8th Parliament of the Province of Canada
- 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada
The 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada was in session from 1863 to July 1866. Elections were held in the Province of Canada in August 1863. Sessions were held in Quebec City until 1866; the last session was held in Ottawa.
Canada East
Louis-Victor Sicotte accepted an appointment as a judge in 1863; Rémi Raymond was elected in a by-election in October 1863. David Edward Price resigned his seat in 1864 to run for a position in the Legislative Council; Pierre-Alexis Tremblay was elected in a by-election in January 1865. Joseph-Édouard Turcotte died in December 1864; Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville was elected in a by-election in January 1865. François-Zéphirin Tassé resigned his seat to accept the post of inspector of prisons; Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher was elected in a by-election in August 1864.
Canada West
Oliver Mowat received an appointment; Thomas Nicholson Gibbs was elected to the seat in a by-election in 1864. William McDougall accepted an appointment and was defeated by Matthew Crooks Cameron in a by-election in July 1864. Robert Bell resigned his seat to allow William McDougall to be elected in November 1864. John Simpson resigned in 1864; Angus Morrison was elected in a by-election in September 1864. Isaac Buchanan resigned in 1865; Charles Magill was elected in a by-election in 1866. Wilson Seymour Conger died in 1864; Frederick W. Haultain was elected to the seat in a by-election in the same year. Michael Hamilton Foley was forced to seek reelection due to an appointment; Isaac Erb Bowman was elected in a by-election in April 1864. Albert Norton Richards was appointed Solicitor-General for Canada West; David Ford Jones was elected in a by-election in January 1864. Hope Fleming Mackenzie died in 1866; Thomas Oliver was elected in a by-election in the same year.
References
*"Upper Canadian politics in the 1850's", Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)
External links
* [http://www.nosracines.ca/e/toc.asp?id=3098 Ontario's parliament buildings ; or, A century of legislation, 1792-1892 : a historical sketch]
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/ Assemblée nationale du Québec (French)]
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