Proposed Colours for Pre-Confederation Parties
A. Lower Canada
Party Colour Reason
Tory/Château Clique Deep Blue Blue was traditional in Canada and Britain for Tories
Government Party / Parti bureaucrates Light blue Blue was traditional in Canada and Britain for Tories
Parti Patriote / Parti Canadien Medium Green Taken from the party's tricolour flag
B. Canada East
Groupe-canadien français Light Green Similar to Patriots/Canadiens, but lighter green to show distinction from that group
Tory/Château Clique Deep Blue Traditional Tory colour
British Tories Light Blue Ditto
Reform Buff Traditional Whig colour; shouldn't use red or blue, because after responsible gov't achieved, Reformers split into conservative and radical groups
Bleus Medium Blue That was their name
Rouges Bright red More radical than successor Liberals, so brighter Red seems appropriate
C. Upper Canada
Tory/Compact Tory Deep blue Same as in Lower Canada
Reform Buff Same as in Lower Canada
D. Canada West
Tory/Compact Tory Deep blue Same as in Canada East
Reform Buff Same as in Canada East
Liberal-Conservatives / Conservatives Light blue Same as post-Confederation Libs-Cons
Clear Grit Variant on buff Traditional Whig colour
Liberals Red Same as post-Confederation Liberals

Champlain

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Parliament Years Members[1] Party[2]
1st Parliament
1841–1844
1841–1843 René-Joseph Kimber[a] Anti-unionist;
Groupe canadien-français
1842–1844
(by-election)
Henry Judah[b] Groupe canadien-français
2nd Parliament
1844–1848
1844–1851 Louis Guillet Reformer
3rd Parliament
1848–1851
4th Parliament
1851–1854
1851–1857 Thomas Marchildon Reformer
5th Parliament
1854–1857
Rouge
6th Parliament
1858–1861
1858–1861 Joseph-Édouard Turcotte   Bleu
7th Parliament
1861–1863
1861–1867 John Jones Ross   Bleu
8th Parliament
1863–1867
Bleu

Notes

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  1. ^ Appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada on September 1843, automatically vacating his seat in the Assembly.[3]
  2. ^ Elected in by-election September 22, 1843.[4]
  1. ^ J.O. Côté, Political Appointments and Elections in the Province of Canada, 1841 to 1860 (Quebec: St. Michel and Darveau, 1860), pp. 43–58.
  2. ^ For party affiliations, see biographies of individual members: Québec Dictionary of Parliamentary Biography, from 1764 to the present. See also Paul G. Cornell, Alignment of Political Groups in Canada, 1841–67 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962; reprinted in paperback 2015), pp. 93–111.
  3. ^ Côté, Political Appointments and Elections, pp. 28, 59, note (7).
  4. ^ Côté, Political Appointments and Elections, p. 59, note (8).