Document Information Date: 1883-04-09 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 5th Parl, 1st Sess, 1883 at 497-525. 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: 1868-04-16 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, Senate Debates, 1st Parl, 1st Sess, 1868 at 170. 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: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – fourth working draft, later version, revised copy, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 49/1, pp. 19399-19450). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. [App ILLEGIBLE (4)] 19399 [249] [Subsequent to 3d draft] [ILLEGIBLE as subsequent to 3d draft revised] [Not to be ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE to so ILLEGIBLE subsequent] (Confidential.) A BILL To provide for the Union and Government… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – fourth working draft, later version, revised copy [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – fourth working draft, later version, duplicate copy 2, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 54, pp. 21678-21708). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. 21678 [81.] (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… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – fourth working draft, later version, duplicate copy 2 [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: 1867-01-27 By: Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon Citation: Diary Entry from the 4th Earl of Carnarvon (27 January 1867). Other formats: N/A Sunday 27 January (London) In the afternoon Disraeli came to me, to talk over the Intercontinental Railway Guarantee. He had been in hope that somehow it might be possible to escape it but I undermined him. He is to receive from me early tomorrow the necessary papers and probably he, Stanley, Northcote and I shall have to settle everything as it is doubtful whether… Read more Diary Entry from the 4th Earl of Carnarvon (27 January 1867) →
Document Information Date: 1867-01-24 – 1867-01-30 By: John A. Macdonald, British North America Delegates Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – Macdonald’s Notes on Colonial Office draft and First draft, January 23-30th, 1867 (MG 26, A, Vol. 48, pp. 18737-18743).[1] Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: Endnotes are from Michael Scott & Charles Dumais, Book in Progress: The British North America Act (2025). 1873 Supplementary Points[2] 1. Local Government of U.C. 2. Do of L.C. 3. Do of… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – Macdonald’s Notes on Colonial Office draft and First draft (23-30 January 1867) →
Document Information Date: [prob. December, 1866-February, 1867] By: John A. Macdonald, British North American Delegates Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – George Étienne Cartier notes re Senate and deadlock mechanism, n.d. [prob. December, 1866-February, 1867] (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/1, p. 18304). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The dating of the draft remains uncertain. More study of the draft is required and is being undertaken by our team. Only a rough transcription has been completed and… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – George Étienne Cartier notes re Senate and deadlock mechanism, n.d. [prob. December, 1866-February, 1867] →
Document Information Date: 1866-12 By: Hewitt Bernard, John A. Macdonald, British North American Delegates Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – Scrap Resolution: Galt’s Amendments to Financial Clauses, December 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/1, p. 18276). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 18276 61) Add the words, “But [illegible] [this stipulation] is in no respect intended to limit the powers given to the respective Governments of those Provinces by Legislative authority, but only to determine the maximum amount of charge to… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – Scrap Resolution: Galt’s amendments to financial clauses (December 1866) →