Attorney General for Canada East

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The Attorney General for Canada East was the chief legal officer and a key political figure in the government of the Province of Canada representing the eastern, largely French-speaking region before Confederation.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government legal office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Canada East ⓘ
eastern section of the Province of Canada ⓘ
largely French-speaking population of Canada East ⓘ
appointedBy Governor General of the Province of Canada ⓘ
country Province of Canada ⓘ
dissolvedOnOrBefore 1867 ⓘ
endCause Canadian Confederation ⓘ
hasJurisdiction civil law in Canada East ⓘ
criminal law in Canada East ⓘ
hasResponsibility advising the government of the Province of Canada on legal matters ⓘ
drafting of legislation for Canada East ⓘ
representation of the Crown in legal matters in Canada East ⓘ
supervision of public prosecutions in Canada East ⓘ
legalSystem English criminal law in Canada East ⓘ
civil law tradition in Canada East ⓘ
location Canada East ⓘ
Province of Canada ⓘ
officeHeldBy Antoine Polette ⓘ
Antoine-Aimé Dorion ⓘ
Edward Short ⓘ
François-Xavier Lemieux ⓘ
George Okill Stuart Jr. ⓘ
George-Étienne Cartier ⓘ
George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet ⓘ
Hector-Louis Langevin ⓘ
Jean-Charles Chapais ⓘ
Lewis Thomas Drummond ⓘ
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine ⓘ
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, 1st Baronet ⓘ
Louis-Victor Sicotte ⓘ
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau ⓘ
Thomas Cushing Aylwin ⓘ
officeRank key political figure in the Province of Canada government ⓘ
senior ministerial position ⓘ
officeType cabinet minister ⓘ
chief legal officer ⓘ
law officer of the Crown ⓘ
partOf Executive Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
government of the Province of Canada ⓘ
positionHeldByHeadOf Crown law officers in Canada East ⓘ
replacedBy Attorney General of Quebec ⓘ
Minister of Justice (Canada) ⓘ
reportsTo Executive Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
residenceOfOfficeHolder often Montreal ⓘ
often Quebec City ⓘ
startTime 1841 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

George-Étienne Cartier → positionHeld → Attorney General for Canada East ⓘ
Antoine-Aimé Dorion → positionHeld → Attorney General for Canada East ⓘ
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine → positionHeld → Attorney General for Canada East ⓘ
subject linked to: Louis‑Hippolyte Lafontaine
John A. Macdonald → positionHeld → Attorney General of the Province of Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: John
linked to: Attorney General for Canada East
George-Étienne Cartier → positionHeld → Attorney General of Canada East ⓘ
subject linked to: George-Étienne
linked to: Attorney General for Canada East
Robert Sympson Jameson → positionHeld → Attorney General of Upper Canada ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General for Canada East