Document Information Date: 1864-06-19 By: The Globe Citation: “South Ontario Election: The Postmaster General Elected by Acclamation”, The Globe [Toronto] (19 June 1864). Other formats: South Ontario Election. THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION. Speeches of Mr. Mowat and Others. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTERS) Yesterday, according to proclamation, the nomination for South Ontario was held at the Mechanics’ Institute in the town of Whitby. The elections for the two ridings of Ontario have been delayed for some time by the misdirection of the writs as at first issued, and the… Read more “South Ontario Election: The Postmaster General Elected by Acclamation” The Globe (19 June 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-06-18 By: The Globe Citation: “Legislative Assembly”, The Globe [Toronto] (18 June 1864). Other formats: The Ministerial Crisis. The announcement made this morning in our Quebec telegraphic dispatches will excite no small surprise throughout Upper Canada. Few persons, we fancy, were prepared for the intelligence, that the present Ministry would venture on the hold step or applying to Mr. Brown to aid them in rescuing the ship of state from its perilous position, o[?] that he could be induced to respond to the application. It appears, however,… Read more “The Ministerial Crisis”, The Globe (18 June 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-06-17 By: The Globe Citation: “Legislative Assembly”, The Globe [Toronto] (18 June 1864). Other formats: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. QUEBEC, June 17. The Speaker took the chair at three o’clock. After routine business, Atty. Gen. MACDONALD said he had now the consent of His Excellency the Governor General to state to the House the nature of the communication which they had felt it to be their duty to make to His Excellency. In consequence of the hostile vote of Tuesday night, which they considered to be in effect a… Read more “Legislative Assembly”, The Globe (18 June 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-06-15 By: The Globe Citation: “Latest from Quebec. The Ministerial Crisis”, The Globe [Toronto] (16 June 1864). Other formats: Latest from Quebec. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS! A DISSOLUTION DOUBTFUL. The Rumours and Speculations. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. (BY SPECIAL TELEGRAPH.) QUEBEC, June 15. The galleries of the House were crowded this afternoon by persons anxious to hear the brief explanations which were given by Mr. Attorney General Macdonald regarding the Ministerial crisis consequent upon the vote of last evening. It is understand that, after the meeting the Cabinet… Read more “Latest from Quebec. The Ministerial Crisis”, The Globe (16 June 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-06-14 By: The Globe Citation: “The Local Constitutions”, The Globe [Toronto] (15 June 1864). Other formats: Parliament Last Night. (BY TELEGRAPH FORM OUR OWN REPORTERS.) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. QUEBEC, June 14. The Speaker took the chair at 3 o’clock. On motion of Sir E.P. TACHE, the Bill to amend the Municipal and Road Act of Upper Canada, was read a third time and passed. A message was received from His Excellency, informing the House that leave of absence had been granted to the Hon. James Morris for the… Read more “Parliament Last Night”, The Globe (15 June 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1862-11-03 By: Duke of Newcastle Citation: Despatch from the Duke of Newcastle to Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon (3 November 1862) in UK, HC, Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 30 June 1864; for Copy of Correspondence between any of the North American Provinces and the Imperial Government, relating to their Application for Assistance in raising a Loan for an International Railway (1864). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Downing-street, 3 November 1862. Sir, I HAVE the honour… Read more Despatch from the Duke of Newcastle to Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon, No. 102 (3 November 1862) →
Document Information Date: 1862-06-09 By: Arthur Gordon Citation: Despatch from Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon to the Duke of Newcastle (9 June 1862) in UK, HC, Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 30 June 1864; for Copy of Correspondence between any of the North American Provinces and the Imperial Government, relating to their Application for Assistance in raising a Loan for an International Railway (1864). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Fredericton, 9 June 1862. My Lord Duke, OWING to the… Read more Despatch from Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon to the Duke of Newcastle, No. 71 (9 June 1862) →
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) →