1st Parliament of Upper Canada

1st Parliament of Upper Canada

The 1st Parliament of Upper Canada was in session from September 17 1792 to July 1 1796. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in August 1792. All sessions were held at Newark, later Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Philip Dorland refused the oath of office because he was a Quaker.

References

*"Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology", Frederick H. Armstrong, Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. ISBN 0-919670-92-X


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