13th Parliament of Lower Canada
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The 13th Parliament of Lower Canada was in session from November 20, 1827 to September 2, 1830. Elections in Lower Canada
had been held in July 1827. The legislature was dissolved in 1830 due to the death of King George IV. 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 July 1827. The legislature was dissolved in 1830 due to the death of King George IV. 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 |
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| Bedford | Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1789, the son of Jean-Baptiste-Melchior Hertel de Rouville. He became a lieutenant in the militia around 1807 and served as a captain in the Canadian Voltigeurs during the War of 1812... |
| Buckinghamshire | Jean-Baptiste Proulx Jean-Baptiste Proulx (politician) Jean-Baptiste Proulx was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Nicolet in 1793, the son of a farmer, and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He returned to the family farm after completing his studies. Proulx served in the local militia during the War of 1812 and later... |
| 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 | Joseph Le Vasseur Borgia Joseph Le Vasseur Borgia Joseph Le Vasseur Borgia was a lawyer, newspaper owner and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Quebec in 1773, the son of a blacksmith, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He articled as a lawyer, qualified to practice in 1800 and set up practice at Quebec. Le Vasseur Borgia... |
| 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 | Jean-Charles Létourneau Jean-Charles Létourneau Jean-Charles Létourneau was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in 1775 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. Létourneau articled as a notary with Roger Lelièvre and later Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau, qualifying to practice in 1803... |
| Dorchester | Joseph Samson Joseph Samson (Lower Canada politician) Joseph Samson was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Dorchester in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1827 to 1830.... |
| 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... |
| Drummond | Frederick George Heriot (1829) |
| Effingham | Joseph-Ovide Turgeon Joseph-Ovide Turgeon Joseph-Ovide Turgeon was a Quebec official and political figure.He was born at Terrebonne in 1797, a cousin of Louis Turgeon, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal. He travelled in the United States before settling again at Terrebonne. He was named commissioner in charge of extending the... |
| Effingham | André Papineau André Papineau André Papineau was a cooper and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Effingham in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1827 to 1830.... |
| Gaspé | Robert Christie Robert Christie Robert Christie was a lawyer, journalist, historian and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.... |
| Hampshire | John Cannon John Cannon (politician) John Cannon was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland around 1783, the son of Edward Cannon, a master mason who had immigrated from Ireland... |
| Hampshire | François-Xavier Larue François-Xavier Larue François-Xavier Larue was a farmer, notary and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1763. He articled as a notary with Pierre-Louis Deschenaux, qualified to practice in 1788 and set up practice at Pointe-aux-Trembles. He farmed on land there in the seigneury of... |
| 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 | Nicolas Boissonnault Nicolas Boissonnault Nicolas Boissonnault was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Hertford from 1824 to 1830 and Bellechasse from 1830 to 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.... |
| Huntingdon | Jean-Moïse Raymond Jean-Moïse Raymond Jean-Moïse Raymond was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born in La Tortue in 1787, the son of Jean-Baptiste Raymond, and later moved to La Prairie with his family... |
| 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 | Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel was a lawyer, businessman and political figure in Canada East.He was born in Montreal in 1785, the son of Joseph Quesnel, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. He articled in law with Stephen Sewell, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and set up practice in Montreal... |
| 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 | Julien Poirier |
| Leinster | Laurent Leroux Laurent Leroux Laurent Leroux was a fur trader, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in L'Assomption in 1759, the son of Germain Leroux, a merchant originally from Paris. In 1776, he was hired as a clerk by a Montreal merchant and sent to Michilimackinac... |
| Missisquoi | Ralph Taylor (1829) |
| Missisquoi | Richard Van Vliet Freligh (1829) |
| 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 | James Leslie |
| 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 | Robert Nelson Robert Nelson Robert Nelson was an Anglo-Quebecer physician and a leading figure in the Lower Canada Rebellion in 19th century Quebec .... |
| 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 | Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière was a Quebec doctor, seigneur and political figure.He was born in Baie-du-Febvre, Lower Canada in 1792, the son of Pierre de Sales Laterrière who became the seigneur of Les Éboulements. Laterrière studied at the Petit Séminaire of Quebec and went on to study... |
| 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... |
Michel Clouet Michel Clouet Michel Clouet was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Beauport in 1770. He operated a general store at Quebec City, was partners with François Huot in a retail company from 1796 to 1797 and then went on to operate his own store at Quebec which mainly sold hardware... |
| 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) | Jean Bélanger Jean Bélanger Jean Bélanger was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Quebec Lower Town in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1820 to 1827.... |
| 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... (1828) |
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| Quebec (Lower Town) | Thomas Ainslie Young Thomas Ainslie Young Thomas Ainslie Young was an official and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Quebec City in 1797, the son of John Young and grandson of Thomas Ainslie, and studied in Lower Canada and at London... |
| Quebec (Upper Town) | Andrew Stuart Andrew Stuart (Canadian politician) Andrew Stuart was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Cataraqui in 1785, the son of Anglican priest John Stuart, a United Empire Loyalist, and studied with the Reverend John Strachan and then at Union College in New York... |
| 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... |
| Jean-François-Joseph Duval Jean-François-Joseph Duval Jean-François-Joseph Duval was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Quebec Upper Town in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1829 to 1834.... (1829) |
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| Richelieu | François-Roch de Saint-Ours François-Roch de Saint-Ours François-Roch de Saint-Ours was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Richelieu in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1824 to 1832.... |
| 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 | Charles Caron Charles Caron Charles Caron was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He signed his name Charle Caront.... |
| 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... |
| Shefford | Lyman Knowlton (1829) |
| Sherbrooke | Samuel Brooks Samuel Brooks (Canadian politician) Samuel Brooks was an American-born merchant and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Haverhill, New Hampshire, the son of merchant Samuel Brooks. He set up business in Newbury, Vermont. He married Elizabeth Towle in 1813. Around 1820, he moved to Stanstead in Lower Canada, later moving... (1829) |
| Sherbrooke | Benjamin Tremain (1829) |
| Stanstead | Ebenezer Peck Ebenezer Peck Ebenezer Peck was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada and the United States. He represented Stanstead in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1829 to 1834.... (1829) |
| Stanstead | Marcus Child Marcus Child Marcus Child was a Quebec businessman and political figure.He was born in West Boylston, Massachusetts in 1792 and came to Stanstead County, Lower Canada in 1812, where he entered business a druggist. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Stanstead as a reformer in an 1829... (1829) |
| 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 | 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... |
| François-Xavier Malhiot François-Xavier Malhiot François-Xavier Malhiot was a merchant, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born François-Xavier-Amable Malhiot at Verchères, Quebec in 1781, the son of François Malhiot. Malhiot joined the Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment as an officer and later became a lieutenant-colonel in... (1828) |
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| 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 | Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin Pierre-Benjamin Dumoulin was a seigneur, lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.... |
| 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 | Jacques Deligny Jacques Deligny Jacques Deligny was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Warwick from 1814 to 1820 and from 1820 to 1830, and Berthier from 1830 to 1837.... |
| William-Henry | Wolfred Nelson Wolfred Nelson Wolfred Nelson, was from 1854 to 1856 the mayor of Montreal, Quebec.- Biography :Nelson was born in Montreal the son of William Nelson, an immigrant to Colonial America from Newsham, North Yorkshire, England... |
| York | Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre |
| William Henry Scott William Henry Scott (politician) William Henry Scott was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born in Scotland in 1797 and came to Lower Canada with his family around 1800, growing up in Montreal... (1829) |
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| York | Jacques Labrie Jacques Labrie Jacques Labrie was a physician and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Saint-Charles in 1784, the son of farmer Jacques Nau, dit Labry, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He studied medicine with François Blanchet and completed his medical training at Edinburgh in Scotland... |