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provisional government Hist. 
1 a temporary government set up by the rebels in Upper Canada in 1838.
- 1838 Proclamation by William Lyon MacKenzie, Chairman pro tern of the Provisional Government of the State of Upper Canada.
- 1940 Taking refuge on Navy Island in the Niagara River after an unsuccessful attack on his home town, Mackenzie proclaimed a provisional government and hoisted a flag bearing two stars and a new moon.
2 a temporary government set up during the Red River Insurrection in 1870 by Louis Riel's New Nation.
See also: New Nation
- 1870 Has he actually appointed the first President of the Provisional Government to be Justice of the Peace?
- 1957 On November 2nd Riel and his men seized Upper Fort Garry and set about forming a provisional government.
- 1838 Proclamation by William Lyon MacKenzie, Chairman pro tern of the Provisional Government of the State of Upper Canada.