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Clergy Reserves were tracts of land in Upper Canada reserved for the support of "Protestant clergy" by the Constitutional Act of 1791 which also established Upper and Lower Canada as distinct regions each with an elected assembly. The Province of Upper Canada (French Province du Haut-Canada) was a British colony located in what is now the southern portion of the Province of Ontario Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given Religion. The Constitutional Act of 1791 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (1791 (31 Geo The Province of Lower Canada (French Province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the One-seventh of all Crown lands were set aside. Although the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe interpreted Protestant clergy to mean the clergy of Church of England only, by 1824, the Church of Scotland was also granted a share of the projected revenues. Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe ( February 25, 1752 &ndash October 26, 1806) was the first Lieutenant governor of Upper The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican The Church of Scotland (Eaglais na h-Alba known informally by its Scots language name The Kirk, is the National church of Scotland. The reserves in Upper Canada were managed by the Clergy Corporation which was chaired by the Anglican Bishop of Quebec and run day-to-day by a Secretary Receiver. The Clergy Corporation, or the Clergy Reserve Corporation of Upper Canada existed to oversee manage and lease the Clergy reserves of Upper Canada.

The reserves were allotted in two hundred acre (800,000 m²) lots. Except in the Talbot Settlement, they were scattered haphazardly and were a serious obstacle to economic development. Colonel Thomas Talbot ( July 19 1771 &ndash February 5 1853) was born at Malahide Castle in Ireland. The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada passed a law to sell the reserves in 1840, but it was disallowed by the imperial (British) government. The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada was the elected Legislature for the province of Upper Canada and functioned as the province's Lower house. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

The reserves created considerable dissatisfaction with the Anglican church and with the oligarchical rulers of Upper and Lower Canada, the Family Compact and the Château Clique. This article is about a group in nineteenth century Canadian history The Clique du Château or Château Clique was a group of wealthy families in Lower Canada in the early 19th century

In the 1840, a bill was passed distributing the profits of the clergy reserves amongst all leading Protestant groups (except for the Baptists, who refused to involve themselves in government funding). For other uses see Bill. A bill is a proposed new law introduced within a Legislature that has not been ratified, adopted Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. The lands were finally removed from church ownership and secularized in 1854 and the revenues from the reserves were transferred to the government.

Reform of the Clergy Reserves was a major issue in Canadian politics from its creation until its abolition. The controversy stemmed from the fact that many supporters of the religious endowment were part of the tory ruling class. Even Robert Baldwin, who was the leader of the struggle for Responsible Government did not advocate for complete abolition and chose to resign his seat rather than tackle the question. Robert Baldwin (May 12 1804 – December 9 1858 was born at York (now Toronto) Responsible government is a conception of a System of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability which is the foundation of the Westminster

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Ryerson, Egerton. Canadian Methodism: Its Epochs and Characteristics Toronto: Methodist Book and Publishing House (Wm. Briggs), 1882.

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