15th Parliament of Lower Canada

The 15th Parliament of Lower Canada was in session from March 21 1835 to March 27 1838. Elections in Lower Canada had been held in October 1834. The lower house was dissolved following the Lower Canada Rebellion and Lower Canada was administered by an appointed Special Council until the Act of Union in 1840 established a new lower chamber for the Province of Canada. All sessions were held at Quebec City.

Notes:

# Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau resigned in November 1835; Joseph-André Taschereau was elected in a by-election held in December 1835.
#Jacques Deligny died in January 1837; Norbert Éno was elected in a by-election held in March 1837.
#Édouard Thibaudeau died in August 1836; James McCracken was elected in a by-election held in December 1836.
#Amable Dionne resigned in May 1835; Alexandre Fraser was elected in a by-election held in June 1835.
#Jean-Marie Rochon died in February 1837; Ludger Duvernay was elected in a by-election held in May 1837.
#Elzéar Bédard resigned to accept a position as judge in February 1836; Nicolas Lefrançois was elected in a by-election held in March 1836.
#Louis-Joseph Papineau was elected in Montreal County and Montreal West, choosing to represent the latter; André Jobin was elected in a by-election held in November 1835.
#René-Édouard Caron resigned in March 1836; Andrew Stuart was elected in a by-election held in March 1836.
#Séraphin Bouc died in July 1837; André-Benjamin Papineau was elected in a by-election held in September 1837.
#Louis Bourdages died in January 1835; Jean-Baptiste Hébert was elected in a by-election held in April 1835.
#George Vanfelson resigned his seat in June 1837; John Munn was elected in a by-election held in July 1837.
#François-Xavier Tessier died in December 1835; Charles Drolet was elected in a by-election held in February 1836.
#Valère Guillet resigned in June 1836; François Lesieur Desaulniers was elected in a by-election held in August 1836.
#Pierre Bureau died in June 1836; Alexis Bareil, dit Lajoie was elected in a by-election held in August 1836.
#John Grannis resigned in October 1836; Moses French Colby was elected in a by-election held in January 1837.

External links

* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/ Assemblée nationale du Québec (French)]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=9_00938_45 "Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada ...", John Neilson (1835)]