Document Information Date: 1864-02-19 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 2nd Sess, 1864 at 1. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). OPENING OF PARLIAMENT! LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Friday, 19th February, 1864 In accordance with the proclamation to that effect, His Excellency the Governor General [Viscount Monck] proceeded in state to the Legislative Council Chamber, accompanied by his staff. On account of the severity of the weather, His Excellency [Viscount Monck] was pleased to dispense with the attendance of the… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Council, Scrapbook Debates [Opening of Parliament!], 8th Parl, 2nd Sess, (19 February 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-02-19 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 2nd Sess, 1864 at 1-2. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FRIDAY, 19th February, 1864. After a short interview, the gentleman usher of the Black Rod made his appearance and summoned the members of the Assembly to attend on His Excellency the Governor General [Viscount Monck] in the Legislative Connell Chamber. The ceremony of opening Parliament occupied about half an hour, when, having returned with the… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates [Opening of Parliament!], 8th Parl, 2nd Sess, (19 February 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1861-04-17 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Provincial Parliament”, The Globe (25 April 1861). Other formats: PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT Quebec, Wednesday, April 17. The Speaker took the chair at three o’clock. REPRESENTATION BY POPULATION. The order was then called for resuming the adjourned debate upon the question proposed by Mr. Ferguson, “That the bill providing for a reform in the representation of the people in Legislative Assembly, by re-adjusting and equalizing the same without reference to existing boundaries or territorial distinction, be now read a first… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Representation by Population [McGee’s Speech] (17 April 1861) →
Document Information Date: 1860-05-15 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Provincial Parliament. House of Assembly”, The Globe (16 May 1860). Other formats: Provincial Parliament House of Assembly Quebec, May 15 The House met at 11 o’clock. Superannuation and Annuity Bill. Mr. Sherwood moved the second reading of his Pensioning Bill. Mr. Brown moved the six months’ hoist. Negatived 55 to 44. Yeas. – Messrs. Aikins, Bell, Biggar, Brown, Bureau, Burwell, M. Cameron, Clark, Connor, Dorion, Dorian, Drummond, Ferguson, Finlayson, Foley, Gaudet, Gould, Harcourt, Holmes, Labelle, Laframboise, Lemieux, A.… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Seignorial Tenure & Representation by Population (15-16 May 1860) →
Document Information Date: 1860-05-14 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “House of Assembly”, The Globe (15 May 1860). Other formats: House of Assembly Quebec, May 14 Essex Election Frauds Mr. McDougall moved that legal proceedings be instituted against all parties concerned in the outraged and frauds perpetrated at the last Essex election, but withdrew his motion on Attorney General Macdonald stating that such proceedings had been taken. The Prince’s Visit Mr. Brown, in absence of Mr. Sandfield Macdonald, moved the appointment of a committee, chosen equally from both… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Representation by Population (14 May 1860) →
Document Information Date: 1859-02-28 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), Thompson’s Mirror of Parliament Citation: Issues 1-45, Thompson’s Mirror of Parliament (1859-1860). 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.
Document Information Date: 1859-02-14 By: Province of Canada (Legislative Assembly) Citation: Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Journals of the Legislative Assembly, 1859 at 45-62. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). […] That any Correspondence which His Excellency may be pleased to place in our hands, respecting the possibility of uniting, by some tie of a federal character, the British Colonies in North America, will receive our attentive consideration; as will also any Despatches from Her Majesty’s Secretary of State, in relation to questions affecting the Hudson’s… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Journals of the Legislative Assembly, Address in Reply (14 February 1859) →
Document Information Date: 1859-02-08 By: Province of Canada (Legislative Assembly) Citation: Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Journals of the Legislative Assembly, 1859 at 33-34. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. And the Question being put on the Amendment to the said proposed Amendment; the House divided; and it passed in the Negative. And the Question being again proposed on the Amendment to the original Question; Mr. Archambeault moved, in amendment to the said proposed Amendment, seconded by Mr. Coutlée,… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Journals of the Legislative Assembly, Address in Reply, Representation by Population Amendment (8 February 1859) →