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There are currently fourteen legislative buildings in Canada: Parliament in Ottawa, ... Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, federal Parliament (1916–19) [1]
Governor-in-Council 1791–1838 Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada: Legislative Council of Lower Canada: Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada Parliament of Lower Canada: 1838–1841 — Special Council of Lower Canada: Governor-in-Council 1841–1867 Part of the Province of Canada colony. 1867–1968 Legislative Assembly of Quebec: Legislative ...
The Parliament of Canada's upper and lower houses are housed in Centre Block, the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex. In 2019, the House of Commons was temporarily relocated to the complex's West Block and the Senate to the Senate of Canada Building , to accommodate the rehabilitation of Centre Block , which began in the same year.
This is a category for federal, provincial, and territorial legislative buildings of Canada Wikimedia Commons has media related to Legislative buildings in Canada . See also: Category:City and town halls in Canada
Canadian silver dollar commemorating the 1939 royal tour and depicting the Parliament Buildings. The sculptural ornament is overseen by the Dominion Sculptor. [ 3 ] Five people have held the position since its creation in 1936: Cléophas Soucy (1936–50), William Oosterhoff (1949–62), Eleanor Milne (1962–93), Maurice Joanisse (1993–2006 ...
From 1856 to 1860 the Legislature of the Colony of Vancouver Island met at Bachelor's Hall at Fort Victoria. [2] From 1860 to 1898 it was housed in the first permanent building at Legislative Hall or Legislative Council Court, a two-storey wooden building along with four other buildings (Land Office, Colonial Office, Supreme Court, and Treasury) known colloquially as "The Birdcages" because of ...
In 1791, the Province of Quebec was divided into Upper and Lower Canada, each with an elected legislative assembly, an appointed legislative council, and a governor, mirroring the parliamentary structure in Britain. During the War of 1812, American troops set fire to the buildings of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in York (now Toronto).
The Legislative Council of the Province of Canada (French: Conseil législatif de la province du Canada) was the upper house for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the province of Ontario.