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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 .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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The legislative assembly was created by the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Act_of_1791" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional Act of 1791">Constitutional Act of 1791</a>. The lower house consisted of elected legislative councilors who created bills to be passed up to the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Lower_Canada" title="Legislative Council of Lower Canada">Legislative Council of Lower Canada</a>, whose members were appointed by the governor general. </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 Lower Canada</div> <br><div style="display:inline" class="nickname" lang="fr"><small>Chambre d'assemblée du Bas-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_Lower_Canada" title="Parliament of Lower Canada">Parliament of Lower 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">1791<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1791</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disbanded</th><td class="infobox-data">1838<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1838</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Council for Affairs of the Province of Quebec (c. 1774)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada">Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada</a> <i>(following the temporary <a href="/wiki/Special_Council_of_Lower_Canada" title="Special Council of Lower Canada">Special Council of Lower Canada</a>)</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SIMPSON_Legislative_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/SIMPSON_Legislative_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada.jpg/300px-SIMPSON_Legislative_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/SIMPSON_Legislative_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="480"></a><figcaption><i>The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, in the Chapel of Bishop's Palace, Quebec City</i>, oil on canvas by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Walter_Simpson_(Canadian_artist)" title="Charles Walter Simpson (Canadian artist)">Charles Walter Simpson</a>, 1927</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Canada_Rebellion" title="Lower Canada Rebellion">Lower Canada Rebellion</a>, the lower house was dissolved on March 27, 1838, and Lower Canada was administered by an appointed <a href="/wiki/Special_Council_of_Lower_Canada" title="Special Council of Lower Canada">Special Council</a>. With the <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Union_1840" title="Act of Union 1840">Act of Union</a> in 1840, a new lower chamber, the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Assembly of Canada">Legislative Assembly of Canada</a>, was created for both <a href="/wiki/Upper_Canada" title="Upper Canada">Upper</a> and Lower Canada which existed until 1867, when the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Assembly of Quebec">Legislative Assembly of Quebec</a> was created. </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="#Speaker_of_the_House_of_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Electoral_Districts"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Electoral Districts</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#From_1792_to_1829"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">From 1792 to 1829</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Buildings"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Buildings</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">5</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="Speaker_of_the_House_of_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada">Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada" 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"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Antoine_Panet" title="Jean-Antoine Panet">Jean-Antoine Panet</a> 1792–1794</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain_Chartier_de_Lotbini%C3%A8re" title="Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière">Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière</a> 1794–1796</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Antoine_Panet" title="Jean-Antoine Panet">Jean-Antoine Panet</a> 1797-1814</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis-Joseph_Papineau" title="Louis-Joseph Papineau">Louis-Joseph Papineau</a> 1815–1822</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph-Remi_Vallieres_de_Saint-Real" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph-Remi Vallieres de Saint-Real">Joseph-Remi Vallieres de Saint-Real</a> 1823–1825</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis-Joseph_Papineau" title="Louis-Joseph Papineau">Louis-Joseph Papineau</a> 1825–1841</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="Electoral_Districts">Electoral Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Electoral Districts" 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"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_1792_to_1829">From 1792 to 1829</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: From 1792 to 1829" 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> <p>50 members elected in 23 two-seat districts and four single-seat districts. </p> <table class="wikitable centre" style="text-align: left; width:80%; font-size:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:25%;">Electoral District </th> <th style="width:10%;"># of Members </th> <th style="width:65%;">Status after electoral changes in 1829 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rouville_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rouville (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Bedford</a></b> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>Renamed as Rouville. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buckingham_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buckingham (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Buckingham</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Drummond_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Drummond (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Drummond</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Missisquoi_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Missisquoi (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Missisquoi</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shefford_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shefford (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Shefford</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sherbrooke_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sherbrooke (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Sherbrooke</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanstead_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stanstead (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Stanstead</a> split off from Buckingham during elections in 1829. In 1830 what was left of Buckingham was split into <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lotbini%C3%A8re_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lotbinière (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Lotbinière</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicolet_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicolet (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Nicolet</a> et <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yamaska_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yamaska (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Yamaska</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cornwallis_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cornwallis (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Cornwallis</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Divided into <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kamouraska_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kamouraska (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Kamouraska</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rimouski_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rimouski (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Rimouski</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=L%27Islet_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L'Islet (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Devon</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Renamed as L'Islet. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dorchester_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dorchester (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Dorchester</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beauce_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beauce (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Beauce</a> was split from Dorchester. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terrebonne_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terrebonne (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Effingham</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Renamed as Terrebonne. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gasp%C3%A9_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaspé (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Gaspé</a></b> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bonaventure_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bonaventure (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Bonaventure</a> was separated from Gaspé. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portneuf_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Portneuf (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Hampshire</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Renamed as Portneuf. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bellechasse_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bellechasse (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Hertford</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Renamed as Bellechasse. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Huntingdon_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Huntingdon (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Huntingdon</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Divided into <a href="/w/index.php?title=Beauharnois_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beauharnois (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Beauharnois</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=L%27Acadie_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L'Acadie (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">L'Acadie</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Laprairie_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laprairie (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Laprairie</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chambly_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chambly (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Kent</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Renamed as Chambly. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leinster_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leinster (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Leinster</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Divided into <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lachenaie_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lachenaie (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Lachenaie</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=L%27Assomption_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L'Assomption (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">L'Assomption</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comt%C3%A9_de_Montr%C3%A9al_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comté de Montréal (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Comté de Montréal</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>No changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montr%C3%A9al-Est_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Montréal-Est (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Montréal-Est</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>No changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montr%C3%A9al-Ouest_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Montréal-Ouest (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Montréal-Ouest</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>No changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northumberland_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northumberland (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Northumberland</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Divided into <a href="/w/index.php?title=Montmorency_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Montmorency (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Montmorency</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saguenay_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saguenay (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Saguenay</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orl%C3%A9ans_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orléans (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Orléans</a></b> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>No changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comt%C3%A9_de_Qu%C3%A9bec_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comté de Québec (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Comté de Québec</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>No changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basse-ville_de_Qu%C3%A9bec_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basse-ville de Québec (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Basse-ville de Québec</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>No changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haute-ville_de_Qu%C3%A9bec_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haute-ville de Québec (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Haute-ville de Québec</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>No changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richelieu_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richelieu (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Richelieu</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint-Hyacinthe_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint-Hyacinthe (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Saint-Hyacinthe</a> split from Richelieu. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint-Maurice_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint-Maurice (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Saint-Maurice</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Champlain_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Champlain (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Champlain</a> split from Saint-Maurice. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Verch%C3%A8res_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Verchères (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Surrey</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Renamed as Verchères. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trois-Rivières (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Trois-Rivières</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>No changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berthier_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berthier (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Warwick</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Renamed as Berthier. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=William-Henry_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William-Henry (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">William-Henry</a></b> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>No changes </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=York_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="York (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">York</a></b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Divided into <a href="/w/index.php?title=Deux-Montagnes_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deux-Montagnes (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Deux-Montagnes</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ottawa_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ottawa (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Ottawa</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaudreuil_(Bas-Canada)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vaudreuil (Bas-Canada) (page does not exist)">Vaudreuil</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> </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="Buildings">Buildings</h2><span 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