Legislative_Assembly_of_Assiniboia

Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia

Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia

Former legislature of Manitoba


The Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia (French: Assemblée législative d'Assiniboine) was a short-lived legislature established to pass laws for the North-Western Territory and Rupert's Land under the provisional government led by Louis Riel from 1869 to 1870. The Legislative Assembly was named after the Council of Assiniboia that previously managed the territories before the Hudson's Bay Company sold the land to Canada in 1869.[1][2]

The guidelines for the creation of the elected assembly had been established during the Convention of Forty in January and February 1870 and elections followed shortly afterwards. The number of representatives of constituencies considered to be English-speaking and those considered to be French-speaking were made equal. The assembly operated from March 9, 1870, to June 24, 1870. Its final act was to accept the agreement negotiated with Canada for the new province of Manitoba to enter Confederation and to ratify the Manitoba Act.[1]

Executive officers of the provisional government

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References

  1. Hall, Norma; Hall, Clifford P; Verrier, Erin. "A History of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia / le Conseil du Gouvernement Provisoire" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  2. Schofield, Frank Howard (1913). The Story of Manitoba. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company.

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