Parliament of the Province of Canada

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bicameral legislature historical legislature

The Parliament of the Province of Canada was the bicameral legislature that governed the united colonies of Upper and Lower Canada from 1841 until Confederation in 1867.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Parliament of the Province of Canada canonical 11
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada 2
Parliament of Lower Canada 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
historical legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Canada East ⓘ
Canada West ⓘ
capital Kingston ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
chamber lower house ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
constitutionalStatus colonial legislature under British Crown ⓘ
country Province of Canada ⓘ
createdBy Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
dissolved 1867 ⓘ
endTime 1867 ⓘ
followedBy 1st Canadian Parliament ⓘ
governed Canada East ⓘ
Canada West ⓘ
Lower Canada ⓘ
Upper Canada ⓘ
hasPart Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
inception 1841 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Province of Canada ⓘ
legislativeProcess royal assent required ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America

present-day Canada ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Parliament Buildings, Montreal ⓘ
Parliament Building of Quebec ⓘ
surface form: Parliament Buildings, Quebec City
metIn Kingston ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
reasonForAbolition Canadian Confederation ⓘ
replaced Parliament of Lower Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Upper Canada ⓘ
replacedBy Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
National Assembly of Quebec ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Council of Ontario

Legislative Council of Quebec ⓘ
Parliament of Canada ⓘ
representedBy Governor General of British North America ⓘ
surface form: Governor General of the Province of Canada
significantEvent passage of Confederation resolutions ⓘ
startTime 1841 ⓘ
typeOfGovernment responsible government (gradually achieved) ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Parliament of Upper Canada → replacedBy → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Upper Canada → mergedWith → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of Lower Canada
Parliament of Upper Canada → resultingEntity → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of Upper Canada → replacedBy → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
Legislative Council of Upper Canada → replacedBy → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of Upper Canada → succeededBy → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
Province of Canada → legislature → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada → partOf → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Canada West → legislativeBody → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → replacedBy → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of the Province of Canada in 1841
Grand Trunk Railway → charteredBy → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Canada legislature
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada → mergedInto → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of Lower Canada → replacedBy → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Rebellion Losses Bill controversy → legislativeBody → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada → partOf → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada → chamberOf → Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ