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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1802|03|04|}}
| birth_place = [[Manchester, England]]
| birth_place = [[Manchester, England]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1867|07|23|1802|03|04}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1867|07|23|1802|03|04}}
| death_place = [[Toronto, Ontario]]
| death_place = [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]
| order = 1st [[Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada]] with [[William Henry Draper]]
| order = 1st [[Joint Premier of the Province of Canada]]
| alongside = [[William Henry Draper (judge)|William Henry Draper]]
| monarch = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| governor_general = [[Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham|Lord Sydenham]] (1841)<br>[[Charles Bagot|Sir Charles Bagot]] (1842–1843)
| term_start = 1841
| term_start = 1841
| term_end = 1842
| term_end = 1842
| predecessor = none
| predecessor = none
| successor = [[William Henry Draper]]
| successor = [[William Henry Draper (judge)|William Henry Draper]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada]] for [[Kingston (Province of Canada electoral district)|Kingston]]
| term_start2 = 1841
| term_end2 = 1844
| predecessor2 = [[Anthony Manahan]]
| successor2 =
| party = [[Reform Party (pre-Confederation)|Reformer]]
| party = [[Reform Party (pre-Confederation)|Reformer]]
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'''Samuel Bealey Harrison''' (March 4, 1802 &ndash; July 23, 1867) was [[Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada|Joint Premier of the Province of Canada]] for [[Canada East]] from 1841 to 1842 with [[William Henry Draper]] PM for [[Canada West]]. Draper was a member of the [[Family Compact]] and Harrison was a moderate [[Reform Party (pre-Confederation)|Reformer]], the predecessor of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]].
'''Samuel Bealey Harrison''' (March 4, 1802 &ndash; July 23, 1867) was [[Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada|Joint Premier of the Province of Canada]] for [[Canada East]] from 1841 to 1842 with [[William Henry Draper (judge)|William Henry Draper]] PM for [[Canada West]]. Draper was a member of the [[Family Compact]] and Harrison was a moderate [[Reform Party (pre-Confederation)|Reformer]], the predecessor of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]].


Born in [[Manchester]] England to John and Mary Harrison, Harrison was a lawyer, miller, politician, and judge. He was called to the bar in 1832 and entered practice in London. Because of ill health, he retired to [[Upper Canada]] near [[Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]] in 1837, intending to become a gentleman farmer. He also built a [[sawmill]] and [[gristmill]] on his property. In 1839, he was called to the bar in Upper Canada and was appointed a justice of the peace in the following year.
Born in [[Manchester]] England to John and Mary Harrison, Harrison was a lawyer, miller, politician, and judge. He was called to the bar in 1832 and entered practice in London. Because of ill health, he retired to [[Upper Canada]] near [[Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]] in 1837, intending to become a gentleman farmer. He also built a [[sawmill]] and [[gristmill]] on his property. In 1839, he was called to the bar in Upper Canada and was appointed a [[justice of the peace]] in the following year.


In 1841, [[Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham|Lord Sydenham]] appointed him provincial secretary for Canada West in the Executive Council of the [[Province of Canada]]. He was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada]] in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]] and served as government leader with [[William Henry Draper]]. In 1842, he was appointed to the Board of Works which was responsible for the building and improvement of [[canal]]s within the province. Harrison was responsible for drafting and introducing the Common Schools Bill and the District Councils Bill which established elected municipal government in Canada West. Harrison introduced amendments which watered down [[Robert Baldwin]]'s resolutions calling for responsible government to make them acceptable to Sydenham. However, it was Harrison who recommended to Sydenham's successor, Sir [[Charles Bagot]], that Baldwin and [[Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine]] be invited to form the next government. Harrison served as provincial secretary in the new administration but resigned in 1843 to protest the movement of the capital from Kingston to [[Montreal]]. He was elected again to the assembly in [[Kent County, Ontario|Kent]] in 1844 but resigned in 1845 to accept an appointment as judge of the Surrogate Court for the [[Home District, Ontario|Home District]]. He served in that position for 22 years, continuing in the court for [[York County, Ontario|York County]] after the district was abolished. He was named to the Board of Education for Canada West and also served in the Senate for the [[University of Toronto]].
In 1841, [[Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham|Lord Sydenham]] appointed him provincial secretary for Canada West in the Executive Council of the [[Province of Canada]]. After two unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada]] (in [[Hamilton (Province of Canada electoral district)|Hamilton]] and then [[Kent (Province of Canada electoral district)|Kent]]), he was elected in a by-election in [[Kingston (Province of Canada electoral district)|Kingston]] on July 1, 1841. He served as government leader with [[William Henry Draper (judge)|William Henry Draper]]. In 1842, he was appointed to the Board of Works which was responsible for the building and improvement of [[canal]]s within the province. Harrison was responsible for drafting and introducing the Common Schools Bill and the District Councils Bill which established elected municipal government in Canada West. Harrison introduced amendments which watered down [[Robert Baldwin]]'s resolutions calling for responsible government to make them acceptable to Sydenham. However, it was Harrison who recommended to Sydenham's successor, Sir [[Charles Bagot]], that Baldwin and [[Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine]] be invited to form the next government. Harrison served as provincial secretary in the new administration but resigned in 1843 to protest the movement of the capital from Kingston to [[Montreal]]. He was elected again to the assembly in [[Kent County, Ontario|Kent]] in 1844 but resigned in 1845 to accept an appointment as judge of the Surrogate Court for the [[Home District, Ontario|Home District]]. He served in that position for 22 years, continuing in the court for [[York County, Ontario|York County]] after the district was abolished. He was named to the Board of Education for Canada West and also served in the Senate for the [[University of Toronto]].


Harrison died in [[Toronto]] shortly after Confederation.
Harrison died in [[Toronto]] shortly after Confederation.
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*[http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4480 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'']
*[http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4480 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'']


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== External links ==
{{Canadian First Ministers}}
* [https://aims.archives.gov.on.ca/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/DESCRIPTION_WEB/WEB_DESC_DET?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=sisn%20155 S. B. Harrison fonds], Archives of Ontario
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years=1841&ndash;1842|
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==External links==
*[http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4957 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'']


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Latest revision as of 14:54, 10 March 2024

For other people named Samuel Harrison, see Samuel Harrison (disambiguation).

Samuel Bealey Harrison
Samuel Bealey Harrison
1st Joint Premier of the Province of Canada
In office
1841–1842
MonarchVictoria
Governors GeneralLord Sydenham (1841)
Sir Charles Bagot (1842–1843)
Preceded bynone
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Draper
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Kingston
In office
1841–1844
Preceded byAnthony Manahan
Personal details
Born(1802-03-04)4 March 1802
Manchester, England
Died23 July 1867(1867-07-23) (aged 65)
Toronto, Ontario
Political partyReformer
Professionfarmer, lawyer, mill owner, politician, judge

Samuel Bealey Harrison (March 4, 1802 – July 23, 1867) was Joint Premier of the Province of Canada for Canada East from 1841 to 1842 with William Henry Draper PM for Canada West. Draper was a member of the Family Compact and Harrison was a moderate Reformer, the predecessor of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Born in Manchester England to John and Mary Harrison, Harrison was a lawyer, miller, politician, and judge. He was called to the bar in 1832 and entered practice in London. Because of ill health, he retired to Upper Canada near Oakville in 1837, intending to become a gentleman farmer. He also built a sawmill and gristmill on his property. In 1839, he was called to the bar in Upper Canada and was appointed a justice of the peace in the following year.

In 1841, Lord Sydenham appointed him provincial secretary for Canada West in the Executive Council of the Province of Canada. After two unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada (in Hamilton and then Kent), he was elected in a by-election in Kingston on July 1, 1841. He served as government leader with William Henry Draper. In 1842, he was appointed to the Board of Works which was responsible for the building and improvement of canals within the province. Harrison was responsible for drafting and introducing the Common Schools Bill and the District Councils Bill which established elected municipal government in Canada West. Harrison introduced amendments which watered down Robert Baldwin's resolutions calling for responsible government to make them acceptable to Sydenham. However, it was Harrison who recommended to Sydenham's successor, Sir Charles Bagot, that Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine be invited to form the next government. Harrison served as provincial secretary in the new administration but resigned in 1843 to protest the movement of the capital from Kingston to Montreal. He was elected again to the assembly in Kent in 1844 but resigned in 1845 to accept an appointment as judge of the Surrogate Court for the Home District. He served in that position for 22 years, continuing in the court for York County after the district was abolished. He was named to the Board of Education for Canada West and also served in the Senate for the University of Toronto.

Harrison died in Toronto shortly after Confederation.

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