Legislative Council of the Province of Canada

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colonial legislative body parliamentary chamber upper house

The Legislative Council of the Province of Canada was the unelected upper house of the colonial legislature that governed Canada East and Canada West between 1841 and Confederation in 1867.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada canonical 7
Legislative Council of Ontario 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislative body ⓘ
parliamentary chamber ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
appliesTo British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America
chamberOf Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
compositionType appointed councillors ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
country Province of Canada ⓘ
countryAtTime Province of Canada ⓘ
surface form: United Province of Canada
createdBy Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
dissolutionReason Canadian Confederation ⓘ
dissolvedOn 1867 ⓘ
elected no ⓘ
endedBy Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
surface form: British North America Act 1867
endTime 1867 ⓘ
governed Canada West ⓘ
surface form: Canada East and Canada West
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasCounterpart Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-Confederation Canada ⓘ
houseType unelected upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction Canada East ⓘ
Canada West ⓘ
Province of Canada ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalSystem British parliamentary tradition ⓘ
legislatureFor Canada East ⓘ
Canada West ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Ontario ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
meetsIn Kingston ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
natureOfBody colonial institution ⓘ
partOf Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
politicalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
replacedBy Senate of Canada ⓘ
role upper house of the colonial legislature ⓘ
selectionMethod appointed ⓘ
startTime 1841 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo British Crown ⓘ
succeededBy provincial legislative councils in Ontario and Quebec (de facto by reorganization) ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentBody bicameral legislature component ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Province of Canada → legislativeBody → Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Act of Union 1840 → established → Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada → upperHouse → Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Canada East → legislativeBody → Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of the Province of Canada → replacedBy → Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Council of Ontario
Parliament of the Province of Canada → hasPart → Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of Lower Canada → replacedBy → Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of Lower Canada → followedBy → Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ