Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee to Investigate Power Contracts with Quebec Power Companies and other Hydro Matters

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Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

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Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee to Investigate Power Contracts with Quebec Power Companies and other Hydro Matters

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    • Select Committee appointed to inquire into contracts between the Hydro- Electric Power Commission and Quebec Power Companies

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    • Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee appointed to inquire into contracts between the Hydro- Electric Power Commission and Quebec Power Companies

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    Dates of existence

    1938-1939

    History

    Select Committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was established March 28, 1938 with C.D. Conant as chair, and reported to the House on April 5, 1939. The committee was divided in its conclusions, with the majority exonerating Premier Hepburn of misdeeds, and the minority finding political interference with Hydro management.

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    The Select Committee appointed to inquire into contracts between the Hydro-Electric Power Commission and Quebec Power Companies investigated "the purchases of electrical power referred to in the following power contracts between: (a) Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario and Gatineau Power Co. dated December 14th, 1937; (b) Hydro-Electric Power Commission and the Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Co. dated December 14th, 1937; (c) Hydro-Electric Power Commission and the MacLaren-Quebec Power Co. date December 14th, 1937." Charges had been made that Premier Hepburn had misled the province with regards to the provision of electricity, and that secret contracts had been negotiated without the public's knowledge.

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    Ontario. Legislative Assembly (1867-)

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    AA23

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    hierarchical

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    Ontario. Legislative Assembly controls Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee to Investigate Power Contracts with Quebec Power Companies and other Hydro Matters

    Dates of relationship

    1938-1939

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    CA439

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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, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Wayne Crockett