7th Parliament of Lower Canada
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The 7th Parliament of Lower Canada was in session from December 12, 1810 to March 22, 1814. Elections in Lower Canada
had been held in March 1810. 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 1810. 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 | Alexis Desbleds |
| 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 | 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.... |
| 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.... (1812) |
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| Effingham | Joseph Malboeuf, dit Beausoleil Joseph Malboeuf, dit Beausoleil Joseph Malboeuf, dit Beausoleil was a farmer, blacksmith and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Effingham in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1810 to 1820... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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 | Edme Henry Edme Henry Edmund "Edme" Henry was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Longueuil in 1760, the son of a surgeon-major in the Régiment Royal Roussillon who settled on Saint-Pierre and Miquelon leaving his wife and family in Quebec... |
| 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 | Jacques Archambault Jacques Archambault (politician) Jacques Archambault was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Leinster in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1810 to 1814.... |
| Leinster | 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... |
| 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... |
| James Stuart (1811) | |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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 | Étienne Nivard Saint-Dizier Étienne Nivard Saint-Dizier Étienne Nivard Saint-Dizier was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Montreal West in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1810 to 1814.... |
| Montreal West | Archibald Norman McLeod Archibald Norman McLeod Archibald Norman McLeod was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Montreal West in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1810 to 1814.... |
| 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.... |
| 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.... (1811) |
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| 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 | Charles Blouin Charles Blouin Charles Blouin was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Orléans in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1810 to 1820.... |
| 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 | Jean-Baptiste Bédard Jean-Baptiste Bédard (politician) Jean-Baptiste Bédard was a labourer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Quebec county in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1810 to 1814.... |
| Quebec (Lower Town) | 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... |
| Quebec (Lower Town) | 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... |
| 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) | James Irvine James Irvine (Quebec businessman) Lt.-Colonel The Hon. James Irvine J.P., M.P. was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.James Irvine was born in England in 1766, the son of Adam Irvine and Elizabeth , daughter of John Johnston , 4th laird of Outbrecks, Orkney... |
| 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 | François Caron |
| 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... |
| 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.... (1813) |
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| Surrey | Joseph Bédard Joseph Bédard (Lower Canada politician) Joseph Bédard was a politician in Lower Canada. He represented York from 1800 to 1904 and Surrey from 1810 to 1814 in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.... |
| Trois-Rivières | 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... |
| 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 | Louis Olivier Louis Olivier Louis Olivier was a political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Louis-Marie-Olivier Olivier at Berthier in 1758, the son of a French soldier from Paris. He became a merchant at Berthier and also served as postmaster. Olivier was a member of the local militia, later becoming major, and served... |
| 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... |
| 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... (1812) |
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| 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:... |
| Jacob Pozer Jacob Pozer Jacob Pozer was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented William-Henry in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1812 to 1814.... (1812) |
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| 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 | 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.... |