As soon as parliament assembled at the end of February, the government was defeated on the vote for the speakership.
"Lord Elgin"
John George Bourinot
Subsequently, however, he was induced by his friends to take the speakership of the legislative assembly, but he had never forgiven what he considered a slight at the hands of the prime minister in 1851. Accordingly, when he appeared at the Bar of the Council in 1853, he made an attempt to pay off this old score.
"Lord Elgin"
John George Bourinot
The fifth parliament of the province of Canada was opened by Lord Elgin on February 5th, 1854, and the ministry was defeated immediately on the vote for the speakership, to which Mr. Sicotte-a dignified cultured man, at a later time a judge-was elected.
"Lord Elgin"
John George Bourinot