Executive Council of Upper Canada - List of Members of The Executive Council

List of Members of The Executive Council

Member Town Start The best Stop Notes
James Baby Sandwich July 9, 1792 February 19, 1833 died in office
Alexander Grant, Sr. York July 9, 1792 May, 1813 died in office and in the United States
William Osgoode York July 9, 1792 July 1794 to Lower Canada; left British North America for Britain 1801 and died in London; Chief Justice of Upper Canada 1794-1801
William Robertson Sandwich July 9, 1792 November 4, 1792 resigned; eventually moved to Lower Canada and England; died in London
Peter Russell York July 9, 1792 September 30, 1808 died in office
Æneas Shaw 1 York June 21, 1794 1807 retired
Jacob Mountain Quebec City June 10, 1794 N/A never attended; died in Quebec City
John Elmsley, Sr. York January 1, 1796 July 1802 Born in Marylebone in 1762, London and was Chief Justice of Upper Canada 1801, moved to Montreal as Chief Justice of Lower Canada 1802; died in Montreal 1805
John McGill York March 2, 1796 August 13, 1818 became Receiver General of Upper Canada (5 October 1813 to 2 December 1819)
David William Smith Norfolk, Oxford & Middlesex March 2, 1796 July 1802 left Canada for England; died in Alnwick, Northumberland
Henry Allcock York October 14, 1802 September 1804 moved to Lower Canada to become Chief Justice and member of the Executive Council of Lower Canada 1805; died in Quebec City
Thomas Scott York April 8, 1805 August 1816 Attorney General 1801-1806 granted a pension and retired
William Dummer Powell York October 8, 1808 September 1825 resigned office
Prideaux Selby York October 8, 1808 May 9, 1813 died in office
Isaac Brock York September 30, 1812 October 13, 1812 died in office; died and buried at Queenston Heights near Newark, Upper Canada
Roger Hale Sheaffe York October 20, 1812 June 4, 1813 replaced after being recalled to England; died in Edinburgh
Baron Francis de Rottenburg York June 19, 1813 N/A never attended; left of Lower Canada and England where he died in
Gordon Drummond York November 4, 1813 March 1814 became Governor-General and Administrator of Canada; return to England and died there
Samuel Smith Etobicoke November 30, 1813 October 1825 retired
John Strachan 2 York May 11, 1815 March 12, 1836 resigned 3
William Claus Niagara February 12, 1818 September 1824 retired? died of cancer 1826
George Herchmer Markland 4 York October 22, 1822 March 12, 1836 resigned 3; died in Kingston, Ontario
Peter Robinson York December 24, 1823 March 12, 1836 resigned 3
James Buchanan Macaulay York May 5, 1825 July 1829 resigned and appointed temporary judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, later as permanent judge
William Campbell York October 26, 1825 March 1828 unable to attend due to poor health and retired 1829; Chief Justice of Upper Canada 1825-1829
John Beverley Robinson York April 25, 1829 January 25, 1831 resigned; Solicitor General 1815-1818; Attorney General 1818-1829; acting Attorney General 1812-1814
Joseph Wells York September 13, 1830 March 12, 1836 resigned 3
John Elmsley, Jr. York September 20, 1830 1841 retired to management of his personal business; died in Toronto 1863
Robert Baldwin Toronto February 20, 1836 March 12, 1836 resigned 3
John Henry Dunn Toronto February 20, 1836 March 12, 1836 resigned 3 and returned to England; died in England
John Rolph Toronto February 20, 1836 March 12, 1836 resigned 3; died in Mitchell, Ontario
William Allan Toronto March 14, 1836 February 10, 1841 retired
Augustus Warren Baldwin Toronto March 14, 1836 February 10, 1841 re-appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
John Elmsley, Jr. Toronto March 14, 1836 January 8, 1839 second term; died in Toronto 1863
Robert Baldwin Sullivan Toronto March 14, 1836 February 10, 1841 not re-appointed; later appointed to the Queen's Bench
William Henry Draper Toronto December 27, 1836 February 10, 1841 elected to the 1st Parliament of the United Canadas 1841; Solicitor General 1837-1839 and Attorney General 1840-1841
Richard Alexander Tucker Kingston December 8, 1838 February 10, 1841 appointed registrar of the Province of Canada in 1841-1851; retired to England 1851

Notes:

  1. Æneas Shaw was an honorary member after 1803.
  2. The Reverend John Strachan was an honorary member until July 25, 1817.
  3. On March 12, 1836, all members of the council resigned to protest when the new Lieutenant Governor Sir Francis Bond Head refused to consult with his council.
  4. George Markland was an honorary member until July 6, 1827.

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