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mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><section class="mf-section-0" id="mf-section-0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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The <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canada" title="Province of Canada">Province of Canada</a> consisted of the former province of <a href="/wiki/Lower_Canada" title="Lower Canada">Lower Canada</a>, then known as <a href="/wiki/Canada_East" title="Canada East">Canada East</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Upper_Canada" title="Upper Canada">Upper Canada</a>, then known as <a href="/wiki/Canada_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada West">Canada West</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>). It was created by <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Union_(1840)" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Union (1840)"><i>The Union Act, 1840</i></a>. </p><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada</div> <br><div style="display:inline" class="nickname" lang="fr"><small>Assemblée législative de la province du Canada</small></div></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">Lower house</a></div> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="Parliament of the Province of Canada">Parliament of the Province of Canada</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">February 10, 1841<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1841-02-10</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disbanded</th><td class="infobox-data">July 1, 1867<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1867-07-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada" title="Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada">Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada</a><br><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Upper_Canada" title="Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada">Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a><br><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario" title="Legislative Assembly of Ontario">Legislative Assembly of Ontario</a><br><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Assembly of Quebec">Legislative Assembly of Quebec</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Canada East and Canada West each elected 42 members to the assembly for the first four parliaments. In 1853, following the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1851_Canadian_census&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1851 Canadian census (page does not exist)">1851 Canadian census</a>, the number of seats in the assembly was increased by the <a href="/wiki/4th_Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="4th Parliament of the Province of Canada">4th Parliament of the Province of Canada</a> from 84 to 130, 65 for each section, even though Canada West had a slightly larger population. The <i>Parliamentary Representation Act</i> of June 1853 was to take effect with the election for the <a href="/wiki/5th_Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="5th Parliament of the Province of Canada">5th Parliament of the Province of Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">upper house</a> of the legislature was called the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="Legislative Council of the Province of Canada">Legislative Council</a>. The two houses, the lower house and the upper house, constituted the Parliament of the Province of Canada. (See List of Parliaments below) </p><p>The first session of parliament began in <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Ontario" title="Kingston, Ontario">Kingston</a> in Canada West in 1841. The second parliament and the first sessions of the third parliament were held in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>. On April 25, 1849, rioters protesting the <a href="/wiki/Rebellion_Losses_Bill" title="Rebellion Losses Bill">Rebellion Losses Bill</a> burned the parliament buildings. The remaining sessions of the third parliament were held in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>. Subsequent parliaments were held in <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a> and Toronto, except for the last session June–August 1866 of the eighth and final parliament, which was held in the newly built <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">Parliament</a> building in <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>, the capital chosen for the Dominion of <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_Act,_1867" title="Constitution Act, 1867">British North America Act</a> of 1867 divided the Province of Canada into the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, each province having its own Legislative Assembly, as well as representation in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada" title="Parliament of Canada">Parliament of Canada</a>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Seat_of_Government_and_Parliament_Buildings"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Seat of Government and Parliament Buildings</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#List_of_Parliaments"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">List of Parliaments</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Speakers"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Speakers</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Reading"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Reading</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Seat_of_Government_and_Parliament_Buildings">Seat of Government and Parliament Buildings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Seat of Government and Parliament Buildings" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:March%C3%A9_Bonsecours.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/March%C3%A9_Bonsecours.jpg/220px-March%C3%A9_Bonsecours.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3309" data-file-height="2157"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 143px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/March%C3%A9_Bonsecours.jpg/220px-March%C3%A9_Bonsecours.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="143" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/March%C3%A9_Bonsecours.jpg/330px-March%C3%A9_Bonsecours.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/March%C3%A9_Bonsecours.jpg/440px-March%C3%A9_Bonsecours.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Bonsecours Market - Parliament of Province of Canada 1849</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ParliamentBuildingsFrontStreet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/ParliamentBuildingsFrontStreet.jpg/220px-ParliamentBuildingsFrontStreet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="561" data-file-height="416"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 163px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/ParliamentBuildingsFrontStreet.jpg/220px-ParliamentBuildingsFrontStreet.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="163" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/ParliamentBuildingsFrontStreet.jpg/330px-ParliamentBuildingsFrontStreet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/ParliamentBuildingsFrontStreet.jpg/440px-ParliamentBuildingsFrontStreet.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada and Ontario - Parliament of Province of Canada 1849–1850 and 1859</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parliament_buildings_Montreal_1849.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Parliament_buildings_Montreal_1849.jpg/220px-Parliament_buildings_Montreal_1849.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="716" data-file-height="495"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 152px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Parliament_buildings_Montreal_1849.jpg/220px-Parliament_buildings_Montreal_1849.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="152" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Parliament_buildings_Montreal_1849.jpg/330px-Parliament_buildings_Montreal_1849.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Parliament_buildings_Montreal_1849.jpg/440px-Parliament_buildings_Montreal_1849.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Parliament at St. Anne's Market</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OriginalCentreBlockPostcard.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/OriginalCentreBlockPostcard.JPG/220px-OriginalCentreBlockPostcard.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="876"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 138px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/OriginalCentreBlockPostcard.JPG/220px-OriginalCentreBlockPostcard.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="138" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/OriginalCentreBlockPostcard.JPG/330px-OriginalCentreBlockPostcard.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/OriginalCentreBlockPostcard.JPG/440px-OriginalCentreBlockPostcard.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Parliament Buildings in Ottawa 1866–1867</figcaption></figure> <p>Parliament for the United Provinces of Canada drifted around the cities of Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa. For exhaustive detail on how Parliament tried to resolve the issue of a permanent capital, see below David B. Knight, <i>Choosing Canada's Capital: Conflict Resolution in a Parliamentary System</i> (Carleton Library Series, 1991). </p> <ul><li>1841–1843 three sessions were held at the three-storey <a href="/wiki/Kingston_General_Hospital" title="Kingston General Hospital">Kingston General Hospital</a></li> <li>1843 Parliament moves to Montreal and sites at renovated <a href="/wiki/St._Anne%27s_Market" title="St. Anne's Market">St. Anne's Market</a>; burned down in 1849; rebuilt as market only and burned down again in 1902; site later was a parking lot and now public square called <a href="/wiki/Place_d%27Youville" title="Place d'Youville">Place d'Youville</a>.</li> <li>1849 temporary sites for Parliament at <a href="/wiki/Bonsecours_Market" title="Bonsecours Market">Bonsecours Market</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Freemason%27s_Hall,_Montreal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Freemason's Hall, Montreal (page does not exist)">Freemason's Hall, Montreal</a> for single session.</li> <li>1849–1850 Parliament returns to Toronto to the site of the <a href="/wiki/First_Ontario_Parliament_Buildings" title="First Ontario Parliament Buildings">Third Parliament Buildings</a> at Front and Simcoe Streets.</li> <li>1851 Parliament relocates to <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a> in 1851 to the <a href="/wiki/Old_Parliament_Building_(Quebec)" title="Old Parliament Building (Quebec)">Quebec Parliament Building</a> until fire destroys the building in 1854.</li> <li>1854–1859 Parliament remains in Quebec City and relocates to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Quebec_Music_Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quebec Music Hall (page does not exist)">Quebec Music Hall</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Quebec_City_Courthouse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quebec City Courthouse (page does not exist)">Quebec City Courthouse</a>.</li> <li>1859 Parliament returns to Toronto to the site of the last parliament held there in 1849–1851 sessions.</li> <li>1860–1865 Parliament returns to Quebec to the newly re-built <a href="/wiki/Old_Parliament_Building_(Quebec)" title="Old Parliament Building (Quebec)">Parliament Buildings, Quebec</a> at <a href="/wiki/Parc_Montmorency" title="Parc Montmorency">Parc Montmorency</a>; re-used as Parliament of the Province of Quebec 1867–1883</li> <li>1866 Parliament assembles in Ottawa on Parliament Hill in the original <a href="/wiki/Centre_Block" title="Centre Block">Centre Block</a> for one sitting June–August 1866. This Centre Block became the Parliamentary building of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada" title="Parliament of Canada">Parliament of Canada</a> July 1, 1867. It was destroyed by fire in 1916 and replaced by the current Centre Block.</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="List_of_Parliaments">List of Parliaments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of Parliaments" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="1st Parliament of the Province of Canada">1st Parliament of the Province of Canada</a> 1841–1843</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada">2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada</a> 1844–1847</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="3rd Parliament of the Province of Canada">3rd Parliament of the Province of Canada</a> 1848–1851</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="4th Parliament of the Province of Canada">4th Parliament of the Province of Canada</a> 1852–1854</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="5th Parliament of the Province of Canada">5th Parliament of the Province of Canada</a> 1854–1857</li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="6th Parliament of the Province of Canada">6th Parliament of the Province of Canada</a> 1858–1861</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="7th Parliament of the Province of Canada">7th Parliament of the Province of Canada</a> 1861–1863</li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="8th Parliament of the Province of Canada">8th Parliament of the Province of Canada</a> 1863–1866</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Speakers">Speakers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Speakers" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>The role of speaker began a tradition of alternating between English and French Canada. This tradition carried onto the role of the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada">Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th>Speaker </th> <th>Term </th> <th>Parliament </th> <th>Affiliation </th> <th>Residency </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Austin_Cuvillier" title="Austin Cuvillier">Austin Cuvillier</a> </td> <td>1841–1843 </td> <td>1st </td> <td><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Parti_canadien" title="Parti canadien">Parti canadien</a></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_East" title="Canada East">Canada East</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/Allan_MacNab" title="Allan MacNab">Allan Napier MacNab</a> </td> <td>1844–1847 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reform_movement_(pre-Confederation_Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reform movement (pre-Confederation Canada)">Reformer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada West">Canada West</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Augustin-Norbert_Morin" title="Augustin-Norbert Morin">Augustin-Norbert Morin</a> </td> <td>1848–1851 </td> <td>3rd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parti_patriote" class="mw-redirect" title="Parti patriote">Parti patriote</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_East" title="Canada East">Canada East</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Sandfield_Macdonald" title="John Sandfield Macdonald">John Sandfield Macdonald</a> </td> <td>1852–1853 </td> <td>4th </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal-Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal-Conservative">Liberal-Conservative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada West">Canada West</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis-Victor_Sicotte" title="Louis-Victor Sicotte">Louis-Victor Sicotte</a> </td> <td>1854–1857 </td> <td>5th </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_East" title="Canada East">Canada East</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Smith_(Canadian_politician)" title="Henry Smith (Canadian politician)">Henry Smith</a> </td> <td>1858–1861 </td> <td>6th </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tory" title="Tory">Tory</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada West">Canada West</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph-%C3%89douard_Turcotte" title="Joseph-Édouard Turcotte">Joseph-Édouard Turcotte</a> </td> <td>1862–1863 </td> <td>7th </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reform_movement_(pre-Confederation_Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reform movement (pre-Confederation Canada)">Reformer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_East" title="Canada East">Canada East</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Wallbridge" title="Lewis Wallbridge">Lewis Wallbridge</a> </td> <td>1863–1866 </td> <td>8th </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada West">Canada West</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada" title="Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada">Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada</a> – Legislature replaced by the Legislature of the Province of Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Upper_Canada" title="Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada">Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada</a> – Legislature replaced by the Legislature of the Province of Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario" title="Legislative Assembly of Ontario">Legislative Assembly of Ontario</a> – succeeding legislature for Canada West</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Assembly of Quebec">Legislative Assembly of Quebec</a> – succeeding legislature for Canada East</li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> – succeeding parliament replacing the Legislature of the Province of Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_by-elections_in_the_Province_of_Canada" title="List of by-elections in the Province of Canada">List of by-elections in the Province of Canada</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ged Martin, <i>John A. Macdonald: Canada's First Prime Minister</i> (Toronto: Dundurn, 2013), p. 57.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00925_1/600">Parliamentary Representation Act</a></i>, SProvCan 1853, c. 152. </span> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Reading">Reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reading" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <ul><li><i>Upper Canadian politics in the 1850s</i>, Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967)</li> <li><i>Alfred Todd. General Index to the Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Parliaments 1852–1866. (Ottawa: Hunter Rose & Co., 1867)</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00957/3">https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00957/3</a>.</li> <li>David B. Knight, <i>Choosing Canada's Capital: Conflict Resolution in a Parliamentary System</i> (McGill-Queens University Press, 1991) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt80qgn">https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt80qgn</a>.</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <ul><li>General index to the Journals of the Legislative Assembly of Canada 1841–1858, by Alfred Todd [Hathi Trust <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106510720&view=1up&seq=7">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106510720&view=1up&seq=7</a>]</li> <li>General index to the Journals of the Legislative Assembly of Canada 1852–1866, by Alfred Todd {Hathi Trust <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106510738&view=1up&seq=7">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106510738&view=1up&seq=7</a>]</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070311031532/http://www.nosracines.ca/e/toc.asp?id=3098">Ontario's parliament buildings ; or, A century of legislation, 1792–1892 : a historical sketch</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091217055751/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/">Assemblée nationale du Québec 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