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The Château Clique, or Clique du Château, was a group of wealthy families in Lower Canada in the early 19th century. They were the Lower Canada equivalent of the Family Compact in Upper Canada. Like the Family Compact, the Château Clique gained most of its influence after the War of 1812.
Feb 6, 2006 · Château Clique, nickname given to the small group of officials, usually members of the anglophone merchant community, including John MOLSON and James MCGILL, who dominated the executive and legislative councils, the judiciary and senior bureaucratic positions of LOWER CANADA until the 1830s.
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Château Clique, nickname given to the small group of officials, usually members of the anglophone merchant community, including John MOLSON and James MCGILL, who dominated the executive and legislative councils, the judiciary and senior bureaucratic positions of LOWER CANADA until the 1830s.
- Origins of The Family Compact
- Key Figures
- Loyalism
- Social, Political and Economic Power
- Conservative Violence
- Cohesion and Opposition
- Rebellion of 1837
- Decline of The Family Compact
The Family Compact’s roots are in a series of political appointments made to two unelected branches of government in Upper Canada during John Graves Simcoe’s tenure as Lieutenant-Governor in the 1790s. Such wealthy and powerful men as James Baby, Richard Cartwright and William Osgoodewere appointed during this time. Simcoe wanted to recreate Britis...
The two leading figures of the Family Compact were Chief Justice John Beverley Robinson and Anglican bishop John Strachan. Many members of the Family Compact, including Robinson, were Strachan’s students growing up. They remained closely allied in adulthood. Other key figures included: Peter Robinson; William Henry Draper; Sir Peregrine Maitland; H...
About half the members of the Family Compact were second-generation Loyalists. Loyalists were American colonists who supported the British during the American Revolutionary War (1775–83). Tens of thousands migrated to British North America during and after the war. They carried with them an innate distrust of democracy. Above family and business ti...
Members of the Family Compact often held several social, political and economic offices at the same time. Access to these positions was typically (though not exclusively) restricted to allies and close associates. The Legislative and Executive Councils controlled appointments to government positions. They also controlled land grants, which they gav...
Many members of the Family Compact showed a willingness to break the law when they believed the survival of the colony was at stake. Violence was commonly deployed against political opponents at electoral polls, political meetings and marches. The Family Compact dominated the magistracy and judiciary. This allowed for violence in defense of Family ...
The Family Compact was united by common interests and goals. But it was not the cohesive, reactionary body that its nickname implies. Members often came into conflict with each other over personal and political issues. Individuals such as William Warren Baldwin, who had close ties to the Family Compact, went on to become leading democratic reformer...
The reform movement that arose in opposition to the Family Compact in the 1820s and 1830s was never as united or as cohesive as its opponent. Reformers disagreed over what was in need of reform and how reform could be achieved. One of the more extreme and well-known figures was William Lyon Mackenzie. He grew increasingly radical as his attempts at...
After the rebellion In Upper Canada was defeated, the British prime minister sent Lord Durham to determine its causes. In 1839, he issued his Report on the Affairs of British North America (the Durham Report). The report condemned the Family Compact and led to the union of Upper and Lower Canada. (See Act of Union.) The Family Compact had fewer sea...
The Château Clique, or Clique du Château, was a group of wealthy families in Lower Canada in the early 19th century. They were the Lower Canadian equivalent of the Family Compact in Upper Canada. They were also known on the electoral scene as the Parti bureaucrate .
Chateau Clique. Château Clique, the name popularly applied to the governing class of Lower Canada under the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was the counterpart of the Family Compact in Upper Canada, and was composed of the English official element in the province, together with those of the French-Canadian upper or seigniorial class who threw ...
Apr 14, 2021 · The causes of the Rebellion are only briefly described and are limited to brief mentions of the local colonial political system, the Legislative Assembly’s limited authority, and the absolute authority of the Governor General and his allies (the Château Clique and the Family Compact).
