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local house Hist. 
a colonial or a provincial legislature.
See also: local legislature
- 1871 It will be recalled that there was no voting in nine of the Divisions during the contest for the Local House,--the members being returned by acclamation.
- 1904 His presence in the local House at Quebec during the first parliament of that province, and his many absorbing duties at Ottawa left him very little time to devote to those attentions which a leader of men must bestow on his followers in order to keep his popularity.
- 1871 It will be recalled that there was no voting in nine of the Divisions during the contest for the Local House,--the members being returned by acclamation.