Document Information Date: 1858-03-17 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Provincial Parliament” The Globe (19 March 1868). Other formats: HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY (Reported for the Globe.) WEDNESDAY, March, 17. DOUBLE MAJORITY. Mr. THIBAUDEAU set that on moving the resolutions on this subject of which he had given notice, he expected of course to have the support of the members for Quebec, as they had not only a double but a trebled majority. But to enter into the merits of the motion he would begin by remarking that the… Read more Provincial Parliament, House of Assembly, Double Majority (17 March, 1858) →
Document Information Date: 1857-07-31 By: UK (House of Commons) Citation: UK, Report from the Select Committee on the Hudson’s Bay Company (London: 1857). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). The HTML Text Below Has Not Yet Been Edited This document has not yet been edited for mistakes. Help us out by correcting the text and mailing it as a text file 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.… Read more UK, Report from the Select Committee on the Hudson’s Bay Company (1857) →
Document Information Date: 1856-04-24 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “House of Assembly” The Globe (26 April 1856). Other formats: HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY THURSDAY, April 24. REPEAL OF THE UNION—Continued. Mr. BROWN.—I am quite sure, Mr. Speaker, that this debate must have highly gratified such members of this house as have long contended for equality of representation, with little apparent prospect of early success. I think it must have convinced them that the day of deliverance is not far off. The Hon. Attorney General East has been pleased… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Repeal of the Union, The Globe Version (24 April 1856) →
Document Information Date: 1856-04-24 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), Montreal Gazette Citation: “Provincial Parliament” Montreal Gazette (28 April 1856) & “Provincial Parliament” Montreal Gazette (30 April 1856). Other formats: Click here and here to view the original document (PDF). Provincial Parliament Toronto, April 24. Repeal of the Union Mr. Fulton, in reply to the hon. Member for Haldimand, said that the resolutions passed by the Legislature of Upper Canada, respecting the Union, were to this effect; That she wanted to relieve herself from financial embarrassment, and to be able to… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly [Repeal of the Union], Montreal Gazette (24 April 1856) →
Document Information Date: 1856-04-23 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “House of Assembly” The Globe (25 April 1856). Other formats: House of Assembly WEDNESDAY, 23rd April, 1856. The Speaker took the chair at three o’clock. FIRST READINGS Hon. Mr. MORRISON introduced a Bill to amend the charter of the Zimmerman Bank. Second reading on Monday next. Mr. J. B. E. DORION introduced a Bill to legalize a certain School assessment in St. Christophe d’Arthabaska. Second reading to-morrow. Mr. RHODES introduced a Bill to amend the Act incorporating the… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Repeal of the Union (23 April 1856) →
Document Information Date: 1856-03-27 By: Province of Canada (Legislative Assembly) Citation: Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, 5th Parl, 2nd Sess, 1856 at 189-195. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). The Order of the day for the third reading of the Bill to change the Constitution of the Legislative Council by rendering the same elective, being read; The Honorable Mr.Cauchon moved, seconded by the Honorable Mr. Attorney General Macdonald, and the Question being proposed, That the Bill… Read more Province of Canada, Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada [Bill to Change the Constitution of the Legislative Council], (27 March 1856) →
Document Information Date: 1856-03-14 By: Province of Canada (Legislative Assembly) Citation: Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, 5th Parl, 2nd Sess, 1856 at 142-150. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). The Order of the day for the second reading of the Bill to change the Constitution of the Legislative Council, by rendering the same Elective, being read; The Honorable Mr. Cauchon moved, seconded by the Honorable Mr. Spence, and the Question being put, That the Bill be… Read more Province of Canada, Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada [Bill to Change the Constitution of the Legislative Council], (14 March 1856) →
Document Information Date: 1855-03-27 – 1855-03-28 By: Province of Canada (Provincial Parliament), Montreal Herald Citation: Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Montreal Herald (April 2nd, 1855), 5th Par, 2nd Sess, 27-28 March 1855 Other formats: TBA Provincial Parliament. (Reported for the Montreal Herald.) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. March 27th. THE ELECTIVE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. [Continued.] Attorney General McDONALD said the subject had been before the country for many years, and when on a previous occasion it had come under discussion, the hon. member for Lambton had laid his arguments before Parliament in the shape of… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, THE ELECTIVE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. [Continued.] (27-28 March 1855) →