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3 unusual facts about Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada


Émilie Gamelin

In his absence, on the 18 September 1841, the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada incorporated the shelter as the Montreal Asylum for Aged and Infirm Women.

Executive Council of the Province of Canada

The Executive Council of the Province of Canada had a similar function to the Cabinet in England but was not responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from its inception in 1841 to 1848.

Louis-Victor Sicotte

In 1851, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly representing Saint-Hyacinthe.


Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière

Joly was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Lotbinière in 1861 as a Bleu, a moderate liberal, but was a member of the more radical Parti rouge when re-elected in 1863.

Joseph Édouard Cauchon

Cauchon himself entered political life in 1844, winning election for the riding of Montmorency in the Province of Canada's legislature.

Seigneurial system of New France

The seigneurial system was formally abolished by the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and assented to by Governor Lord Elgin on 18 December 1854 in An Act for the Abolition of Feudal Rights and Duties in Lower Canada.

William Pearce Howland

In 1857, Howland became a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, and later served in the cabinet as Minister of Finance, Receiver General, Postmaster General and Minister of Finance.


see also

Philippe Panet

His brother Louis later became a member of the Canadian Senate and his brother Charles was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.