The bill for the union was withdrawn. When it was brought up later it was more wisely thought out. It did not tread on established prejudices and rights and it brought with it the panacea of true responsible government. But at the present date this was not fully seen. The great objective was to become independent of the colonial office by a representative and elective legislative council. It was hoped thus to control all expenditures. Hence the members of the lower assembly, not content with the exercise of mere municipal legislation, were ever asserting their rights in the latter regard and the Colonial Office as often, checking their aspirations.
NOTE I
NAMES OF JUSTICES OF PEACE OF MONTREAL FROM 1796-1833
- James McGill
- John McKindlay
- St. George Dupré
- Charles Blake
- Louis Porlier
- Thomas McCord
- Pierre Vallèe
- John Lilly
- Robert Cruickshank
- Patrick Murray
- John McGill
- James Finlay
- Neveu Sylvestre
- Alexander Henry
- Gabriel Franchere
- James Walker
- James Alexander Grant
- Joseph Frobisher
- John Richardson
- Isaac Winslow Clarke
- Alexander Auldjo
- William Maitland
- James Hughes
- Simon McTavish
- James Dunlop
- Thomas Forsyth
- John Lees
- Louis Chaboillez
- Jean P. Leprohon
- Jean Bouthillier
- Francois Desrivièrés
- Jean Durocher
- Jean Marie Mondelet
- François Rolland
- Paul Lacroix
- Etienne St. Dizier
- James Caldwell
- Henry Deschambault
- Henry McKenzie
- James Milne
- William McGillivray
- Jean Jorand
- L.C. Deléry
- Chartier de Lothbinière
- Joseph Turgeon
- Archibald N. McLeod
- Louis Guy
- Thomas Porteious
- Joseph Senet
- Francois Ant. Larocque
- William Robertson
- Pierre de Boucherville
- Hughes Heney
- Charles Fremont
- Alexandre Malbut
- Henry Bing
- Louis Marchand
- Thomas A. Turner
- Angus Shaw
- Pierre de Rocheblave
- James Miller
- Fred W. Ermatinger
- Samuel Safe
- George Auldjo
- James Leslie
- John Gray
- George Moffatt
- Jonas Wurtele
- George Garden
- William Lunn
- Horatio Gates
- N.B. Doucet
- Henry Griffin
- Peter McGill
- Robert Frost
- D.C. Napier
- Thomas Barron
- William McKay
- William Prady
- John Fleming
- Charles de Montenac
- David Ross
- Touissant Pothier
- Denis Benjamin Viger
- Joseph Shuter
- John Fisher
- Jules Quesnel
- Adam McNider
- Pierre Lukin
- Benjamin Holmes
- Andre Jobin
- Austin Cavillier
- Joseph Roy
- Joseph Masson
- William Hall
- John McKenzie
- J.P. Saveuse de Beaujeu
- John Forsyth
- Jos. Ant. Gagnon
- Tancrede Bouthillier
NOTE II
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM MONTREAL DISTRICT FROM 1792-1829
SESSION | COUNTY OF MONTREAL | MONTREAL WEST | MONTREAL EAST |
| 1 | Joseph Papineau James Walker | James McGill J.B. Durocher | James Frobisher John Richardson |
| 2 | J.M. Ducharme E. Guy | Joseph Papineau D. Viger | A. Auldjo L.C. Foucher |
| 3 | Joseph Papineau Thomas Walker | James McGill Joseph Perinault | P.L. Panet F. Badgeley |
| 4 | Benjamin Frobisher L. Roy Portelance | James McGill Louis Chaboillez | John Richardson J.M. Mondelet |
| 5 | J.B. Durocher L. Roy Portelance | Wm. McGillvray D.B. Viger | J. Stuart J.M. Mondelet |
| 6 | J.B. Durocher L. Roy Portelance | E.B. Viger Thomas McCord | J. Stuart Jos. Papineau |
| 7 | J.B. Durocher L. Roy Portelance | E.N. St. Dizier A.N. McLeod | Stephen Sewell Joseph Papineau |
| 8 | James Stuart Aug. Richer | L.J. Papineau James Fraser | Sauveuse de Beaujeu George Platt |
| 9 | James Stuart August Richer | L.J. Papineau F. Souligny | L. Roi Portelance John Molson |
| 10 | Joseph Perrault Joseph Valois | L.J. Papineau George Garden | Hughes Heney Thomas Busby |
| 11 | Joseph Perrault Joseph Valois | L.J. Papineau George Garden | Hughes Heney Thomas Thain |
| 12 | Joseph Perrault Joseph Valois | L.J. Papineau P. de Rocheblave | Hughes Heney James Leslie |
| 13 | Joseph Perrault Joseph Valois | L.J. Papineau Robert Nelson | Hughes Heney James Leslie |