the assembly of representatives from the various ridings or constituencies in Upper and Lower Canada, 1791-1841.
- 1822  When admitted to a fair participation in the Colonial Assembly, the Townships would anxiously coalesce with the rest of the population of the Province without distinctions of any kind.
- 1826  (1832)  This place, I am told, mostly belongs to one of four brothers, Scotchmen, of the name of Crooks, who have all been members of the colonial assembly.