The British North America Act, 1867 | Page 8

the Great Seal of Quebec,
appoint a Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec to be Speaker
thereof, and may remove him and appoint another in his Stead.
78. [Quorum of Legislative Council.] Until the Legislature of Quebec
otherwise provides, the Presence of at least Ten Members of the
Legislative Council, including the Speaker, shall be necessary to
constitute a Meeting for the Exercise of its Powers.
79. [Voting in Legislative Council.] Questions arising in the Legislative
Council of Quebec 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.
80. [Constitution of Legislative Assembly of Quebec.] The Legislative
Assembly of Quebec shall be composed of Sixty-five Members, to be
elected to represent the Sixty-five Electoral Divisions or Districts of
Lower Canada in this Act referred to, subject to Alteration thereof by
the Legislature of Quebec: Provided that it shall not be lawful to

present to the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec for Assent any Bill for
altering the Limits of any of the Electoral Divisions or Districts
mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act, unless the Second and
Third Readings of such Bill have been passed in the Legislative
Assembly with the Concurrence of the Majority of the Members
representing all those Electoral Divisions or Districts, and the Assent
shall not be given to such Bill unless an Address has been presented by
the Legislative Assembly to the Lieutenant Governor stating that it has
been so passed.
3.--ONTARIO AND QUEBEC.
81. [First Session of Legislatures.] The Legislatures of Ontario and
Quebec respectively shall be called together not later than Six Months
after the Union.
82. [Summoning of Legislative Assemblies.] The Lieutenant Governor
of Ontario and of Quebec shall from Time to Time, in the Queen's
Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of the Province, summon
and call together the Legislative Assembly of the Province.
83. [Restriction on election of holders of offices.] Until the Legislature
of Ontario or of Quebec otherwise provides, a Person accepting or
holding in Ontario or in Quebec any Office, Commission, or
Employment, permanent or temporary, at the Nomination of the
Lieutenant Governor, to which an annual Salary, or any Fee, Allowance,
Emolument, or profit of any Kind or Amount whatever from the
Province is attached, shall not be eligible as a Member of the
Legislative Assembly of the respective Province, nor shall he sit or vote
as such; but nothing in this Section shall make ineligible any Person
being a Member of the Executive Council of the respective Province, or
holding any of the following Offices, that is to say, the Offices of
Attorney General, Secretary and Registrar of the Province, Treasurer of
the Province, Commissioner of Crown Lands, and Commissioner of
Agriculture and Public Works, and in Quebec Solicitor General, or
shall disqualify him to sit or vote in the House for which he is elected,
provided he is elected while holding such Office.

84. [Continuance of existing Election Laws.] Until the Legislatures of
Ontario and Quebec respectively otherwise provide, all Laws which at
the Union are in force in those Provinces respectively, 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 Assembly of Canada, the Qualifications or Disqualifications of
Voters, the Oaths to be taken by Voters, the Returning Officers, their
Powers and Duties, the Proceedings at Elections, the Periods during
which such Elections may be continued, and the Trial of controverted
Elections and the Proceedings incident thereto, the vacating of the
Seats of Members and the issuing and execution of new Writs in case
of Seats vacated otherwise than by Dissolution,--shall respectively
apply to Elections of Members to serve in the respective Legislative
Assemblies of Ontario and Quebec.
Provided that until the Legislature of Ontario otherwise provides, at
any Election for a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for
the District of Algoma, in addition to Persons qualified by the Law of
the Province of Canada to vote, every male British Subject, aged
Twenty-one Years or upwards, being a Householder, shall have a Vote.
85. [Duration of Legislative Assemblies.] Every Legislative Assembly
of Ontario and every Legislative Assembly of Quebec shall continue
for Four Years from the Day of the Return of the Writs for choosing the
same (subject nevertheless to either the Legislative Assembly of
Ontario or the Legislative Assembly of Quebec being sooner dissolved
by the Lieutenant Governor of the Province), and no longer.
86. [Yearly Session of Legislature.] There shall be a session of the
Legislature of Ontario and of that of Quebec once at least in every Year,
so that Twelve Months shall not intervene