Lower Canada Legislative Assembly

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The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada (English. Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada , French. Chambre d'assemblée du Bas-Canada ) made from 1791 to 1838, directly elected by the people lower house of the Parliament of Lower Canada . Together with the Legislative Council of Lower Canada and the Governor General of Canada sent by the British Crown , it formed the legislature in Lower Canada.

history

Both lower and upper houses were instituted by the 1791 constitution. It divided the province of Québec into the French-speaking Lower Canada and the English-speaking Upper Canada . This was intended to accommodate the loyalists who fled to Upper Canada in the American Civil War and their desire for an Anglo-Saxon system of government. At the same time, the French settlers in Lower Canada received decisive influence over the legislation in the colony through the legislative assembly.

The congregation met for the first time on December 17, 1792, in the former Bishops' Palace in Québec. After the 1837 rebellion and the repeal of the constitution on March 27 of the following year, the congregation ceased to exist.

Suffrage

The members of the assembly were elected in accordance with Articles XX and XXII by all men over the age of 21 who met the requirements of census voting . All British subjects over the age of 21 who were not members of the Legislative Council or part of the Anglican and Catholic clergy were eligible . According to the constitution, the minimum size of the legislative assembly was 50 people.

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