Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada

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colonial legislature legislative assembly lower house

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada canonical	10
Upper Canada House of Assembly	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial legislature ⓘ legislative assembly ⓘ lower house ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Upper Canada ⓘ
associatedEvent	Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ surface form: 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	Ontario Legislative Building ⓘ surface form: 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	Parliament of Upper Canada ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Act of Union 1840 ⓘ surface form: Union Act 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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 → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Canada House of Assembly

Executive Council of Upper Canada → relatedTo → Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ