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The Sovereign Council of New France (French: Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France, pronounced [kɔ̃sɛj suvʁɛ̃ də la nuvɛl fʁɑ̃s]), or simply Sovereign Council (French: Conseil souverain), was a governing body in New France. It served as both Supreme Court for the colony of New France, as well as a policy-making body, though this ...
The charter of the One Hundred Associates was cancelled and the old Council of Quebec, which was formed in 1647, reorganized and became the Sovereign Council of New France. The Sovereign Council was composed of the governor, the bishop, the intendant, an attorney-general, a secretary, and five councillors. Because the Intendant of New France ...
Although the Onondaga had ceased their attacks against New France, the Mohawk had continued staging small-scale raids against Montreal in 1662 and 1663. [7] Arguments over the appointment of members of the Sovereign Council continued. In September 1664, Mezy expelled four members of the Council, including Jean Bourdon, the attorney general.
René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière (French pronunciation: [ʁəne lwi ʃaʁtje də lɔtbinjɛʁ]; 1641–1709) was a French-Canadian Poet, 1st Seigneur de Lotbinière in New France (1672), Judge of the Provost and Admiralty Courts and Chief Councillor of the Sovereign Council of New France.
In 1719, his cousin, Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, put his name forward to be Chief Councillor of the Sovereign Council of New France, but the Intendant, Michel Bégon de la Picardière, withdrew his support as on more than one occasion de Lotbinière had opposed attempts to interfere with decrees which the ...
As intendant, Champigny was responsible for justice, civil administration, economic development, and finance in the colony, as well as the social welfare of the inhabitants. In 1688, he asked the Sovereign Council of New France to establish a Bureau for the Poor in Quebec, Montreal and Trois-Rivières so as to support the indigent by giving ...
The richest financier and businessman in New France, he played an important part in the colony's economic life (such as its trade, finance, fur trade, fishing and agriculture), owned several seigneuries and was a member of the Sovereign Council of New France.
Louis-Guillaume Verrier (October 19, 1690 – September 13, 1758) was a lawyer in the parliament of Paris and attorney general of the Sovereign Council of New France. [1]The son of Guillaume Verrier, king's attorney, and Marie-Madeleine Thibault, he was born in Paris, studied law and was admitted to the bar of Paris in August 1712.