M
Mr Serjeant Buzfuz
Guest
Regional allocation of Senate seats: typo and wikilink
[td]=== Regional allocation of Senate seats ===[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The structure of the Senate was one of the most heavily debated issues considered by the [[Fathers of Confederation]].<ref name=SenPractice>[https://sencanada.ca/media/93509/spip-psep-full-complet-e.pdf ''Senate Procedure in Practice''] (Senate of Canada: 2015), p. 6.</ref> There was general agreement that the Senate would follow the model of the existing provincial bicameral parliaments. Their [[upper house]]s, called [[legislative council]]s, traditionally were appointed, not elected. The members of the new Senate (called the Legislative Council in some of the drafts) would similarly be appointed for life, not elected.<ref name = SenPractice/> This was seen as a return to British constitutional models, instead of the experiments with elected upper houses in the Province of Canada and Prince Edward Island.<ref Creighton144>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 144β146.</ref>[/td]
[td]The structure of the Senate was one of the most heavily debated issues considered by the [[Fathers of Confederation]].<ref name=SenPractice>[https://sencanada.ca/media/93509/spip-psep-full-complet-e.pdf ''Senate Procedure in Practice''] (Senate of Canada: 2015), p. 6.</ref> There was general agreement that the Senate would follow the model of the existing provincial bicameral parliaments. Their [[upper house]]s, called [[legislative council]]s, traditionally were appointed, not elected. The members of the new Senate (called the Legislative Council in some of the drafts) would similarly be appointed for life, not elected.<ref name = SenPractice/> This was seen as a return to British constitutional models, instead of the experiments with elected upper houses in the [[Province of Canada]] and Prince Edward Island.<ref Creighton144>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 144β146.</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The major question was how the seats would be allocated. That issue was debated at length in all three of the conferences leading to [[Confederation]]: the [[Charlottetown Conference]] (September 1864);<ref name = Creighton117>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 117β118.</ref> the [[Quebec Conference, 1864|Quebec Conference]] (October 1864);<ref name=Creighton148>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 148β154.</ref> and the [[London Conference of 1866|London Conference]] (December 1866).<ref name=Creighton414>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 414β416.</ref> The issue also arose in the [[Confederation Debates]] in the [[Parliament of the Province of Canada]].<ref>[https://primarydocuments.ca/wp-content/uploads/1865/02/ParlDebConfedBNAProv1865Feb8.pdf ''Confederation Debates'']: ''Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North America Provinces'', Province of Canada, 8th Parliament, 3rd session (1865).</ref> For many of the delegates, the Senate, as a counterbalance to the lower house based on population, was considered the heart of the proposed federation.<ref name = Waite>P.B. Waite, ''The Life and Times of Confederation'' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962; republished Toronto: Robin Blass Studio, 2001), p. 121.</ref>[/td]
[td]The major question was how the seats would be allocated. That issue was debated at length in all three of the conferences leading to [[Confederation]]: the [[Charlottetown Conference]] (September 1864);<ref name = Creighton117>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 117β118.</ref> the [[Quebec Conference, 1864|Quebec Conference]] (October 1864);<ref name=Creighton148>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 148β154.</ref> and the [[London Conference of 1866|London Conference]] (December 1866).<ref name=Creighton414>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 414β416.</ref> The issue also arose in the [[Confederation Debates]] in the [[Parliament of the Province of Canada]].<ref>[https://primarydocuments.ca/wp-content/uploads/1865/02/ParlDebConfedBNAProv1865Feb8.pdf ''Confederation Debates'']: ''Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North America Provinces'', Province of Canada, 8th Parliament, 3rd session (1865).</ref> For many of the delegates, the Senate, as a counterbalance to the lower house based on population, was considered the heart of the proposed federation.<ref name = Waite>P.B. Waite, ''The Life and Times of Confederation'' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962; republished Toronto: Robin Blass Studio, 2001), p. 121.</ref>[/td]
Continue reading...
| Line 45: | Line 45: |
[td]
β Previous revision
[/td][td]
[td]=== Regional allocation of Senate seats ===[/td]Revision as of 04:02, 3 September 2025
[/td][td]=== Regional allocation of Senate seats ===[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The structure of the Senate was one of the most heavily debated issues considered by the [[Fathers of Confederation]].<ref name=SenPractice>[https://sencanada.ca/media/93509/spip-psep-full-complet-e.pdf ''Senate Procedure in Practice''] (Senate of Canada: 2015), p. 6.</ref> There was general agreement that the Senate would follow the model of the existing provincial bicameral parliaments. Their [[upper house]]s, called [[legislative council]]s, traditionally were appointed, not elected. The members of the new Senate (called the Legislative Council in some of the drafts) would similarly be appointed for life, not elected.<ref name = SenPractice/> This was seen as a return to British constitutional models, instead of the experiments with elected upper houses in the Province of Canada and Prince Edward Island.<ref Creighton144>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 144β146.</ref>[/td]
[td]The structure of the Senate was one of the most heavily debated issues considered by the [[Fathers of Confederation]].<ref name=SenPractice>[https://sencanada.ca/media/93509/spip-psep-full-complet-e.pdf ''Senate Procedure in Practice''] (Senate of Canada: 2015), p. 6.</ref> There was general agreement that the Senate would follow the model of the existing provincial bicameral parliaments. Their [[upper house]]s, called [[legislative council]]s, traditionally were appointed, not elected. The members of the new Senate (called the Legislative Council in some of the drafts) would similarly be appointed for life, not elected.<ref name = SenPractice/> This was seen as a return to British constitutional models, instead of the experiments with elected upper houses in the [[Province of Canada]] and Prince Edward Island.<ref Creighton144>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 144β146.</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The major question was how the seats would be allocated. That issue was debated at length in all three of the conferences leading to [[Confederation]]: the [[Charlottetown Conference]] (September 1864);<ref name = Creighton117>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 117β118.</ref> the [[Quebec Conference, 1864|Quebec Conference]] (October 1864);<ref name=Creighton148>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 148β154.</ref> and the [[London Conference of 1866|London Conference]] (December 1866).<ref name=Creighton414>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 414β416.</ref> The issue also arose in the [[Confederation Debates]] in the [[Parliament of the Province of Canada]].<ref>[https://primarydocuments.ca/wp-content/uploads/1865/02/ParlDebConfedBNAProv1865Feb8.pdf ''Confederation Debates'']: ''Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North America Provinces'', Province of Canada, 8th Parliament, 3rd session (1865).</ref> For many of the delegates, the Senate, as a counterbalance to the lower house based on population, was considered the heart of the proposed federation.<ref name = Waite>P.B. Waite, ''The Life and Times of Confederation'' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962; republished Toronto: Robin Blass Studio, 2001), p. 121.</ref>[/td]
[td]The major question was how the seats would be allocated. That issue was debated at length in all three of the conferences leading to [[Confederation]]: the [[Charlottetown Conference]] (September 1864);<ref name = Creighton117>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 117β118.</ref> the [[Quebec Conference, 1864|Quebec Conference]] (October 1864);<ref name=Creighton148>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 148β154.</ref> and the [[London Conference of 1866|London Conference]] (December 1866).<ref name=Creighton414>Creighton, ''Road to Confederation'', pp. 414β416.</ref> The issue also arose in the [[Confederation Debates]] in the [[Parliament of the Province of Canada]].<ref>[https://primarydocuments.ca/wp-content/uploads/1865/02/ParlDebConfedBNAProv1865Feb8.pdf ''Confederation Debates'']: ''Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North America Provinces'', Province of Canada, 8th Parliament, 3rd session (1865).</ref> For many of the delegates, the Senate, as a counterbalance to the lower house based on population, was considered the heart of the proposed federation.<ref name = Waite>P.B. Waite, ''The Life and Times of Confederation'' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962; republished Toronto: Robin Blass Studio, 2001), p. 121.</ref>[/td]
Continue reading...
