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) →
Document Information Date: 1866-04-13 By: New Brunswick (House of Assembly) Citation: New Brunswick, House of Assembly, Reports of the Debates of The House of Assembly [1866] at 108-118*. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF)*. Please note:*Pages 116 & 117 are missing and will be ordered as soon as possible. FRIDAY, APRIL 13. […] (p. 108 in the Primary Document) […] AFTERNOON SESSION. […] RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNMENT. Albert Smith [Westmorland, Attorney General] said he was expected on this occasion to make some explanation of the position… Read more New Brunswick, House of Assembly, Debates of the House of Assembly [Resignation of the Government] (13 April 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-04-09 By: Prince Edward Island (Legislative Council) Citation: Prince Edward Island, Legislative Council, Journal of the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island, 22nd Gen Ass, 4th Sess, 1866. 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… Read more Prince Edward Island, Journal of the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island, 22nd Gen Ass, 4th Sess, 1866 →
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Document Information Date: 1865-08-04 By: John A. Macdonald, George Brown, Governor General Monck Citation: Memorandum between John A. Macdonald and George Brown (4 August 1865) in Joseph Pope, Memoirs of The Right Honourable Sir John A Macdonald, Vol. I, (Ottawa: J. Durie & Son, 1894) at 362-368. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF).
Document Information Date: 1865-03-17 By: The Canadian Gleaner Citation: “The Vote on Confederation,” The Canadian Gleaner (17 March 1865) Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). THE VOTE ON CONFEDERATION […] As for the English-speaking Lower Canada members who voted with the majority we will say little. They one and all voted against the wishes of the majority of their constituents. We need not say how bitterly we regret seeing Mr. Somerville casting his vote in such company and for such a measure. That he did so… Read more “The Vote on Confederation,” The Canadian Gleaner (17 March 1865) →
Document Information Date: 1865-03-02 By: Prince Edward Island (House of Assembly) Citation: Prince Edward Island, House of Assembly, The Parliamentary Reporter; or, Debates and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island, For the Year 1865, 22nd Parl, 3rd Sess, 1865 at 4-11. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Click here to view the rest of Prince Edward Island’s Confederation Debates for 1865. THE PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER, SESSION, 1865. THURSDAY, March 2. (p. 4 in the Primary Document) DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS IN ANSWER TO… Read more Prince Edward Island, House of Assembly, Debates and Proceedings: Debate on the Address in Answer to His Excellency’s Speech (2 March 1865) →