The 3rd Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in 1848, following the general election for the Legislative Assembly in January 1848. The first session was held at Montreal, Canada East. In 1849, rioters protesting the Rebellion Losses Bill burned the parliament buildings. After briefly sitting at Bonsecours Market and Freemason's Hall, the remaining sessions were held in Toronto. The Parliament was dissolved on November 6, 1851.
During the 1849 session of this parliament, a number of important bills were passed: the Act to provide for the Indemnification of Parties in Lower Canada whose Property was destroyed during the Rebellion in the years 1837 and 1838 (Rebellion Losses Bill) the Baldwin Act, also known as the Municipal Corporations Act, which replaced the local government system based on district councils in Canada West by government at the county level. It also granted more autonomy to townships, villages, towns and cities. the Amnesty Act which offered pardons to all those involved in the Rebellions of 1837–8. a consolidation of electoral laws which prohibited women from voting.https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=his/chap2&document=index&lang=e
In 1850, legislation was passed to regulate the operation of the postal service and to establish a post on the Executive Council for the Postmaster General for the Province of Canada.
The Speaker of this parliament was Augustin Norbert Morin.
Members
Canada East - 42 seats
RidingMemberPartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms BeauharnoisJacob De WittReformer1830, 18425th term* BellechasseAugustin-Norbert MorinPatriote1830, 1841, 18427th term* BerthierDavid Morrison ArmstrongPatriote18413rd term BonaventureWilliam CuthbertTory18481st term ChamblyPierre Beaubienresigned to accept a position; Louis Lacose was elected in a by-election in September 1849.Patriote1843, 18482nd term* Louis Lacoste (1849)Reformer1843,{ 18492nd term* ChamplainLouis GuilletPatriote18442nd term Deux-MontagnesWilliam Henry ScottReformer1829, 18445th term* DorchesterFrançois-Xavier LemieuxPatriote18472nd term DrummondRobert Nugent WattsConservative18413rd term GaspéRobert ChristieIndependent18413rd term HuntingdonTancrède SauvageauPatriote18481st term KamouraskaPierre Canacdied in 1850; Luc Letellier de Saint-Just was elected to the seat in February 1851.Patriote1834, 18482nd term* Luc Letellier de St-Just (1851)Liberal18511st term LeinsterNorbert DumasPatriote18481st term L'IsletCharles-François FournierPatriote18472nd term LotbinièreJoseph LaurinPatriote18442nd term MéganticDominick Dalyseat was declared vacant in 1849 after Daly was named to a commission of inquiry in England; Dunbar Ross was elected in a by-election held in March 1850.Conservative18413rd term Dunbar Ross (1850)Reformer18501st term MissisquoiWilliam BadgleyConservative18472nd term MontmorencyJoseph-Édouard CauchonPatriote18442nd term MontrealBenjamin HolmesReformer1841, 18482nd term* MontrealLouis-Hippolyte LafontaineReformer1830, 18425th term* Montreal CountyAndré JobinReformer1835, 18434th term* NicoletThomas FortierPatriote18481st term OttawaJohn EganReformer18481st term PortneufÉdouard-Louis-Antoine-Charles Juchereau DuchesnayReformer18481st term Quebec CountyPierre-Joseph-Olivier ChauveauReformer18442nd term Quebec CityThomas Cushing Aylwinresigned his seat in 1848 to accept an appointment as judge; François-Xavier Méthot was elected in a by-election held in June 1848.Patriote18442nd term François-Xavier Méthot (1848)Patriote18481st term Quebec CityJean ChabotConservative18433rd term RichelieuWolfred NelsonPatriote18442nd term RimouskiJoseph-Charles TachéPatriote18481st term RouvillePierre DavignonPatriote18481st term SaguenayMarc-Pascal de Sales LaterrièrePatriote18452nd term St. HyacintheThomas BoutillierReformer18413rd term Saint-MauriceLouis-Joseph PapineauPatriote1808, 184812th term* SheffordLewis Thomas DrummondConservative18442nd term SherbrookeBartholomew Conrad Augustus GugyConservative18481st term Sherbrooke CountySamuel Brooksdied in March 1849; Alexander Tilloch Galt took the seat in April 1849.Conservative18442nd term Alexander Tilloch Galt (1849) resigned in January 1850; John Sewell Sanborn was elected to the seat in March 1850.Independent18491st term John Sewell Sanborn (1850)Liberal18501st term StansteadJohn McConnellConservative18442nd term TerrebonneLouis-Michel VigerPatriote1830, 1842, 18484th term* Trois-RivièresAntoine Polette (1848) The general election in Trois-Rivières was not completed and Antoine Polette was elected in a by-election in April 1848.Reformer18481st term VaudreuilJean-Baptiste MongenaisPatriote18481st term VerchèresJames Leslieaccepted an appointment; George-Étienne Cartier was elected to the seat in April 1848.Patriote18413rd term George-Étienne Cartier (1848)Reformer18481st term YamaskaMichel FourquinReformer18481st term
Canada West - 42 seats RidingMemberPartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms BrockvilleGeorge SherwoodTory18413rd term BytownJohn ScottConservative18481st term CarletonEdward MallochIndependent1834, 18483rd term* CornwallJohn Hillyard CameronConservative18462nd term DundasJohn Pliny CryslerTory18481st term DurhamJames SmithReformer18481st term EssexJohn PrinceIndependent18364th term FrontenacHenry Smith, JrConservative18413rd term GlengarryJohn Sandfield MacdonaldReformer18413rd term GrenvilleReed BurrittIndependent18481st term HaldimandDavid Thompsondied in 1851; William Lyon Mackenzie was elected in an April 1851 by-election.Reformer18413rd term William Lyon Mackenzie (1851)Reformer1828, 18514th term* East HaltonJohn Wetenhall was required to seek reelection after being appointed to cabinet; Caleb Hopkins won his seat in a March 1850 by-election.Reformer18481st term Caleb Hopkins (1850)Clear Grit1828, 1834, 1841, 18504th term* HamiltonAllan Napier MacNabConservative18306th term HastingsBilla FlintReformer18481st term HuronWilliam CayleyConservative18462nd term KentMalcolm CameronReformer18413rd term KingstonJohn A. MacdonaldConservative18442nd term LanarkRobert BellReformer18481st term LeedsWilliam Buell RichardsReformer18481st term Lennox & AddingtonBenjamin SeymourConservative18442nd term LincolnWilliam Hamilton MerrittReformer18442nd term LondonJohn WilsonConservative18481st term MiddlesexWilliam NotmanReformer18481st term Niagara (town)Walter Hamilton DicksonIndependent18442nd term NorfolkHenry John BoultonReformer1842, 18482nd term* NorthumberlandAdam H MeyersIndependent18442nd term OxfordFrancis HincksReformer1841, 18482nd term* PeterboroughJames HallIndependent18481st term PrescottThomas H JohnstonIndependent18481st term Prince EdwardDavid Barker StevensonConservative18481st term RussellGeorge Byron Lyon-FellowesIndependent18481st term SimcoeWilliam Benjamin RobinsonConservative18442nd term StormontAlexander McLeanTory1837, 18482nd term* TorontoWilliam Henry BoultonConservative18442nd term TorontoHenry SherwoodConservative1836, 18434th term* Waterlooformerly West HaltonJames Websterunseated on appeal; Adam Johnston Fergusson took the seat in February 1849.Conservative18442nd term Adam Johnston Fergusson (1849)Reformer18491st term Wellandformerly South LincolnDuncan McFarlandIndependent18481st term WentworthHarmannus SmithModerate Reformer1834, 18414th term* East Yorkformerly 3rd YorkWilliam Hume Blakeresigned in 1849; Peter Perry was elected in a by-election.Reformer18481st term Peter Perry (1849)Clear Grit1824, 18495th term* North York formerly 4th YorkRobert BaldwinReformer1829, 18415th term* South York formerly 1st YorkJames Hervey PriceReformer18413rd term West York formerly 2nd YorkJoseph Curran MorrisonReformer18481st term
Notes
References
Bibliography Upper Canadian politics in the 1850s, Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)
External links
Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ..., Desbarats & Cary (1848) Assemblée nationale du Québec (French)