Parliament of Upper Canada

See also: List of elections in the Province of Canada and Ontario Legislative Building

The Parliament of Upper Canada was the legislature for Upper Canada. It was created when the old Province of Quebec was split into Upper Canada and Lower Canada by the Constitutional Act of 1791.

Parliament of Upper Canada
The First Ceremonial Mace of Upper Canada The First Ceremonial Mace of Upper Canada
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Legislative Council Legislative Assembly
History
Founded	1791 (1791)
Disbanded	1841 (1841)
Preceded by	Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec
Succeeded by	Parliament of the Province of Canada

As in other Westminster-style legislatures, it consisted of three components:

• The Crown of the United Kingdom, represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada who was assisted by the Executive Council of Upper Canada
• The Legislative Council of Upper Canada (the appointed upper house)
• The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada (the elected lower house)

Following the Rebellions of 1837 and Lord Durham's 1839 Report to the British Government, Upper Canada and Lower Canada were rejoined in 1841 to create the Province of Canada. The Parliament of Upper Canada was therewith replaced by the newly created Parliament of the United Province of Canada.

List of Parliaments

The Parliament was convened thirteen times in its history:

• 1st Parliament of Upper Canada 1792-1796
• 2nd Parliament of Upper Canada 1797-1800
• 3rd Parliament of Upper Canada 1801-1804
• 4th Parliament of Upper Canada 1805-1808
• 5th Parliament of Upper Canada 1808-1812
• 6th Parliament of Upper Canada 1812-1816
• 7th Parliament of Upper Canada 1817-1820
• 8th Parliament of Upper Canada 1821-1824
• 9th Parliament of Upper Canada 1825-1828
• 10th Parliament of Upper Canada 1829-1830
• 11th Parliament of Upper Canada 1831-1834
• 12th Parliament of Upper Canada 1835-1836
• 13th Parliament of Upper Canada 1837-1840