2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada
The 2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in 1844, following the general elections for the Legislative Assembly in October 1844. It first met on November 28, 1844. It was dissolved in December 1847. All sessions were held at Montreal, Canada East.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly was Allan Napier MacNab.
Canada East
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Canada West
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[edit]- ^ died in July 1845; Joseph-André Taschereau was elected in a by-election held in September 1845.
- ^ resigned in May 1847 to become a judge; François-Xavier Lemieux was elected in a by-election held in July 1847.
- ^ resigned after being named judge; William Badgley was elected in a by-election held in June 1847.
- ^ Augustin-Norbert Morin was elected in both Bellechasse and Saguenay, choosing to sit in Bellechasse; Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière was elected to represent Saguenay in an 1845 by-election.
- ^ died in June 1845; Denis-Benjamin Viger was elected in a by-election held in July 1845.
- ^ resigned in May 1846; George Lyon was elected in a by-election held in June 1846.
- ^ resigned his seat in 1846 to allow John Hillyard Cameron to be elected in a by-election in August 1846.
- ^ "Local News of All Sorts" (PDF). Glengarry County Archives. The Alexandria News. June 14, 1912. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ resigned to accept an appointment; this allowed William Cayley to run for his seat in February 1846.
- ^ resigned in 1845 to accept an appointment; Joseph Woods won the seat in a by-election.
- ^ gave up his seat so that William Henry Draper could lead the government in the assembly.
- ^ resigned in 1847 and John Wilson won the seat in a by-election.
- ^ resigned in 1846 to accept other appointments in Prince Edward County; R B Conger was elected to his seat in a by-election.
- ^ disqualified in 1844; George Monro was declared elected.
- 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.