2nd Parliament of Upper Canada

The 2nd Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 1 June 1797. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in August 1796. The first session was held at Navy Hall in Newark. The Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe believed York was a superior location for the capital as it would less vulnerable to attack by the Americans. York became the capital of Upper Canada on 1 February 1796. The remaining three sessions were held at the Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada in York, Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 7 July 1800.

This House of Assembly of the 2nd Parliament of Upper Canada had four sessions 3 June 1797 to 4 July 1800:

Sessions Start End
1st 3 June 1797 July 1797
2nd 5 June 1798 5 July 1798
3rd 12 June 1799 29 June 1799
4th 2 June 1800 4 July 1800
Riding Member
Dundas Thomas Fraser
Dundas, York & 1st Lincoln Richard Beasley
1st Glengarry Richard Norton Wilkinson
2nd Glengarry John McDonell
Grenville Edward Jessup, Jr.
Kent Thomas Smith
Kent Thomas McKee
Leeds & Frontenac Solomon Jones
Lennox, Hastings & Northumberland Timothy Thompson
2nd Lincoln Samuel Street
3rd Lincoln David William Smith - Speaker 1796-1800
4th Lincoln & Norfolk Benjamin Hardison
Ontario & Addington Christopher Robinson died 2 November 1798 in office.
William Fairfield (from June 1799)
Prince Edward & Adolphus Township David McGregor Rogers
Stormont Robert Isaac Dey Gray
Suffolk & Essex John Cornwall
Preceded by
1st Parliament of Upper Canada		 Parliaments in Upper Canada
in Newark and York
1797-1800		 Succeeded by
3rd Parliament of Upper Canada
Lieutenant Governors of Ontario

Post-Confederation (1867–present)

Stisted • Howland • Crawford • D. A. Macdonald • J. B. Robinson • Campbell • Kirkpatrick • Gzowski • Mowat • Clark • Gibson • Hendrie • Clarke • Cockshutt • Ross • Mulock • H. A. Bruce • Matthews • Lawson • Breithaupt • MacKay • Rowe • W. R. Macdonald • McGibbon • Aird • Alexander • Jackman • Weston • Bartleman • Onley

Province of Canada (1841–1866)*

Clitherow • Jackson • Bagot • Metcalfe • Cathcart • J. Bruce • E. W. Head • Monck

Upper Canada (1791–1841)

Simcoe • Russell • Hunter • Grant • Gore • Brock • Sheaffe • de Rottenburg • Drummond • Murray • F. P. Robinson • Smith • Maitland • Colborne • Bond Head • Arthur • Thomson

British Province of Quebec (1759–1791)*

Amherst • Murray • Carleton • Haldimand • Carleton (2nd time)

Famous quotes containing the words parliament, upper and/or canada:

    “What is the historical function of Parliament in this country? It is to prevent the Government from governing.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “Like many of the Upper Class He liked the Sound of Broken Glass.”
    —Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)

    “I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to the world as a Scotch banker.”
    —Robertson Davies (b. 1913)