Document Information Date: 1865-02-16 By: Province of Canada (Parliament); Quebec Morning Chronicle Citation: “Provincial Parliament”, [Quebec] Morning Chronicle (17 February 1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). You may be interested: This was a procedural portion that was missing from the Confederation Debates version. To view the debate on Confederation, click HERE. Henri Joly [Lotbinière] arose to speak. Hector-Louis Langevin [Dorchester, Solicitor General East] rose, apparently at the moment, and moved The adjournment of the debate. Christopher Dunkin [Brome] said that after having four or give… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Morning Chronicle Version, 8th Parl, 3rd Sess (16 February 1865) →
Document Information Date: 1865-02-15 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), Morning Chronicle Citation: “Provincial Parliament. Legislative Assembly.”[Quebec] Morning Chronicle (16 February 1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: All endnotes come from our recent publication, Charles Dumais & Michael Scott (ed.), The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada (CCF, 2022). Luther Holton [Chateauguay] (in the absence of Hon. Mr. Dorion) moved The second reading of the bill to amend the act respecting elections of members of the Legislature. The hon. gentleman said that he considered… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, 8th Parl, 3rd Sess (15 February 1865) →
Document Information Date: 1865-02-14 By: Newfoundland House of Assembly, The Newfoundlander Citation: “House of Assembly (Continued)”, The Newfoundlander (16 March 1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Click here to view the rest of Newfoundland’s Confederation Debates for 1865. The Newfoundlander St. John’s, Thursday, March 16, 1865. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. TUESDAY, Feb. 14. (Continued.) On motion of Frederic Carter [Trinity Bay, Attorney General], pursuant to order of the day, the house resolved itself into committee of the whole on the consideration of the confederation of the… Read more Newfoundland, House of Assembly, Debate on Confederation (14 February 1865) →
Document Information Date: 1865-02-13 By: Newfoundland House of Assembly, The Newfoundlander Citation: “House of Assembly”, The Newfoundlander (6 March 1865) & “House of Assembly”, The Newfoundlander (9 March 1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Click here to view the rest of Newfoundland’s Confederation Debates for 1865. The Newfoundlander St. John’s, Monday, March 6, 1865. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. MONDAY, Feb. 13. (p. 2 in the Primary Document) The House met at three o’clock. John Bemister [Bay de Verde, Receiver General] laid on the table of the house… Read more Newfoundland, House of Assembly, Debate on Confederation (13 February 1865) →
Document Information Date: 1865-02-10 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), Morning Chronicle Citation: “Provincial Parliament. Legislative Assembly.”[Quebec] Morning Chronicle (11 February 1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: All endnotes come from our recent publication, Charles Dumais & Michael Scott (ed.), The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada (CCF, 2022). John A. Macdonald [Kingston, Attorney-General West] moved That the adjourned debate on his motion for an Address to Her Majesty on the subject of the Confederation of the British North American Provinces be continued from… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, 8th Parl, 3rd Sess (10 February 1865) →
Document Information Date: 1865-02-09 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), Montreal Gazette Citation: Montreal Gazette (10 February 1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1865 Thomas D’Arcy McGee [Montreal West, Minister of Agriculture and Statistics] resumed the adjourned debate on Confederation. He said that after the four speeches already delivered from that quarter of the House, it might be supposed little of any importance remained to be said; still the subject was so vast, the prospect included so many objects, and these objects… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, [Montreal Gazette version], 8th Parl, 3rd Sess, (9 February 1865) →
Document Information Date: 1865-02-08 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Legislative Assembly,” The Globe (9 February 1865) & “Legislative Assembly,” The Globe (10 February 1865) Other formats: Note: All endnotes come from our recent publication, Charles Dumais & Michael Scott (ed.), The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada (CCF, 2022). LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1865[1] George Brown [Oxford South, President Executive Council] continuing the debate on Confederation said—It was no ordinary gratification that he rose to address the House upon this occasion. He could not help… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, [Globe version], 8th Parl, 3rd Sess, (8 February 1865) →
Document Information Date: 1865-02-07 By: UK (Parliament) Citation: United Kingdom, Correspondence Respecting the Proposed Union of the British North American Provinces (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO A MEETING AT QUEBEC OF DELEGATES APPOINTED TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED UNION OF THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN PROVINCES. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. 7th February 1865. LONDON: PRINTED BY GEORGE EDWARD EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOOD, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. FOR HER MAJESY’S… Read more UK, Correspondence […] A Meeting at Quebec of Delegates […] Propoosed Union of the British North American Provinces (1865) →