The 8th Parliament of Upper Canada was
opened 31 January 1821. Elections in
Upper Canada
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had been held in July 1820. All
sessions were held at
York, Upper Canada
York was a town and second capital of the colony of Upper Canada. It is the predecessor to the Old Toronto, old city of Toronto (1834–1998). It was established in 1793 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe as a "temporary" location for th ...
and sat in the second
Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada
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. This parliament was
dissolved 22 June 1824.
The
House of Assembly
House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level.
Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible governme ...
of the 8th Parliament of Upper Canada had four
sessions 31 January 1821 to 19 January 1824:
Archives of Ontario
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It sat at the second
Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada
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until a fire destroyed it and moved to the
York General Hospital
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.
This parliament saw the emergence of the power and conservative
Family Compact
The Family Compact was a small closed group of men who exercised most of the political, economic and judicial power in Upper Canada (today’s Ontario) from the 1810s to the 1840s. It was the Upper Canadian equivalent of the Château Clique in L ...
with member
Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto
Sir John Beverley Robinson, 1st Baronet, (26 July 1791 – 31 January 1863) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was considered the leader of the Family Compact, a group of families which effectively controlled the ea ...
.
See also
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Legislative Council of Upper Canada
The Legislative Council of Upper Canada was the upper house governing the province of Upper Canada. Modelled after the British House of Lords, it was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was specified that the council should consist ...
*
Executive Council of Upper Canada
The Executive Council of Upper Canada had a similar function to the Cabinet in England but was not responsible to the Legislative Assembly. Members of the Executive Council were not necessarily members of the Legislative Assembly but were usually ...
*
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada was the elected part of the legislature for the province of Upper Canada, functioning as the lower house in the Parliament of Upper Canada. Its legislative power was subject to veto by the appointed Lis ...
*
Lieutenant Governors of Upper Canada, 1791-1841
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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*
List of Ontario provincial electoral districts
The Ontario provincial electoral districts each elect one representative to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. They are MPPs, Members of Provincial Parliament. These districts are coterminous with the federal electoral districts, and are based o ...
References
Further reading
*''Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology'', Frederick H. Armstrong, Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985.
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1821 establishments in Upper Canada
1824 disestablishments in Upper Canada