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Legislative Council of Lower Canada

The Legislative Council of Lower Canada was the upper house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

The Province of Lower Canada was a British colonization of the Americas on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence ....
until 1838. The upper house consisted of appointed councillors who voted on bills passed up by the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791....
. The legislative council was created by the Constitutional Act
Constitutional Act of 1791

The Constitutional Act of 1791 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain which changed the government of the province of Quebec to accommodate the many English-speaking settlers, known as the United Empire Loyalists, who had arrived from the United States following the American Revolution....
. Many of the members first called in the Council in 1792 had served as councillors in the Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec

Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec

The Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec was an advisory body constituted by section XII of the Quebec Act of 1774. Its function was to advise the Governor on legislative matters....
.

The council came to be dominated by the Château Clique

Château Clique

The Clique du Ch?teau or Ch?teau Clique was a group of wealthy families in Lower Canada in the early 19th century. They were the Lower Canadian equivalent of the Family Compact in Upper Canada....
, members of the province's most powerful families who were generally interested in preserving the status quo.

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The Legislative Council of Lower Canada was the upper house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec

Château Clique

Lower Canada Rebellion

The Lower Canada Rebellion is the name given to the armed conflict between the rebels of Lower Canada and the United Kingdom colonial power of that province....
and Lower Canada was administered by an appointed Special Council

Special Council of Lower Canada

The Special Council of Lower Canada was an appointed body which administered Lower Canada until the Act of Union created the Province of Canada....
.

Following the Act of Union in 1840, the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada

Legislative Council of the Province of Canada

The Legislative Council of the Province of Canada was the upper house for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the province of Ontario....
was created in 1841.

Legislative Buildings

Old Parliament Building (Quebec)
Old Parliament Building (Quebec)

Old Parliament Building was the site of the seat of governemt of Lower Canada, Canada West, Provinces of Canada and Quebec.Located in what is Parc Montmorency today, the site of two Parliament buildings from 1791 to 1883....

List of Members of the Legislative Council

Member	Start	Stop
Adam Mabane Adam Mabane Adam Mabane was a physician, judge and political figure in the early Province of Quebec .He was born in Scotland around 1734. He was a surgeon's assistant in the Kingdom of Great Britain army led by Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst and came to Quebec in 1760....		January 3, 1792
John Fraser	1792	December 5, 1795
François Baby François Baby (businessman) Fran?ois Baby, came from a family of fur traders. His father and grandfather, , had been successful in the business and his eldest brother Jacques Baby and other family members were active in the same business....	1792	October 6, 1820
Thomas Dunn Thomas Dunn Thomas Dunn was Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada, from 1805 to 1807.He was born in Durham, England and came to the Quebec City shortly after its surrender in 1760....	1792	April 15, 1818
Hugh Finlay	1792	December 26, 1801
William Smith William Smith (chief justice) William Smith was a lawyer, historian, public speaking, Loyalist , and eventually Chief Justice of the Province of New York from 1763 to 1782 and Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec , later Lower Canada, from 1786 until his death....	1792	December 6, 1793
Joseph-Dominique-Emmanuel Le Moyne de Longueuil	1792	January 19, 1807
George Pownall	1792	October 17, 1834
Paul-Roch de Saint-Ours	1792	August 11, 1814
Edward Harrison Edward Harrison Edward Harrison may refer to:Ted Harrison, Canadian painterEdward Harrison , 18th Century British administrator*Edward Harrison , 20th Century British chemist...	1792	October 15, 1794
John Collins	1792	April 15, 1795
François-Marie Picoté de Belestre François-Marie Picoté de Belestre Fran?ois-Marie Picot?, sieur de Belestre II was an eighteenth-century soldier for both New France and Kingdom of Great Britain....	1792	March 30, 1792
Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de L?ry was a seigneurial system of New France, military engineer and political figure in Lower Canada. His first name was also sometimes written Joseph-Gaspard....	1792	December 11, 1797
Charles-Louis Tarieu de Lanaudière Charles-Louis Tarieu de Lanaudière Charles-Louis Tarieu de Lanaudi?re was a soldier, seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec City in 1743, the son of seigneur Charles-Fran?ois Tarieu de La Naudi?re, and studied at the Petit S?minaire de Qu?bec....	1792	October 2, 1811
René-Amable Boucher de Boucherville René-Amable Boucher de Boucherville Ren?-Amable Boucher de Boucherville was a seigneurial system of New France, soldier and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Fort Frontenac , the son of Pierre Boucher de Boucherville, in 1735....	1792	August 31, 1812
Henry Caldwell Henry Caldwell Henry Caldwell, was a Canadian army and militia officer, a successful businessman and a member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada....	February 5, 1793	May 28, 1810
Jacob Mountain	July 7, 1793	June 16, 1825
William Osgoode William Osgoode William Osgoode was the first Chief Justice of Ontario, Canada.He was born William Osgood in London, England in 1754. He attended Christ Church, Oxford and was called to the bar in 1779....	January 5, 1795	January 17, 1824
James Monk James Monk Sir James Monk was Chief Justice of Lower Canada. He was born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay and educated in City of Halifax where his father had settled in 1749....	January 5, 1795	June 1820
John Johnson John Johnson (Loyalist) Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet , was a Loyalist leader during the American Revolution. He was the son of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, who had promoted the United Kingdom settlement of the Mohawk Valley and founded the community of Johnstown, New York in Tryon County in the Province of New York....	1796	January 4, 1830
Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière Colonel The Hon. Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbini?re was a seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada....	1796	January 1, 1822
Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau Gabriel-Elz?ar Taschereau was the second in a line of distinguished French Canadians whose influence has spanned 3 centuries.Gabriel-Elz?ar Taschereau was born at Quebec City, the son of Thomas-Jacques Taschereau....	1798	September 18, 1809
Jenkin Williams	February 8, 1803	October 30, 1819
John Elmsley	February 8, 1803	April 29, 1805
Henry Allcock Henry Allcock Henry Allcock was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada and Lower Canada.His family was from Edgbaston and he was born in Birmingham, England in 1759 and studied law at Lincoln's Inn in London....	January 21, 1807	February 22, 1808
Jonathan Sewell Jonathan Sewell Jonathan Sewell was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Jonathan Sewall in Cambridge, Massachusetts 6 June 1766, the son of the last Kingdom of Great Britain attorney general of Massachusetts....	1808	March 27, 1838
Charles de Saint-Ours Charles de Saint-Ours Charles de Saint-Ours was a seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Roch-Louis de Saint-Ours in the town of Quebec City in 1753....	December 2, 1808	November 11, 1834
John Hale	December 3, 1808	March 27, 1838
Antoine-Louis Juchereau Duchesnay Antoine-Louis Juchereau Duchesnay Antoine-Louis Juchereau Duchesnay was a seigneurial system of New France, soldier and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Quebec City in 1765, the son of Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay, and studied at the Petit S?minaire de Qu?bec....	December 12, 1810	February 17, 1825
John Caldwell John Caldwell (seigneur) Sir John Caldwell, , was a businessman and politician in Lower Canada and the only son of Henry Caldwell, the receiver general of Lower Canada from 1794....	December 15, 1811	March 27, 1838
Herman Witsius Ryland	December 17, 1811	March 27, 1838
James Cuthbert James Cuthbert, Jr. James Cuthbert was a seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Berthierville, Quebec in 1769, the son of seigneur James Cuthbert, and studied at the English College, Douai at Douai, France....	December 18, 1811	March 27, 1838
Charles-Gaspard Tarieu de Lanaudière Charles-Gaspard Tarieu de Lanaudière Charles-Gaspard Tarieu de Lanaudi?re was a seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Charles Tarieu de La Naudi?re in Quebec City in 1769, the son of seigneur Charles-Fran?ois Tarieu de La Naudi?re, and studied at London....	December 19, 1811	June 7, 1812
Charles William Grant	December 21, 1811	March 27, 1848
Pierre-Ignace Aubert de Gaspé Pierre-Ignace Aubert de Gaspé Pierre-Ignace Aubert de Gasp? was a seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec City in 1758, the son of Ignace-Philippe Aubert de Gasp?, and studied at the Petit S?minaire de Qu?bec....	1812	February 13, 1823
Jacques-Nicolas Perrault Jacques-Nicolas Perrault Jacques-Nicolas Perrault was a seigneurial system of New France, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec City in 1750, the son of Jacques Perrault and grandson of Pierre Boucher de Boucherville....	January 1812	August 7, 1812
John Blackwood John Blackwood (merchant) John Blackwood, , was probably born in England and we have knowledge of his being in Quebec City in 1776, taking part in the defence of Quebec. He subsequently was in business there and became a wealthy merchant through his business and his second marriage....	April 9, 1813	June 24, 1819
Pierre-Dominique Debartzch Pierre-Dominique Debartzch Pierre-Dominique Debartzch was a lawyer, seigneurial system of New France, newspaper owner and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Quebec in 1782, the son of a merchant of Poland descent, and studied at Harvard College....	January 17, 1814	March 27, 1838
William McGillivray William McGillivray William McGillivray was a Scotland-born fur trader and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Dunlichity, Scotland in 1764. In 1784, he travelled to Montreal with his uncle Simon McTavish and began work with the North West Company....	January 19, 1814	October 16, 1825
Jean-Antoine Panet Jean-Antoine Panet Jean-Antoine Panet was a civil law notary, lawyer, judge, seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec City in 1751, the son of Jean-Claude Panet....	January 1815	May 17, 1815
John Richardson	January 24, 1816	May 18, 1831
Joseph-Octave Plessis Joseph-Octave Plessis Joseph-Octave Plessis was a Canada Roman Catholic clergyman from Quebec. He was the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec after the diocese was elevated to the status of an archdiocese....	April 30, 1817	December 4, 1825
Roderick Mackenzie	May 10, 1817	March 27, 1838
Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry, , was the son of Michel de Sallaberry and he was the first member of the family to develop permanent roots in Canada....	December 4, 1817	March 22, 1828
William Burns	January 2, 1818	September 25, 1829
Michael Henry Perceval	January 10, 1818	October 12, 1829
Olivier Perrault Olivier Perrault Olivier Perrault was a seigneurial system of New France, lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada. He was also sometimes known as Jean-Baptiste-Olivier Perrault....	January 28, 1818	March 19, 1827
Thomas-Pierre-Joseph Taschereau Thomas-Pierre-Joseph Taschereau Thomas-Pierre-Joseph Taschereau was born in Quebec April 19 1775, a son of Gabriel-Elz?ar Taschereau, the patriarch of this important family, and his first wife, Marie-Louise-?lizabeth Bazin....	January 28, 1818	October 8, 1826
William Scott	January 29, 1818	January 11, 1820
Louis-René Chaussegros de Léry Louis-René Chaussegros de Léry Louis-Ren? Chaussegros de L?ry was a seigneurial system of New France, soldier and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Paris in 1762, the son of seigneur Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de L?ry and Louise Martel de Brouague, the daughter of Fran?ois Martel de Brouague....	February 9, 1818	November 28, 1832
James Irvine James Irvine (Quebec businessman) James Irvine was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in England in 1766, from parents of Scotland descent, and came to Quebec City with his family in 1766....	February 20, 1818	September 20, 1829
Louis Turgeon Louis Turgeon Louis Turgeon was a civil law notary, seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Beaumont, Quebec in 1762, studied at the Petit S?minaire de Qu?bec, articled as a notary and was licensed to practice in 1792....	March 10, 1818	September 26, 1827
Louis Gugy Louis Gugy Louis Gugy was a seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Jean-Georges-Barth?lemy-Guillaume-Louis Gugy in Paris in 1770, the son of Barth?lemy Gugy, who was a colonel in a Swiss Guard regiment, bodyguards of the French kings....	April 10, 1818	March 27, 1838
Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry	December 14, 1818	February 27, 1829
James Kerr	October 19, 1821	March 27, 1838
William Bowman Felton William Bowman Felton William Bowman Felton was a British naval officer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Gloucester, England in 1782, the son of John Felton, who was an officer in the Royal Navy....	April 6, 1822	June 30, 1837
Mathew Bell Mathew Bell Mathew Bell was a seigneurial system of New France, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. His first name is also sometimes recorded as Matthew....	April 30, 1823	March 27, 1838
Edward Bowen Edward Bowen (politician) Edward Bowen was an Ireland-born lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada....	February 27, 1824	March 27, 1838
Toussaint Pothier Toussaint Pothier Toussaint Pothier was a businessman, seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Jean-Baptiste Pothier in Montreal in 1771, the son of Louis-Toussaint Pothier, a merchant and one of the founders of the North West Company....	July 22, 1824	March 27, 1838
John Stewart	May 13, 1825	March 27, 1838
John Forsyth	July 3, 1827	December 27, 1837
Charles James Stewart Charles James Stewart Charles James Stewart was an England Church of England, clergyman, bishop, and politician. He was the second Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 1826 to 1837....	January 1828	July 13, 1837
Jean-Thomas Taschereau Jean-Thomas Taschereau (1778-1832) Jean-Thomas Taschereau was a son of Gabriel-Elz?ar Taschereau and Marie-Louise-?lizabeth Bazin. He was a seigneurial system of New France, lawyer, judge and politician....	May 2, 1828	June 14, 1832
Samuel Hatt	November 29, 1829	March 27, 1838
Denis-Benjamin Viger Denis-Benjamin Viger Denis-Benjamin Viger was a 19th century Lower Canada politician, lawyer and businessman.Viger was part of the militia in the early 1800s and then a captain in the War of 1812....	November 30, 1829	March 27, 1838
Louis Guy Louis Guy Louis Guy was a civil law notary and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1768, the son of a merchant there. Guy studied to be a land surveyor and learned English language at the Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey....	December 20, 1830	March 27, 1838
George Moffatt	December 24, 1830	March 27, 1838
Jacques-Philippe Saveuse de Beaujeu Jacques-Philippe Saveuse de Beaujeu Jacques-Philippe Saveuse de Beaujeu was a seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was baptized on May 5 1772, the son of seigneur Louis Li?nard de Beaujeu de Villemonde....	November 25, 1831	June 19, 1832
François-Roch de Saint-Ours	January 1, 1832	March 27, 1838
Peter McGill Peter McGill Peter McGill was a Scots-Quebecer businessman who served as mayor of Montreal, Canada East from 1840 to 1842.He was born Peter McCutcheon in the village of Creebridge, Wigtownshire in Scotland....	January 3, 1832	March 27, 1838
John Molson John Molson File:John Molson Sr.jpgJohn Molson was an Anglo-Quebecer who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company....	January 4, 1832	January 11, 1836
Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterri?re was a Quebec doctor, seigneurial system of New France and political figure.He was born in Baieville, Quebec, Lower Canada in 1792, the son of Pierre de Sales Laterri?re who was seigneur of Les ?boulements....	January 5, 1832	March 27, 1838
François-Xavier Malhiot François-Xavier Malhiot Fran?ois-Xavier Malhiot was a merchant, seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Fran?ois-Xavier-Amable Malhiot at Verch?res, Quebec, Province of Quebec in 1781, the son of Fran?ois Malhiot....	January 6, 1832	March 27, 1838
Jean Dessaulles Jean Dessaulles Jean Dessaulles was a seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Saint-Fran?ois-du-Lac, Quebec in 1766 and studied at the Coll?ge de Montr?al....	January 7, 1832	June 20, 1835
Barthélemy Joliette Barthélemy Joliette Barth?lemy Joliette was a civil law notary, businessman, seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East....	January 8, 1832	March 27, 1838
Pierre de Rastel de Rocheblave Pierre de Rastel de Rocheblave Pierre de Rastel de Rocheblave was a fur trader, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Kaskaskia, Illinois in 1773, the son of Philippe-Fran?ois de Rastel de Rocheblave, and moved to Montreal with his family after the American Revolution....	January 9, 1832	March 27, 1838
Robert Unwin Harwood Robert Unwin Harwood Robert Unwin Harwood was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born in Sheffield, England in 1798 and came to Montreal in 1821, where he entered the family hardware business there which was being run by his brother....	January 10, 1832	March 27, 1838
Antoine-Gaspard Couillard Antoine-Gaspard Couillard Antoine-Gaspard Couillard was a seigneurial system of New France, physician and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Saint-Thomas in Montmagny, Quebec in 1789, the son of seigneur Jean-Baptiste Couillard and Marie-Ang?lique Chaussegros de L?ry, the daughter of Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de L?ry....	January 11, 1832	March 27, 1838
Jean-Baptiste Juchereau Duchesnay	April 4, 1832	January 13, 1833
James Baxter	August 1832	November 18, 1837
Horatio Gates Horatio Gates (businessman) File:Horatio Gates .pngHoratio Gates was a Canada businessman, office holder, justice of the peace, and politician. He was the third president of the Bank of Montreal....	August 1, 1832	April 11, 1834
Robert Jones	August 2, 1832	March 27, 1838
François Quirouet François Quirouet Fran?ois Quirouet was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Pierre-Fran?ois Quirouet in the Quebec City in 1776....	October 25, 1833	March 27, 1838
Joseph Masson	October 16, 1834	March 27, 1838
Amable Dionne Amable Dionne Amable Dionne was a businessman, seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born in Kamouraska, Quebec in 1781 and grew up there....	August 22, 1837	March 27, 1838
René-Édouard Caron René-Édouard Caron Ren?-?douard Caron was a Canadian politician, judge, and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.Born in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupr?, Quebec, Lower Canada, the son of Augustin Caron, a farmer, and Elizabeth Lessard, he studied at a Quebec seminary, the Petit S?minaire of Quebec, and studied law in Andr?-R?mi Hamel?s office was called to the Quebec Bar in...	August 22, 1837	March 27, 1838
Janvier-Domptail Lacroix	August 22, 1837	March 27, 1838
Clément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury Clément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury Lieutenant Colonel Cl?ment-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury was a soldier, lawyer, politician and newspaper founder.Born in present-day Sorel, Quebec where his father was Commandant of the Garrison stationed there....	August 22, 1837	March 27, 1838
Gabriel Marchand	August 22, 1837
John Neilson John Neilson John Neilson was a Scots-Quebecer editor of the newspaper Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph and a politician....	August 22, 1837	March 27, 1838
John Pangman	August 22, 1837	March 27, 1838
Melchior-Alphonse de Salaberry Melchior-Alphonse de Salaberry Melchior-Alphonse de Salaberry or Melchior-Alphonse d'Irumberry de Salaberry was a Quebec lawyer and political figure.He was born in La Prairie, Quebec, Lower Canada in 1813, the son of Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry....	August 22, 1837	March 27, 1838
Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville Jean-Baptiste-René Hertel de Rouville Jean-Baptiste-Ren? Hertel de Rouville was a seigneurial system of New France and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Montreal in 1789, the son of Jean-Baptiste-Melchior Hertel de Rouville....	August 22, 1837	March 27, 1838
John Malcolm Fraser	August 22, 1837	March 27, 1838

Legislative Council of Lower Canada

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