Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee Appointed to Inquire and Report as to the Truth of Certain Charges Preferred Against Mr. George Brown, a Member of this House

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Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

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Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee Appointed to Inquire and Report as to the Truth of Certain Charges Preferred Against Mr. George Brown, a Member of this House

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    • Special Committee Appointed to Inquire and Report as to the Truth of Certain Charges Preferred Against Mr. George Brown, a Member of this House

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    • Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Committee Appointed to Examine the Charges against George Brown

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    Dates of existence

    1856

    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 February 27, 1856 and issued its report on June 7, 1856, but it is unclear whether the House ever agreed to accept the report. The Committee Chairman was James Moir Ferres.

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    The Special Committee Appointed to Inquire and Report as to the Truth of Certain Charges Preferred Against Mr. George Brown, a Member of this House was established to examine the charges of the Hon. John A. Macdonald against George Brown. These involved his activities during his role as a secretary of a commission to examine the Provincial Penitentiary. The charges involved the taking of false evidence, altering the written testimony, having convinced convicts to commit perjury, and to having obtained the pardons of convicts in order to influence their testimony.

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

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    AA12

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    Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly controls Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee Appointed to Inquire and Report as to the Truth of Certain Charges Preferred Against Mr. George Brown, a Member of this House

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    1856

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    CA1012

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

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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.

        Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24

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        Archivist(s):
        Tom Belton, Bob Krawczyk