Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the elected lower house of the colonial legislature in the British colony of Lower Canada (now southern Quebec) from 1792 until its suspension in 1838.

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Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada canonical 20

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct organization ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Lower Canada ⓘ
capital Quebec City ⓘ
composition elected members ⓘ
country Lower Canada ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 1838 ⓘ
dominantPoliticalGroup Parti patriote ⓘ
electorate property-owning male British subjects in Lower Canada ⓘ
endTime 1838 ⓘ
establishedBy Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
followedBy Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Special Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil law in Lower Canada ⓘ
public works in Lower Canada ⓘ
taxation in Lower Canada ⓘ
hasPart Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
historicalRegion southern Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Southern Quebec
inception 1792 ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalForm colonial legislature ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Lower Canada ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
locatedInTime colonial period of Canada ⓘ
meetsAt Chapelle du Séminaire de Québec (early sessions) ⓘ
Quebec Parliament House ⓘ
notableMember Denis-Benjamin Viger ⓘ
John Neilson ⓘ
Louis-Joseph Papineau ⓘ
Étienne Parent ⓘ
notableOffice Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
notableSpeaker Louis-Joseph Papineau ⓘ
numberOfHouses one (as lower house of a bicameral legislature) ⓘ
numberOfMembers 50 at creation in 1792 ⓘ
84 after later expansions ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Lower Canada ⓘ
precededBy none (first elected legislature of Lower Canada) ⓘ
reasonForDissolution suspension of the constitution after the Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
replacedBy Parliament of the Province of Canada in 1841 ⓘ
significantEvent Ninety-Two Resolutions (1834) ⓘ
startTime 1792 ⓘ
subordinateTo British Crown ⓘ
Governor of Lower Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
votingSystem plurality voting in multi-member districts ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James McGill → memberOf → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Lower Canada → legislature → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada → precededBy → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada → relatedTo → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of Lower Canada → coexistedWith → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → roleIn → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → appointedBy → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → officeCreatedFor → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Papineau Monument in Quebec → associatedWith → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Lower Canada → hasPart → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Lower Canada → legislativeBody → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Lower Canada → hasLowerHouse → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Governor of Lower Canada → interactsWith → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Ninety-Two Resolutions (1834) → proposedBy → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Special Council of Lower Canada → follows → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Special Council of Lower Canada → replaces → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
John Neilson → partOf → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
92 Resolutions → legislativeBody → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Mathew Bell → legislative body → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
Executive Council of Lower Canada → seeAlso → Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ