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Date: 1867
By: Hewitt Bernard, John A. Macdonald, British North American Delegates
Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 Draft of Section 26, version 3, n.d. (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/1, p. 18310).
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18310

If Legislation is obstructed by the antagonism of the Senate to the House of Commons annually for three successive sessions it shall be lawful for Her Majesty by Order in Council to authorize the Governor General to appoint one or more additional Senators in the proportion allotted to each section [illegible] as vacancies occur no new appointment shall be made for any section in which the vacancy occur [illegible] until the number for each Section is reduced to the number provided by this Act.