11th Parliament of Upper Canada

11th Parliament of Upper Canada

The 11th Parliament of Upper Canada was in session from January 7 1831 to September 1 1834. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in October 1830. All sessions were held at York, later Toronto.

In 1832, a second seat was added to Carleton County and Hamnett Pinhey was elected in October. After a protest, George Lyon was declared elected in January 1833. Edward Jessup died in September 1831 and Hiram Norton was elected in a by-election. John Brant was declared not elected and John Warren took his place in February 1831; Warren died in September 1832 and William Hamilton Merritt took his place. James Crooks was elected but was appointed to the Legislative Council and Absalom Shade was elected in a by-election in April 1831. A second seat was added to Lanark County in 1832: Donald Fraser was elected in October 1832, unseated in November 1832 and not replaced. Roswell Mount died in office in January 1834 and was not replaced. Duncan McCall died in November 1832 and Colin McNeilledge was seated in January 1833. Charles Ingersoll died in August 1832 and Thomas Hornor took his place in November 1832. Asa Warden was unseated but re-elected in March 1831.

References

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


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