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In 1821, the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company merged under the name of the latter. By 1825, Sir George Simpson advanced from the junior governor in charge of the company's Northern Department to be the head of this new company. Simpson travelled throughout the north-west. For forty years he led the company.
From 1870 to 1876 the North-West Territories was run by an interim government, first led by lieutenant-governor William McDougall, and a council appointed by Ottawa. This council was governed under the Temporary Government of Rupert's Land Act, 1869 and the Manitoba Act, 1870 The council itself sat in Manitoba and was made up of Members of the ...
4th North-West Legislative Assembly 4 sessions 1898 – 26 April 1902: 1898 election: 31 — All members were elected in single-member ridings, but they did not cover the entire Territory. This was one of only two assemblies to use political parties. 5th North-West Legislative Assembly 3 sessions 1902 – 31 August 1905: 1902 election: 35 —
A past paper is an examination paper from a previous year or previous years, usually used either for exam practice or for tests such as University of Oxford, [1] [2] University of Cambridge [3] College Collections.
The Temporary North-West Council existed in law for a total of six years. An attempt was made to set up the council and appoint the first member by Lieutenant Governor Archibald on October 21, 1870. The federal government told Archibald that he overstepped his bounds and the appointment of Johnson was revoked days later.
The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818–1909. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-67362-4. Day, Alan (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Northwest Passage. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6519-8. Griffiths, Franklyn (1987). Politics of the Northwest Passage. Kingston ...
In 1876, the North-West Territories contracted in size when a large area of 590,932 km 2 (228,160 sq mi), between Manitoba and Ontario and along the entire west coast of Hudson Bay, was established by Canada as a territory named the District of Keewatin.
The current territory lies west of Nunavut, north of latitude 60° north, and east of Yukon. It stretches across the top of the North American continent, reaching into the Arctic Circle. [1] The region consists of the following: many islands, such as Victoria Island, the Mackenzie River, and Great Bear and Great Slave lakes.