 The Simcoe County branch was organized by Samuel Lount in Holland Landing, and the Fourth Riding of York branch was organized by Samuel Hughes, an elder of the Children of Peace in Sharon.In 1834, he was elected to the 12th Parliament of Upper Canada representing Simcoe County.In the Legislature, he sat on the committee to incorporate Canada's first farmers' co-operative, the "Farmers Storehouse Company", managed by Samuel Hughes.