Executive Council of Lower Canada

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colonial governing body executive council institution of Lower Canada

The Executive Council of Lower Canada was the British colonial governing body that advised the governor and wielded significant political power in the province before the Rebellions of 1837–1838.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Executive Council of Lower Canada canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial governing body ⓘ executive council ⓘ institution of Lower Canada ⓘ
advised	Governor of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British colony of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf	appointed members ⓘ
country	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedAsConsequenceOf	Durham Report recommendations ⓘ Rebellions of 1837–1838 NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1841 ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitutional Act 1791 NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Executive Council of the Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	closely linked to the Château Clique ⓘ dominated by English-speaking elite ⓘ limited accountability to local population ⓘ members not responsible to elected assembly ⓘ oligarchic structure ⓘ significant political power before 1837 ⓘ source of political grievances for reformers ⓘ
hasRole	administration of colonial policy ⓘ advisory body to the governor ⓘ control of public offices ⓘ executive authority in colonial government ⓘ implementation of imperial legislation ⓘ influence over public finances ⓘ oversight of colonial administration ⓘ patronage distribution ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitutional Act 1791 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Quebec City ⓘ
partOf	British colonial administration in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Executive Council of the united Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
seeAlso	Château Clique NERFINISHED ⓘ Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Legislative Council of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebellions of 1837–1838 in Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionMethod	appointment by the British Crown ⓘ appointment on advice of the governor ⓘ
significantEvent	political conflict with Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ⓘ tensions leading to the Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
startTime	1791 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Governor of Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Château Clique → controlled → Executive Council of Lower Canada ⓘ

Legislative Council of Lower Canada → coexistedWith → Executive Council of Lower Canada ⓘ