Governor of Lower Canada

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colonial office government position viceregal representative

The Governor of Lower Canada was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator in Lower Canada, overseeing executive authority and relations with both the elected assembly and imperial government from 1791 to 1841.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Governor of Lower Canada canonical	2
Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial office ⓘ government position ⓘ viceregal representative ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToPeriod	post-Constitutional Act of 1791 period ⓘ
appointedBy	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1841 ⓘ
endTime	1841 ⓘ
follows	Governor of the Province of Quebec ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Executive Council of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial civil administration of Lower Canada ⓘ colonial military forces in Lower Canada ⓘ
hasRole	chief colonial administrator of Lower Canada ⓘ head of the executive authority in Lower Canada ⓘ liaison with imperial government in London ⓘ overseer of relations with the elected Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ representative of the British Crown in Lower Canada ⓘ
historicalRegion	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1791 ⓘ
interactsWith	Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Legislative Council of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdictionIncludes	territory of present-day southern Quebec ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitutional Act 1791 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Quebec City ⓘ
officeHolder	Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham NERFINISHED ⓘ George Prevost NERFINISHED ⓘ George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester NERFINISHED ⓘ John Coape Sherbrooke NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Prescott NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Shore Milnes NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Colonial government of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	union of Upper and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada in 1841 ⓘ
replacedBy	Governor General of the Province of Canada ⓘ
reportsTo	Colonial Office in London NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State for War and the Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Château Saint-Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ later Government House, Quebec ⓘ
seat	Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1791 ⓘ
successorOffice	Governor General of the Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → subordinateTo → Governor of Lower Canada ⓘ

Governor of Canada East → follows → Governor of Lower Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada

Legislative Council of Lower Canada → appointedBy → Governor of Lower Canada ⓘ