Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada (English Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, French Chambre d' assemblée du Bas -Canada ) made ​​from 1791 to 1838, directly elected by the people, the lower house of the Parliament of Lower Canada. Together with the Legislative Council of Lower Canada and the posted from the British Crown Governor General of Canada, it made ​​her the legislature of Lower Canada.

History

Both under-and upper house was used by the 1791 Constitution. They divided the Province of Quebec in the French-speaking Lower and Upper Canada the English language. Thus, the American Civil War who fled to Upper Canada Loyalists and their desire for an Anglo-Saxon system of government should be come to meet. At the same time, the French settlers in Lower Canada were given by the Legislative Assembly decisive influence on the legislation in the colony.

The Assembly met on December 17, 1792 in the former Episcopal Palace of Quebec together for the first time. After the rebellion in 1837 and the abrogation of the Constitution on 27 March of the following year, the Assembly ceased to exist.

Suffrage

Members of the Assembly were elected in accordance with the Article XX and XXII of all men over 21 years who met the requirements census suffrage. Selectable were all British subjects over 21 years old who were not members of the Legislative Council or part of the Anglican and Catholic clergy. The minimum size of the Legislative Assembly was 50 persons under the Constitution.