The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the
bicameral
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structure of provincial government in
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada () was a British colonization of the Americas, British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence established in 1791 and abolished in 1841. It covered the southern portion o ...
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
A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the authority, legal authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with th ...
was created.
Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada
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Jean-Antoine Panet 1792–1794
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Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière 1794–1796
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Jean-Antoine Panet 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
See
Old Parliament Building (Quebec)
See also
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Executive Council of Lower Canada
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Constitutional history of Canada
External links
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Parliament of Canada (Montmorency Park)
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1791 establishments in Lower Canada
1838 disestablishments in Lower Canada
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