Legislative Council of British Columbia

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The Legislative Council of British Columbia was the early colonial governing body that served as the territory’s main legislative institution before the establishment of the modern Legislative Assembly.

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Legislative Council of British Columbia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislature
unicameral legislature
afterEvent continued as legislature for the united colony
appliesToJurisdiction British Columbia
appliesToPeriod pre-Confederation British Columbia
archivesAt BC Archives
composition appointed members
elected members
constitutionalStatus subordinate to the British Crown
country Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
surface form: Colony of British Columbia
countryDuringExistence British Empire
describedAs early colonial governing body of British Columbia
dissolved 1871
followedBy Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
follows governor-in-council rule in British Columbia
governedBy royal instructions and colonial office directives
hasJurisdictionOver Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
surface form: Colony of British Columbia

Vancouver Island
surface form: Vancouver Island (after union of colonies)
hasMembershipType mixed appointed and elected body
hasRole advise the governor
approve taxation measures
enact colonial laws
hasSuccessor provincial parliament of British Columbia
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom
historicalEra 19th century
inception 1863
languageOfWork English
legalForm colonial council
legislativeBodyFor Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
surface form: Colony of British Columbia
legislativePeriod 1863–1871
locatedIn British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
meetsInBuilding colonial government buildings in Victoria
numberOfChambers 1
partOf United Colony of British Columbia
surface form: colonial government of British Columbia

constitutional history of British Columbia
precededBy Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island
surface form: Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island (for Vancouver Island territory)
presidingOfficer Governor of British Columbia
primaryFunction main legislative institution of the colony before the modern Legislative Assembly
reasonForAbolition entry of British Columbia into the Canadian Confederation
replaced earlier informal advisory councils to the governor
replacedBy Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
replacedByInstitutionType provincial legislature
significantEvent union of the Colony of British Columbia and the Colony of Vancouver Island in 1866

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Legislative Assembly of British Columbia precededBy Legislative Council of British Columbia