Halton East was an electoral district of the
Legislative Assembly of the
Parliament of the
Province of Canada, in
Canada West. It was created in 1841, upon the establishment of the Province of Canada by the union of
Upper Canada and
Lower Canada. It was based on the eastern portion of
Halton County, termed a
riding.
Halton East was represented by one member in the Legislative Assembly. It was abolished in 1867, upon the creation of
Canada and the
province of Ontario.
Boundaries
Halton East electoral district was located in the eastern portions of
Halton County (now in the
Regional Municipality of Halton). Its formal name was the East
Riding of Halton County.
The ''
Union Act, 1840'' had merged the two provinces of
Upper Canada and
Lower Canada into the
Province of Canada, with a single
Parliament. The separate parliaments of Lower Canada and Upper Canada were abolished. The ''Union Act'' provided that the pre-existing electoral boundaries of Upper Canada would continue to be used in the new Parliament, unless altered by the ''Union Act'' itself.
[''Union Act, 1840'', s. 16.]
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Halton County had been an electoral district in the Upper Canada Parliament, but it was changed by the ''Union Act''. The County had originally been split off from York County in 1816, and defined by statute as follows:
Block number one on the Grand River was the Township of Dumfries; block number two was the Township of Waterloo; block number three was the Township of Woolwich; and block number four was the Township of Nichol.
In 1841, the County of Halton was split into two ridings for the new Parliament of the Province of Canada. The ''Union Act'' defined Halton East as follows:
In 1845, when the West Riding was withdrawn to form part of the new County of Waterloo, Halton East was renamed as Halton. In 1851, it was reduced in size, with only the townships of Esquesing, Trafalgar, Nassageweya and Nelson remaining.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Halton East was represented by one member in the Legislative Assembly.[ The following were the members for Halton East.
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Abolition
The district was abolished on July 1, 1867, when the '' British North America Act, 1867'' came into force, creating Canada and splitting the Province of Canada into Quebec and Ontario. It was succeeded by electoral districts of the same name in the House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
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and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
.''Constitution Act, 1867'', s. 70.
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References
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Electoral districts of Canada West