The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of elected legislative councilors who created bills to be passed up to the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, whose members were appointed by the governor general.
Following the Lower Canada Rebellion, the lower house was dissolved on March 27, 1838, and Lower Canada was administered by an appointed Special Council. With the Act of Union in 1840, a new lower chamber, the Legislative Assembly of Canada, was created for both Upper and Lower Canada which existed until 1867, when the Legislative Assembly of Quebec was created.
Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada
Jean-Antoine Panet 1792–1794 Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière 1794–1796 Jean-Antoine Panet 1797-1814 Louis-Joseph Papineau 1815–1822 Joseph-Remi Vallieres de Saint-Real 1823–1825 Louis-Joseph Papineau 1825–1841
Electoral Districts
From 1792 to 1829 50 members elected in 23 two-seat districts and four single-seat districts.
Electoral District # of Members Status after electoral changes in 1829Bedford1Renamed as Rouville.Buckingham2 Drummond, Missisquoi, Shefford, Sherbrooke and Stanstead split off from Buckingham during elections in 1829. In 1830 what was left of Buckingham was split into Lotbinière, Nicolet et Yamaska.Cornwallis2Divided into Kamouraska and Rimouski.Devon2 Renamed as L'Islet.Dorchester2 Beauce was split from Dorchester.Effingham2Renamed as Terrebonne.Gaspé1Bonaventure was separated from Gaspé. Hampshire2Renamed as Portneuf.Hertford2 Renamed as Bellechasse.Huntingdon2Divided into Beauharnois, L'Acadie and Laprairie.Kent2 Renamed as Chambly.Leinster2Divided into Lachenaie and L'Assomption.Comté de Montréal2 No changesMontréal-Est2 No changesMontréal-Ouest2 No changesNorthumberland2Divided into Montmorency and Saguenay.Orléans1 No changesComté de Québec2 No changesBasse-ville de Québec2 No changesHaute-ville de Québec2 No changesRichelieu2Saint-Hyacinthe split from Richelieu.Saint-Maurice2Champlain split from Saint-Maurice.Surrey2 Renamed as Verchères.Trois-Rivières2 No changesWarwick2 Renamed as Berthier.William-Henry1 No changesYork2Divided into Deux-Montagnes, Ottawa and Vaudreuil.
Buildings
See Old Parliament Building (Quebec)
See also Executive Council of Lower Canada Constitutional history of Canada
External links
Parliament of Canada (Montmorency Park)