5th Parliament of the Province of Canada
Riding Member Party
East Brant Daniel McKerlie Conservative
David Christie ( 1855 ) Clear Grit
West Brant Herbert Biggar Reformer
Brockville George Crawford Conservative
Bytown Agar Yielding Conservative
Carleton William F. Powell Conservative
Cornwall Roderick McDonald Clear Grit
Dundas John Pliny Crysler Conservative
East Durham Francis H. Burton Conservative
West Durham Henry Munro Reformer
East Elgin George Southwick Reformer
West Elgin George Macbeth Conservative
Essex Arthur Rankin Conservative
Frontenac Henry Smith , Jr Conservative
Glengarry John Sandfield Macdonald Clear Grit
Grenville William Patrick Reformer
Grey George Jackson Reformer
Haldimand William Lyon Mackenzie Reformer
Halton George King Chisholm Conservative
Hamilton Allan Napier MacNab Conservative
Canada West
The 5th Parliament of the Province of Canada was in session from 1854 to November 1857. Elections for the Legislative Assembly were held in the Province of Canada in July 1854. Sessions were held in Quebec City until 1856 and then in Toronto. In 1854-55, measures were introduced to abolish seigneurial tenure in Canada East and the clergy reserves in Canada West. The Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty was negotiated in 1854. In 1855, a bill was passed to make the Legislative Council an elected body, effective the following year. The Audit Act of 1855 established an auditor of public accounts and the Audit Board, a new government department, which reviewed the public accounts. The Speaker of this parliament was Louis-Victor Sicotte.