The Home District Council was the municipal governing body for York, Upper Canada

York, Upper Canada

York was the name of Old Toronto between 1793 and 1834. It was the second capital of Upper Canada.- History :The town was established in 1793 by Governor John Graves Simcoe, with a new 'Fort York' on the site of the last French 'Fort Toronto'...

 (now Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

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) from 1792 to 1834. It was established by Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United...

 John Graves Simcoe

John Graves Simcoe

John Graves Simcoe was a British army officer and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791–1796. Then frontier, this was modern-day southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior...

.

The leader of the council was known as the Chairman of the General Quarter Session of Peace.

Home District Council Chairmen

• Hon. William Jarvis
  William Jarvis (Upper Canada official)
  William Jarvis was an American born head of famous Jarvis family of Toronto.Jarvis was born in Stamford, Connecticut to Samuel Jarvis, who was the town's clerk and Martha Seymour. The Jarvis family was forced to flee when his home was seized at the start of the American Revolution...
  
   Esq.
  Esquire
  Esquire is a term of West European origin . Depending on the country, the term has different meanings...
  
   (b. 1756, Connecticut - d. 1817], York, Upper Canada) 1800-1811

Mr. Jarvis was also provincial secretary and registrar of deeds

• Hon. Thomas Ridout
  Thomas Ridout
  Thomas Ridout was a political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Sherborne, England in 1754 and came to Maryland in 1774. In 1787, he was travelling to Kentucky when his group was captured by a party of Shawnees; he was held captive and later released in Detroit, then held by the British...
  
   Esquire
  Esquire
  Esquire is a term of West European origin . Depending on the country, the term has different meanings...
  
   (b. 1754 Sherborne, England -d. 1829, York, Upper Canada) 1811-1829

Mr. Ridout was also Clerk of Peace of the Home District 1800-1811, Surveyor-General of Upper Canada

• William Allan
  William Allan (banker)
  William Allan JP was a Canadian banker, businessman and politician.Allan was born at Moss, near Huntly, Scotland around 1770. He came to Canada around 1787 to work with Forsyth, Richardson and Company and settled at Niagara a year later. In 1795, he moved to York...
  
   Esquire
  Esquire
  Esquire is a term of West European origin . Depending on the country, the term has different meanings...
  
   JP
  Justice of the Peace
  A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
  
   (b. 1770, Huntley Aberdeenshire, England d. 1853, Toronto, Upper Canada) 1829-1831

• Alexander Macdonell
  Alexander Macdonell (politician)
  Alexander Macdonell was a soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Scotland in 1762 and arrived in the Mohawk Valley of New York with other members of his family, including his brother, Angus Macdonell. He served with the Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment during the American...
  
   Esquire
  Esquire
  Esquire is a term of West European origin . Depending on the country, the term has different meanings...
  
   JP
  Justice of the Peace
  A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
  
   (b. 1762- d. 1842) 1831-1834
  • Mr. McDonell was also Sheriff
    Sheriff
    A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
    
     of the Home District, who was responsible for order in the town

See also

• Toronto City Council
  Toronto City Council
  The Toronto City Council is the governing body of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors....
  
  
• York Regional Council
  York Regional Council
  York Regional Council is the political body for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. Created in 1970 it consists of 20 representatives: the mayors of each of its nine municipalities , and an additional eleven councillors from the more populous municipalities—four from...
  
  - see York Regional Chair, which replaced the Warden of York County (who replaced the Chairman of the Home District from 1850-1970)