6th Parliament of Lower Canada
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The 6th Parliament of Lower Canada was in session from January 29, 1810 to March 1, 1810. Elections in Lower Canada
had been held in October 1809. Lieutenant-governor James Henry Craig
dissolved parliament after the assembly declared the seat of judge Pierre-Amable de Bonne
vacant. A vote on the resolution which declared judges ineligibile to sit in the assembly had been deferred by the Legislative Council
until after the next election. 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 October 1809. 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:...
dissolved parliament after the assembly declared the seat of judge 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...
vacant. A vote on the resolution which declared judges ineligibile to sit in the assembly had been deferred by the Legislative Council
Legislative Council of Lower Canada
The Legislative Council of Lower Canada was the upper house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The upper house consisted of appointed councillors who voted on bills passed up by the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. The legislative council was...
until after the next election. 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 | John Jones John Jones (Bedford politician) John Jones was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Bedford in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1809 to 1810 and from 1820 to 1821.... |
| Buckinghamshire | François Legendre François Legendre François Legendre was a surveyor, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. His name sometimes appears as François d'Assise; his surname also appears as 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 | Jean-Thomas Taschereau Jean-Thomas Taschereau (1778-1832) Jean-Thomas Taschereau was a son of Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau and Marie-Louise-Élizabeth Bazin. He was a seigneur, lawyer, judge and politician.... |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Stephen Sewell Stephen Sewell (lawyer) Stephen Sewell was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Stephen Sewall in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1770, the son of Jonathan Sewall who was the attorney general of Massachusetts, and returned to England with his family at the start of the American Revolution, where he... |
| 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 | Pierre-Dominique Debartzch Pierre-Dominique Debartzch Pierre-Dominique Debartzch was a lawyer, seigneur, newspaper owner and political figure in Lower Canada.... |
| Leinster | Jean-Thomas Taschereau Jean-Thomas Taschereau (1778-1832) Jean-Thomas Taschereau was a son of Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau and Marie-Louise-Élizabeth Bazin. He was a seigneur, lawyer, judge and politician.... |
| Leinster | Bonaventure Panet Bonaventure Panet Bonaventure Panet was a businessman and politician in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1765, the son of Pierre Panet, and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël there. In 1786, he married his cousin Marguerite, the daughter of Louis Dunière. He set up in business as a merchant at L'Assomption... |
| 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 | Joseph Papineau Joseph Papineau Joseph Papineau was a notary, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.Joseph Papineau was the father of Louis-Joseph Papineau who had the great distinction of being a fiery player in the history of the French dominated British colony called Lower Canada... |
| Montreal West | Thomas McCord Thomas McCord Thomas McCord was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1750 and had arrived at Quebec City with his family by 1764. He entered business as a merchant at Quebec and Montreal. He was director of the Montréal Distillery Company from 1787 through... |
| 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 | Joseph Drapeau Joseph Drapeau Joseph Drapeau was a seigneur, merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1809 to 1810.... |
| Northumberland | 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... |
| 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 | Louis Gugy Louis Gugy Lt.-Colonel The Hon. Jean-Georges-Barthélemy-Guillaume-Louis Gugy was the Sheriff of Montreal and a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada, the nephew and heir of Conrad Gugy.-Early life:... |
| 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 | 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... |
| Surrey | Joseph Beauchamp Joseph Beauchamp Joseph Beauchamp was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Surrey in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1809 to 1810.... |
| 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 | Mathew Bell Mathew Bell Mathew Bell was a seigneur, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. His first name is also sometimes recorded as Matthew.... |
| 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 | Edward Bowen Edward Bowen (politician) Edward Bowen was an Irish-born lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada. He was the 1st Chief Justice of the Superior Court for the Province of Quebec, and the 2nd Chancellor of Bishop's University.-Life:... |
| York | Pierre Saint-Julien Pierre Saint-Julien Pierre Saint-Julien was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented York in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1809 to 1814. His name also appears as Pierre Julien.... |
| 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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