Special Council of Lower Canada

E643071

colonial council governing body

The Special Council of Lower Canada was an appointed governing body that administered the colony without an elected assembly following the suspension of its legislature after the Rebellions of 1837–1838.

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Label	Occurrences
Special Council of Lower Canada canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial council ⓘ governing body ⓘ
appliesToEvent	Rebellions of 1837–1838 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	British government NERFINISHED ⓘ Governor of Lower Canada ⓘ
country	Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1841 ⓘ
endTime	1841 ⓘ
executiveFunction	advise the governor ⓘ
follows	Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	Rebellions of 1837–1838 in Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ suspension of the constitution of Lower Canada ⓘ suspension of the legislature of Lower Canada ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	authoritarian governance ⓘ no elected assembly ⓘ ruled by decree ⓘ temporary institution ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	imperial proclamation ⓘ suspension of the Constitutional Act of 1791 ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	varied over time ⓘ
hasRole	colonial administration ⓘ interim government ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ pre-Confederation Canada ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalForm	appointed council ⓘ
legislativeFunction	enact ordinances ⓘ
locatedIn	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada ⓘ
partOf	Province of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Legislative Council of the Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of the Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaces	Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
seeAlso	British North America Act 1840 NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebellions of 1837–1838 NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionMethod	appointment ⓘ
startTime	1838 ⓘ
underAuthorityOf	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Governor General of British North America ⓘ Governor of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada → followedBy → Special Council of Lower Canada ⓘ