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Select Committee on the Petition of Charles Duncombe, Esq.
Other form(s) of name
Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly. Select Committee to which was Referred the Message of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Communicating the copy of a Petition of Charles Duncombe, Esq. to the British House of Commons
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Select committees are ad-hoc committees of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada with terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee issued its report on January 23, 1837. The committee Chairman was Allan MacNab.
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The Select Committee on the Petition of Charles Duncombe, Esq. examined the petition of Charles Duncombe, a leader of the reform movement in Western Upper Canada, accusing the Lieutenant-Governor of favouring conservative candidates in the recent elections.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Bishop, Olga B. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867. Ottawa, 1963.
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24. Also not found in 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. Form of name based on similar committees found in the checklist.
Archivist(s):
Tom Belton, Bob Krawczyk