Parliament of Lower Canada

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bicameral legislature colonial legislature

The Parliament of Lower Canada was the bicameral colonial legislature that governed the British colony of Lower Canada (now southern Quebec) from 1791 until its suspension in 1838 following the Rebellions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Parliament of Lower Canada canonical	3
British colonial government in Lower Canada	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ colonial legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy	Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1838 ⓘ
endTime	1838 ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitutional Act 1791 NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Special Council of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedDuring	colonial period of Lower Canada ⓘ
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasLowerHouse	Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Legislative Council of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUpperHouse	Legislative Council of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfStateRepresentative	Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
historicalRegion	southern Quebec ⓘ
inception	1791 ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitutional Act 1791 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody	Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Legislative Council of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeProcess	bicameralism ⓘ
locatedIn	Canada ⓘ Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsIn	Parliament House, Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	constitutional framework of British North America ⓘ
predecessor	Province of Quebec colonial government NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	Rebellions of 1837–1838 NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Parliament of Upper Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of the Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Special Council of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaces	Province of Quebec colonial administration ⓘ
seat	Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	suspension following the Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
startTime	1791 ⓘ
subdivision	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryCovered	Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → partOf → Parliament of Lower Canada ⓘ

Parliament of the Province of Canada → replaced → Parliament of Lower Canada ⓘ

Battle of Saint-Denis → opponentOf → Parliament of Lower Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government in Lower Canada

Legislative Council of Lower Canada → partOf → Parliament of Lower Canada ⓘ