Information AboutJohn Neilson |
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Born in Dornal , Scotland , Neilson arrived in Quebec City , Lower Canada in 1791 to work for his uncle's printing company, which he inherited in 1793 . Elected a Member Of Parliament in a partial election in 1818 , he was re-elected until 1830 and supported the Parti Canadien . In 1823 , he accompanied Louis-Joseph Papineau to London to lobby against the Union project in the name of the majority of the MPs in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada . Again, in 1828 he was part of a delegation sent to London ( UK ) to present his party's demands for reform. In 1830 , he took his distance from the Parti Patriote , which he considered to be too radical. He opposed the Ninety-Two Resolutions of 1834 , a rewrite of the 1828 demands for reform with a radical tone. He opposed the Union after its enactment. In 1841, he was elected to the 1st Parliament Of The Province Of Canada in the riding of Quebec County . He was elected speaker, but in 1844 was appointed to the Legislative Council . He died at Cap-Rouge in 1848. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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