N the Parliaments of the United Provinces of I Upper and Lowcr from 1840 to 1567 t hcre were many Scotsmen. \ In the I'arlimcnt opcncd at Kingston on Junc I 4, I 841, one half of the Lcgislativc Council or Upper House were of Scottish extraction. Their names were : Jamcs Crooks, Adam Ferric, Adm Fcrguson, Nexander Fraser, Jolm Fraser, John Hamilton, Robert S. Jamicson, John Macaulay, John Macdanald, Pctcr hlcCil1, Thornas MeKay, and IVilliam Morris. In the Lower I-Zouse werc thc following Scottish : sent Sir Allan hIcNab, John Sandficld Mac donald, J . RZcGill Strachan, Malcolm Cameron, 343 Jamcs hlorsis, David Thornburn, E. C. Cnmphell, John Gilchrist, Donalcl hlcDonntd, Alex. McLcan, ;incl lsaac Uuchnnan, Lower Canada sent John l.lamilron, CoIin Kobertson, Robert Christie, Hcnry Tjlack, David Ilunlctt, John Neilson, and Michacl 31cCulIoch. A Scotsman, the I-Ion. hlInlcolm (I:lrncron, moved thc Arlrlrcss from the Thronc, and nnott~cr Scatsnran, thc lion. John Ncilmn, atrswcrcd lor the Frcncli Canadians in thcis pro- test against the Union. Tllc prominent mctl of tll is ~icriotl dcserve somc sl i~htrcfescnce. John Sandfi~lrlMacdonald is refcsscd to clscwlierc. The I-Ion. Malcolrn Cameron was Mcmbes for bark. His father, Angus Cmeron, was a sergeant in the Army, who sctrled at Perth, Upper Canada, and kcpt an inn. Thc son started life as clerk in nhu rlistillery of thc Hon. A. Ilraliarn. 1-Ic was clccted to Parliament for Lanark in r 536. I-Ic was made Inspector of Rcvcnuc, zhcn ~ss'istnnr Commissioner uf Public IVosks, President of the Council, T'ostmastcr-Gcncral, and wvzs tllc first Minister of Agricr~lturc. I-Ic sat during twenty- six years for several constitucncias-Lanark, Kent, Lambton, and Huron. Sir Allan ?iTcNab*s career llelongs partly to thc Lyon Mackenzie and Strnd~an pcriorl. In ~Szghe was asrestcc1 for contcnlpt of the HOUS~ and sent to gaol ; but was in I S30 clcnrcrl for \l~cntworth. In I Xqr Ilr w:~sclcctrd for I lamiltm, wliich 11c reprcscntcd until hc rctircd in r X5j, tl~rrin~the Rchcllion he was Spmker of the Commons. In I 842 hc Icd [lie Conservative 349 Opposition. In 1841 he was again Speaker; in r 648 he again led the Opposition against the RcbcIlion Losses B In 1554 hc bccame Prcmlcr. In r Ss6 hc rctircd, being succccdcd in the Upper Canadian Leadership by his brilliant young Scottish colleague, John Alcxander Mac- Janald. Hc rcturned to England in r 856, Fle was crcated a Baronct ; returned to Canada, and was elected to thc Upper House, and was Spcakcr in 1862. He died that year at his residence, Dundurn Castle, near Hamilton. He was a man of faults, but also of peat abilities and fine qualities. Hc was a Icading and noted personality in the history of the first hall of the nineteenth century in Upper Canada. IVith Mackenzie and Srsaclian he makes the third in a strong group of Scottish lcadcrs in thc young colony. Hc was a man tvl~o tvas hcadstron~and blunt, hut hc was loyal and with a singtc purposc, and had thc gcnerous hcart of tPlc 1-1 ighlanrlcr. E Ic rcprc- sented, with Strachan, the best type of what was called the old-fashioned Tory in Upper Canada. The Hon. William Morris cntcrcd Parliament in 1820. He became a champion of the Church of in the Clergy Reserves question. Elected for Lanark in I S3G, he was appointed the same year to t'tlc Lcgislntive Cauncil. In r 837 hc rcorganiscd the Militia. As Reccivcr-CcncraF, under Lord Mctcalfc from r644 to 1346, hc did good service for tlrc country. FIe then bccarnc President of the Council, ancl died in I S jR. I Ir: was noted for his honesty. IZe \\*as born at Paisley, 3 50 in Scotland, in t 7 8 6. His father camc to Canada, but failing in business, became a farmer. The Ilon. IVm. Morris had a son, zhc Hon. Alcx. Morris, Licutcnant -Governor of . The I-Ion. James Morris, nephew of the abavc, was aIso born in I'aislcy, Scotland, in I 79S, entcrcd Parliament in r R37) ancl was appointrcl ta tfrc T,egisIativc Council in I 844. Hc was Postrnnster- Gcncral in I 858. I-Tc did much to reform the pasta1 service. In r fi 53-54 hc was Spcakcr of thc Council, He died at Brockvitlc in I 865. T~PHon. Adam Fcrguson was a pioneer in Upper Canada in scientific agriculture. He was born in Edinburgh in r 783, being the son of Neil Ferpson, Esq., of Woodhill, of a natcd Pcrthshirc family. Hc founded the village of Fcrgus. in bf'cllingron County. I-lig country rcsi- dcncc, ncnr I-lamilton, he callcrl Woodhill, and hc \V,TS a fine type of a class all too scarce in Canada, the gentleman farmcr. His son, Adam T~hnston Fcrguson, was also prornincnt in Canadian public life, and represented in turn \Vatcrloo and South WelIington. 3-Ie was Receiver-General and Provincial Secretary in 1862. He inherited his mothcr"~family estates, and added tile name Rlair to that of Fcrpson. At Confederation Fergusan Blnir was made a Senator ancl Presidcnt af thc Council in thc Cahiner. Thc Hon. John Hamilton ms a son of the J-Ion. Roberr I-Tamittnn, of Queenston, who was born in Scotlanrl. The Senator was tom in r So 1. 35' He was made a Senator at Confederation, and was President of thc Commercial Bank. Hc se- sidcd at Kingston, and was called the father of rhc Canadian Senate. The I-Ion.Jarncs Leslic, who was born at Nairn, in Kincardineshire, in n 786, was another Scots- man, bcing a son of Capt. Jamcs Lcslie, of rhc I 5th l;ooz, who was Assisrant Quartcrrnastcr- General at tllc taking of Qucbec unclcr Ilfolfc. He was a promincnt reprcscn tativc of Lowcr Canada. In I 84 r the election in had three out of Sour candidates Scotsmen. They were George Munro, Hon. J. H. Dunn, and Isaac Buchanan. Munro was a leading citizen of Toronto. The I-Ion. Isaac Bucllanan was born at in x 8 10. Fe llccarne a prominent Canadian merchant and a leading Rcfomcr of thc rnodcrarc type, and was a mcrnller of scvcral Govcrnrnclnts. The I-Ion. JosepEi Curran Morrison wvas I~orn in Ireland, but was the son of I-Iugh Rlortison, of SutherIandshirc, Scotland. Caller1 to the Bar in I 8 J 9, he Sccamc tllc partner of t hc Hon. \V. H. Blake. He was elected to CVcst York in the Reform interest in 1847. He became Soliciter- Genera1 in 1354 and again in 1860. In 1862 he was raised to the Bench in tllc Court of Common Pleas. Chicf Jlisticc Sir Adam \TfiIson was a leading la.rvyer. I-lc was born in Fdinhurgh, and camc to Canada in 1550. I-Ic was the first Mayor of Toronto electcd by thc people. I-le rcprcsentcd 352 North York, and from I S62 to I 864 was Solicitor- General. Sir John Rose, Baronet, G .C.M.G., was a native of Aberdeen. Born in r82r and educatcd at King's Collcgc, he came to Canada ancl bccarnc a member of the Bar in 1842. WC cntercrl Parliament in n 8s 1, and thc samc ycar b~camc Sol icitor-Gcncral, and Commissioner of I'ubIic Works in I S 59. I-Ic scrvecl as an Impcrinl Cam- missioner, and in r 367 bccamc Finance Minister. I-Ic rctircd in r869. The I-Ion. james Patton $MS born at Prcscotc, Upper Canada, in r 824. His father wms Major Andsew Patton, of St. Andrews, Fifeshire, and the 45th Regiment. His bsotlicr was Rector of Cornwall. I-Ie removed to 'Barric, whcrc hc prac- tised law, nnd bccme prornincnt Conscn~arivc. In 185h Iic was clccted to tlrc Uppcr I-Iousc Cnr tllc Smgcm Division. F-Ic aftcrwnrrls hccamc Collector of Customs for Toronto. The I-Ion. John Young was a nntivc of Ayr, in Scotland, whcrc he was horn in f 8 4.1 F. Ne came to Canada, and bccamc activc in raising a regirnrnt to put down the t S37 Rcl~cllion, He bccarnc a praminent mcrchant and citizen of Montreal. Reprcscnting Montrcal, hc bccarnc Commissioner of Public Ct'crks in 1551. Hc was I-Tarbour Corn- missioner of the port of Montrcnl, rvl~ere he dicd in 187s. Thc Hon. Jamcs Ferrier, n noted merchant of Montrcal, 7~3s born in Fifcsllire in rSoo, :\ Conservative and a Methodist, he was noted for VOL. I. Z 353 his energy and single-minded effort for good. He was appointed to the Uppcr Housc in r S67. Hon. David Chtistic tv3s born in Edinburgh in I S r 8, Iic: entered Parliament in I 8 5 I for Went- worth, Upper Canada. Elected to the Legislative Council in I S j S, hc bccarnc a Senator in I S 67. l-1-1e was Secretary of Sratc in the filaekenrie Cabinet in 1873, then Speakcr of the Senate. Hc accarn- plishcd rnucll for U ppcr Canadian agriculture= A list of some of the lending Scottish Senators sincc Confcdcrarion will includc some notable pcrsonalitics in thc Uppcr Chamber. One of the earliest wvas Lieut.-Col. thc Hon. Walter Ilamjlton Dickson, representing Niagara. His father, a Scotsman, sat in the Upper Canadian Legislative Council. Col. Dickson was born in r 805, and was ant: of the first Dominion Senators. Thc Hon. Gcorgc I\Vlliiam Allan, who became Spcnkcr, was also a son of n former member of rhc 1.cgislntivc Council of U ppcr Canada, thc JInn. iimAn Mr. Allan was Ilorn in 1322 in Toronto. I-Ie hclrl many distinflisl~cd positions and 1s4as made one of the first Dominion Scnntors. Thcre is a portrait of him in the Senate Gallery at Ottawa. The Hon. David Le& McPhcrson, a noted Canadian I-Tighlander, was born in in r S r S. RC was a successful business man, railroad finnncicr, and hank director. I-Ic was made Speakcs of thc Scnatc in r Fi8o. FIis portrait is in the Senntc Gallery. TIlc 11011. John Mc3furich was a member of thc old Canadian Legislative Council. Ilc was a 3 54 prominent citizen of Totonto, though not n, member of 111~Dnmininn Scnatc. I-Iis son, l\'iE tinm Uarclay hlcMuric11, was twicc Mayor of Toronto. 'J'lie J-lon. Radcrick iklatl~eson,~Icsccnclcd of that old IZighlantS family of Ross-sltire and Sutlier- land, was lrorn in Ross-shire, and wxs a, lieutenant in the Glengarry Light Infantry in r8 12. Jic was callcd to the Senate in 1867. He dicd in f 872, 'Tlrc I-Ion. John Simpson was born at Rothcs, near Elgin. 1-]is parcnts were among thc Scottisl~ settlers at Pcrh~,Upper Canada. He bins a banker and founded the Bank. Hc was one of thc original Dominion Senators in I 867. Of the first ttvo Smators for Manitoba one was a Scotsman, the Hon. John Suthcrland, of Kildonan. I-Iis father, Alcxandcr Sutherland, was a Scottish soldier, who was of thc Kilrlanan scttIcment in 1821. A rlistinguishcd Scnator rcprcsenting British Coiuml~in is tl~cI-Ion. Williarn Jnl~nMacdonald, whasc f:~tl~crwas Major illcxandcr hfacdonald, a[ Skye. Scnator Macdonald is of a noted family in \Vestern Scotland. He was born in Inverncss- shire in I 832, and emigrated to British CoIumbia in r 8 5 I as an employee of the Hudson's Bay Com- pany. He became a prominent citizen of Victoria, and was called to the Senate in r S7 t. Another Scnarot for British CoIumhia zvas tl~c latc Govcrnor of thar province, thc Non. T. R. McInnes. His parrnts wcrc from Inverness mtl Paisley, but he was born at Lake Ainslie. Norfa Scotia, in I 840. 355 The Hon. Adam Hope was born in East Lothian, Scotland, in I S I 3. He settled at St. Thomas in I 83yy removing thence to London and tllcnce to Hamilton, where hc built up a prosperous business. I-Ic entered tllr Senatc in 1877. Thc Hon. Georgc Alcx,zncIcr was born in Ranl'fshirc in r 814, and cclucatcd at Aberdccn University. 14c was a noted provincial agricul- turist. I.Ie was catlcd to the Scnntc in I 873. The Flan. Alcxanclcr Morris was born in I'erth, Upper Canada, in 1826. He was the son of thc Tdon. Willram Morris. Ilis father camc from Paisley. Mr, Morris was educated at Glasgow and McGill Universities, and studied law. He was a distinguished writer on public questions. I-Ee entered I'arliament in I 8 6 I and the Govcm- ment in 1369 as Minister of InIand Revenue. He was, in succcssion, Chief Justicc of hianitoba ancl Lieutenant-Govcmos of that province. The following: wcre some prominent Commoners of this period : Thomns I3ain, Menlber for North ZVentwarth. He was born in StirIingshire in r $34. He became Speaker of the Commons. David Blair, LL .D ., born near Ayr in I S 3 2, of an old family, taught school and studied law, elected Member for West York in I 872. kicut .-Col. James Dro.rvn, of Bcllevillc, Membcr for \Vest Hastings, was born in Scotland in r 826. Daniel B. Chishalm was a Member for F-Iamilton in r 872 ancl in I 874. He was R son of Col. Gcorge Ct~isholrn and grat~dson of Mr. Chisholm, who came from Invemcss. 356 Robert Cunningham, clcetcd in t 8 7 2 hlcmbcr for Marqucttc, was horn in Ayrshire. TJlc Hon. Peter White, P.C., born in Edin- burgh, nnd son of l'ctcr 'IVhitc, Esq., of Ildin- burgh, Scotland, rcprcscntcd North Rcnfrcw (or many years in thc Commons. Chosen Sprtnlrcr of the Commons under thc latcr Cnnscrvativc rdgimc, he was anc of the abIcst Spcakcrs Canarln cver had. 1.1~was highly rcspctcd by mcn of all parries. I-Iis sun has sincc mprescntcd the same constituency. Sir Jnmcs Bavicl Edgar, son of Jamcs Edgrtr, who emigrated from licithock, Scnttand, in rSdo, was born in I S4 r in thc Eastcrn 'Ib~mships,Loxvcr C,mada. He was Mernbcs Tor South Ontario, ant1 clcctccl Speaker of the Commans in !S96 ancl wns knighted rhc same year. Sir J amcs Alcsandcr Grant, K.C .AI .G ., Membot for Iiusscll County, was horn in Invcmcss-shisc in 1829. Was a son of Dr. Grant. 3-Ic hecame a noted Canadian physician. He has had a long and active lifc, and has received many honours. 1-Ic has just lately received thc Ercedom o'f his o\\n old city of Inverness. He has bcen president of mmy scientific and learned socictier. IVilliam Macdouga1I was born in Scotland in 193 I ; rcprcscntcd Thrcc Rivers, Quehce, in Parliament . Angus Morrisan, son of Nugh hlarrisnn, and brother of the Hon. Justice n'lorrison of thc Ontario Bench, represented North Simcoe from I 8 55 to I 8 63 and N iagara in r 8 67. 357 Thornas Olivcr, born in Scotland, rcprcscntcd North Oxlorcl from r:;GG to 1888. Thc Hon. JVilliam Patterson, Ministcr of Customs for thc Dominion, Itas rcprcscntcd Sour11 Brant since I $72. He wms born in I 539. Ilis father came from Aberdeen. 1-lc has long hcctl onc of thc Liberal Icadcrs for Ontario. . lames Young rciprcscntcrl North nrant in thc ~ntarioLcgislaturc. I-Ic wvas born at Galt in I 83 5, clcctcd to Commons for South IValcrton in 1567, and again in 1372 and 1x74. Jamcs Findlay ~vasRIcrnl~cr for North Rcn'frcw. He succccdcd a Mr. Rankin, annrhcr Scotsman. I-Ic defcatcd thc I-Ion. Pcter IVhitc, tvlta afecr- wards rcprcscntcd thc Riding and bccarnc Spcnkcr of thc Commons and a Privy Councillor, \+'c havc sincc I~ad many noccd Senators of Scottish origin, among rhcm t11e Inte l-Ion. Sir C;corge Drummont!, l-Inn. Dnvid hicl