12th Parliament of Upper Canada


The 12th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 15 January 1835. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in October 1834. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 28 May 1836 by the new Lieutenant Governor, Sir Francis Bond Head. Head ordered a new election because the House of Assembly, dominated by reformers, had refused to pass any new money bills. The assembly also labelled Head a deceitful tyrant after he had invoked his right to consult them only on certain specific matters. It was succeeded by the 13th Parliament of Upper Canada in November 1836.
The House of Assembly of the 12th Parliament of Upper Canada had two sessions 4 February 1817 to 7 March 1820:
Both the House and Parliament sat at the third Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada.
SessionsStartEnd
1st15 January 183516 April 1835
2nd14 January 183620 April 1836

RidingMember
BrockvilleDavid Jones
CarletonEdward Malloch
CarletonJohn Bower Lewis
CornwallArchibald McLean - Speaker 1836
DundasPeter Shaver
DundasJohn Cook
DurhamGeorge Strange Boulton
DurhamJohn Brown
EssexFrancis Xavier Caldwell
EssexJohn Alexander Wilkinson
FrontenacJacob Shibley
FrontenacJohn Strange
GlengarryDonald Macdonell
GlengarryAlexander Chisholm
GrenvilleHiram Norton
GrenvilleWilliam Benjamin Wells
HaldimandWilliam Hamilton Merritt
HaltonCaleb Hopkins
HaltonJames Durand, Jr.
HamiltonAllan Napier MacNab
HastingsHenry W. Yager
HastingsJames Hunter Samson
HuronRobert Graham Dunlop
KentWilliam McCrae
KentNathan Cornwall
KingstonChristopher Alexander Hagerman
LanarkWilliam Morris
Alexander Thom
LanarkJosias Tayler
LeedsOgle Robert Gowan
William Buell
LeedsRobert Sympson Jameson
Matthew M. Howard
Lennox & AddingtonMarshall Spring Bidwell - Speaker 1835
Lennox & AddingtonPeter Perry
1st Lincoln CountyDennis Woolverton
2nd LincolnGeorge Rykert
3rd LincolnJohn Johnston Lefferty
David Thorburn
4th LincolnGilbert McMicking
MiddlesexThomas Parke
MiddlesexElias Moore
Niagara Charles Richardson
NorfolkFrancis Leigh Walsh
NorfolkDavid Duncombe
NorthumberlandAlexander McDonell
NorthumberlandJohn Gilchrist
OxfordCharles Duncombe
OxfordRobert Alway
PrescottAlexander MacDonell of Greenfield
John Chesser
PrescottCharles Waters
Prince EdwardJohn Philip Roblin
Prince EdwardJames Wilson
RussellThomas McKay
SimcoeWilliam Benjamin Robinson
SimcoeSamuel Lount
StormontWilliam Bruce
StormontDonald Aeneas MacDonell
TorontoJames Edward Small
WentworthHarmannus Smith
WentworthJacob Rymal
1st YorkDavid Gibson
2nd YorkWilliam Lyon Mackenzie
3rd YorkThomas David Morrison
4th YorkJohn McIntosh