HIST 2500 Lecture 9: Charlottetown Conference
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Charlottetown conference: convened by the leaders of new brunswick, prince. Edward island, and nova scotia for the purpose of discussing maritime union on. September 1-9, 1864; discussed the possibility of a union that would include the. The idea was that electors had a right to acknowledge and approve the change of status in their representative. In 1858 john a. macdonald took advantage of this rule to vote out george brown"s temporarily depleted government; he then merely moved his own ministers around twice to avoid having to go to by- elections. This cabinet shuffle thus became a double shuffle. half-breeds: a term that was once descriptive but soon became pejorative to describe individuals whose ancestry includes both european and aboriginal elements. House of commons: the canadian house of commons, modelled on the british. Its members (referred to as members of parliament or mps) are elected and the principle of representation-by-population generally prevails.
