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little parliament Obs. 
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- 1843 In Western Canada [i.e. in Western Ontario], the Municipal Councils are familiarly termed among the people, "little parliaments," and there certainly is much in their organization of a Parliamentary character.
- 1843 In Western Canada [i.e. in Western Ontario], the Municipal Councils are familiarly termed among the people, "little parliaments," and there certainly is much in their organization of a Parliamentary character.