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Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Lower house of the provincial government in Lower Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
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The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of elected legislative councilors who created bills to be passed up to the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, whose members were appointed by the governor general.

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The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, in the Chapel of Bishop's Palace, Quebec City

Following the Lower Canada Rebellion, the lower house was dissolved on March 27, 1838, and Lower Canada was administered by an appointed Special Council. With the Act of Union in 1840, a new lower chamber, the Legislative Assembly of Canada, was created for both Upper and Lower Canada which existed until 1867, when the Legislative Assembly of Quebec was created.

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Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada

Electoral Districts

From 1792 to 1829

50 members elected in 23 two-seat districts and four single-seat districts.

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Buildings

See Old Parliament Building (Quebec)

See also

  • Journal of the House of Assembly of Lower-Canada (1793–1837). Québec: John Neilson.
  • Appendix to the Journals of the House of Assembly of the province of Lower-Canada (1810–1837). Québec: John Neilson.
  • Parliament of Canada (Montmorency Park)
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