<P> The Canadian Alliance Society was reborn as the Constitutional Reform Society in 1836 , when it was led by the more moderate reformer , Dr William W. Baldwin . The Reformers experienced a disaster at the 1836 elections for the 13th Parliament of Upper Canada , and the Society took its final form as the Toronto Political Union in 1837 . It was this group of the disenfranchised that began organizing local `` Vigilance Committees '' to elect delegates to a so - called Constitutional Convention in July 1837 . This became the organizational structure for the Rebellion ; most of the rebel organizers were elected Constitutional Convention delegates . </P>
<P> The Canadian Alliance Society was reborn as the Constitutional Reform Society in 1836 , when it was led by the more moderate reformer , Dr William W. Baldwin . The Reformers experienced a disaster at the 1836 elections for the 13th Parliament of Upper Canada , and the Society took its final form as the Toronto Political Union in 1837 . It was this group of the disenfranchised that began organizing local `` Vigilance Committees '' to elect delegates to a so - called Constitutional Convention in July 1837 . This became the organizational structure for the Rebellion ; most of the rebel organizers were elected Constitutional Convention delegates . </P>
who led the upper canada rebellion of 1837
who led the upper canada rebellion of 1837
William W. Baldwin
William W. Baldwin