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The 8th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 31 January 1821. Elections in Upper Canada

Upper Canada

The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...

had been held in July 1820. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada

York, Upper Canada

York was the name of Old Toronto between 1793 and 1834. It was the second capital of Upper Canada.- History :The town was established in 1793 by Governor John Graves Simcoe, with a new 'Fort York' on the site of the last French 'Fort Toronto'...

and sat in the second Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved

Dissolution of parliament

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22 June 1824.

The House of Assembly

House of Assembly

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of the 8th Parliament of Upper Canada had four sessions 31 January 1821 to 19 January 1824: It sat at the second Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada until a fire destroyed it and moved to the York General Hospital

Toronto General Hospital

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This parliament saw the emergence of the power and conservative Family Compact

Family Compact

Fully developed after the War of 1812, the Compact lasted until Upper and Lower Canada were united in 1841. In Lower Canada, its equivalent was the Château Clique. The influence of the Family Compact on the government administration at different levels lasted to the 1880s...

with member Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto

Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto

Sir John Beverley Robinson, 1st Baronet CB, was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.Robinson was born in 1791 at Berthier, Lower Canada, the son of Christopher Robinson, a United Empire Loyalist of one of the First Families of Virginia, whose grandfather came there in 1641 as...

Sessions	Start	End
1st	31 January 1821	14 February 1821
2nd	21 November 1821	17 January 1822
3rd	15 January 1823	19 March 1823
4th	11 November 1823	19 January 1824

Riding	Member
Carleton Carleton County, Ontario Carleton County is the name of a historic county in Ontario, Canada. In 1969 it was superseded by the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. In 2001 the Regional Municipality and the eleven local municipalities within it were replaced by the current City of Ottawa.-History:Carleton County was...	William Morris William Morris (Canadian businessman) William Morris was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1786, the son of a Scottish manufacturer. His family came to Upper Canada in 1801, where his father set up an import-export business. The business failed and his father retired to a farm near...
Dundas Dundas County, Ontario Dundas County is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario.Dundas was created in 1792 by the area's first settlers: German Loyalists who had fought with Sir John Johnson in the American Revolutionary War. The settlers, descendants of the Palatine immigrants to America in 1710, had immigrated to...	Peter Shaver Peter Shaver Peter Shaver was a farmer, businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Montgomery County, New York in 1776, the son of a German immigrant...
Durham Durham County, Ontario Durham County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was named from the English County and city.Durham County was created in 1792. It was composed of the townships of Cartwright, Manvers, Cavan, Darlington, Clarke and Hope, and portions of what is now Peterborough County,...	Samuel Street Wilmot Samuel Street Wilmot Samuel Street Wilmot was a surveyor, tanner, farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented Durham in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1820 to 1824....
Essex Essex County, Ontario Essex County is a county and census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada. The administrative seat is Essex...	François Baby
Essex	William McCormick William McCormick (Upper Canada politician) William McCormick was a businessman, author and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Essex in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1812 to 1824....
Frontenac Frontenac County, Ontario Frontenac County, as defined by Statistics Canada, is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. The City of Kingston is included in the census division, but is politically separated from the County of Frontenac. It has a land...	Allan McLean Allan McLean (Upper Canada politician) Allan McLean was a Scottish-born lawyer and politician in Upper Canada. He was the first lawyer in 1794 authorized to practise in Kingston. He was first elected in May 1804 as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada...
Glengarry Glengarry County, Ontario thumb\|right\|Glengarry located within OntarioGlengarry County , an area covering , is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario, and is historically known for its settlement of Scottish Highlanders due to the Highland Clearances.Glengarry was founded in 1792 by Scottish loyalists, mainly from...	Alexander MacDonell of Greenfield Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield (politician) Alexander MacDonell of Greenfield was from a prominent family in Upper Canada. He was the sixth son of Alexander MacDonell of Greenfield and Janet Macdonell of Aberchalder...
Glengarry	Alexander McMartin Alexander McMartin Alexander McMartin was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was the first person born in Upper Canada to serve in its Legislative Assembly....
Grenville Grenville County, Ontario Grenville County area is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.The county was created in 1792, and named in honour of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Secretary of State in 1790. The First settlers were Loyalist from the United States...	Walter F. Gates Walter F. Gates Walter Freeman Gates was a merchant and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented Grenville County in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1820 to 1824....
Grenville	Jonas Jones Jonas Jones Jonas Jones was a lawyer, judge, farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Augusta Township, Upper Canada in 1791, the son of Ephraim Jones. He was educated at John Strachan's school in Cornwall and studied law with Levius Peters Sherwood in Elizabethtown...
Halton Halton County, Ontario Halton County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is also one of the oldest counties in Canada.-History:Halton County is named after Major William Mathew Halton who was appointed in 1805 as Secretary to the Upper Canada provincial Lieutenant-Governor Sir Francis...	James Crooks James Crooks James Crooks was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West.He was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland in 1778 and came to Fort Niagara in 1791 where his half-brother, Francis, was operating as a merchant. In 1795, Francis, James and his brother William moved to Newark...
Halton	William Chisholm
Hastings Hastings County, Ontario Hastings County is located in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is The Cheese Capital of Canada. Geographically, it is located on the border of Eastern Ontario and Central Ontario. The population was 125,915 in 2001 and grew to 130,474 in the 2006 Canada Census...	Rueben White
Kent Kent County, Ontario Kent County, area 2,458 sq km is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. Population in 2006 was 108,589.The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the English County. The county is in an alluvial plain between Lake St...	James Gordon
Kingston Kingston, Ontario Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...	Christopher Alexander Hagerman Christopher Alexander Hagerman Lt.-Col The Hon. Christopher Alexander Hagerman was a Canadian militia officer, politician, and judge.Known as 'Handsome Kit', he was born at the Bay of Quinte, Adolphustown, the son of United Empire Loyalist Major Nicholas Hagerman J.P., and his wife Anne , sister of Judge Alexander Fisher M.P.,...
Leeds Leeds County, Ontario Leeds County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.The county was created in 1792, and merged with Grenville County in 1850 to create Leeds and Grenville County....	Levius Peters Sherwood Levius Peters Sherwood Levius Peters Sherwood was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born at St. Johns in Lower Canada, the son of Justus Sherwood. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1803. In 1804, he was appointed registrar for Grenville, Leeds, and Carleton and customs inspector... - Speaker 1821-1824
Leeds	Charles Jones
Lennox Lennox County, Ontario Lennox County is a historic county in what is now the Canadian province of Ontario.As an upper-tier municipality, the county of Lennox was created on paper in 1792, but has never existed as a discrete municipal entity. From 1792 until 1864, it was part of the United Counties of Frontenac, Lennox... & Addington Addington County, Ontario Addington County is a historic county in what is now the Canadian province of Ontario.It was named after Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth. As an upper-tier municipality, the county of Addington was created on paper in 1792, but has never existed as a discrete municipal entity. From 1792...	Samuel Casey Samuel Casey (Upper Canada politician) Samuel Casey was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Adolphustown Township in Upper Canada in 1788, the son of Willet Casey. He served in the local militia during the War of 1812, becoming lieutenant in 1823 and captain of cavalry in 1834...
Lennox & Addington	Daniel Hagerman Daniel Hagerman Daniel Hagerman was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Adolphustown Township in 1794, the son of Nicholas Hagerman, a United Empire Loyalist. He studied law with his father and practiced law in Kingston and later Bath. He served as quartermaster in the local militia...
	Barnabas Bidwell Barnabas Bidwell Barnabas Bidwell was a dual Canadian and American politician of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.Bidwell was born to Adonijah Bidwell and Jemima Devotion in Township No. 1 , and graduated from Yale College in 1785. He later attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island...
	Matthew Clark
	George Ham
1st Lincoln County Lincoln County, Ontario Lincoln County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.The county was formed in 1792. In 1845, the southern portion of Lincoln County was separated to form Welland County....	John Clarke John Clarke (Upper Canada) John Clarke was a merchant, farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented 1st Lincoln in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1820 to 1828 and from 1830 to 1834 as a Conservative...
2nd Lincoln Lincoln County, Ontario Lincoln County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.The county was formed in 1792. In 1845, the southern portion of Lincoln County was separated to form Welland County....	William Johnson Kerr William Johnson Kerr William Johnson Kerr was a political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in 1787, the son of Robert Kerr and grandson of Sir William Johnson. He was a captain in the Indian Department and with John Brant and John Norton, he led a group of Six Nations warriors at the Battle of Queenston Heights...
3rd Lincoln Lincoln County, Ontario Lincoln County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.The county was formed in 1792. In 1845, the southern portion of Lincoln County was separated to form Welland County....	Robert Hamilton
4th Lincoln Lincoln County, Ontario Lincoln County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.The county was formed in 1792. In 1845, the southern portion of Lincoln County was separated to form Welland County....	Robert Randal Robert Randal Robert Randal was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born Robert Randall in Maryland around 1766; after 1809, he spelled his surname Randal. In 1795, he was part of a partnership which wished to buy the lower Michigan peninsula from the United States government...
Middlesex Middlesex County, Ontario Middlesex County is a primarily rural county in Southwestern Ontario. Landlocked, the county is bordered by Huron and Perth counties on the north, Oxford County on the east, Elgin County on the south, and Chatham-Kent and Lambton County on the west.The seat is the city of London, although the city...	Mahlon Burwell Mahlon Burwell Mahlon Burwell was a surveyor and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in New Jersey in 1783 and came to Upper Canada with his family in 1796. He was largely self-schooled and was employed by the government of the province to survey the Talbot settlement and the Talbot Road in 1809 and...
Middlesex	John Bostwick John Bostwick John Bostwick was a surveyor, businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1780 and settled in the Long Point area in 1797. He apprenticed himself to surveyor William Hambly. In 1805, he became sheriff for the London District... (Mar 1821)
Norfolk Norfolk County, Ontario Norfolk County is a rural city-status single-tier municipality on the north shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Bloomsburg is a small town located in Norfolk County and is the hometown of David Slater. The county seat and largest community is Simcoe...	Robert Nichol
Norfolk	Francis Leigh Walsh Francis Leigh Walsh Francis Leigh Walsh was a political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Harford County, Maryland in 1789, the son of Thomas Welch, a United Empire Loyalist. He came to Norfolk County with his family in 1793. In 1810, he became registrar for Norfolk County, succeeding his father...
Northumberland Northumberland County, Ontario Northumberland County is situated on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in central Ontario, Canada. It is located east of Durham County , west of Hastings, southeast of Kawartha Lakes and south of Peterborough County. The county seat is Cobourg...	David McGregor Rogers David McGregor Rogers David McGregor Rogers was a farmer and Member of the 2nd Parliament of Upper Canada.He was born in Londonderry, Vermont in 1772 the 3rd son and 2nd David born to Capt. James Rogers and Margaret McGregor, the first David died at age 4 in 1766. Named after his great grandfather Rev...
Northumberland	Henry Ruttan Henry Ruttan Henry Ruttan was a businessman, inventor and politician figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Adolphustown in 1792. At the age of 14, he left school to work in a store in Kingston. He served in the militia during the War of 1812. After the war, he remained in the militia and reached the rank of...
Oxford Oxford County, Ontario Oxford County is a regional municipality and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Southern portion of the province. The regional seat is in Woodstock...	Thomas Hornor Thomas Hornor Thomas Hornor was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey in 1767 and studied at the College of New Jersey. In 1794, he led a group of settlers to Watsons Township, later Blenheim Township, and built a sawmill there the...
Prescott Prescott County, Ontario Prescott County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.It was created in 1800 from a portion of Glengarry County. It was named in honor of Major General Robert Prescott, Governor of Canada at that time. First settlers were Americans, but not all were Loyalists... & Russell Russell County, Ontario Russell County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.It was created in 1800 from a portion of Stormont County. It later merged with Prescott County to form Prescott and Russell United Counties....	William Hamilton William Hamilton (lumber baron) William Hamilton was a lumber merchant and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Ireland and came to Quebec City with his brother George sometime before 1807. They were originally in the business of importing goods but later became involved in the timber trade...
	David Pattee David Pattee David Pattee was a businessman, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Goffstown, New Hampshire in 1778. He studied medicine but never practiced. In 1803, he left New Hampshire for the lower Ottawa River in Upper Canada because he was in debt and accused of forgery... (Mar 1821)
Prince Edward Prince Edward County, Ontario Prince Edward County is a single-tier municipality and a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario.-Geography:Prince Edward County is located in Southern Ontario on a large irregular headland or littoral at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, just west of the head of the St. Lawrence River...	James Wilson James Wilson (Upper Canada politician) James Wilson was an English-born farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1808 to 1810, from 1820 to 1830 and from 1834 to 1836 as a Reformer....
Prince Edward	Paul Peterson
Stormont Stormont County, Ontario Stormont County area is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario.Stormont was created in 1792, however, it was settled seven years earlier in 1785. Veterans of Loyalist regiments were among the first settlers...	Archibald McLean
Stormont	Philip VanKoughnet Philip VanKoughnet Colonel The Hon. Philip VanKoughnet M.P. landowner, businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.- History of the name :...
Wentworth Wentworth County, Ontario Wentworth County, area , is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.It was created in 1816 as part of the Gore District in what was then Upper Canada and later Canada West...	George Hamilton
Wentworth	John Willson John Willson John Willson was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in New Jersey in 1776. He arrived in the Niagara District around 1789 and settled in Saltfleet Township, where he became a farmer, in 1797. In 1809, he was elected to the 5th Parliament of Upper Canada in a by-election in...
York (town) Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...	John Beverley Robinson
York York County, Ontario York County is a historic county in Upper Canada, Canada West, and the Canadian province of Ontario.York County was created in 1792 and was part of the jurisdiction of Home District of Upper Canada... & Simcoe Simcoe County, Ontario Simcoe County is located in central portion of Southern Ontario. The County is situated just north of the Greater Toronto Area stretching from the shores of Lake Simcoe in the east to Georgian Bay in the west...	Peter Robinson Peter Robinson (1785-1838) Peter Robinson was born in New Brunswick, the eldest son of Christopher Robinson and Esther Sayre, ayre. He had two brothers, John Beverley and William Benjamin, and two sisters....
York	William Warren Baldwin William Warren Baldwin William Warren Baldwin was a doctor, businessman, lawyer, judge, architect and political figure in Upper Canada....

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