responsible government, proposed to his father, William Warren Baldwin, that they should assist Lafontaine's election. Baldwin senior was a candidate for a riding in the Toronto area. He withdrew his nomination to allow Lafontaine to stand for election. Lafontaine was elected. This was the beginning of the Lafontaine-Baldwin alliance which ultimately led to responsible government in the Province of Canada. Candidates at this time would be loosely affiliated in early political parties, but party structure was not strong, and there were different party groups in Canada East and Canada West. The election resulted in a Legislative Assembly with no single party group with a majority. Governors General One of the unusual features of the 1st Parliament was the high turnover in the position of governor general. Charles Poulett Thomson was the governor general from February 1841 until September 1841, when he died from tetanus resulting from a riding accident. His deputy, Major-General John Clitherow, immediately prorogued Parliament. Clitherow was replaced by the Administrator, Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Downes Jackson, shortly afterwards. Jackson acted as Administrator until January 1842, when Sir Charles Bagot was appointed Governor General. Bagot resigned the office in March, 1843 due to ill health, dying shortly afterwards. Sir Charles Metcalfe then took over, and stayed in office until November 1845. He retired to England and died of cancer shortly afterwards. Legislative Assembly Canada East Members elected in the general election The following members were elected to the Legislative Assembly from Canada East in the 1841 general election.<ref name=Return>[https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00952_1/13?r=0&s=4 "Return of the names of the Members chosen to serve in the Legislative Assembly of Canada", Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Kingston, 14th. June, 1841, Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, 1st Parliament, 1st Session, 1841, pp. xi–xii.]</ref> Vacancies during the First Parliament By-elections during the First Parliament The following members were elected in by-elections during the First Parliament. Canada West Members elected in the general election The following members were elected to the Legislative Assembly from Canada West in the 1841 general election. Vacancies during the First Parliament By-elections and election petitions during the First Parliament The following members were elected in by-elections during the First Parliament, or installed as a result of election petitions challenging an election. References Bibliography Cornell, P.G., Underhill, F.H., Brown G.W., and Careless J.M.S., Upper Canadian politics in the 1850s'', (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1967).