Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada

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The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada was the elected lower house of the colonial legislature that represented settlers in what is now Ontario from 1792 until the union with Lower Canada in 1841.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislature ⓘ
legislative assembly ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Upper Canada ⓘ
associatedEvent Rebellions of 1837–1838 in Upper Canada ⓘ
capitalAtTimeOfFirstSession Newark ⓘ
capitalLaterKnownAs Niagara-on-the-Lake ⓘ
coLegislativeWith Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
country Upper Canada ⓘ
dissolvedOn 1841 ⓘ
endTime 1841 ⓘ
establishedBy Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
firstElectionHeld 1792 ⓘ
followedBy Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment representative government ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
lastElectionHeld 1840 ⓘ
laterCapital York ⓘ
laterCapitalNowCalled Toronto ⓘ
legalBasis Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Upper Canada ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Canada ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Ontario ⓘ
meetsIn Kingston ⓘ
Newark ⓘ
York ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada ⓘ
mergedInto Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
notablePoliticalGroup Family Compact opponents ⓘ
numberOfHousesInLegislature 2 ⓘ
otherChamber Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
partOf Legislature of Upper Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Upper Canada ⓘ
passes statutes of Upper Canada ⓘ
precededBy no elected colonial legislature in Upper Canada ⓘ
reasonForDissolution union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada ⓘ
relatedTo Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Union Act 1840 ⓘ
linked to: Act of Union 1840
replacedBy Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ
represents freeholders of Upper Canada ⓘ
settlers of Upper Canada ⓘ
selectionMethod elected ⓘ
startTime 1792 ⓘ
subordinateTo British Crown ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Upper Canada → hasLowerHouse → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada → hasAuthorityOver → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of Upper Canada → workedWith → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of Upper Canada → relatedTo → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada → precededBy → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Government of Upper Canada → hasLegislativeBody → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
colonial government of Upper Canada → includedBody → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
colonial government of Upper Canada → legislativeBranch → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
William Lyon Mackenzie → memberOfLegislature → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Reformers in Upper Canada → usedPoliticalVehicle → Upper Canada House of Assembly ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Executive Council of Upper Canada → relatedTo → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Robert Baldwin → memberOf → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
John Sandfield Macdonald → memberOfLegislativeBody → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: Sandfield
Reform Party of Upper Canada → usedInstitution → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada → politicalIssueFor → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Newark, Upper Canada → hostedInstitution → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Marshall Spring Bidwell → memberOf → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Archibald McLean (judge) → legislativeBody → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
statutes of Upper Canada → legislatedBy → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Peter Robinson → legislativeBody → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ