Document Information Date: 2023-03-13 By: PrimaryDocuments.ca Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). The previous versions, Version 1 can be found here. Please Note: The PDF and HTML below will not always align. The PDF serves as a record in time, whereas the HTML will constantly be updated. The PDF will be updated occasionally and all former versions of the report will be available for download when a new version is uploaded. For now, the PDF contains the original version of the report. Constitution Act, 1867: Section… Read more REPORT: Provincial Executive Power, Section 65 of the Constitution Act, 1867 →
Document Information Date: 1879-03-13 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 4th Parl, 1st Sess, 1879 at 338-409. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). DISMISSAL OF QUEBEC GOVERNMENT BY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR […] Mr. Landry: […] Under the Constitution, Canada, divided in the first place into four Provinces, now counted seven, without counting the vast territories of the North-West to which the Parliament of Canada had given, a few years previously, a separate organisation. Canada had its Constitution, and each of the Provinces entering the… Read more Canada, House of Commons Debates, “Dismissal of Quebec Government by the Lieutenant-Governor”, 4th Parl, 1st Sess (13 March 1879) →
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Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – Local Constitutions Drafts Revised Package, Copy 3, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 49/2, pp. 19538-19556). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription for this document has not transcribed the handwritten notes. For those please consult the PDF. The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. 33 LOCAL CONSTITUTIONS. THE EXECUTIVE. 84.—For each of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick,… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – Local Constitutions Drafts Revised Package, Copy 3 [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – H.L. Bill (Floor), n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 49/2, pp. 19665-19711). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). British North America Bill. [H.L.] ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES. —————————— I.—PRELIMINARY. Clause. 1. Short Title. 2. Application of Provisions referring to the Queen. II.—UNION. 3. Declaration of Union. 4. Construction of subsequent Provisions of Act. 5. Four Provinces. 6. Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. 7. Provinces of Nova Scotia and… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – H.L. Bill (Floor) [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – Local Constitutions Drafts Early Package with Reilly’s Notes, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 49/2, pp. 19462-19480). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). LOCAL CONSTITUTIONS. THE EXECUTIVE. 94.—For each of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, there shall be an officer, styled the Lieutenant-Governor, to be appointed by the Governor-General in Council, under the great seal of Canada. 95.—A Lieutenant-Governor shall hold office… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – Local Constitutions Drafts Early Package with Reilly’s Notes [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – Local Constitutions Drafts Revised Package, H.B. Morse’s Copy, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 49/2, pp. 19595-19613). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription for this document has not transcribed the handwritten notes. For those please consult the PDF. The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. 33 LOCAL CONSTITUTIONS. THE EXECUTIVE. 84.—For each of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – Local Constitutions Drafts Revised Package, H.B. Morse’s Copy [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – 4th Draft, Final Version, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 49/2, pp. 19614-19664). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). (Confidential.) A BILL To provide for the Union and Government of British North America. WHEREAS the Provinces of CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, and NEW BRUNSWICK have expressed their desire to form a Federal Union under the British Crown, for the purposes of Government and Legislation, based upon the principles… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – 4th Draft, Final Version [n.d.] →