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 Brothers, 1888 - 238 pages |
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... speaker of the council was to be appointed by the governor - general . The whole number of members in the assembly of Upper Canada was not to be less than sixteen ; in Lower Canada not less than fifty - to be chosen by a majority of ...
... speaker of the council was to be appointed by the governor - general . The whole number of members in the assembly of Upper Canada was not to be less than sixteen ; in Lower Canada not less than fifty - to be chosen by a majority of ...
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... speaker of legislative council ; W. Macdonnell , speaker of legislative assembly . The first meeting was in a rude frame house , about half a mile from the village - it was not unusual for the members to assemble in the the provinces ...
... speaker of legislative council ; W. Macdonnell , speaker of legislative assembly . The first meeting was in a rude frame house , about half a mile from the village - it was not unusual for the members to assemble in the the provinces ...
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... speaker of the coun- cil was appointed by the Crown , and ten members , in- cluding the speaker , constituted a quorum . A majority of voices was to decide , and in case of an equality of votes , the speaker had a casting vote . A ...
... speaker of the coun- cil was appointed by the Crown , and ten members , in- cluding the speaker , constituted a quorum . A majority of voices was to decide , and in case of an equality of votes , the speaker had a casting vote . A ...
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... speaker . The speaker was elected by the majority , and was to have a casting vote in case of the votes being equal on a question . No person could be elected to the assembly unless he pos- sessed a freehold of lands and tenements to ...
... speaker . The speaker was elected by the majority , and was to have a casting vote in case of the votes being equal on a question . No person could be elected to the assembly unless he pos- sessed a freehold of lands and tenements to ...
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... the altered state of our colonial relations with the mother country . " Speech of Speaker of Assembly in presenting Supply Bill . Jour . p . 218 . and merchants in Canada , repealed the navigation laws , 46 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
... the altered state of our colonial relations with the mother country . " Speech of Speaker of Assembly in presenting Supply Bill . Jour . p . 218 . and merchants in Canada , repealed the navigation laws , 46 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
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