The Legislative Council of Upper Canada was the upper house governing the province of Upper Canada. Modelled after the British House of Lords, it was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was specified that the council should consist of at least seven members. Members were appointed for life but could be dropped for non-attendance. The first nine members of the council were appointed on July 12 1792. The speaker was usually the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. The Legislative Council was dissolved on February 10 1841 when Upper and Lower Canada were united into the Province of Canada. Some members were reappointed to the Legislative Council of the united Province.

List of Members of the Legislative Council

Member	Town	Start	Stop	Notes
James Baby	Sandwich	July 12 1792	Feb 19 1833	died in office
Richard Cartwright	Kingston	July 12 1792	July 27 1815	died in office
Richard Duncan	Williamsburgh	July 12 1792	1805	dropped due to non-attendance; return to the United States and died in Schenectady, New York in 1819
Alexander Grant, Sr.	York	July 12 1792	May, 1813	died in office
Robert Hamilton	Niagara	July 12 1792	March 8 1809	died in office
John Munro	Eastern District	July 12 1792	October, 1800	died in office
William Osgoode	York	July 12 1792	Feb 24 1794	became Chief Justice of Lower Canada 1794-1801; retired and died in London, Ontario
William Robertson	Sandwich	July 12 1792	Nov 4 1792	resigned and left for Montreal in 1797; moved to London England 1800 and died there in 1806
Peter Russell	York	July 12 1792	September 30 1808	died in office
Æneas Shaw	York	June 19 1794	Feb 6 1814	died in office
Jacob Mountain1 (1 Dec. 1749-16 June 1825)	Quebec City	July 1 1794	June 25 1825	died in office; Bishop of Quebec and founder of the Church of England in the Canadas
John Elmsley, Sr.	York	Dec 10 1796	Oct 13 1802	died in office
John McGill	York	June 10 1797	Dec 31 1834	died in office
Henry Allcock	York	Jan 4 1803	July 1 1805	move to Lower Canada as member of the Executive Council of Lower Canada and later as Speaker of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada; died in office at Quebec City in 1808
Thomas Scott	York	Aug 7 1806	July 29 1824	died in office
Thomas Talbot	Point Talbot	Sept 1809	Feb 10 1841	died in London, Ontario 1853
William Claus (8 Sept. 1765-11 Nov. 1826)	Niagara	Feb 1 1812	Nov 11 1826	died in office (cancer); Indian Department official, Justice of the Peace
Thomas Clark	Chippawa	Nov 16 1815	Oct 13 1835	died in office
William Dickson	Niagara	Nov 16 1815	Feb 10 1841	retired to Niagara and died there in 1846
Thomas Fraser	Ernestown	Nov 16 1815	1819	status unknown after 1819; died in South Dundas, Ontario in 1821
Neil McLean	Cornwall	Nov 16 1815	N/A	never attended
William Dummer Powell	York	March 21 1816	Sept 6 1834	died in office
John Strachan	York	July 10 1820	Feb 10 1841	resigned office due to Act of Union 1840, but remained active member of the Family Compact
Angus McIntosh 2	Sandwich	July 11 1820	July 24 1833	died in office
Joseph Wells	York	July 12 1820	Feb 10 1841	Bursar of King's College
Duncan Cameron	York	July 12 1820	Sept 9 1838	died in office
George Herchmer Markland	York	July 14 1820	1838	resigned
George Crookshank (23 July 1773-21 July 1859)	York	Jan 1 1821	Feb 10 1841	Commissariat of supplies for Fort York; Assistant Commissary General 1814-1819, Receiver General of Public Accounts (1819-1820); Director of the Bank of Upper Canada 1822-1827
John Henry Dunn	York	Mar 1 1822	Feb 10 1841	became Receiver General for the Province of Canada in 1841 and elected to the Legislative Council of the Canadas 1841-1843 for Toronto
Thomas Ridout	York	Oct 11 1825	Feb 8 1829	died in office
William Allan	York	Oct 12 1825	Feb 10 1841	retired from politics after the Act of Union of 1840 and died in 1853
William Campbell	York	Oct 10 1826	Jan 18 1834	died in office
Peter Robinson	York	Jan 6 1829	July 8 1838	died in office
Charles Jones	Brockville	Jan 7 1829	Aug 21 1840	died in office
James Gordon 3	Amherstburg	Jan 8 1829	Feb 10 1841	re-appointed
John Beverley Robinson	York	Jan 1 1830	Feb 10 1841	Provincial Secretary 1817-1838, became Baron 1854 and died in 1863
John Kirby	Kingston	1831	Feb 10 1841	not re-appointed to Council after Union and died in Kingston in 1846
Augustus Warren Baldwin	York	Jan 26 1831	Feb 10 1841	re-appointed
Zacheus Burnham	Cobourg	Jan 26 1831	Feb 10 1841	not re-appointed after Act of Union and died in Cobourg in 1857
John Elmsley, Jr. 19 May 1801-8 May 1863	York	Jan 26 1831	Feb 10 1841	RN Captain, entrepreneur, and philanthropist; supported Catholic education in York/Toronto; son of 2nd Chief Justice of Upper Canada
Alexander Macdonell	Eastern District	Jan 27 1831	Feb 10 1841	chaplain of the Glengarry Fencibles, Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec, Bishop of Kingston, founder of Regiopolis College, Kingston
Walter Boswell	Cobourg	Jan 29 1831	Feb 10 1841	RN Captain, church wardens of St. Peter's Anglican Church in Cobourg
John Hamilton	Queenston	Jan 29 1831	Feb 10 1841	re-appointed
Peter Adamson	Esquesing	Feb 2 1831	Feb 10 1841	Peninsular War veteran, General and mill owner
James Kerby 1785-20 June 1854	Kingston	Mar 2 1831	Feb 10 1841	militia Captain (Incorporated Militia), businessman, justice of the peace and mill owner
James Crooks	West Flamborough	Mar 16 1831	Feb 10 1841	re-appointed
Alexander Macdonell	Kingston	Oct 12 1831	Jan 14 1840	died in office
Alexander Grant, Jr. 4	Brockville	Nov 19 1831	Feb 10 1841	excused
Arthur Lloyd	March	Dec 6 1831	Feb 10 1841	Colonel, Napoleonic War veteran
Abraham Nelles 4	Grimsby	Jan 5 1832	Feb 10 1841	Reverend and missionary
Thomas Alexander Stewart (10 June 1786-6 Sept. 1847)	Peterborough	Nov 20 1833	Feb 10 1841	settler, JP and mill owner
William Morris	Perth	Jan 22 1836	Feb 10 1841	re-appointed
George Hamilton	Hamilton	Jan 23 1836	Feb 20 1836	died in office
John Macaulay	Kingston	Jan 23 1836	Feb 10 1841	re-appointed
Archibald McLean	Cornwall	Jan 23 1836	Feb 10 1841	not re-appointed; later served as in the Court of Common Pleas 1850-1862, Chief justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench for Upper Canada 1862-1863 and judge of the Court of Error and Appeal 1863-1865. He died in Toronto in 1865
Philip VanKoughnet	Cornwall	Jan 23 1836	Feb 10 1841	not re-appointed; later chairman of the Canadian Board of Government Arbitrators 1870-1873
John Simcoe Macaulay	Toronto	Feb 9 1839	Feb 10 1841	not re-appointed; served on Toronto City Council 1841-1842; retired to England 1845
Jonas Jones (19 May 1791-30 July 1848)	Toronto	Feb 27 1839	Feb 10 1841	barrister and judge (Prescott and Russell, Leeds and Grenville and Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry)
Adam Fergusson	Gore District	Feb 27 1839	Feb 10 1841	re-appointed
Thomas Radcliff (17 April 1794- 6 June 1841)	Adelaide	Feb 27 1839	Feb 10 1841	Peninsular War veteran and militia officer; later as magistrate and customs collector (died June 1841 before assuming post)
Robert Baldwin Sullivan	Toronto	Feb 27 1839	Feb 10 1841	Provincial Secretary 1838-1841; not re-appointed to Council after Union; appointed to the Queen's Bench 1848
Robert Charles Wilkins	Prince Edward	Mar 14 1839	Feb 10 1841	owner of mercantile firm Shuter and Wilkins
John McDonald	Gananoque	Mar 20 1839	Feb 10 1841	appointed to Council after Union 1841, but removed for non-attendance 1848
Henry Graham	Bathurst District	Apr 19 1839	N/A	never attended
Isaac Fraser	Ernestown	July 16 1839	Feb 10 1841	Colonel of the Addington Militia and JP
Peter Boyle de Blaquière	Woodstock	Dec 3 1839	Feb 10 1841	re-appointed
Alexander Fraser	Eastern District	Dec 3 1839	Feb 10 1841	re-appointed
John McGillivray	Williamstown	Dec 3 1839	Feb 10 1841	not re-appointed; served as justice of the peace; died near Williamstown (South Glengarry, Ontario) in 1855
John Willson	Gore District	Dec 3 1839	Feb 10 1841	not re-appointed; died in Saltfleet Township in 1860

Notes:

1. Jacob Mountain was the bishop of Quebec; he never attended a session but was not dropped.
2. Angus McIntosh never attended a session but was not dropped; he returned to Scotland in 1831.
3. James Gordon was re-appointed to the Legislative Council of the United Province in October 1845.
4. Alexander Grant, Jr. and Abraham Nelles did not attend after 1832.

See also

• Parliament of Canada
• Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
• Legislative Council of Lower Canada
• Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
• Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
• Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
• Legislative Assembly of Ontario

References

• Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology, Frederick H. Armstrong, Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. ISBN 0-919670-92-X