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legislative councillor 
1 Hist. a member of a legislative council (def. 1).
See also: legislative council (def. 1)
- 1811 Entreat your legislative councillors not to withhold from it their sanction.
- 1885 Legislative Councillors in the Provinces not in future to have that title; but gentlemen who were Legislative Councillors at the time of the Union (1st July, 1867) to retain their title of Honourable for life.
- 1922 The legislative councillors had to take their pay in the honour of their position, but the members of the Legislative Assembly were not so particular.
2 in Quebec, a member of the legislative council (def. 2).
See also: legislative council (def. 2)
- 1963 Charges of defrauding the province of Quebec were laid today against two former Union Nationale cabinet ministers, one legislative councillor and a former high-ranking civil servant.
- 1811 Entreat your legislative councillors not to withhold from it their sanction.