Executive Council of the Province of Canada
The Executive Council of the Province of Canada had a similar function to the Cabinet in England but was not responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from its inception in 1841 to 1848. Members were advisers to the Governor and later to the Premier of the Province of Canada. Members of the Executive Council were generally members of the elected Legislative Assembly, but there were also some members from the appointed Legislative Council of the Province of Canada. The council replaced the Executive Councils of Upper and Lower Canada. It lasted from 1841 to 1867, when the Province of Canada was abolished as part of Canadian Confederation. It was replaced at the federal level by the Queen's Privy Council of Canada, and at the provincial level by the executive councils of the two new provinces, Ontario and Quebec. The Executive Council sat at several capitals of the Province of Canada:

 Kingston 1841–1843
 Montreal 1843–1849
 Toronto 1849–1852
 Quebec City 1852–1856
 Toronto 1856–1858
 Quebec City 1859–1866
 Ottawa 1866–1867

Presidents of the Executive Council

 William Morris 1846–1848
 James Leslie 1848
 Philip Michael Matthew Scott VanKoughnet 1856
 Isidore Thibaudeau, May 16, 1863 – March 29, 1864
 George Brown June 30, 1864 – December 1865
 Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair 1866

Clerks

 Samuel Boies Smith - son of Samuel Smith, British Army officer and former member of the Executive Council of Upper Canada (1817-1818, 1820) and Administrator of Upper Canada 1817-1818

References 

 

Province of Canada
Privy councils
Monarchy in Canada
Former Canadian ministers
1841 establishments in Canada
1867 disestablishments in Canada