A Manual of the Constitutional History of Canada from the Earliest Period to the Year 1888; Including the British North America Act, 1867, and a Digest of Judicial Decisions on Questions of Legislative JurisdictionDawson Bros., 1888 - 238 pages |
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... VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN TOKEN OF HIGH ESTEEM FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNOR WHO HAS WON GOLDEN OPINIONS DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF HIS HIGH OFFICE IN CANADA . 1 PREFATORY NOTE . This treatise is in a large.
... VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN TOKEN OF HIGH ESTEEM FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNOR WHO HAS WON GOLDEN OPINIONS DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF HIS HIGH OFFICE IN CANADA . 1 PREFATORY NOTE . This treatise is in a large.
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... but Lord North expressed his opinion that it was not wise for a Protest- ant government to delegate its powers to a Catholic assembly . Cav . Deb . , 246-8 . members , and had the power , with the consent 14 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
... but Lord North expressed his opinion that it was not wise for a Protest- ant government to delegate its powers to a Catholic assembly . Cav . Deb . , 246-8 . members , and had the power , with the consent 14 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
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... opinion of English statesmen that it would be advisable to make further constitutional changes in the province , more consonant with the wishes of its large population , of which the British element now formed a very important part ...
... opinion of English statesmen that it would be advisable to make further constitutional changes in the province , more consonant with the wishes of its large population , of which the British element now formed a very important part ...
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... opinion that the division of Canada into two provinces would have the effect of creating harmony , since the French would be left in the majority in one section , and the British in the other . ' The Quebec Act , it was generally ...
... opinion that the division of Canada into two provinces would have the effect of creating harmony , since the French would be left in the majority in one section , and the British in the other . ' The Quebec Act , it was generally ...
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... opinion that the assembly in Lower Canada should have at least one hundred members ; he was also in favour of an elective legislative council . general . The county members were elected by owners of CONSTITUTIONAL ACT , 1791 . 21.
... opinion that the assembly in Lower Canada should have at least one hundred members ; he was also in favour of an elective legislative council . general . The county members were elected by owners of CONSTITUTIONAL ACT , 1791 . 21.
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