The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the
bicameral
Bicameralism is a type of legislature, one divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single gr ...
structure of provincial government in
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec ...
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. With the
Act of Union in 1840, a new lower chamber, the
Legislative Assembly of Canada, was created for both
Upper and Lower Canada which existed until 1867, when the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec
The Legislative Assembly of Quebec (French: ''Assemblée législative du Québec'') was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature from 1867 to December 31, 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, t ...
was created.
Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada
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Jean-Antoine Panet
Jean-Antoine Panet (June 8, 1751 – May 17, 1815) was a notary, lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in Quebec in 1751, the son of Jean-Claude Panet. He served in the militia defending the town of Quebe ...
1792–1794
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Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière 1794–1796
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Jean-Antoine Panet
Jean-Antoine Panet (June 8, 1751 – May 17, 1815) was a notary, lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in Quebec in 1751, the son of Jean-Claude Panet. He served in the militia defending the town of Quebe ...
1797-1814
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Louis-Joseph Papineau 1815–1822
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Joseph-Remi Vallieres de Saint-Real 1823–1825
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Louis-Joseph Papineau 1825–1841
Electoral Districts
From 1792 to 1829
50 members
elected in 23 two-seat districts and four single-seat districts.
Buildings
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Old Parliament Building (Quebec)
See also
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Executive Council of Lower Canada The Executive Council of Lower Canada was an appointive body created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. Its function was to advise the Governor or his representative on the administration of the colony's public affairs. It was replaced by the Execu ...
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Constitutional history of Canada
The constitutional history of Canada begins with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, in which France ceded most of New France to Great Britain. Canada was the colony along the St Lawrence River, part of present-day Ontario and Quebec. Its government under ...
External links
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* {{cite book , title=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Assembly of the province of Lower-Canada (1810–1837) , location=Québec , publisher=John Neilson , url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00939
Parliament of Canada (Montmorency Park)
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1791 establishments in Lower Canada
1838 disestablishments in Lower Canada
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