1st Canadian Parliament

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The 1st Canadian Parliament was the inaugural federal legislature of the Dominion of Canada, convened after Confederation in 1867 and responsible for establishing the country’s initial national laws and institutions.

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1st Canadian Parliament canonical 1
First Parliament of Canada 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of Canada ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
convenedAfter Canadian Confederation ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dissolutionDate 1872-07-08 ⓘ
election 1867 Canadian federal election ⓘ
endDate 1873-07-08 ⓘ
establishedBy British North America Act, 1867 ⓘ
fifthSessionStartDate 1872-04-11 ⓘ
firstSessionEndDate 1868-05-22 ⓘ
firstSessionStartDate 1867-11-06 ⓘ
followedBy 2nd Canadian Parliament ⓘ
fourthSessionStartDate 1871-02-15 ⓘ
governmentType majority government ⓘ
governorGeneralDuringParliament Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Monck

Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava ⓘ
hasLowerHouse House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Senate of Canada ⓘ
jurisdiction Dominion of Canada ⓘ
lastElection 1872 Canadian federal election ⓘ
legislativeType bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislatureNumber 1 ⓘ
location Ottawa ⓘ
metInBuilding Parliament Buildings, Ottawa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Hill
monarchDuringParliament Queen Victoria ⓘ
numberOfMembersInHouseOfCommons 181 ⓘ
numberOfSenators 72 ⓘ
numberOfSessions 5 ⓘ
officialName First Parliament of Canada ⓘ
openedBy Governor General Lord Monck ⓘ
Queen Victoria ⓘ
oppositionLeader Alexander Mackenzie ⓘ
Edward Blake ⓘ
oppositionParty Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
passedAct British Columbia Terms of Union, 1871 ⓘ
Manitoba Act, 1870 ⓘ
precededBy Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
primeMinisterDuringParliament Sir John A. Macdonald ⓘ
linked to: John A. Macdonald
primeMinisterParty Liberal-Conservative Party ⓘ
representedProvince New Brunswick ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
sawProvinceJoin British Columbia ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
sawTerritoryJoin North-West Territories ⓘ
secondSessionStartDate 1869-04-15 ⓘ
significance established initial national laws and institutions of Canada ⓘ
startDate 1867-11-06 ⓘ
thirdSessionStartDate 1870-02-15 ⓘ

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

Parliament of the Province of Canada → followedBy → 1st Canadian Parliament ⓘ
1st Canadian Parliament → officialName → First Parliament of Canada ⓘ
linked to: 1st Canadian Parliament