8th Parliament of Upper Canada


The 8th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 31 January 1821. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in July 1820. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada and sat in the second Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 22 June 1824.
The House of Assembly of the 8th Parliament of Upper Canada had four sessions 31 January 1821 to 19 January 1824: It sat at the second Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada until a fire destroyed it and moved to the York General Hospital.
This parliament saw the emergence of the power and conservative Family Compact with member Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto.
SessionsStartEnd
1st31 January 182114 February 1821
2nd21 November 182117 January 1822
3rd15 January 182319 March 1823
4th11 November 182319 January 1824

RidingMember
CarletonWilliam Morris
DundasPeter Shaver
DurhamSamuel Street Wilmot
EssexFrançois Baby
EssexWilliam McCormick
FrontenacAllan McLean
GlengarryAlexander MacDonell of Greenfield
GlengarryAlexander McMartin
GrenvilleWalter F. Gates
GrenvilleJonas Jones
HaltonJames Crooks
HaltonWilliam Chisholm
HastingsRueben White
KentJames Gordon
KingstonChristopher Alexander Hagerman
LeedsLevius Peters Sherwood - Speaker 1821-1824
LeedsCharles Jones
Lennox & AddingtonSamuel Casey
Lennox & AddingtonDaniel Hagerman
Barnabas Bidwell
Matthew Clark
George Ham
1st Lincoln CountyJohn Clarke
2nd LincolnWilliam Johnson Kerr
3rd LincolnRobert Hamilton
4th LincolnRobert Randal
MiddlesexMahlon Burwell
MiddlesexJohn Bostwick
NorfolkRobert Nichol
NorfolkFrancis Leigh Walsh
NorthumberlandDavid McGregor Rogers
NorthumberlandHenry Ruttan
OxfordThomas Hornor
Prescott & RussellWilliam Hamilton
David Pattee
Prince EdwardJames Wilson
Prince EdwardPaul Peterson
StormontArchibald McLean
StormontPhilip VanKoughnet
WentworthGeorge Hamilton
WentworthJohn Willson
York John Beverley Robinson
York & SimcoePeter Robinson
YorkWilliam Warren Baldwin