5th Parliament of Lower Canada
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The 5th Parliament of Lower Canada was in session from April 10, 1809 to May 18, 1809. Elections in Lower Canada
had been held in May 1808. Lieutenant-governor James Henry Craig
prorogued the house following the expulsion of Ezekiel Hart by the assembly and the introduction of a bill barring judges from becoming members of the house; he also hoped to reduce representation by the Parti canadien
in the election that would follow. 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 May 1808. Lieutenant-governor James Henry Craig
James Henry Craig
General Sir James Henry Craig KB was a British military officer and colonial administrator.-Early life and military service:...
prorogued the house following the expulsion of Ezekiel Hart by the assembly and the introduction of a bill barring judges from becoming members of the house; he also hoped to reduce representation by the Parti canadien
Parti canadien
The Parti canadien or Parti patriote was a political party in what is now Quebec founded by members of the liberal elite of Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century...
in the election that would follow. 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 | William Sturge Moore William Sturge Moore William Sturge Moore was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Bedford in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1805 to 1809.... |
| Buckinghamshire | Louis Legendre Louis Legendre (Lower Canada politician) Louis Legendre was a land surveyor and politician in Lower Canada. He represented Buckinghamshire in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1809. His name also appears as Louis Le Gendre.... |
| Buckinghamshire | Jean-Baptiste Hébert Jean-Baptiste Hébert Jean-Baptiste Hébert was a merchant, farmer, master carpenter and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Buckingham from 1808 to 1814 and Nicolet from 1835 until the suspension of the constitution in 1838 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.He was born in Godefroy, the son of... |
| 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 | François Bernier François Bernier (politician) François Bernier was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Devon in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1796 to 1814.... |
| Dorchester | Pierre Langlois Pierre Langlois (politician) Pierre Langlois was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Dorchester in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1814.... |
| Dorchester | John Caldwell John Caldwell (seigneur) Sir John Caldwell was a businessman and politician in Lower Canada and the only son of Henry Caldwell, the receiver general of Lower Canada from 1794.... |
| Effingham | Joseph Duclos |
| Effingham | Joseph Meunier Joseph Meunier Joseph Meunier was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Effingham in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1814.... |
| Gaspé | George Pyke George Pyke George Pyke was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada. His surname is sometimes recorded as Pike.... |
| Hampshire | Antoine-Louis Juchereau Duchesnay Antoine-Louis Juchereau Duchesnay Antoine-Louis Juchereau Duchesnay was a seigneur, soldier and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Quebec City in 1765, the son of Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He served as lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment from 1798 to 1802... |
| 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 | Louis Turgeon Louis Turgeon Louis Turgeon was a notary, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Beaumont, Quebec in 1762, studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, articled as a notary and was licensed to practice in 1792. He set up his office at Saint-Charles near Quebec City. He was named a justice of... |
| Hertford | Étienne-Ferréol Roy Étienne-Ferréol Roy Étienne-Ferréol Roy was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Hertford in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1804 to 1820.... |
| Huntingdon | Jean-Antoine Panet Jean-Antoine Panet Jean-Antoine Panet was a notary, lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec in 1751, the son of Jean-Claude Panet. He served in the militia defending the town of Quebec during the American Revolution and he later attained the rank of ieutenant-colonel in the... |
| Huntingdon | Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry was the son of Michel de Sallaberry and he was the first member of the family to develop permanent roots in Canada... |
| Kent | 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... |
| Kent | Joseph-Bernard Planté Joseph-Bernard Planté Joseph-Bernard Planté was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1768 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He articled as a notary with Jean-Antoine Panet and then Olivier Perrault, qualified to practice in 1788 and set up practice at Quebec City... |
| Leinster | Joseph-Édouard Faribault Joseph-Édouard Faribault Joseph-Édouard Faribault was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Leinster in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1809.... |
| Leinster | Joseph Turgeon Joseph Turgeon Joseph Turgeon was a master carpenter and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Leinster in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1809.... |
| Montreal County | Jean-Baptiste Durocher Jean-Baptiste Durocher Jean-Baptiste Durocher was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Jean-Baptiste-Amable Desrocher in L'Assomption in 1754, the son of Jean-Baptiste Desrocher and the greatgrandson of Joseph Durocher, a merchant and tailor who came to New France from Angers, France... |
| Montreal County | Louis Roy Portelance Louis Roy Portelance Louis Roy Portelance was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Pointe-Claire in 1764, the son of a farmer, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. He then entered the fur trade as a voyageur. In 1791, Portelance married his cousin Marie-Josephte, daughter of François... |
| Montreal East | James Stuart |
| Montreal East | Jean-Marie Mondelet Jean-Marie Mondelet Jean-Marie Mondelet was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu around 1771, the son of Dominique Mondelet, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël and the Petit Séminaire de Quebec... |
| Montreal West | William McGillivray William McGillivray William McGillivray was a Scotland-born fur trader and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Dunlichity, Scotland in 1764. In 1784, he travelled to Montreal with his uncle Simon McTavish and began work with the North West Company... |
| Montreal West | 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... |
| Northumberland | Augustin Caron Augustin Caron Augustin Caron was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1809 and from 1811 to 1814.... |
| Northumberland | Jean-Marie Poulin Jean-Marie Poulin Jean-Marie Poulin was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1800 to 1809.... |
| Orléans | Jérôme Martineau Jérôme Martineau Jérôme Martineau was a businessman and politician in Lower Canada.He was born at Sainte-Famille on the Île d'Orléans in 1750, the son of a farmer, and grew up there. He later moved to Quebec City, becoming paymaster and business agent for the Séminaire de Québec... |
| 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... |
Pierre-Amable de Bonne Pierre-Amable de Bonne Pierre-Amable de Bonne was a seigneur, lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1758, the son of Louis de Bonne de Missègle, and studied at a college operated by the Sulpicians, then the Collège Saint-Raphaël and the Petit Séminaire de Québec... |
| Quebec County | Ralph Gray Ralph Gray (politician) Ralph Gray was a seigneur, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born during or before 1740, probably in Scotland, and came to North America during the Seven Years' War, serving in Major-General Jeffery Amherst's troops. He was wounded at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham... |
| Quebec (Lower Town) | John Jones John Jones (d. 1818) John Jones was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented the Lower Town of Quebec in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1810.... |
| Quebec (Lower Town) | Pierre-Stanislas Bédard Pierre-Stanislas Bédard Pierre-Stanislas Bédard was a lawyer, judge, journalist and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Charlesbourg in 1762, descended from French ancestors who had first arrived in New France before 1660. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec, articled in law and was called to the bar... |
| 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) | John Blackwood John Blackwood (merchant) John Blackwood was probably born in England and we have knowledge of his being in Quebec in 1776, taking part in the defence of Quebec... |
| Richelieu | 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... |
| Richelieu | Hyacinthe-Marie Simon, dit Delorme Hyacinthe-Marie Simon, dit Delorme Hyacinthe-Marie Simon dit Delorme was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Richelieu in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1814. His name also appears as Hyacinthe-Marie Delorme.He was born in Saint-Denis, the son of seigneur Jacques-Hyacinthe Simon... |
| Saint-Maurice | Thomas Coffin Thomas Coffin (Pre-confederation Canadian politician) Thomas Coffin was a businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Boston in 1762, the son of John Coffin, and came to the town of Quebec with his family in 1775. He became a merchant in Montreal... |
| Saint-Maurice | Michel Caron Michel Caron (politician) Michel Caron was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Saint-Maurice in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1804 to 1814. He signed his name as Michel Caront.... |
| Surrey | Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier (businessman) Jacques Cartier was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in the town of Quebec in 1750, the son of a Quebec merchant. He studied at Longue-Pointe and became a merchant at Quebec. Around 1772, he moved to Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, where he became a grain merchant... |
| Surrey | Paschal Chagnon Paschal Chagnon Paschal Chagnon was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Surrey in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1809.... |
| Trois-Rivières | Joseph Badeaux Joseph Badeaux Joseph Badeaux was the son of Jean-Baptiste Badeaux and, in 1792, he began articling to become a notary. His clerkship was with his brother Antoine-Isidore, who, like their father, was of the notarial profession. He was commissioned to practise in 1798... |
| Trois-Rivières | Ezekiel Hart |
| 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... |
| Warwick | James Cuthbert James Cuthbert, Jr. James Cuthbert was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Berthier in 1769, the son of seigneur James Cuthbert, and studied at the English College at Douai, France. He served in the 60th Regiment of the British Army, becoming lieutenant in 1797. Cuthbert inherited the... |
| William-Henry | Jonathan Sewell Jonathan Sewell Jonathan Sewell was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.-Early life:He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of the last British attorney general of Massachusetts... |
| York | Jean-Joseph Trestler Jean-Joseph Trestler Jean-Joseph Trestler was a German-born businessman, land owner and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented York in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1808 to 1809. His name also appears as Jean-Joseph Tröstler.He was born in Mannheim, the son of Henry Tröstler and Magdeleine... |
| York | John Mure John Mure John Mure was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Scotland around 1776, probably in Kilmarnock parish, and had arrived in Montreal by 1782. In 1778, he was hired by James Tod as a clerk at Quebec City. He later went into business on his own, involved in the fur trade... |
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