1st Parliament of the Province of Canada

The 1st Parliament of the Province of Canada was in session from June 15, 1841 to 1843. Elections for the Legislative Assembly were held in the Province of Canada in April 1841. All sessions were held at Kingston, Canada West.

In 1841, the District Councils Act was passed which established a system of local government in Canada West based on district councils. Prior to 1841, local affairs were dealt with by the District Court of Quarter Sessions.

There were 41 seats in the Legislature of Canada East and 42 in Canada West.

The Speaker of this parliament was Austin Cuvillier.

Canada East

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Canada West

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References

1. ↑ resigned in October 1842; Edward Gibbon Wakefield was elected in a by-election in November 1842.
2. ↑ resigned in January 1842 to accept an appointment; Abraham Turgeon was elected to the seat in a by-election in June 1842.
3. ↑ resigned in 1843; Louis Lacoste was elected in a by-election.
4. ↑ resigned his seat to accept an appointment to the Legislative Council; Henry Judah was elected in a by-election in September 1843.
5. ↑ died in 1842; Charles John Forbes was elected in a by-election in April 1842.
6. ↑ resigned to accept an appointment; Jacob De Witt won the seat in a by-election in August 1842.
7. ↑ resigned in October 1843; Pierre Beaubien was elected to the seat in November 1843.
8. ↑ resigned his seat to accept an appointment; André Jobin was elected in a by-election in October 1843.
9. ↑ resigned in January 1842 to accept a post as judge; Louis-Michel Viger was elected in a by-election in February 1842.
10. ↑ accepted an appointment to the Court of Queen's Bench; Denis-Benjamin Papineau was elected to the seat in a by-election.
11. ↑ resigned in August 1843 after declaring bankruptcy; Jean Chabot was elected in a by-election in September 1843.
12. ↑ resigned his seat in December 1842 to allow Robert Baldwin, who had been defeated in a by-election, to run for his seat in 1843.
13. ↑ accepted an appointment in 1842; William Walker was elected in a by-election held in July 1842.
14. ↑ resigned in August 1843 due to illness; Timothée Franchère was elected in a by-election in September 1843.
15. ↑ resigned his seat for an appointment; Augustin-Norbert Morin was elected in a by-election in November 1842.
16. ↑ resigned in November 1841; James Leslie won the seat in a by-election in December.
17. ↑ lost his seat in a by-election required due to his appointment to cabinet.
18. ↑ The election of James McGill Strachan was protested by William Dunlop, who was awarded the seat.
19. ↑ resigned his seat in 1841 to allow Samuel Bealey Harrison to sit in the assembly.
20. ↑ resigned his seat in 1843; Lawrence Lawrason was elected in a January 1844 by-election.
21. ↑ election declared invalid. Edward C. Campbell was appointed judge. Henry John Boulton was elected in a September 1842 by-election
22. ↑ appointed to the Legislative Council; William Stewart was elected in a by-election held in 1843.
23. ↑ resigned in 1843 and was replaced by Henry Sherwood in a by-election held in March 1843.
24. ↑ Robert Baldwin was elected in both Hastings and 4th York; Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine was elected in a by-election in 4th York.

• Upper Canadian politics in the 1850s, Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)
• Côté, George Oliver (1860). Political appointments and elections in the province of Canada. 1841 to 1860. St. Michael & Darveau. 

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