Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly. Select Committee on the State of the Province

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly. Select Committee on the State of the Province

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Select Committee on the State of the Province

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1839

      History

      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 was appointed on April 1, 1839 and reported on April 30, 1839. The chairman of the committee was Christopher Hagerman.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Select Committee on the State of the Province reviewed the state of Upper Canada after several invasions from American territory in 1838, and made recommendations regarding the security of the province.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly (1791-1841)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA55

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly controls Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly. Select Committee on the State of the Province

      Dates of relationship

      1839

      Description of relationship

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      Authority record identifier

      CA1004

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

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

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      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.

          Maintenance notes

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


          Archivist(s):
          Tom Belton, Bob Krawczyk