Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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defunct organization legislative body lower house

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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Label	Occurrences
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada canonical	5

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ surface form: southern Quebec
inception	1792 ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalForm	colonial legislature ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	Lower Canada ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec
locatedInTime	colonial period of Canada ⓘ
meetsAt	Séminaire de Québec ⓘ surface form: Chapelle du Séminaire de Québec (early sessions) Parliament Building of Quebec ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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 ⓘ