The British North America Act, 1867 | Page 4

he is adjudged Bankrupt or
Insolvent, or applies for the Benefit of any Law relating to Insolvent
Debtors, or becomes a public Defaulter: (4.) If he is attainted of
Treason or convicted of Felony or of any infamous Crime: (5.) If he
ceases to be qualified in respect of Property or of Residence; provided,
that a Senator shall not be deemed to have ceased to be qualified in
respect of Residence by reason only of his residing at the Seat of the
Government of Canada while holding an Office under that Government
requiring his Presence there.
32. [Summons on Vacancy in Senate.] When a Vacancy happens in the
Senate by Resignation, Death, or otherwise, the Governor General shall
by Summons to a fit and qualified Person fill the Vacancy.
33. [Questions as to Qualifications and Vacancies in Senate.] If any
Question arises respecting the Qualification of a Senator or a Vacancy
in the Senate the same shall be heard and determined by the Senate.
34. [Appointment of Speaker of Senate.] The Governor General may
from Time to Time, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Canada,
appoint a Senator to be Speaker of the Senate, and may remove him
and appoint another in his Stead.

35. [Quorum of Senate.] Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise
provides, the Presence of at least Fifteen Senators, including the
Speaker, shall be necessary to constitute a Meeting of the Senate for the
Exercise of its Powers.
36. [Voting in Senate.] Questions arising in the Senate shall be decided
by a Majority of Voices, and the Speaker shall in all Cases have a Vote,
and when the Voices are equal the Decision shall be deemed to be in
the Negative.
The House of Commons.
37. [Constitution of House of Commons in Canada.] The House of
Commons shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, consist of One
hundred and eighty-one Members, of whom Eighty-two shall be elected
for Ontario, Sixty-five for Quebec, Nineteen for Nova Scotia, and
Fifteen for New Brunswick.
38. [Summoning of House of Commons.] The Governor General shall
from Time to Time, in the Queen's Name, by Instrument under the
Great Seal of Canada, summon and call together the House of
Commons.
39. [Senators not to sit in House of Commons.] A Senator shall not be
capable of being elected or of sitting or voting as a Member of the
House of Commons.
40. [Electoral Districts of the Four Provinces.] Until the Parliament of
Canada otherwise provides, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New
Brunswick shall, for the Purposes of the Election of Members to serve
in the House of Commons, be divided into Electoral Districts as
follows:
1.--ONTARIO.
Ontario shall be divided into the Counties, Ridings of Counties, Cities,
Parts of Cities, and Towns enumerated in the First Schedule to this Act,
each whereof shall be an Electoral District, each such District as

numbered in that Schedule being entitled to return One Member.
2.--QUEBEC.
Quebec shall be divided into Sixty-five Electoral Districts, composed
of the Sixty-five Electoral Divisions into which Lower Canada is at the
passing of this Act divided under Chapter Two of the Consolidated
Statutes of Canada, Chapter Seventy-five of the Consolidated Statutes
for Lower Canada, and the Act of the Province of Canada of the
Twenty-third Year of the Queen, Chapter One, or any other Act
amending the same in force at the Union, so that each such Electoral
Division shall be for the Purposes of this Act an Electoral District
entitled to return One Member.
3.--NOVA SCOTIA.
Each of the Eighteen Counties of Nova Scotia shall be an Electoral
District. The County of Halifax shall be entitled to return Two
Members, and each of the other Counties One Member.
4.--NEW BRUNSWICK.
Each of the Fourteen Counties into which New Brunswick is divided,
including the City and County of St. John, shall be an Electoral District;
The City of St. John shall also be a separate Electoral District. Each of
those Fifteen Electoral Districts shall be entitled to return One Member.
41. [Continuance of existing Election Laws until Parliament of Canada
otherwise provides.] Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides,
all Laws in force in the several Provinces at the Union relative to the
following Matters or any of them, namely,--the Qualifications and
Disqualifications of Persons to be elected or to sit or vote as Members
of the House of Assembly or Legislative Assembly in the several
Provinces, the Voters at Elections of such Members, the Oaths to be
taken by Voters, the Returning Officers, their Powers and Duties, the
Proceedings at Elections, the Periods during which Elections may be
continued, the Trial of controverted Elections, and Proceedings incident
thereto, the vacating of Seats of Members, and the Execution of new

Writs in case of Seats vacated otherwise than by Dissolution,--shall
respectively