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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Legislative Council of British Columbia canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| 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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