The 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in August 1863, following the general election for the Legislative Assembly in August 1863. The Parliament was abolished when the British North America Act, 1867 (now the Constitution Act, 1867) came into force on July 1, 1867, creating the new country of Canada.
The members were elected in a mixture of multi-member districts (four in East Canada, ten in West Canada), each electing two members, and single-member districts, using Block voting and first past the post respectively.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly was Lewis Wallbridge.
The first session of this Parliament sat from 13 August 1863 to 15 October 1863.Journals of the Legislative Assembly 1863 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00952_22/5 Sessions were held in Quebec City until the fourth session 8 August 1865 to 18 September 1865.Journals of the Legislative Assembly 1865 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00952_25/5
The fifth and last session was held in Ottawa in the newly completed Parliament building 8 June 1866 to 15 August 1866.Journals of the Legislative Assembly 1866 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00952_26/5 This was the last session of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. Following Confederation the following year, it was succeeded by the 1st Legislative Assembly of Ontario in Toronto, the 1st Quebec Legislature in Quebec City, and the 1st Canadian Parliament in Ottawa.
Most members went on to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, while others served at provincial level either in Quebec or Ontario, were appointed to the Senate of Canada, as a provincial Lieutenant Governor or to another government post, or retired from politics altogether.
Members Canada East – 65 Seats RidingMemberPartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms ArgenteuilJohn Joseph Caldwell AbbottLiberal18603rd term BagotMaurice LaframboiseRouge18573rd term BeauceHenri-Elzéar TaschereauBleu18612nd term BeauharnoisPaul DenisBleu18612nd term BellechasseÉdouard RémillardRouge18612nd term BerthierAnselme-Homère PâquetRouge18631st term BonaventureThéodore RobitailleBleu18612nd term BromeChristopher DunkinConservative1857, 18623rd term* ChamblyCharles-Eugène Boucher de BouchervilleBleu18612nd term ChamplainJohn Jones RossBleu18612nd term CharlevoixAdolphe GagnonRouge18612nd term ChâteauguayLuther Hamilton HoltonRouge1854, 18632nd term* Chicoutimi and SaguenayDavid Edward PriceConservative18554th term Pierre-Alexis Tremblay (1865)Liberal18651st term ComptonJohn Henry PopeConservative18573rd term Deux-MontagnesJean-Baptiste DaoustReformer18544th term DorchesterHector-Louis LangevinBleu18573rd term Drummond and ArthabaskaJean-Baptiste-Éric DorionRouge1854, 18613rd term* GaspéJohn Le BoutillierBleu1833, 1844, 18547th term* HochelagaAntoine-Aimé DorionRouge1854, 18623rd term* HuntingdonRobert Brown SomervilleIndependent18544th term IbervilleAlexandre DufresneRouge18612nd term Jacques-CartierFrançois-Zéphirin TasséBleu18573rd term Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher (1864)Bleu18641st term JolietteHippolite CornellierBleu18631st term KamouraskaJean-Charles ChapaisBleu18515th term LaprairieAlfred PinsonneaultBleu18631st term L'AssomptionLouis ArchambeaultRouge1857, 18632nd term* LavalJoseph-Hyacinthe BelleroseBleu18631st term LévisJoseph-Godric BlanchetBleu18612nd term L'IsletLouis-Bonaventure CaronRouge1857, 18632nd term* LotbinièreHenri-Gustave Joly de LotbinièreRouge18612nd term MaskinongéMoïse HoudeRouge18631st term MéganticGeorge IrvineConservative18631st term MissisquoiJames O'HalloranRouge18612nd term MontcalmJoseph DufresneBleu1854, 18623rd term* MontmagnyJoseph-Octave BeaubienBleu18573rd term MontmorencyJoseph-Édouard CauchonBleu18447th term Montreal CentreJohn RoseConservative18573rd term Montreal EastGeorge-Étienne CartierBleu18486th term Montreal WestThomas D'Arcy McGeeConservative18573rd term NapiervilleSixte Coupal dit la ReineRouge18631st term NicoletJoseph GaudetBleu18573rd term Ottawa CountyAlonzo WrightConservative18631st term PontiacJohn PouporeBleu18612nd term PortneufJean-Docile BrousseauLiberal-Conservative18612nd term Quebec CountyFrançois ÉvanturelLiberal18612nd term Quebec CentreIsidore ThibaudeauRouge18631st term Quebec WestCharles Joseph AlleynConservative18573rd term Quebec EastPierre-Gabriel HuotRouge1854, 18604th term* RichelieuJoseph-Xavier PerraultRouge18631st term Richmond and WolfeWilliam Hoste WebbConservative1857, 18632nd term* RimouskiGeorge SylvainBleu18612nd term RouvilleJoseph-Napoléon PoulinBleu1851, 18633rd term* St. HyacintheLouis-Victor SicotteBleu18515th term Rémi Raymond (1863)Bleu18631st term Saint-JeanFrançois BourassaRouge18544th term Saint-MauriceCharles Gérin-LajoieRouge18631st term SheffordLucius Seth HuntingtonRouge18612nd term SherbrookeAlexander Tilloch GaltLiberal-Conservative1849, 18536th term* SoulangesWilliam DuckettConservative18631st term StansteadAlbert KnightConservative18612nd term TémiscouataJean-Baptiste PouliotRouge18631st term TerrebonneLouis Labrèche-VigerRouge18612nd term Trois-RivièresJoseph-Édouard TurcotteBleu1841, 18517th term* Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville (1865)Bleu18651st term VaudreuilAntoine Chartier de Lotbinière HarwoodConservative18631st term VerchèresFélix GeoffrionRouge18631st term YamaskaMoïse FortierRouge18612nd term
Canada West – 65 Seats
RidingMemberPartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms East BrantJohn Young BownLiberal-Conservative18612nd term West BrantEdmund Burke WoodReformer18631st term BrockvilleFitzwilliam Henry ChambersReformer18631st term CarletonWilliam F. PowellConservative18544th term CornwallJohn Sandfield MacdonaldReformer18418th term DundasJohn Sylvester RossConservative18612nd term East DurhamJohn Shuter SmithReformer18612nd term West DurhamHenry MunroReformer18544th term East ElginLeonidas BurwellReformer18573rd term West ElginJohn ScobleReformer18632nd term EssexArthur RankinReformer1854, 1861, 18633rd term* FrontenacWilliam FergusonConservative18631st term GlengarryDonald Alexander MacdonaldReformer18573rd term GrenvilleWalter ShanlyLiberal-Conservative18631st term GreyGeorge JacksonConservative1854, 18613rd term* HaldimandDavid ThompsonReformer18631st term HaltonJohn WhiteReformer1851, 18574th term* HamiltonIsaac BuchananConservative1841, 18574th term* Charles Magill (1866)Liberal18661st term North HastingsThomas Campbell WallbridgeReformer18631st term South HastingsLewis WallbridgeReformer18573rd term Huron and BruceJames DicksonReformer18612nd term KentArchibald McKellarReformer18573rd term KingstonJohn A. MacdonaldLiberal-Conservative18447th term LambtonAlexander MackenzieReformer18612nd term North LanarkRobert BellReformer18544th term William McDougall (1864)Reformer1857, 18642nd term* South LanarkAlexander MorrisConservative18612nd term North Leeds and GrenvilleFrancis JonesReformer18612nd term South LeedsAlbert Norton RichardsReformer18631st term David Ford Jones (1864)Liberal-Conservative18641st term Lennox and AddingtonRichard John CartwrightConservative18631st term LincolnWilliam McGiverinReformer18631st term LondonJohn CarlingLiberal-Conservative18573rd term East MiddlesexCrowell WillsonReformer1851, 18632nd term* West MiddlesexThomas ScatcherdReformer1854, 18613rd term* NiagaraJohn SimpsonConservative18573rd term Angus Morrison (1864)Reformer1854, 18644th term* NorfolkAquila WalshConservative18612nd term East NorthumberlandJames Lyons BiggarReformer18612nd term West NorthumberlandJames CockburnLiberal-Conservative18612nd term North OntarioWilliam McDougallReformer1857, 18642nd term* Matthew Crooks Cameron (1864)Conservative1861, 18642nd term* South OntarioOliver MowatReformer18573rd term Thomas Nicholson Gibbs (1864)Reformer18641st term City of OttawaJoseph Merrill CurrierConservative18631st term North OxfordHope Fleming MackenzieReformer1860, 18632nd term* Thomas Oliver (1866)Reformer18661st term South OxfordGeorge BrownReformer1851, 18635th term* PeelJohn Hillyard CameronConservative18544th term PerthRobert MacFarlaneReformer18631st term PeterboroughWilson Seymour CongerIndependent1856, 18632nd term* Frederick W. Haultain (1864)Conservative1861, 18642nd term* PrescottThomas HigginsonConservative18631st term Prince EdwardWalter RossReformer18631st term RenfrewRobert McIntyreReformer18631st term RussellRobert BellConservative18612nd term North SimcoeThomas David McConkeyReformer18631st term South SimcoeThomas Roberts FergusonConservative18573rd term StormontSamuel AultReformer18612nd term East TorontoAlexander Mortimer SmithReformer18631st term West TorontoJohn MacdonaldReformer18631st term VictoriaJames W DunsfordReformer18612nd term North WaterlooMichael Hamilton FoleyReformer18544th term Isaac Erb Bowman (1864)Reformer18641st term South WaterlooJames CowanReformer18612nd term WellandThomas Clark StreetConservative18612nd term North WellingtonThomas Sutherland ParkerReformer18631st term South WellingtonDavid StirtonReformer18573rd term North WentworthWilliam NotmanReformer1848, 18574th term* James McMonies (1865)Reformer18651st term South WentworthJoseph RymalReformer18573rd term East YorkAmos WrightReformer18515th term North YorkJames Pearson WellsReformer18631st term West YorkWilliam Pearce HowlandReformer18573rd 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)