The 6th Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in January 1858, following the general election for the Legislative Assembly in December 1857. Sessions were held in Toronto in 1858 and then in Quebec City from 1859. The Parliament was dissolved in May 1861.
The 1857 election was flawed by voter fraud. John A. Macdonald had been unwilling to be drawn into granting a wide franchise and also been unwilling to use old restricted franchise rules so the 6th Parliament of the Province of Canada was elected using complex rules and a reliance on a multitude of oaths.Garner, Franchise and Politics in BNA, p. 109-110 In Quebec City, it was reported that about three times as many votes were cast as the number of qualified voters. Widespread voter fraud occurred in nine ridings in Canada East and three ridings in Canada West. Grown sons living at home and others who were neither property owners nor renters passed themselves off as renters and voted.Garner, Franchise and Politics in BNA, p. 110 When the 6th Parliament began its first legislative session, in January 1858, the Speech from the Throne gave the government's intent to secure proper voter registration and protect the value of the vote of qualified voters.Garner, Franchise and Politics in BNA, p. 111
The 1858 parliamentary session was one of the longest and nastiest in Canadian history. It opened in January 1858 just as news arrived from London that Queen Victoria had chosen Ottawa as the permanent seat for the government of the Province of Canada.Ged Martin, John A. Macdonald: Canada's first prime minister (Toronto: Dundurn, 2013), p. 19 In August 1858 the Macdonald-Cartier ministry carried out the divisive "double shuffle" that allowed the ministry to stay in power without facing by-elections.Double Shuffle https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/double-shuffle
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly was Sir Henry Smith.
Electoral system Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the district (First-past-the-post voting).Parliamentary Guide
Montreal and Quebec City elected three members; Toronto elected two members. All others elected just one member. (Previous to the next election, all districts were changed to single-member districts.)
Members Canada East – 65 seats RidingMemberPartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms ArgenteuilSydney Robert BellinghamReformer18542nd term John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (1860)Liberal18601st term BagotMaurice LaframboiseRouge18571st term BeauceDunbar RossRouge1850, 18543rd term* BeauharnoisGédéon OuimetBleu18571st term BellechasseOctave-Cyrille FortierBleu18542nd term BerthierEugène-Urgel PichéRouge18571st term BonaventureJohn MeagherReformer18542nd term BromeJames Moir FerresConservative18542nd term ChamblyLouis LacosteBleu1834, 1843, 1849, 18576th term* ChamplainJoseph-Édouard TurcotteBleu1841, 18515th term* CharlevoixCléophe CimonBleu18571st term ChâteauguayHenry StarnesConservative18571st term Chicoutimi—SaguenayDavid Edward PriceConservative18552nd term ComptonJohn Henry PopeConservative18571st term Deux-MontagnesJean-Baptiste DaoustReformer18542nd term DorchesterHector-Louis LangevinBleu18571st term Drummond—ArthabaskaChristopher DunkinConservative18571st term GaspéJohn Le BoutillierReformer1833, 1844, 18545th term* HochelagaJoseph LaporteBleu18542nd term HuntingdonRobert Brown SomervilleIndependent18542nd term IbervilleCharles LabergeRouge18542nd term Jacques-CartierFrançois-Zéphirin TasséBleu18571st term JolietteJoseph-Hilarion JobinRouge18513rd term KamouraskaJean-Charles ChapaisReformer18513rd term L'AssomptionLouis ArchambeaultBleu18571st term L'IsletLouis-Bonaventure CaronRouge18571st term Charles-François Fournier (1858)Reformer1847, 18584th term* LaprairieThomas-Jean-Jacques LorangerBleu18571st term LavalPierre LabelleBleu18542nd term LévisFrançois-Xavier LemieuxLiberal-Conservative18475th term LotbinièreJohn O'FarrellConservative18542nd term Lewis Thomas Drummond (1858)Liberal1844, 18585th term* MaskinongéLouis-Honoré GauvreauBleu18571st term George Caron (1858)Bleu18581st term MéganticNoël HébertRouge18571st term MissisquoiHannibal Hodges WhitneyConservative18542nd term MontcalmJoseph DufresneBleu18542nd term MontmagnyJoseph-Octave BeaubienBleu18571st term MontmorencyJoseph-Édouard CauchonBleu18445th term MontrealJohn RoseConservative18571st term Antoine-Aimé DorionRouge18542nd term Thomas D'Arcy McGeeRouge18571st term NapiervilleJacques-Olivier BureauRouge18542nd term NicoletJoseph GaudetBleu18571st term OttawaDenis-Émery PapineauRouge18571st term PontiacEdmund HeathConservative18571st term PortneufJoseph-Élie ThibaudeauReformer18542nd term Quebec CountyCharles PanetBleu18571st term Quebec CityCharles Joseph AlleynConservative18571st term Georges-Honoré SimardBleu18562nd term Hippolyte DubordBleu1834, 18572nd term* Pierre-Gabriel Huot (1860)Rouge1854, 18602nd term* RichelieuJacques-Félix SincennesBleu18571st term Richmond—WolfeWilliam Hoste WebbConservative18571st term RimouskiMichel-Guillaume BabyBleu18572nd term RouvilleThomas Edmund CampbellConservative18571st term St. HyacintheLouis-Victor SicotteBleu18513rd term Saint-JeanFrançois BourassaRouge18542nd term Saint-MauriceLouis-Léon Lesieur DesaulniersBleu18542nd term SheffordLewis Thomas DrummondLiberal18445th term Asa Belknap Foster (1858)Conservative18581st term Lucius Seth Huntington (1860)Liberal18601st term SherbrookeAlexander Tilloch GaltLiberal-Conservative1849, 18534th term* SoulangesDominique-Amable CoutléeBleu18571st term StansteadTimothy Lee TerrillModerate18523rd term TémiscouataBenjamin DionneReformer18542nd term TerrebonneLouis-Siméon MorinBleu18572nd term Trois-RivièresWilliam McDonell DawsonConservative18571st term VaudreuilRobert Unwin HarwoodConservative18571st term Jean-Baptiste Mongenais (1860)Bleu1848, 18604th term* VerchèresGeorge-Étienne CartierBleu18484th term YamaskaIgnace GillConservative18542nd term
Canada West – 65 seats RidingMemberPartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms East BrantDavid ChristieReformer18552nd term Hugh Finlayson (1858)Reformer18581st term West BrantHerbert BiggarReformer18542nd term BrockvilleGeorge SherwoodConservative1841, 18574th term* CarletonWilliam F. PowellConservative18542nd term CornwallJohn Sandfield MacdonaldReformer18416th term DundasJames William CookReformer18571st term East DurhamFrancis H. BurtonConservative18542nd term West DurhamHenry MunroReformer18542nd term East ElginLeonidas BurwellReformer18571st term West ElginGeorge MacbethConservative18542nd term EssexJohn McLeodConservative18571st term FrontenacHenry Smith, JrConservative18416th term GlengarryDonald Alexander MacdonaldReformer18571st term GrenvilleWilliam PatrickReformer18513rd term GreyJohn Sheridan HoganIndependent Liberal18571st term J.T. Purdy (1861)Reformer18611st term HaldimandWilliam Lyon MackenzieReformer1828, 18517th term* Michael Harcourt (1858)Reformer18581st term HaltonJohn WhiteReformer1851, 18572nd term* HamiltonIsaac BuchananIndependent1841, 18572nd term* North HastingsGeorge BenjaminConservative18562nd term South HastingsLewis WallbridgeReformer18571st term Huron & BruceJohn HolmesReformer18571st term KentArchibald McKellarReformer18571st term KingstonJohn A. MacdonaldLiberal-Conservative18445th term LambtonMalcolm CameronClear Grit1836, 18576th term* Hope Fleming Mackenzie (1860)Reformer18601st term North LanarkRobert BellReformer18542nd term South LanarkAndrew W. PlayfairIndependent18571st term North Leeds & GrenvilleBasil R. ChurchReformer18542nd term Ogle Robert Gowan (1858)Conservative1834, 1844, 18584th term* South LeedsBenjamin TettConservative18571st term Lennox and AddingtonDavid RoblinReformer18542nd term LincolnWilliam Hamilton MerrittReformer18445th term John Charles Rykert (1860)Reformer18601st term LondonJohn CarlingLiberal-Conservative18571st term East MiddlesexMarcus TalbotConservative18571st term Robert Craik (1860)Reformer18601st term West MiddlesexJohn ScatcherdClear Grit18542nd term Angus Peter McDonald (1858)Liberal-Conservative18581st term Niagara (town)John SimpsonConservative18571st term NorfolkWalker PowellReformer18571st term East NorthumberlandJohn R ClarkReformer18571st term West NorthumberlandSidney SmithReformer18542nd term North OntarioJoseph GouldReformer18542nd term South OntarioOliver MowatReformer18571st term OttawaRichard William ScottLiberal-Conservative18571st term North OxfordGeorge BrownReformer18513rd term William McDougall (1858)Reformer18581st term South OxfordGeorge Skeffington ConnorReformer18571st term PeelJames Cox AikinsClear Grit18542nd term PerthThomas Mayne DalyLiberal-Conservative18542nd term PeterboroughThomas ShortReformer18571st term PrescottHenry Wellesly McCannConservative18542nd term Prince EdwardWillet C DorlandConservative18571st term RenfrewJohn Lorn McDougallReformer18571st term William Cayley (1858)Tory1846, 1854, 18584th term* RussellGeorge Byron Lyon-FellowesConservative18484th term John W Loux (1859)Independent18591st term North SimcoeAngus MorrisonReform18542nd term South SimcoeThomas Roberts FergusonConservative18571st term StormontWilliam D. MatticeReformer18513rd term TorontoGeorge BrownReformer18513rd term John Beverley RobinsonConservative18571st term VictoriaJohn CameronConservative18571st term North WaterlooMichael Hamilton FoleyReform18542nd term South WaterlooWilliam ScottConservative18571st term WellandGilbert McMickenReformer18571st term North WellingtonCharles AllanClear Grit18571st term James Ross (1859)Reformer1854, 18592nd term* South WellingtonDavid StirtonReformer18571st term North WentworthWilliam NotmanReformer1848, 18572nd term* South WentworthJoseph RymalReformer18571st term East YorkAmos WrightReformer18513rd term North YorkJoseph HartmanReformer18513rd term Adam Wilson (1860)Reformer18601st term West YorkWilliam Pearce HowlandReformer18571st term
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References
Bibliography Upper Canadian politics in the 1850s, Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)
External links
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