Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Charges against the Late Administration

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Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Charges against the Late Administration

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    • Select Committee on Charges against the Late Administration

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      Dates of existence

      1854-1855

      History

      Select committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada with terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was appointed on October 12, 1854 and presented its report on April 30, 1855. The committee Chairman was Sidney Smith..

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      The Select Committee on Charges against the Late Administration was established to investigate "..all charges preferred or alleged in this House, or elsewhere, respecting the dealing of any Member or Members of the late Administration in the purchase of Public Lands, in the traffic or purchase of Provincial, Municipal or other Public Securities or Stocks, or of Stocks in Railways, in the construction of Public Works either Foreign or Provincial, and respecting any other charges of official misconduct whatever against them.."

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      Related entity

      Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (1841-1867)

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      AA12

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly controls Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Charges against the Late Administration

      Dates of relationship

      1854-1855

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      CA1010

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      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

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      Approved

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792 to 1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

          Bishop, Olga B. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867. Ottawa, 1963.

          Upper Canada. Legislative Council. Select Committee upon the provision made by law for the support of a Protestant Clergy in that Province. Report (Toronto: R. Stanton, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1835.

          Canada (Province). Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Charges against the Late Administration. Report, Quebec, 1855

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24.

          Archivist(s):
          Tom Belton, Bob Krawczyk