Category: Section 91 [Constitution Act, 1867]

COLLECTION: “Peace, Order, and Good Government”

Statutes, Instructions, etc.  Royal Proclamation (1763) Governor Murray’s Commission (1763) Private Instructions to Governor Murray (1763) Quebec Act (1774) Massachusetts Government Act (1774) Constitutional Act (1791) An Act to Make Temporary Provision for the Government of Lower Canada (1838) Union Act (1840) New Zealand Constitution (1852) An Act to provide for the Government of British Columbia (1858) Proclamation of English law in force in British Columbia (1858) Colonial Laws Validity Act, UK (1865) Use in British Parliament: Commons: Select Committee on the Civil Government of Canada, Report (1828) Lords: King’s… Read more COLLECTION: “Peace, Order, and Good Government”

Lord Henry Thring, Practical Legislation (1902)

Document Information Date: 1902 By: Lord Henry Thring Citation: Lord Henry Thring, Practical Legislation: The Composition and Language of Acts of Parliament and Business Documents (London: John Murray, 1902). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). (p. 34) […] In the Home Rule Bill of 1886, entitled Irish Government Act, 1886, a good example will be found of the compression into a few sentences, at the beginning of the Bill, of the whole principle of the measure. Section 1 declared, On and after the appointed day there… Read more Lord Henry Thring, Practical Legislation (1902)

Canada, Senate Debates, “Divorce Proceedings”, 6th Parl, 2nd Sess (28 February 1888)

Document Information Date: 1888-02-28 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, Senate Debates, 6th Parl, 2nd Sess, 1888 at 55-75. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Why Is There No Text? This document has not yet been transcribed. Help us out by transcribing the PDF into a text file and emailing it to pd@theccf.ca. Your help will make PrimaryDocuments.ca the most complete word-searchable electronic repository of documents relating to the Canadian constitution. For more information consult our Be a Contributor page.

Canada, House of Commons Debates, 5th Parl, 1st Sess, (12 February 1888)

Document Information Date: 1888-02-12 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 5th Parl, 1st Sess, 1888 at 24-29. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Why Is There No Text? This document has not yet been transcribed. Help us out by transcribing the PDF into a text file and emailing it to pd@theccf.ca. Your help will make PrimaryDocuments.ca the most complete word-searchable electronic repository of documents relating to the Canadian constitution. For more information consult our Be a Contributor page.

Canada, House of Commons Debates, “Constitution of the Senate”, 5th Parl, 4th Sess (14 May 1886)

Document Information Date: 1886-05-14 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 5th Parl, 4th Sess, 1886 at 1272-1309. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Why Is There No Text? This document has not yet been transcribed. Help us out by transcribing the PDF into a text file and emailing it to pd@theccf.ca. Your help will make PrimaryDocuments.ca the most complete word-searchable electronic repository of documents relating to the Canadian constitution. For more information consult our Be a Contributor page.

Canada, House of Commons Debates, 5th Parl, 4th Sess, (30 March 1886)

Document Information Date: 1886-03-30 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 5th Parl, 4th Sess, 1886 at 393-426. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Why Is There No Text? This document has not yet been transcribed. Help us out by transcribing the PDF into a text file and emailing it to pd@theccf.ca. Your help will make PrimaryDocuments.ca the most complete word-searchable electronic repository of documents relating to the Canadian constitution. For more information consult our Be a Contributor page.

Canada, House of Commons Debates, 5th Parl, 2nd Sess, (14 March 1884)

Document Information Date: 1884-03-14 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 5th Parl, 2nd Sess, 1884 at 843-883. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Why Is There No Text? This document has not yet been transcribed. Help us out by transcribing the PDF into a text file and emailing it to pd@theccf.ca. Your help will make PrimaryDocuments.ca the most complete word-searchable electronic repository of documents relating to the Canadian constitution. For more information consult our Be a Contributor page.

Canada, House of Commons Debates, “King’s County (P.E.I.) Election”, 5th Parl, 1st Sess (25 April 1883)

Document Information Date: 1883-04-25 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 5th Parl, 1st Sess, 1883 at 804-827. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Why Is There No Text? This document has not yet been transcribed. Help us out by transcribing the PDF into a text file and emailing it to pd@theccf.ca. Your help will make PrimaryDocuments.ca the most complete word-searchable electronic repository of documents relating to the Canadian constitution. For more information consult our Be a Contributor page.