HIST 1133 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Making Money, Scurvy, William Cornelius Van Horne
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White male property holders over 21 (20% of the population) Two days for individual ridings: huge advantage for the government, dual representation. Same person could sit in both provincial and federal parliament until 1872. Macdonald"s liberal-conservative coalition wins 108 of 180 seats. Premier of ontario from 1872 to 1896, making him the longest serving premier of. Ontario and the 3rd longest in all of canadian history. The british north america act arose from a kind of treaty, or a compact, between provinces: mowat interpreted provincial powers broadly, macdonald saw the provinces as subordinate governments to the federal parliament. The dispute hinged over the peace order and good government clause in the. Between 1867 and 1896 the federal gov"t disallows 65 acts of provincial legislation. Formation of manitoba makes questionable the western boundary of ontario. Arbitrators appointed reach totally opposed conclusions in 1872.