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The ”[[Constitution Act, 1867]]” is the constitutional statute which established [[Canada]]. Originally named the ”[[British North America Acts|British North America Act, 1867]]”, the Act continues to be the foundational statute for the Constitution of Canada, although it has been amended many times since 1867. It is now recognised as part of the supreme law of Canada. |
The ”[[Constitution Act, 1867]]” is the constitutional statute which established [[Canada]]. Originally named the ”[[British North America Acts|British North America Act, 1867]]”, the Act continues to be the foundational statute for the Constitution of Canada, although it has been amended many times since 1867. It is now recognised as part of the supreme law of Canada. |
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Section 70 of the Constitution Act, 1867 (French: Article 70 de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867) is a provision of the Constitution of Canada, which defined the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario when the province of Ontario was created in 1867. The number of seats is now defined by provincial statute.
The Constitution Act, 1867 is the constitutional statute which established Canada. Originally named the British North America Act, 1867, the Act continues to be the foundational statute for the Constitution of Canada, although it has been amended many times since 1867. It is now recognised as part of the supreme law of Canada.
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The Constitution Act, 1867 is part of the Constitution of Canada and thus part of the “supreme law of Canada”.[1][2] The Act sets out the constitutional framework of Canada, including the structure of the federal government and the powers of the federal government and the provinces. It was the product of extensive negotiations between the provinces of British North America at the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, the Quebec Conference in 1864, and the London Conference in 1866.[3][4] Those conferences were followed by consultations with the British government in 1867.[3][5] The Act was then enacted by the British Parliament under the name the British North America Act, 1867.[6][7] In 1982 the Act was brought under full Canadian control through the Patriation of the Constitution, and was renamed the Constitution Act, 1867.[2][6] Since Patriation, the Act can only be amended in Canada, under the amending formula set out in the Constitution Act, 1982.[8][9][10]
Section 70 reads:
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70 The Legislative Assembly of Ontario shall be composed of Eighty-two Members, to be elected to represent the Eighty-two Electoral Districts set forth in the First Schedule to this Act..[11]
Section 70 is found in Part V of the Constitution Act, 1867, dealing with provincial constitutions. It has been amended by the Ontario Legislature, in ###.[12]
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- ^ Peter Hogg and Wade Wright, Constitutional Law of Canada, 5th ed. (Thomson Reuters (looseleaf; current to 2024)), para. 1:4.
- ^ a b Constitution Act, 1982, s. 52, s. 53, and Schedule, item 1.
- ^ a b Donald Creighton, The Road to Confederation (Macmillan Publishing, 1964; reprinted ed., Oxford University Press, 2012); online version.
- ^ Christopher Moore, 1867 — How the Fathers Made a Deal (McClelland & Stewart, 1997).
- ^ Ben Gilding,“The Silent Framers of British North American Union: The Colonial Office and Canadian Confederation, 1851–67” (2018) 99:3 Canadian Historical Review.
- ^ a b Hogg and Wright, Constitutional Law of Canada, para. 1:2.
- ^ British North America Act, 1867, 30 & 31 Vict., c. 3 (UK).
- ^ Hogg and Wright, Constitutional Law of Canada, para. 4:1.
- ^ Constitution Act, 1982, Part V.
- ^ Canada Act 1982, 1982, c. 11, s. 2 (UK).
- ^ Constitution Act, 1867, s. 70.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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