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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... Population , p . 50 - Double Majority Theory , p . 51 - Political Deadlock , p . 52 -Understanding between Political Leaders , p . 53 - Federal Union , pp . 53-54 — Adoption of Seventy - Two Resolutions as Basis of Federal Union , pp ...
... Population , p . 50 - Double Majority Theory , p . 51 - Political Deadlock , p . 52 -Understanding between Political Leaders , p . 53 - Federal Union , pp . 53-54 — Adoption of Seventy - Two Resolutions as Basis of Federal Union , pp ...
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... population . But in all essential features the government resembled that of a French province . The governor and intendant were at the head of affairs and reported directly to the king . Of these two high functionaries , the governor 2 ...
... population . But in all essential features the government resembled that of a French province . The governor and intendant were at the head of affairs and reported directly to the king . Of these two high functionaries , the governor 2 ...
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... population were unwilling to take the test oath , 3 and the government of the province was carried on solely by the governor - general , with the assistance of an executive council , composed in the first instance of the two lieutenant ...
... population were unwilling to take the test oath , 3 and the government of the province was carried on solely by the governor - general , with the assistance of an executive council , composed in the first instance of the two lieutenant ...
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... population of Canada were relieved of their dis- abilities many years before people of the same belief in Great Britain and Ireland received similar privileges . The new constitution was inaugurated by Major General Carleton ...
... population of Canada were relieved of their dis- abilities many years before people of the same belief in Great Britain and Ireland received similar privileges . The new constitution was inaugurated by Major General Carleton ...
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... population . It had by this time be- come the 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 ...
... population . It had by this time be- come the 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 ...
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