The 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in July 1861, following the general election for the Legislative Assembly in June 1861. It first met on July 15, 1861, and was dissolved in May 1863.
This was the first election in the Province of Canada to use a list of eligible voters prepared before the election. All sessions were held in Quebec City. The 7th Parliament ended following a vote of no confidence on May 8, 1863.[1]
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly was Joseph-Édouard Turcotte.
Canada East - 65 Seats edit
Canada West - 65 Seats edit
References edit
- ^ "Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ... : [Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from February 12 to May 12, 1863 ... in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of ... Queen Victoria : being the 2nd session of the 7th Provincial Parliament of Canada". Canadiana. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ resigned his seat to accept a post in 1862; Christopher Dunkin was elected in a by-election in March 1862.
- ^ gave up his seat to allow Antoine-Aimé Dorion to be elected in a by-election in June 1862.
- ^ was appointed judge in 1863; Alfred Pinsonneault was elected in a by-election in April 1863.
- ^ resigned his seat to accept an appointment as superintendent of Public Works; Louis-Siméon Morin was elected in a by-election in September 1861.
- ^ died in 1861 without taking his seat; Joseph Dufresne was elected to the seat in a by-election in February 1862.
- ^ resigned November 1862 when elected to represent Lorimier in Legislative Council.
- ^ election was declared invalid; Charles-François Painchaud was awarded the seat in May 1863.
- ^ unseated in February 1863; John Scoble was awarded the seat.
- ^ election declared invalid in March 1863; John O'Connor was declared elected.
- ^ resigned to accept an appointment as judge in 1863; George Brown was elected in a by-election in March 1863.
- ^ a b elected in both Perth & North Waterloo; Foley chose the Perth seat; when he was appointed to cabinet, he was forced to seek re-election and was elected in Waterloo North; Thomas Mayne Daly was elected in Perth in a by-election in 1862.
- Upper Canadian politics in the 1850s, Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)