A revised and greatly expanded edition of this important and long out of print reference book on Upper Canada to 1841. Similar in format to A Handbook of British Chronology, this work is a listing of all legislative councilors, and assemblymen, all officials, dates of all parliaments, and judges and court officials. It gives as well, a complete picture of local government: legislation relating to local territorial authorities, lists of counties, districts, cities and townships, and all major officials.
The new edition includes the basic population statistics, a completely revised list of the events of the War of 1812 and new lists of the events of the Rebellions of 1837 and the Patriot Raids that followed the next year, tables of the provincial and British statutes relating to the incorporation of businesses, the officers of the major Upper Canadian corporations, a complete list of post office officials and post offices, and a list of provincial surveyors, and the major disasters.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Bibliography: p. 273-274
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.3/02
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 19
- General Note
- Includes index First published: Handbook of Upper Canadian chronology and territorial legislation. London : Lawson Memorial Library, University of Western Ontario, 1967 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-on
- ISBN
- 9781770700512 9780919670921
- LCCN
- JL262
- LCCN Item number
- A7 1985eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOTU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (278 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00214566 (OCoLC)752584392 (CaOOCEL)410402
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 8
- Foreword 19
- Preface to First Edition 20
- Preface to Second Edition 22
- Introduction 24
- Key to Symbols 27
- Part I. British Sovereigns, Ministers, Officials, and Major Events 28
- A. Monarchs 28
- B. Officials in England 28
- a. Prime Ministers and Parties in Power 28
- b. Secretaries of State for the Colonies 28
- c. Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies 29
- C. Governors 31
- a. Governors-in-Chief, 1791-1841 31
- b. Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada, 1791-1841 32
- D. Other Officials 32
- a. Civil Establishment 32
- E. Constitutional Development and International Events and Treaties 34
- Part II. Provincial Officials, 1791-1841 36
- A.The Capital 36
- B. The Executive Council 37
- a. Alphabetical List 37
- b. Chronological List 38
- c. Staff of the Executive Council 40
- C. Officers of the Crown and Senior Civil Servants 41
- a. Adjutants General of the Militia Department 41
- b. Attorneys General 41
- c. Auditors General of Land Patents 41
- d. Auditors General of Public Accounts 42
- e. Crown Lands Office 42
- f. Indian Office 42
- g. Inspector General's Office 43
- h. King's Printers and Editors of the Upper Canada Gazette 43
- i. Provincial Secretaries and Registrar's Office 44
- j. Receiver General's Office 45
- k. Solicitors General 45
- l. Surveyor General's Office 46
- Part III. The Parliaments, 1792-1840 47
- A. Statistics 47
- a. Duration of Parliaments and Sessions 47
- b. Statistics on Statutes Passed 49
- B.The Legislative Council 52
- a. Alphabetical List 52
- b. Chronological List 54
- c. Speakers 56
- d. Staff of the Legislative Council 57
- C.The House of Assembly 58
- a. Alphabetical List 58
- b. Members by Parliament 73
- c. Members by Riding 92
- d. Speakers 112
- e. Staff of the House of Assembly 112
- Part IV. The Judiciary and the Legal Profession 114
- A.The Judiciary 114
- a. Introduction 114
- b. The Courts of Common Pleas 115
- c. The Court of the King's Bench 116
- d. The Court of Chancery 118
- e. The Court of Probate 118
- B.The Legal Profession 119
- a. Introduction 119
- b. Treasurers of the Law Society of Upper Canada 120
- c. Attorneys 121
- d. Barristers 126
- e. Notaries Public 131
- f. Solicitors 135
- g. Queen's Counsels 135
- Part V. Local and Municipal Government, 1788-1849 136
- A.Townships 136
- a. Introduction 136
- b. List of Townships 140
- B. Counties 148
- a. Introduction 148
- b. Legislation Establishing Counties and Ridings 149
- c. List of Counties with Dates of Creation 149
- d. Lieutenants of Counties 151
- e. Registrars of Counties 153
- C. Districts 157
- a. Introduction 157
- b. General Legislation Relating to Districts 159
- c. Key List of Districts 160
- d. Districts with Legislation and Officials 161
- D.Towns and Cities 198
- a. Introduction 198
- b. General Legislation Relating to Towns and Cities 199
- c. Towns and Cities with Legislation and Officials 201
- Part VI. Special Government Departments and Commissions 216
- A. The Customs Department 216
- a. Introduction 216
- b. Ports of Entry and Collectors of Customs 216
- B.The Emigrant Office 225
- a. Superintendents 225
- b. Clerks 225
- c. Agents at Toronto 225
- d. Agents at Quebec 225
- C.The Post Office 226
- a. Introduction 226
- b. Post Office Officials in Britain 226
- c. Post Office Officials for British North America 228
- d. Post Offices in Upper Canada 228
- e. Postmasters in the Major Centres 236
- D. Special Commissions 239
- a. Introduction 239
- b. Commissions Arising from the War of 1812 239
- c. Commissions Arising from the Rebellion of 1837 240
- d. Civil Commissions 240
- E. Surveyors 241
- a. Introduction 241
- b. Provincial Land Surveyors 241
- c. Dates of Township Surveys, 1784-1859 246
- F. Agents for the Affairs of Upper Canada in England 246
- Part VII. Supplementary Information 247
- A. Corporate Legislation 247
- a. Introduction 247
- b. Banks and Financial Institutions 247
- c. Canals 248
- d. Educational and Institutional 248
- e. Harbours and Bridges 249
- f. Manufacturing 250
- g. Navigation 251
- h. Railroads 251
- i. British Statutes and Charters 252
- B. Corporate Officers 252
- a. Introduction 252
- C. Disasters 256
- D. Ecclesiastical 257
- a. Anglican Church (Church of England) 257
- b. Baptists 258
- c. Roman Catholic Church 258
- d. Methodist Church 259
- e. Presbyterian Church 262
- f. Quakers 263
- E. Imperial Honours 263
- F. Population Statistics 264
- a. Introduction 264
- G. War and Revolution 264
- a. Battles of the War of 1812 264
- b. The Mackenzie Rebellion at Toronto, 1837 268
- c. The Duncombe Rebellion in Western Upper Canada, 1837 268
- d. The Aftermath of 1837 and the Patriot Raids, 1838 270
- Part VIII. Select Bibliography 272
- A. Introduction 272
- B. Bibliographic Sources 272
- C. Special Sources 272
- Tables and Diagrams 197
- 1. Development of the District System 197
- 2. The Union of Methodism 260
- 3. Population of Upper Canada and its Major Urban Centres 271
- Maps 137
- 1. Original Counties 137
- 2. Districts in 1788 and 1802 137
- 3. Districts in 1836 138
- 4. District System-1841 139
- 5. County System-1851 139
- Subject Index 275
- A 275
- B 275
- C 275
- D 275
- E 275
- F 275
- G 275
- H 276
- I 276
- J 276
- K 276
- L 276
- M 276
- N 276
- O 276
- P 276
- Q 277
- R 277
- S 277
- T 277
- U 277
- V 277
- W 277
- Y 277
