Kington was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the

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of the

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, in Canada West (now

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). It was created in 1841, upon the establishment of the Province of Canada by the union of

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and

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. Kingston was represented by one member in the Legislative Assembly. It was abolished in 1867, upon the creation of

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and the province of Ontario.

Boundaries

Kingston electoral district was primarily centred on the town of

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, Canada West (now

). It was located on the north shore of

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, at the beginning of the

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. The '' Union Act, 1840'' had merged the two provinces of

and

into the

, with a single

. The separate parliaments of Lower Canada and Upper Canada were abolished.''Union Act, 1840'', 3 & 4 Vict. (UK), c. 35, s. 2.
/ref> The ''Union Act'' provided that the town of Kingston would constitute one electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of the new Parliament,''Union Act, 1840'', s. 17.
/ref> but gave the Governor General of the Province of Canada the power to draw the boundaries for the electoral district.''Union Act, 1840'', s. 21.
/ref> The first Governor General of the Province of Canada,

Lord Sydenham Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, (13 September 1799 – 19 September 1841) was a British businessman, politician, diplomat and the first Governor General of the united Province of Canada.

, issued a proclamation shortly after the formation of the Province of Canada in early 1841, establishing the boundaries for the electoral district:

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Kingston was represented by one member in the Legislative Assembly. The following were the members for Kingston.

Notes

Abolition

The electoral district was abolished on July 1, 1867, when the '' British North America Act, 1867'' came into force, creating

and splitting the Province of Canada into Quebec and

. It was succeeded by electoral districts of the same name in the

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and the

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.''Constitution Act, 1867'', s. 70.
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References

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