1818 in Canada #CanadianHistory #history Quebec Gazette publisher John Neilson asks for the disallowance of a rival Assembly candidate's by-election win because violence and corruption were used to defeat him https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_28/20 Pgs. 21–3 See also: The Assembly resolves that the rival is not qualified to sit and must pay the cost of the prosecution of Neilson's case https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_28/120 #election See also: John Neilson https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-neilson Biography of John Neilson https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/neilson_john_7E.html Canadian Electoral System - Historical Background https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/electoral-systems Political Corruption https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/corruption