# Executive Council of Lower Canada

The Executive Council of Lower Canada was an appointive body created by the Constitutional Act 1791. Its function was to advise the Governor or his representative on the administration of the colony's public affairs. It was replaced by the Executive Council of the Province of Canada in 1841.

## List of Members

| Member | Start | Stop | Authority |
| James McGill | November 22, 1793 | December 19, 1813 | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester |
| William Osgoode | September 19, 1794 | 1801 | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester |
| James Monk | November 29, 1794 | June 1820 | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester |
| John Lees | December 29, 1794 | March 4, 1807 | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester |
| Antoine-Louis Juchereau Duchesnay | December 29, 1794 | December 15, 1806 | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester |
| John Young | December 29, 1794 | September 14, 1819 | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester |
| Reverend Jacob Mountain Lord bishop of Quebec | November 19, 1795 | June 16, 1825 | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester |
| Adam Lymburner | September 16, 1791 | 1799? | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester |
| Jenkin Williams | May 25, 1801 | October 30, 1819 | Robert Shore Milnes |
| John Craigie | May 25, 1801 | November 26, 1813 | Robert Shore Milnes |
| Pierre-Louis Panet | May 25, 1801 | December 2, 1812 | Robert Shore Milnes |
| Chief Justice John Elmsley, Sr. | October 29, 1802 | April 29, 1805 | Robert Shore Milnes |
| S. Richardson | November 25, 1805 | | Thomas Dunn |
| Chief Justice Henry Allcock | August 12, 1806 | February 22, 1808 | Thomas Dunn |
| Justice Jonathan Sewell | September 8, 1808 | March 27, 1838 | James Henry Craig |
| James Irvine | August 22, 1809 | 1822 | James Henry Craig |
| James Kerr | June 26, 1812 | November 20, 1831 | George Prevost |
| Ross Cuthbert | June 26, 1812 | until 1824, or 1838, or 1841, depending on sources | George Prevost |
| M. H. Perceval | June 26, 1812 | October 12, 1829 | George Prevost |
| John Mure | June 26, 1812 | January 17, 1823 | George Prevost |
| Olivier Perrault | June 26, 1812 | March 19, 1827 | George Prevost |
| William Bacheler Coltman | July 5, 1815 | 1825? | George Prevost |
| William Smith | September 16, 1791 | December 6, 1793 | John Coape Sherbrooke |
| Mr. Hale | December 28, 1820 | December 24, 1838 | George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie |
| Mr. Speaker Louis-Joseph Papineau | December 28, 1820 | January 25, 1823 | George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie |
| Mr. Secretary John Ready | December 28, 1820 | January 29, 1822 | George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie |
| Charles J. Stewart, D.D. Bishop | November 22, 1826 | July 13, 1837 | George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie |
| Charles-Étienne Chaussegros de Léry, esq. | January 4, 1826 | October 22, 1835 or in 1837, depending on sources | George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie |
| John Stewart, esq. | January 4, 1826 | February 10, 1841 | George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie |
| Andrew William Cochran, esq. | May 15, 1827 | ? | George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie |
| Philippe Panet, esq. | May 26, 1831 | November 2, 1838 or February 10, 1841 | Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer |
| Dominique Mondelet, esq. | November 16, 1832 | February 10, 1841 | Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer |
| Hughes Heney, esq. | January 28, 1833 | February 10, 1841 | Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer |