EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF UPPER CANADA

The 'Executive Council of Upper Canada' had a similar function to the Cabinet in England but was not responsible to the Legislative Assembly. Members of the Executive Council were not necessarily members of the Legislative Assembly but were usually members of the Legislative Council. Members were appointed, often for life. The first five members were appointed in July 1792. The Council was dissolved on February 10 1841 when Upper and Lower Canada were united into the Province of Canada.
After the War of 1812, the Executive Council was dominated by members of the Family Compact, an elite clique based in York.

Contents

List of Members of the Executive Council

References

List of Members of the Executive Council

Member	Town	Start	Stop
James Baby	Sandwich	July 9 1792	Feb 19 1833	died in office
Alexander Grant, Sr.	York	July 9 1792	May, 1813	died in office
William Osgoode	York	July 9 1792	July 1794	to Lower Canada
William Robertson	Sandwich	July 9 1792	Nov 4 1792	resigned
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		never attended
John Elmsley, Sr.	York	Jan 1 1796	July 1802
John McGill	York	Mar 2 1796	Aug 13 1818
David William Smith		Mar 2 1796	July 1802	left Canada
Henry Allcock	York	Oct 14 1802	September 1804
Thomas Scott	York	Apr 8 1805	Aug 1816
William Dummer Powell	York	Oct 8 1808	Sept 1825
Prideaux Selby	York	Oct 8 1808	May 9 1813	died in office
Isaac Brock	York	Sep 30 1812	Oct 13 1812	died in office
Roger Hale Sheaffe		Oct 20 1812	June 4 1813	replaced
Baron Francis de Rottenburg		June 19 1813		never attended
Gordon Drummond		Nov 4 1813	Mar 1814
Samuel Smith	Etobicoke	Nov 30 1813	Oct 1825
John Strachan 2	York	May 11 1815	Mar 12 1836	resigned 3
William Claus	Niagara	Feb 12 1818	Sep 1824
George Herchmer Markland 4	York	Oct 22 1822	Mar 12 1836	resigned 3
Peter Robinson	York	Dec 24 1823	Mar 12 1836	resigned 3
James Buchanan Macaulay	York	May 5 1825	July 1829
William Campbell	York	Oct 26 1825	Mar 1828
John Beverley Robinson	York	Apr 25 1829	Jan 25 1831	resigned
Joseph Wells	York	Sept 13 1830	Mar 12 1836	resigned 3
John Elmsley, Jr.	York	Sep 20 1830	Dec 3 1833	first term
Robert Baldwin	Toronto	Feb 20 1836	Mar 12 1836	resigned 3
John Henry Dunn	Toronto	Feb 20 1836	Mar 12 1836	resigned 3
John Rolph	Toronto	Feb 20 1836	Mar 12 1836	resigned 3
William Allan	Toronto	Mar 14 1836	Feb 10 1841
Augustus Warren Baldwin	Toronto	Mar 14 1836	Feb 10 1841
John Elmsley, Jr.	Toronto	Mar 14 1836	Jan 8 1839	second term
Robert Baldwin Sullivan	Toronto	Mar 14 1836	Feb 10 1841
William Henry Draper	Toronto	Dec 27 1836	Feb 10 1841
Richard Alexander Tucker	Kingston	Dec 8 1838	Feb 10 1841

Notes:
# Æneas Shaw was an honorary member after 1803.
# The Reverend John Strachan was an honorary member until July 25 1817.
# 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.
# George Markland was an honorary member until July 6 1827.

References

★ ''Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology'', Frederick H. Armstrong, Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. ISBN 0-919670-92-X