sentences:  Although he supported the parti patriote and voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions, he did not take an active part in the Lower Canada Rebellion.He was a charter member of the Bank of Canada and one of the founders of La Banque du Peuple at Montreal.De Witt was elected to represent Leinster electoral district in an 1842 by-election; he was reelected in 1844.