the British connection. Following the merger of Upper Canada and Lower Canada in 1841, he again represented Leeds in the first Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1844. Morris was a consistent vote for Reform. In the first session of the first Parliament, he joined most of the moderate Reformers in voting in support of the union of the Canadas, but also voted with the more radical Reformers under Robert Baldwin in opposing the government of the Governor General, Lord Sydenham. In subsequent sessions of the first Parliament, he generally voted with Baldwin's group, opposing the positions of the Governors General. In 1844, he was appointed to the Legislative Council. He was speaker of the Legislative Council from 1853 to 1854 and in 1858. From 1851 to 1854, in 1858, and from 1862 to 1863, Morris was a member of the Executive Council of the Province. In 1851, he became the first Postmaster General for the Province of Canada, serving ex officio on the Board of Railway Commissioners and representing the government on the board of the Grand Trunk Railway. He served as receiver general from 1862 until 1863. Death Morris was forced to retire from political life in 1863, when he suffered a debilitating stroke. He died at Brockville in 1865. References 1798 births 1865 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West Members of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada Politicians from Paisley, Renfrewshire Canadian justices of the peace