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The 1st Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 17 September 1792. Elections in Upper Canada

Upper Canada

The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...

had been held in August 1792. All sessions were held at Navy Hall

Navy Hall

Navy Hall is a wooden structure encased within a stone structure that was the site of Upper Canada's first provincial parliament in 1792–1796. It is a national historic site located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, then known as Newark, Upper Canada...

in Newark, later Niagara-on-the-Lake

Niagara-on-the-Lake

Niagara-on-the-Lake is a Canadian town located in Southern Ontario where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region of the southern part of the province of Ontario. It is located across the Niagara river from Youngstown, New York, USA...

. This parliament was dissolved

Dissolution of parliament

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1 July 1796.

This House of Assembly

House of Assembly

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of the 1st Parliament of Upper Canada had five sessions 17 September 1792 to 3 June 1796:

Sessions	Start	End
1st	17 September 1792	15 October 1792
2nd	31 May 1793	9 July 1793
3rd	2 June 1794	9 July 1794
4th	6 July 1795	10 August 1795
5th	16 May 1796	3 June 1796

Riding	Member
Dundas Dundas County, Ontario Dundas County is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario.Dundas was created in 1792 by the area's first settlers: German Loyalists who had fought with Sir John Johnson in the American Revolutionary War. The settlers, descendants of the Palatine immigrants to America in 1710, had immigrated to...	Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell (Upper Canada politician) Alexander Campbell was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in New York state in 1770. His father served with Edward Jessup's Loyal Rangers during the American Revolution and settled in Edwardsburgh Township in Upper Canada after the war...
Durham Durham County, Ontario Durham County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was named from the English County and city.Durham County was created in 1792. It was composed of the townships of Cartwright, Manvers, Cavan, Darlington, Clarke and Hope, and portions of what is now Peterborough County,... , York York County, Ontario York County is a historic county in Upper Canada, Canada West, and the Canadian province of Ontario.York County was created in 1792 and was part of the jurisdiction of Home District of Upper Canada... & 1st Lincoln Lincoln County, Ontario Lincoln County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.The county was formed in 1792. In 1845, the southern portion of Lincoln County was separated to form Welland County....	Nathaniel Pettit Nathaniel Pettit Nathaniel Pettit was a political figure in Upper Canada.Pettit was born in Sussex County, New Jersey in 1724. In 1766, he was appointed judge in the county's Court of Common Pleas and he was elected to the legislature in 1768. He opposed taxation without representation and joined a committee...
1st Glengarry Glengarry (electoral district) Glengarry was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917, and from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario...	Hugh McDonell Hugh McDonell Hugh McDonell was a soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born at Aberchalder Lodge in Scotland. In 1773, he came with his father and uncles to the Mohawk Valley of New York, settling on Sir William Johnson's estate near Johnstown. As a loyalist, he was taken prisoner by...
2nd Glengarry Glengarry (electoral district) Glengarry was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917, and from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario...	John McDonell John McDonell Captain John McDonell was a soldier, judge and political figure in Upper Canada following the American Revolution. He was elected as the first speaker for the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada.-Early years:... - Speaker 1792-1796
Grenville Grenville County, Ontario Grenville County area is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.The county was created in 1792, and named in honour of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Secretary of State in 1790. The First settlers were Loyalist from the United States...	Ephraim Jones Ephraim Jones Ephraim Jones was a soldier, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Weston, Massachusetts in 1750. His father, Ephraim and five of his brothers served with the British during the American Revolution. He was taken prisoner in the Saratoga Campaign of 1777 and later served with...
Kent Kent County, Ontario Kent County, area 2,458 sq km is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. Population in 2006 was 108,589.The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the English County. The county is in an alluvial plain between Lake St...	William Macomb William Macomb (merchant) William Macomb was a merchant and political figure of Upper Canada.He was born in northern Ireland around 1751 and came to North America with his family in 1755...
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Leeds Leeds (electoral district) Leeds was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario... & Frontenac Frontenac County, Ontario Frontenac County, as defined by Statistics Canada, is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. The City of Kingston is included in the census division, but is politically separated from the County of Frontenac. It has a land...	John White
Lennox Lennox County, Ontario Lennox County is a historic county in what is now the Canadian province of Ontario.As an upper-tier municipality, the county of Lennox was created on paper in 1792, but has never existed as a discrete municipal entity. From 1792 until 1864, it was part of the United Counties of Frontenac, Lennox... , Hastings Hastings County, Ontario Hastings County is located in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is The Cheese Capital of Canada. Geographically, it is located on the border of Eastern Ontario and Central Ontario. The population was 125,915 in 2001 and grew to 130,474 in the 2006 Canada Census... & Northumberland Northumberland (Ontario electoral district) Northumberland was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968 and from 1987 to 2003, ad in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007....	Hazelton Spencer Hazelton Spencer Hazelton Spencer was a soldier, political figure and judge in Upper Canada.He was born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island in 1757. He moved with his family to Vermont in 1775. In 1777, he joined the British forces with his father. His father died and his family's property was confiscated...
2nd Lincoln Lincoln (electoral district) Lincoln was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1883 and from 1904 to 1997. It was on the Niagara Peninsula in the Canadian province of Ontario...	Benjamin Pawling Benjamin Pawling Benjamin Pawling was a soldier, judge, political figure and publisher in Upper Canada.He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family's property was confiscated at the beginning of the American Revolution and he joined the British forces at Quebec City in 1777. After the war, he settled in...
3rd Lincoln Lincoln (electoral district) Lincoln was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1883 and from 1904 to 1997. It was on the Niagara Peninsula in the Canadian province of Ontario...	Isaac Swayze Isaac Swayze Isaac Swayze was a soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Morris County, New Jersey in 1751 into a family of German immigrants of Jewish extraction...
4th Lincoln Lincoln (electoral district) Lincoln was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1883 and from 1904 to 1997. It was on the Niagara Peninsula in the Canadian province of Ontario... & Norfolk Norfolk County, Ontario Norfolk County is a rural city-status single-tier municipality on the north shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Bloomsburg is a small town located in Norfolk County and is the hometown of David Slater. The county seat and largest community is Simcoe...	Parshall Terry Parshall Terry Parshall Terry was a political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Mattituck, New York in 1756 and served with Butler's Rangers during the American Revolution. He settled at Kingston after the war, later moving to Newark and then York . He was elected to the 1st Parliament of Upper Canada in the...
Ontario Ontario County, Ontario Ontario County was the name of two historic counties in the Canadian province of Ontario.The original Ontario County existed from 1792 to 1800 as part of the Eastern District, and consisted of the islands in the St. Lawrence River... & Addington Addington (electoral district) Addington was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904.It was created in the British North America Act of 1867....	Joshua Booth Joshua Booth Joshua Booth was a soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Orange County, New York in 1758 or 1759. He served with the forces loyal to the British during the American Revolution. He settled in Ernestown Township in Upper Canada after the war. He built grist mills and sawmills...
Prince Edward Prince Edward (electoral district) Prince Edward was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted of the County of Prince Edward.... and Adolphus Township	Philip Dorland Philip Dorland Philip Dorland was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in 1755 in Dutchess County, New York and settled in Adolphustown Township in Upper Canada. He was elected to the 1st Parliament of Upper Canada representing Prince Edward and Adolphustown but refused to take the oath of... refused oath of office because he was a Quaker Religious Society of Friends The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences... .
Prince Edward Prince Edward (electoral district) Prince Edward was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted of the County of Prince Edward.... and Adolphustown	Peter Van Alstine Peter Van Alstine Peter Van Alstine was a farmer, soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Kinderhook, New York in 1743. He served as a major in a Loyalist regiment during the American Revolution. He helped settle a group of Quakers and a number of former Loyalist soldiers in the Bay of Quinte... (from June 1793)
Stormont Stormont (electoral district) Stormont was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1882, 1904 to 1917, and 1925 to 1968. It was located in the eastern part of the province of Ontario....	Jeremiah French Jeremiah French Jeremiah French was a soldier, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Stratford, Connecticut in 1743, later settling at Manchester, Vermont. He served with General John Burgoyne during the American Revolution. After the war, he settled at Maple Grove in Upper Canada. He...
Suffolk & Essex Essex (electoral district) Essex is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1882 and since 1968.-Geography:...	David William Smith

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