1786-1871. Canadian politician. He led a
mission to England to protest against the
planned union of Lower Canada (Quebec) and
Upper Canada (Ontario), and demanded economic
reform and an elected provincial legislature.
In 1835 he gained the cooperation of William
Lyon Mackenzie in Upper Canada, and in 1837
organized an unsuccessful rebellion of the
French against British rule in Lower Canada.
He fled the country, but returned 1847 to sit
in the United Canadian legislature until
1854.