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Lower Canada Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of elected legislative councilors who created bills to be passed up to the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, whose members were appointed by the governor general. Following the Lower Canada Rebellion, the lower house was dissolved on March 27, 1838, and Lower Canada was administered by an appointed Special Council of Lower Canada, Special Council. With the Act of Union 1840, Act of Union in 1840, a new lower chamber, the Legislative Assembly of Canada, was created for both Upper Canada, Upper and Lower Canada which existed until 1867, when the Legislative Assembly of Quebec was created. Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada * Jean-Antoine Panet 1792–1794 * Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of The Province Of Canada
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the Parliament of the Province of Canada. The Province of Canada consisted of the former province of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East (now Quebec), and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West (now Ontario). It was created by the Act of Union 1840. Canada East and Canada West each elected 42 members to the assembly for the first four parliaments. In 1853, following the 1851 Canadian census, the number of seats in the assembly was increased by the 4th Parliament of the Province of Canada from 84 to 130, 65 for each section, even though Canada West had a slightly larger population. The ''Parliamentary Representation Act'' of June 1853 was to take effect with the election for the 5th Parliament of the Province of Canada. The upper house of the legislature was called the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada, Legislative Council. The two houses, the lower house and the upper house, constituted th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckingham (Bas-Canada)
Buckingham ( ) is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, which had a population of 12,890 at the 2011 Census. The town lies approximately west of Central Milton Keynes, south-east of Banbury, and north-east of Oxford. Buckingham was the county town of Buckinghamshire from the 10th century, when it was made the capital of the newly formed shire of Buckingham, until Aylesbury took over this role in the 18th century. Buckingham has a variety of restaurants and pubs, typical of a market town. It has a number of local shops, both national and independent. Market days are Tuesday and Saturday which take over Market Hill and the High Street cattle pens. Buckingham is twinned with Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany and Mouvaux, France. History Buckingham and the surrounding area has been settled for some time with evidence of Roman settlement found in several sites close to the River Great Ouse, including a temple sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorchester (Bas-Canada)
Dorchester may refer to: Geography England *Dorchester, Dorset, the county town of Dorset ** Dorchester (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency in Dorset **HM Prison Dorchester, a men's prison located in Dorchester in Dorset, England closed in December 2013 *Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, a village *The Dorchester, a luxury hotel in London Canada *Dorchester, New Brunswick, shire town of Westmorland County **Dorchester Penitentiary, a medium-security federal prison in New Brunswick **Dorchester Parish, New Brunswick *Dorchester, Ontario, a rural community in Middlesex County * Saint-Prosper-de-Dorchester, a municipality in Quebec **Dorchester (federal electoral district), a former federal electoral district in Quebec **Dorchester (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district **Dorchester Boulevard, former name of part of René Lévesque Boulevard in Montreal, Quebec United States *Dorchester, Illinois *Dorchester, Iow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Islet (Bas-Canada) , Jersey
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L'Islet may refer to: * L'Islet, Quebec, a municipality * L'Islet Regional County Municipality, an administrative unit in Quebec * L'Islet (federal electoral district), a former federal electoral district in Quebec * L'Islet (provincial electoral district), a former provincial electoral district in Quebec * L'Islet, site of Elizabeth Castle Elizabeth Castle () is a castle and tourist attraction, on a tidal island within the parish of Saint Helier, Jersey. Construction was started in the 16th century when the power of the cannon meant that the existing stronghold at Mont Orgueil w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimouski (Bas-Canada)
Rimouski ( ; ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935 (as of 2021). Rimouski, whose motto is ''Legi patrum fidelis'' (Faithful to the law of our fathers), is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence Estuary, around 300 km downstream of Quebec City. It is the site of Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), the Cégep de Rimouski (which includes the Institut maritime du Québec) and the Music Conservatory. It is also the home of some ocean sciences research centres ( see below). History The name Rimouski most likely derived from a Micmac word meaning "land of the moose". The city was founded by Sir René Lepage de Ste-Claire in 1696. Originally from Ouanne in the Burgundy region, he exchanged property he owned on the Île d'Orléans with Augustin Rouer de la Cardonnière for the Seigneurie of Rimouski, which extended along the St. Lawrence River from the Hà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamouraska (Bas-Canada)
Kamouraska may refer to: * Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, Quebec * Kamouraska, Quebec, a municipality *Kamouraska (novel) ''Kamouraska'' (1970) is a historical novel written by Canadian Anne Hébert. Written in French language, French, the book has been translated into many languages. Set in 19th century Quebec, it tells the story of Elisabeth D’Aulnières, who co ..., a novel by Anne Hébert * Kamouraska (film), a film by Claude Jutra, based on the novel * Kamouraska (federal electoral district), a former federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec * Kamouraska (provincial electoral district), a former provincial electoral district in Quebec {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwallis (Bas-Canada)
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator. In the United States and United Kingdom, he is best known as one of the leading British general officers in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 to a combined Franco-American force at the siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. Cornwallis later served as a civil and military governor in Ireland, where he helped bring about the Act of Union; and in India, where he helped enact the Cornwallis Code and the Permanent Settlement. Born into an aristocratic family and educated at Eton and Cambridge, Cornwallis joined the British army in 1757, seeing action in the Seven Years' War. Upon his father's death in 1762 he succeeded to his peerage and entered the House of Lords. From 1766 until 1805, he was colonel of the 33rd Regiment of Foot. Cornwallis next saw military action in 1776 in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaska (Bas-Canada)
Yamaska () is a municipality in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality, in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,644. Demographics Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census ''(+) Amalgamation of Parish of Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska and the Villages of Yamaska and Yamaska-Est.'' Language Mother tongue language (2006) See also *List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the Population of Canada by province and territory, second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the Provinces and te ... References External links * {{Authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality Quebec populated places on the Saint Lawrence River Designated places in Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolet (Bas-Canada)
Nicollet or Nicolet may refer to: Canada *Nicolet, Quebec, the county seat of Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality *Nicolet River, Quebec, Canada * Nicolet (federal electoral district) People * Anne-Antoinette Nicolet (1743-1817), French actor and theatre director * Aurèle Nicolet (1926–2016), Swiss flautist * Hercule Nicolet (1801–1872), Swiss lithographer and entomologist * Jean Nicolet (1598–1642), French explorer from the 17th century * Joseph Nicollet (1786–1843), French explorer from the 19th century * Philippe Nicolet (born 1953), Swiss film director United States Minnesota * Nicollet, Minnesota *Nicollet Avenue, a major street in Minneapolis * Nicollet County, Minnesota * Nicollet Island, in the Mississippi River north of downtown Minneapolis * Nicollet Mall, in downtown Minneapolis *Nicollet Park, former baseball stadium in Minneapolis * Nicollet Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota Wisconsin * Nicolet Area Technical College, a technical college whose ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotbinière (Bas-Canada)
Lotbinière may refer to: Places *Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Quebec **Lotbinière, Quebec, a municipality ** Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, a municipality ** Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, a parish * Lotbinière (federal electoral district), a former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada (formerly known as Lotbinière—L'Érable), now part of Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière * Lotbinière (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Quebec. People * Louis-Théandre Chartier de Lotbinière (c. 1612-c. 1688), first de Lotbinière in America and New-France magistrate * Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière (1723–1798), builder of the Fort Ticonderoga and 3rd seigneur of Lotbinière * Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière (1748–1822), military officier, political figure in Lower Canada, seigneur of Rigaud and Vaudreuil and 4th seigneur of Lotbinière. * Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanstead (Bas-Canada)
Stanstead may refer to: Canada *Stanstead, Quebec, a city in Canada *Stanstead, Quebec (township), Canada *Stanstead (federal electoral district), Quebec, Canada *Stanstead (Province of Canada electoral district), Canada East, Province of Quebec *Stanstead (provincial electoral district), Quebec, Canada United Kingdom *Stanstead, Suffolk *Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire United States *The Stanstead, a historic building in Cambridge, Massachusetts See also * Stanstead-Est, Quebec, a municipality *London Stansted Airport Stansted Airport is an international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is located near Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford, Essex, northeast of Central London. As London's Airports of London, third-bu ... * Stansted (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherbrooke (Bas-Canada)
Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Sherbrooke. With 172,950 residents at the Canada 2021 Census, it is the sixth largest city in the province and the 30th largest in Canada. The Sherbrooke Census Metropolitan Area had 227,398 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Quebec and 19th in Canada. Sherbrooke is the primary economic, political, cultural, and institutional centre of Estrie, and was given its nickname as the ''Queen of the Eastern Townships'' at the beginning of the 20th century. There are eight institutions educating 40,000 students and employing 11,000 people, 3,700 of whom are professors, teachers and researchers. The direct economic effect of these instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
