[JAMES ] FIRST LEGISLATORS OF UPPER CANADA 117 
is a manuscript map of the province of 1792 based on Simcoe’s Pro- 
clamation. 
Thomas McKee and Thomas Smith were chosen to represent 
Kent in the second House. Thomas McKee was the son of Colonel 
Alexander McKee, who had been the Indian Agent at Pittsburg before 
the War. He was the great grandfather of W. J. McKee, M.P.P., 
who, from 1896 to 1902 represented practically the same riding. 
Thomas Smith was the secretary of the Land Board of Hesse before 
D. W. Smith was appointed. I find this note about him: “ Loyalist, 
came into Niagara in 776 with a plan of Fort Stanwix and Intelligence.” 
These are the men who formed the first Legislative Assembly 
of Upper Canada. We have located them all, with the exception 
of one doubtful case. The legislature was not the all-powerful body 
a century ago that it is to-day, but it was the beginning of responsible 
government, and it should add interest to our study of provincial 
development to know something of the men who initiated that move- 
ment. The study of men adds interest to the study of measures. 
I give herewith a list of the members of the first Legislative 
Assembly, 1792-1796, and of the second Legislative Assembly, 1796- 
1800. It will be seen that only two members sat in both assemblies, 
namely, John Macdonell, the Speaker of the first, and David William 
Smith, the Speaker of the second. In 1800 the province was rear- 
ranged to provide for 19 members. 
1792 to 1796... 
1796 to 1800... 
.Hugh Macdonnell 
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-Richard Wilkinson 
John Macdonell (Speaker) 
1792 to 1796... 
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.John Macdonell 
(1796 to 1800 .. 
1792 to 1796....Jeremiah French 
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1796 to 1800.... Robert I. D. Gray 
1792 to .. Alexander Campbell 
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1796 to 1800....Thomas Fraser 
1792 to 1796....Ephraim Jones 
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1796 to 1800....Dr. Solomon Jones 
1792 to 1796... 
1796 to 1798... 
1800... 
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1796 to 1800... 
.John White 
.Edward Jessup 
.Joshua Booth 
.Christopher Robinson 
. William Fairfield 
