The 3rd Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in 1848, following the general election for the Legislative Assembly in January 1848. The first session was held at

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Canada East Canada East (french: links=no, Canada-Est) was the northeastern portion of the United Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new ...

. In 1849, rioters protesting the

Rebellion Losses Bill The Rebellion Losses Bill (full name: ''An Act to provide for the Indemnification of Parties in Lower Canada whose Property was destroyed during the Rebellion in the years 1837 and 1838'') was a controversial law enacted by the legislature of ...

burned the parliament buildings. The remaining sessions were held in

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. The Parliament was dissolved on November 6, 1851. During the 1849 session of this parliament, a number of important bills were passed: * the ''Act to provide for the Indemnification of Parties in Lower Canada whose Property was destroyed during the Rebellion in the years 1837 and 1838

(Rebellion Losses Bill) * the Baldwin Act (1849), Baldwin Act, also known as the Municipal Corporations Act, which replaced the local government system based on district councils in Canada West by government at the county level. It also granted more autonomy to townships, villages, towns and cities. * the Amnesty Act which offered pardons to all those involved in the Rebellions of 1837-8. In 1850, legislation was passed to regulate the operation of the postal service and to establish a post on the Executive Council for the Postmaster General for the Province of Canada. The

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of this parliament was Augustin Norbert Morin.

Canada East - 42 seats

Canada West - 42 seats

References

*''Upper Canadian politics in the 1850s'', Underhill (and others), University of Toronto Press (1967) *

External links

Ontario's parliament buildings ; or, A century of legislation, 1792-1892 : a historical sketch''Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ...'', Desbarats & Cary (1848)

Assemblée nationale du Québec (French)
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