5th Parliament of the Province of Canada

The 5th Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in August 1854, following the general election for the Legislative Assembly in July 1854. The number of seats in the Assembly had been increased by the 4th Parliament of the Province of Canada to 130, 65 for each section. Sessions were held in Quebec City until 1856 and then in Toronto. The Parliament was dissolved in November 1857.

About the time of the election of the 5th Parliament in 1854, the government negotiated the Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty.

The 1854 election was flawed by excessive turnout due to vote fraud. In the county of Saguenay, more votes were cast than its total population.Garner, Franchise and Politics in BNA, p. 109-110 This occurred despite restrictions on the franchise through application of a property-owners' and age qualification and also due to use of voter registration. John A. Macdonald was unwilling to be drawn into granting a wide franchise and also unwilling to use old restricted franchise rules so the 1857 election would be held using complex rules and a reliance on a multitude of oaths.

During the 5th Parliament, in 1854 and 1855, measures were introduced to abolish seigneurial tenure in Canada East and the clergy reserves in Canada West. A bill was passed in 1855 to make the Legislative Council an elected body, effective the following year. The Audit Act of 1855 established an auditor of public accounts, the first auditor general and the Audit Board, a new government department, which reviewed the public accounts.

The Speaker of this parliament was Louis-Victor Sicotte.

Members Canada East – 65 seats RidingMemberPartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms ArgenteuilSydney Robert BellinghamReformer18541st term BagotTimothée BrodeurReformer18541st term BeauceDunbar RossRouge1850, 18542nd term* BeauharnoisCharles DaoustRouge18541st term BellechasseJean ChabotReformer18435th term Octave-Cyrille Fortier (1854)Bleu18541st term BerthierPierre-Eustache DostalerReformer18541st term BonaventureJohn MeagherReformer18541st term ChamblyNoël DarcheRouge18541st term ChamplainThomas MarchildonRouge18512nd term ChâteauguayJacob De WittRouge1830, 1842, 18546th term* Chicoutimi—Saguenay and TadoussacAugustin-Norbert MorinReformer1830, 1841 18519th term* David Edward Price (1855)Conservative18551st term ComptonJohn Sewell SanbornLiberal18503rd term Deux-MontagnesJean-Baptiste DaoustReformer18541st term DorchesterBarthélemy PouliotReformer18541st term Drummond—ArthabaskaJean-Baptiste-Éric DorionRouge18541st term GaspéJohn Le BoutillierReformer1833, 1844, 18544th term* HochelagaJoseph LaporteReformer18541st term HuntingdonRobert Brown SomervilleIndependent18541st term IbervilleCharles LabergeRouge18541st term Jacques-CartierMichel-François ValoisRouge18512nd term JolietteJoseph-Hilarion JobinRouge18512nd term KamouraskaJean-Charles ChapaisReformer18512nd term LaprairieThomas-Jean-Jacques LorangerIndependent18541st term L'AssomptionJoseph PapinRouge18541st term LavalPierre LabelleBleu18541st term LévisFrançois-Xavier LemieuxReformer18474th term L'IsletCharles-François FournierReformer18483rd term LotbinièreJohn O'FarrellModerate18541st term MaskinongéJoseph-Édouard TurcotteReformer1841, 18514th term* MéganticWilliam RhodesReformer18541st term East MissisquoiJames Moir FerresTory18541st term West MissisquoiHannibal Hodges WhitneyReformer18541st term MontcalmJoseph DufresneBleu18541st term MontmagnyLouis-Napoléon CasaultModerate18541st term MontmorencyJoseph-Édouard CauchonReformer18444th term MontrealAntoine-Aimé DorionRouge18541st term Luther Hamilton HoltonRouge18541st term John YoungRouge18512nd term NapiervilleJacques-Olivier BureauRouge18541st term NicoletThomas FortierReformer18483rd term OttawaAlanson CookeRouge18541st term PontiacJohn EganReformer18483rd term George Bryson (1857)Conservative18571st term PortneufJoseph-Élie ThibaudeauReformer18541st term Quebec CountyPierre-Joseph-Olivier ChauveauReformer18444th term François Évanturel (1855)Bleu18551st term Quebec CityJean ChabotReformer18435th term Georges-Honoré Simard (1856)Bleu18561st term Jean BlanchetReformer1834, 18542nd term* George Okill Stuart (1857)Conservative1851, 18572nd term* Charles Joseph AlleynConservative18541st term RichelieuJean-Baptiste GuévremontModerate18541st term RimouskiJoseph-Charles TachéReformer18483rd term Michel Guillaume Baby (1857)Bleu18571st term RouvilleJoseph-Napoléon PoulinReformer18512nd term William Henry Chaffers (1856)Rouge18561st term SaguenayPierre-Gabriel HuotIndependent18541st term St. HyacintheLouis-Victor SicotteLiberal18512nd term Saint-JeanFrançois BourassaRouge18541st term Saint-MauriceLouis-Léon Lesieur DésaulniersReformer18541st term SheffordLewis Thomas DrummondLiberal18444th term SherbrookeAlexander Tilloch GaltIndependent1849, 18533rd term* Sherbrooke (county) and WolfeWilliam Locker Pickmore FeltonConservative18541st term SoulangesLuc-Hyacinthe MassonReformer18541st term StansteadTimothy Lee TerrillModerate18522nd term TémiscouataBenjamin DionneReformer18541st term TerrebonneGédéon-Mélasippe PrévostRouge18541st term Louis-Siméon Morin (1857)Bleu18571st term Trois-RivièresAntoine PoletteReformer18483rd term VaudreuilJean-Baptiste MongenaisReformer18483rd term VerchèresGeorge-Étienne CartierReformer18483rd term YamaskaIgnace GillConservative18541st term

Canada West – 65 seats RidingMemberPartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms BrantDaniel McKerlieConservative18541st term David Christie (1855)Clear Grit1851, 18552nd term* West BrantHerbert BiggarReformer18541st term BrockvilleGeorge CrawfordConservative18512nd term BytownAgar YieldingConservative18541st term CarletonWilliam F. PowellConservative18541st term CornwallRoderick McDonaldClear Grit18512nd term DundasJohn Pliny CryslerConservative1848, 18542nd term* East DurhamFrancis H. BurtonConservative18541st term West DurhamHenry Munro Reformer18541st term East ElginGeorge SouthwickReformer18541st term West ElginGeorge MacbethConservative18541st term EssexArthur RankinConservative18541st term FrontenacHenry Smith, JrConservative18415th term GlengarryJohn Sandfield MacdonaldClear Grit18415th term GrenvilleWilliam PatrickReformer18512nd term GreyGeorge JacksonReformer18541st term HaldimandWilliam Lyon MackenzieReformer1828, 18516th term* HaltonGeorge King ChisholmConservative18541st term HamiltonAllan Napier MacNabConservative18308th term North HastingsEdmund MurneyConservative1836, 1842, 18515th term* George Benjamin (1856)Conservative18561st term South HastingsBilla FlintClear Grit1847, 18542nd term* Huron & BruceWilliam CayleyTory1846, 18543rd term* KentEdwin LarwillConservative18541st term KingstonJohn A. MacdonaldConservative18444th term LambtonGeorge BrownReformer18512nd term North LanarkRobert BellReformer18541st term South LanarkJames ShawConservative18512nd term North Leeds & GrenvilleBasil R. ChurchReformer18541st term South LeedsJesse DelongReformer18541st term Lennox and AddingtonDavid RoblinReformer18541st term LincolnWilliam Hamilton MerrittClear Grit18444th term LondonJohn WilsonConservative18541st term East MiddlesexWilliam E. NilesReformer18541st term West MiddlesexJohn ScatcherdClear Grit18541st term Niagara (town)Joseph Curran MorrisonReformer18522nd term NorfolkJohn RolphClear Grit18512nd term East NorthumberlandJames RossReformer18541st term West NorthumberlandSidney SmithReformer18541st term North OntarioJoseph GouldReformer18541st term South OntarioJohn McVeagh LumsdenClear Grit18541st term North OxfordDonald MathesonClear Grit18541st term South OxfordEphraim CookClear Grit18541st term PeelJames Cox AikinsClear Grit18541st term PerthThomas Mayne DalyReformer18541st term PeterboroughJohn LangtonConservative18512nd term Wilson Seymour Conger (1856)Conservative18561st term PrescottHenry Wellesly McCannConservative18541st term Prince EdwardDavid Barker StevensonConservative18483rd term RenfrewFrancis HincksReformer1841, 18484th term* John Supple (1856)Reformer18561st term RussellGeorge Byron Lyon-FellowesConservative18483rd term North SimcoeAngus MorrisonReformer18541st term South SimcoeWilliam Benjamin RobinsonConservative18444th term StormontWilliam MatticeClear Grit18512nd term TorontoJohn George BowesConservative18541st term John Hillyard CameronConservative1846, 18543rd term* VictoriaJames SmithReformer18483rd term North WaterlooMichael Hamilton FoleyReformer18541st term South WaterlooRobert FerrisClear Grit18541st term WellandJohn FraserReformer18541st term North WellingtonWilliam ClarkeConservative18541st term South WellingtonAdam Johnston Fergusson BlairReformer18493rd term North WentworthRobert SpenceIndependent18541st term South WentworthSamuel B FreemanReformer18541st term East YorkAmos WrightReformer18512nd term North YorkJoseph HartmanReformer18512nd term South YorkJohn William GambleTory18512nd term

Notes

References

Bibliography George Emery, Elections in Oxford County 1838–1875, University of Toronto Press (2011) Upper Canadian politics in the 1850s, Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)

External links

Assemblée nationale du Québec (French)