The Niagara District was a historic district in Upper Canada . Created in 1798 from the Home District , it existed until 1849.
4-559: The District was formed by an Act of the Parliament of Upper Canada in 1798, and was described as consisting of the following territory: In 1816, the following parts of the District were detached to form Wentworth County in the newly created Gore District : ...the townships of Saltfleet, Barton, Benbrook, Glanford, Ancaster, and the beach between Burlington bay and lake Ontario, and the promontory near Coot's Paradise, as so much of
8-753: The Constitutional Act of 1791 . As in other Westminster-style legislatures , it consisted of three components: Following the Rebellions of 1837 and Lord Durham's 1839 Report to the British Government, Upper Canada and Lower Canada were rejoined in 1841 to create the Province of Canada . The Parliament of Upper Canada was therewith replaced by the newly created Parliament of the United Province of Canada . The Parliament
12-559: The South Riding. The South Riding would be detached from Lincoln in 1845, forming the new Welland County . The district was abolished in 1850, and was replaced by the United Counties of Lincoln, Welland and Haldimand . Parliament of Upper Canada The Parliament of Upper Canada was the legislature for Upper Canada . It was created when the old Province of Quebec was split into Upper Canada and Lower Canada by
16-693: The county of Haldimand as lies between Dundas street and the Onondaga village, commonly called Bearsfoot, including said village... Upon the passage of the Act of Union 1840 , Lincoln County was reorganized into two ridings for electing members to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada , with the 1st and 2nd Ridings becoming the North Riding, and the 3rd and 4th Ridings becoming
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