Legislative Council of Upper Canada

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The Legislative Council of Upper Canada was the appointed upper house of the colonial legislature in what is now Ontario, functioning from 1792 until the union with Lower Canada in 1841.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislature body ⓘ
legislative council ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
appliesToTerritory British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America
appointedBy British Crown ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom British Crown ⓘ
capitalDuringExistence Newark NERFINISHED ⓘ
York ⓘ
chamberOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Upper Canada ⓘ
countryAtTime British Empire ⓘ
createdBy Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
endTime 1841 ⓘ
function advise colonial executive ⓘ
approve bills ⓘ
review legislation ⓘ
governmentSystem colonial government ⓘ
governs Upper Canada ⓘ
surface form: colony of Upper Canada
hasLegislativeStructure appointed members ⓘ
historicalPeriod British colonial era in Canada ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction Upper Canada ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalSystem British law ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Upper Canada ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Ontario ⓘ
meetsIn Upper Canada ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Upper Canada ⓘ
reasonForAbolition union of Upper and Lower Canada ⓘ
regionServed Great Lakes region ⓘ
relatedEvent War of 1812 ⓘ
relatedTo Executive Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
Family Compact ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
replacedBy Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Council of the Province of Canada

Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
seatOfGovernment York ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment ⓘ
startTime 1792 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo Colonial Office ⓘ
surface form: British Colonial Office

British Parliament ⓘ
succeededBy Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
temporalCoverage early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
workedWith Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Parliament of Upper Canada → composedOf → Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada → hasAuthorityOver → Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Upper Canada → hasUpperHouse → Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
Family Compact → influenced → Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
John Strachan → officeContested → Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ