John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions & British North America Act – miscellaneous drafts on the Senate (December 1866 – February 1867)
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Date: 1866-12 – 1867-02
By: John A. Macdonald, British North American Delegates
Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions & British North America Act – miscellaneous drafts on the Senate, December 1866 – February 1867 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/1, pp. 18279, 18296-18300, 18306, 18322, 18356).[1]
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Notes: The following version is an amalgamation of nine documents [click the titles of each document to access the originals rather than this amalgamated version]. These documents have been amalgamated for use in Michael Scott & Charles Dumais, Book in Progress: The British North America Act (2025). All endnotes are from the Book in Progress and are tentative until the book is published. For more information on this publication in progress, click HERE.
[December 13, 1866: London Resolutions: scrap resolution—PEI entry to Confederation—Senators]
18296
The Colony [Province] of P.E.I. shall [if they enter] [when admitted] [will] [illegible] [the] [union] shall be entitled to enter the Union with a Representation of four members in the Legislative Council. But in each case the members allotted to NB + NS shall be diminished to 10 each Such diminishment to take place in each Province as vacancies occur.
[illegible] on Thursday – 13 Dec.
[December, 1866: London Resolutions: scrap resolution—NFLD entry to Confederation—Senators]
18297
The Colony of [illegible] when admitted into the Confederation shall be [illegible] to a Rep. [illegible]
[December, 1866: London Resolutions: scrap resolution—first appointments of Senators]
18298
The members of the Legislative Council [for the Confederation] shall in the first instance be appointed from the nomination of the Executive Governments of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick [respectively] and the number allotted to each Province shall be nominated from the Legislative Councils of the different Provinces [with due [illegible] to the] in such [illegible] as to [due regard being had to the fair] upon a fair representation of the opposition as [illegible] [illegible] of the [illegible] of the Government [of both political parties] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] any member of the local Council so nominated shall [illegible] [illegible] to a [illegible] [illegible] shall be competent for the Executive Government in any Province to nominate in his place a gentleman [person] who is [illegible] is not a member of the Local Council.
[Reverse side]
1866
14
Dr. Tupper
[December, 1866: London Resolutions: scrap resolution—residence requirements of Senators]
18299
and shall form a continual residence [illegible] the [illegible] for which they are appointed–[illegible] [illegible] the case of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] which [illegible] [illegible] attendance at the seat of Government, then tenure of office
[December, 1866: London Resolutions: scrap resolution—residence requirements of Senators—amendment]
18300
[illegible]
amendment
[illegible] in the [illegible] for which to be selected [they are appointed.]
18279
That the [powers] + privileges of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of G.B. + I. shall be held to appertain to the House of Commons of the Confederation [illegible], and all such [the] powers + privileges appertaining to the House of Lords in its legislative capacity, shall be held to appertain to the Legislative Council of the Confederation.
[Reverse side]
31
Council
Decr 24
[January-February, 1867: scrap resolution—Senate]
18306
who shall not [illegible] days after [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] seat in the Senate accept [illegible] the [illegible] shall be [illegible] [illegible] [illegible].
[January-February, 1867: scrap resolution—Senate appointments in NB & NS]
18322
That within the seat of any member of the Legislative Council of Canada Nova Scotia or New Brunswick shall become vacant in [illegible] by his appointment to the Senate [illegible] willing [illegible] [illegible] to after being [illegible] such appointment it is [illegible] [illegible] in a better to the [illegible] [illegible].
[February 28, 1867: scrap resolution—Senate]
18356
[illegible] Mr. Fisher –
[illegible] Mr. Tilley
28 Feby
Introduced
“Resolved that [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] of the Senators, the [illegible] [Sec. of State for [illegible]] the date [illegible] this [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Legislative Council [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] by the respective [illegible] Governors in N. Scotia [illegible]
Endnotes
[1] These are scrap clauses which touch primarily on the Senate, but not on the appointment of additional Senators (section 26). Due to the amount of drafts regarding that particular section, it has been collated separately, and the collection of those documents precedes these. We hope to integrate these scrap resolutions into the Part I: London Resolutions and & Part II: The British North America Act in future editions of this volume.