Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada explained

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Native Name:Chambre d'assemblée du Bas-Canada
Native Name Lang:fr
House Type:Lower house
Body:Parliament of Lower Canada
Preceded By:Council for Affairs of the Province of Quebec (c. 1774)
Succeeded By:Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada (following the temporary Special Council of Lower Canada)

The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the 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. 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 was created.

Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada

Electoral Districts

From 1792 to 1829

50 memberselected in 23 two-seat districts and four single-seat districts.

Electoral District
  1. of Members
Status after electoral changes in 1829
Bedford1Renamed as Rouville.
Buckingham2Drummond, Missisquoi, Shefford, Sherbrooke and Stanstead split off from Buckingham during elections in 1829. In 1830 what was left of Buckingham was split into Lotbinière, Nicolet et Yamaska.
Cornwallis2Divided into Kamouraska and Rimouski.
Devon2Renamed as L'Islet.
Dorchester2Beauce was split from Dorchester.
Effingham2Renamed as Terrebonne.
Gaspé1Bonaventure was separated from Gaspé.
Hampshire2Renamed as Portneuf.
Hertford2Renamed as Bellechasse.
Huntingdon2Divided into Beauharnois, L'Acadie and Laprairie.
Kent2Renamed as Chambly.
Leinster2Divided into Lachenaie and L'Assomption.
Comté de Montréal2No changes
Montréal-Est2No changes
Montréal-Ouest2No changes
Northumberland2Divided into Montmorency and Saguenay.
Orléans1 No changes
Comté de Québec2No changes
Basse-ville de Québec2No changes
Haute-ville de Québec2No changes
Richelieu2Saint-Hyacinthe split from Richelieu.
Saint-Maurice2Champlain split from Saint-Maurice.
Surrey2Renamed as Verchères.
Trois-Rivières2No changes
Warwick2Renamed as Berthier.
William-Henry1No changes
York2Divided into Deux-Montagnes, Ottawa and Vaudreuil.

Buildings

See Old Parliament Building (Quebec)

See also

External links

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