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The 2nd Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 1 June 1797. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in August 1796. The first session was held at Navy Hall in Newark. The Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe believed York was a superior location for the capital as it would less vulnerable to attack by the Americans. York became the capital of Upper Canada on 1 February 1796. The remaining three sessions were held at the Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada in York, Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 7 July 1800.

This House of Assembly of the 2nd Parliament of Upper Canada had four sessions 3 June 1797 to 4 July 1800:^[1]

Sessions^[1]	Start	End
1st	3 June 1797	July 1797
2nd	5 June 1798	5 July 1798
3rd	12 June 1799	29 June 1799
4th	2 June 1800	4 July 1800

Riding	Member
Dundas	Thomas Fraser
Durham, York & 1st Lincoln	Richard Beasley
1st Glengarry	Richard Norton Wilkinson
2nd Glengarry	John McDonell
Grenville	Edward Jessup, Jr.
Kent	Thomas Smith
Kent	Thomas McKee
Leeds & Frontenac	Solomon Jones
Lennox, Hastings & Northumberland	Timothy Thompson
2nd Lincoln	Samuel Street
3rd Lincoln	David William Smith – Speaker 1796–1800
4th Lincoln & Norfolk	Benjamin Hardison
Ontario & Addington	Christopher Robinson died 2 November 1798 in office.
	William Fairfield (from June 1799)
Prince Edward & Adolphus Township	David McGregor Rogers
Stormont	Robert Isaac Dey Gray
Suffolk & Essex	John Cornwall