Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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colonial office parliamentary office political position presiding officer

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the presiding officer and chief parliamentary authority of the elected lower house in the colonial legislature of Lower Canada before Confederation.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial office ⓘ parliamentary office ⓘ political position ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	British parliamentary traditions ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	development of responsible government in British North America ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitutional Act 1791 NERFINISHED ⓘ
correspondsTo	Speaker of the House of Commons (Westminster system) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
electedBy	members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
governingBodyType	colonial legislature ⓘ
governsBody	proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	procedural rulings in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ
hasDuty	announce decisions of the chair ⓘ call on members to speak ⓘ ensure proper conduct of legislative business ⓘ interpret and enforce parliamentary rules ⓘ maintain order in the chamber ⓘ preside over debates ⓘ put questions to a vote ⓘ represent the Legislative Assembly in its relations with the Crown and Legislative Council ⓘ
historicalPeriod	pre-Confederation Canada ⓘ
historicalRegion	Canada East NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeAbolishedInContextOf	suspension of the constitution of Lower Canada in 1838 ⓘ
officeCreatedFor	Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude	Augustin-Norbert Morin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Antoine Panet NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Papineau NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis-Joseph Papineau NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Legislature of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeldIn	elected lower house of the Legislature of Lower Canada ⓘ
positionIn	colonial government of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	no equivalent elected colonial speaker in the Province of Quebec (1763–1791) ⓘ
relatedTo	Governor of Lower Canada ⓘ Legislative Council of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedInSuccessorEntityBy	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleIn	Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	constitutional framework of the British Empire ⓘ
succeededBy	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	late 18th century to 1838 ⓘ
typeOf	Speaker (parliamentary title) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → notableOffice → Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ

Louis-Joseph Papineau → positionHeld → Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ