Lord Elgin

Further Research

Banks , Margaret. “Upper and Lower Canada or Canada West and East, 1841–67?” Canadian Historical Review. Vol. 54, (1973), 473–480.

Bédard, Éric. Les réformistes : une génération canadienne-française au milieu du XIXe siècle. Montréal: Boréal, 2009.

Buckner, Phillip A. The Transition to Responsible Government: British Policy in British North America, 1815–1850. London & Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985.

Checkland, Sydney. The Elgins, 1766–1917: A Tale of Aristocrats, Proconsuls and Their Wives. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1988.

Coté, Joseph Olivier and Narcisse Omer Coté. Political Appointments and Elections in the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1865, and Appendix ... to 30 June 1867. Ottawa: Lowe Martin, 1918.

[Note: the editions of 1860 and 1866, which are available online, are less complete than the 1918 edition.]

Desjardins, Joseph. Guide parlementaire historique de la province de Québec, 1792 à 1902. Québec: Bibliothèque de la Législature de Québec, 1902.

[Note: covers only “Canada East” for 1841–1867.]

Godsell, Patricia (ed.). Letters and Diaries of Lady Durham. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1979.

Hayes, Derek. Historical Atlas of Canada: Canada’s History Illustrated with Original Maps. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2002.

Messamore, Barbara J. Canada’s governors General, 1847–1878: Biography and Constitutional Evolution. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006.

Monet, Jacques. The Last Cannon Shot: A Study of French-Canadian Nationalism, 1837–1850. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1969.

Monet, Jacques. La première révolution tranquille : le nationalisme canadien-français, 1837–1850. Richard Bastien (trans.). Montréal: Fides, 1981.

Sainty, John Christopher. Office-Holders in Modern Britain: VI - colonial Office Officials, 1794–1870. London: University of London, Institute of Historical Research, 1976.

Swift, Michael. Historical Maps of Canada. London: Prospero Books, 2001.

Walrond, Theodore (ed.). Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin. London: John Murray, 1872.