as the son of James Cuthbert, he was heir to the seigneuries of Lanoraie and Dautray... |
| William-Henry | Robert Jones Robert Jones (Lower Canada politician) Robert Jones was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented William Henry in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1824.... |
| York | Nicolas-Eustache Lambert Dumont Nicolas-Eustache Lambert Dumont Nicolas-Eustache Lambert Dumont was a seigneur, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Trois-Rivières in 1767, the son of the seigneur of Mille-Îles. He served as a major in the local militia and became lieutenant-colonel in 1807... |
| York | Augustin Perrault Augustin Perrault Augustin Perrault was a woodworker, merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented York in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1824.... |
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