The 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in July 1861, following the general election for the Legislative Assembly in June 1861. It first met on July 15, 1861, and was dissolved in May 1863.
This was the first election in the Province of Canada to use a list of eligible voters prepared before the election. All sessions were held in Quebec City. The 7th Parliament ended following a vote of no confidence on May 8, 1863.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly was Joseph-Édouard Turcotte.
Members Canada East – 65 Seats
RidingMemberPartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms ArgenteuilJohn Joseph Caldwell AbbottLiberal18602nd term BagotMaurice LaframboiseRouge18572nd term BeauceHenri-Elzéar TaschereauBleu18611st term BeauharnoisPaul DenisBleu18611st term BellechasseÉdouard RémillardRouge18611st term BerthierPierre-Eustache DostalerBleu1854, 18612nd term* BonaventureThéodore RobitailleBleu18611st term BromeMoses SweetLiberal-Conservative18611st term Christopher Dunkin (1862)Conservative1857, 18622nd term* ChamblyCharles-Eugène Boucher de BouchervilleBleu18611st term ChamplainJohn Jones RossBleu18611st term CharlevoixAdolphe GagnonRouge18611st term ChâteauguayHenry StarnesConservative18572nd term Chicoutimi—SaguenayDavid Edward PriceConservative18553rd term ComptonJohn Henry PopeConservative18572nd term Deux-MontagnesJean-Baptiste DaoustReformer18543rd term DorchesterHector-Louis LangevinBleu18572nd term Drummond—ArthabaskaJean-Baptiste-Éric DorionRouge1854, 18612nd term* GaspéJohn Le BoutillierBleu1833, 1844, 18546th term* HochelagaPaschal FalknerRouge18611st term Antoine-Aimé Dorion (1862)Rouge1854, 18622nd term* HuntingdonRobert Brown SomervilleIndependent18543rd term IbervilleAlexandre DufresneRouge18611st term Jacques-CartierFrançois-Zéphirin TasséBleu18572nd term JolietteJoseph-Hilarion JobinRouge18514th term KamouraskaJean-Charles ChapaisBleu18514th term LaprairieThomas-Jean-Jacques LorangerIndependent18572nd term Alfred Pinsonneault (1863)Bleu18631st term L'AssomptionAlexandre ArchambaultRouge18572nd term LavalPierre LabelleBleu18543rd term Louis-Siméon Morin (1861)Bleu18611st term LévisJoseph-Godric BlanchetBleu18611st term L'IsletCharles-François FournierBleu1848, 18575th term* LotbinièreHenri-Gustave Joly de LotbinièreRouge18611st term MaskinongéGeorge CaronBleu18572nd term MéganticNoël HébertRouge18572nd term MissisquoiJames O'HalloranRouge18611st term MontcalmJean-Louis MartinIndependent18611st term Joseph Dufresne (1862)Bleu1854, 18622nd term* MontmagnyJoseph-Octave BeaubienBleu18572nd term MontmorencyJoseph-Édouard CauchonBleu18446th term Montreal CentreJohn RoseConservative18572nd term Montreal EastGeorge-Étienne CartierBleu18485th term Montreal WestThomas D'Arcy McGeeRouge18572nd term NapiervilleJacques-Olivier BureauRouge18543rd term Pierre Benoit (1862)Rouge18621st term NicoletJoseph GaudetBleu18572nd term Ottawa CountyWilliam McDonell DawsonConservative18572nd term PontiacJohn PouporeBleu18611st term PortneufJean-Docile BrousseauLiberal-Conservative18611st term Quebec CountyFrançois ÉvanturelLiberal1855, 18612nd term* Quebec-CentreGeorges-Honoré SimardBleu18563rd term Quebec WestCharles Joseph AlleynConservative18572nd term Quebec EastPierre-Gabriel HuotRouge1854, 18603rd term* RichelieuJoseph BeaudreauBleu18611st term Richmond—WolfeCharles de CazesIndependent18611st term RimouskiGeorge SylvainLiberal18611st term RouvilleLewis Thomas DrummondRouge1844, 18586th term* St. HyacintheLouis-Victor SicotteBleu18514th term Saint-JeanFrançois BourassaRouge18543rd term Saint-MauriceLouis-Léon Lesieur DesaulniersBleu18543rd term SheffordLucius Seth HuntingtonRouge18602nd term SherbrookeAlexander Tilloch GaltLiberal-Conservative1849, 18535th term* SoulangesJean-Baptiste-Jules PrévostModerate18611st term StansteadAlbert KnightConservative18611st term TémiscouataMichel-Guillaume BabyBleu18572nd term TerrebonneLouis Labrèche-VigerRouge18611st term Trois-RivièresJoseph-Édouard TurcotteBleu1841, 18516th term* VaudreuilJean-Baptiste MongenaisBleu1848, 18605th term* VerchèresAlexandre-Édouard KierzkowskiRouge18611st term Charles-François Painchaud (1863)Independent18631st term YamaskaMoïse FortierRouge18611st term
Canada West – 65 Seats
RidingMemberPartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms East BrantJohn Young BownReformer18611st term West BrantWilliam RyersonIndependent18611st term BrockvilleGeorge SherwoodConservative1841, 18575th term* CarletonWilliam F. PowellConservative18543rd term CornwallJohn Sandfield MacdonaldReformer18417th term DundasJohn Sylvester RossConservative18611st term East DurhamJohn Shuter SmithReformer18611st term West DurhamHenry MunroReformer18543rd term East ElginLeonidas BurwellReformer18572nd term West ElginGeorge MacbethConservative18543rd term John Scoble (1863)Reformer18631st term EssexArthur RankinReformer1854, 18612nd term* John O'Connor (1863)Conservative18631st term FrontenacJames MortonConservative18611st term GlengarryDonald Alexander MacdonaldReformer18572nd term GrenvilleWilliam PatrickReformer18514th term GreyGeorge JacksonConservative1854, 18612nd term* HaldimandMichael HarcourtReformer18572nd term HaltonJohn WhiteReformer1851, 18573rd term* HamiltonIsaac BuchananIndependent1841, 18573rd term* North HastingsGeorge BenjaminConservative18563rd term South HastingsLewis WallbridgeReformer18572nd term Huron & BruceJames DicksonReformer18611st term KentArchibald McKellarReformer18572nd term KingstonJohn A. MacdonaldLiberal-Conservative18446th term LambtonAlexander MackenzieReformer18611st term North LanarkRobert BellReformer18543rd term South LanarkAlexander MorrisConservative18611st term North Leeds & GrenvilleFrancis JonesConservative18611st term South LeedsBenjamin TettConservative18572nd term Lennox and AddingtonAugustus Frederick Garland HooperConservative18611st term LincolnJohn Charles RykertLiberal-Conservative18602nd term LondonJohn CarlingLiberal-Conservative18572nd term East MiddlesexMaurice Berkeley PortmanConservative18611st term West MiddlesexThomas ScatcherdReformer1854, 18612nd term* Niagara (town)John SimpsonConservative18572nd term NorfolkAquila WalshConservative18611st term East NorthumberlandJames Lyons BiggarReformer18611st term West NorthumberlandJames CockburnConservative18611st term North OntarioMatthew Crooks CameronConservative18611st term South OntarioOliver MowatReformer18572nd term OttawaRichard William ScottLiberal-Conservative18572nd term North OxfordWilliam McDougallReformer18572nd term South OxfordGeorge Skeffington ConnorReformer18572nd term George Brown (1863)Reformer1851, 18634th term* PeelJohn Hillyard CameronConservative1846, 1854, 18614th term* PerthMichael Hamilton FoleyReformer18543rd term Thomas Mayne Daly (1862)Liberal-Conservative1854, 18622nd term* PeterboroughFrederick W. HaultainConservative18611st term PrescottHenry Wellesly McCannConservative18543rd term Prince EdwardWilliam AndersonConservative18611st term RenfrewDaniel McLachlinLiberal-Conservative1851, 18612nd term* RussellRobert BellConservative18611st term North SimcoeAngus MorrisonReformer18543rd term South SimcoeThomas Roberts FergusonConservative18572nd term StormontSamuel AultReformer18611st term East TorontoJohn Willoughby CrawfordConservative18611st term West TorontoJohn Beverley RobinsonConservative18572nd term VictoriaJames W DunsfordLiberal-Conservative18611st term North WaterlooMichael Hamilton FoleyReform18543rd term South WaterlooJames CowanReform18611st term WellandThomas Clark StreetConservative1851, 18612nd term* North WellingtonWilliam ClarkeConservative1854, 18612nd term* South WellingtonDavid StirtonReformer18572nd term North WentworthWilliam NotmanReformer1848, 18573rd term* South WentworthJoseph RymalReformer18572nd term East YorkAmos WrightReformer18514th term North YorkAdam WilsonReformer18602nd term West YorkWilliam Pearce HowlandReformer18572nd term
Notes
References
Bibliography Upper Canadian politics in the 1850s, Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)
External links
Assemblée nationale du Québec (French)