Parliament of Upper Canada

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The Parliament of Upper Canada was the colonial legislative body that governed the British province of Upper Canada (now part of Ontario) from 1792 until its union with Lower Canada in 1841.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislature
legislative body
appliesToJurisdiction Upper Canada
capital Newark
York
composedOf Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Legislative Council of Upper Canada
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
constitutionalStatus British colony
country Upper Canada
dissolvedBy Act of Union 1840
earlierSeat Newark, Upper Canada
linked to: York, Upper Canada
endTime 1841
establishedBy Constitutional Act 1791
firstMetIn Newark
firstParliamentStart 1792
followedLegalSystem English common law
governedBy British Crown
governmentType colonial representative government
hasLowerHouse Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
hasUpperHouse Legislative Council of Upper Canada
headOfStateRepresentative Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
historicalRegion Great Lakes region
jurisdictionIncludes civil law in Upper Canada
criminal law in Upper Canada
land law in Upper Canada
languageOfWork English
lastParliamentEnd 1841
laterMetIn York
legislatedFor Upper Canada
legislativeBranchOf Government of Upper Canada
locatedIn British North America
linked to: British America
locatedInPresentDay Ontario
meetsIn Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada
meetsInCity York, Upper Canada
mergedWith Parliament of Lower Canada
numberOfParliaments 13
oversaw colonial administration of Upper Canada
parentOrganization British Empire
precededBy legislative institutions of the Province of Quebec
reasonForEnd union with Lower Canada
regionNowPartOf Canada
Province of Ontario
linked to: Ontario
replacedBy Parliament of the Province of Canada
resultingEntity Parliament of the Province of Canada
significantEvent War of 1812 period sessions
startTime 1792
subdivision Province of Upper Canada
linked to: Upper Canada
succeeded colonial assemblies in the Province of Quebec
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature

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Upper Canada legislature Parliament of Upper Canada
Upper Canada legislativeBody Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
linked to: Parliament of Upper Canada
Upper Canada legislativeBody Legislative Council of Upper Canada
linked to: Parliament of Upper Canada
Parliament of Upper Canada composedOf Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
linked to: Parliament of Upper Canada
Legislative Council of Upper Canada partOf Parliament of Upper Canada
colonial government of Upper Canada legislature Parliament of Upper Canada
Parliament of the Province of Canada replaced Parliament of Upper Canada
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada partOf Parliament of Upper Canada
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada partOf Legislature of Upper Canada
linked to: Parliament of Upper Canada