Legislative Council of Lower Canada

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The Legislative Council of Lower Canada was the appointed upper house of the colonial parliament of Lower Canada, functioning from 1791 until the union with Upper Canada in 1841.

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Legislative Council of Lower Canada canonical 12

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislative council ⓘ
governmental body ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction colony of Lower Canada ⓘ
appointedBy British Crown ⓘ
Governor of Lower Canada ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Rebellions of 1837–1838 in Lower Canada ⓘ
capital Quebec City ⓘ
coexistedWith Executive Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
composition appointed members ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
country Lower Canada ⓘ
countryDuringExistence British Empire ⓘ
createdBy Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
dissolutionCause Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
dissolvedOn 1841 ⓘ
endTime 1841 ⓘ
followedBy Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
governingLaw British imperial statutes ⓘ
colonial ordinances of Lower Canada ⓘ
governmentSystem British colonial system ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver civil law in Lower Canada ⓘ
criminal law in Lower Canada ⓘ
public works in Lower Canada ⓘ
taxation in Lower Canada ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
jurisdiction Lower Canada ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalStatus colonial institution ⓘ
legislativeChamber upper house ⓘ
legislativeProcessRole power to amend bills ⓘ
power to reject bills ⓘ
review of bills from the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
location Quebec City ⓘ
memberTerm life tenure ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Lower Canada ⓘ
politicalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
precededBy Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec ⓘ
region Saint Lawrence River valley ⓘ
linked to: St. Lawrence Valley
replacedBy Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
seat Quebec City ⓘ
startTime 1791 ⓘ
subordinateTo British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
typeOfRepresentation non-elected ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

Lower Canada → legislature → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → hasPart → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → subordinateTo → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
Château Clique → influenced → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → relatedTo → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Lower Canada → hasPart → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Lower Canada → legislativeBody → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Lower Canada → hasUpperHouse → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
Governor of Lower Canada → interactsWith → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
Château Clique → influenced → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: Château Clique in Lower Canada
Mathew Bell → legislative body → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
Executive Council of Lower Canada → seeAlso → Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ