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The 1867 Canadian federal election was held from August 7 to September 20, 1867, and was the first election of Canada.It was held to elect members representing electoral districts in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec to the House of Commons of the 1st Canadian Parliament.
This is a list of electoral districts or ridings in Canada for the 1867 Canadian federal election, according to the British North America Act, 1867. New seats were added in 1871, when British Columbia became a province of Canada. Electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament in Canada's House of Commons every election.
The table below indicates which party won the election. Several provinces held elections before joining Canada, but only their post-Confederation elections are shown. These include: Lower Canada held 15 elections for its Legislative Assembly, from 1792 to 1835; Upper Canada held 13 elections to its Legislative Assembly, from 1792 to 1836;
In 1867 Canada became the name of the new federal Dominion extending ultimately from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Arctic coasts. Canada obtained legislative autonomy from the United Kingdom in 1931, and had its constitution (including a new rights charter) patriated in 1982.
This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts.Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada.. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the Canadian census and proscribed by various constitutional seat guarantees, including the use of a grandfather clause, for Quebec, the Central Prairies and the Maritime provinces ...
February 16 – John A. Macdonald marries his second wife Susan Agnes Bernard. [2]March 29 – Queen Victoria gives royal assent to the British North America Act, 1867. July 1 – The Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united into the Dominion of Canada by the British North America Act.
The Constitution Act, 1867 is part of the Constitution of Canada and thus part of the supreme law of Canada. [1] It was the product of extensive negotiations between the provinces of British North America at the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, the Quebec Conference in 1864, and the London Conference in 1866.
The number of seats has increased steadily over time, from 180 for the first election to the current total of 338. The current federal government structure was established in 1867 by the Constitution Act. For federal by-elections (for one or a few seats as a result of retirement, etc.) see List of federal by-elections in Canada.