DCHP-2

L.C. Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1

  See Lower Canada (def. 1).

  See also: Lower Canada (def .1)  

  • 1815  His Excellency . . . has been please to appoint [him] Surveyor of Lands for the Province of L.C.
  • 1850  It is now quite certain that the Ministers of L.C. will sustain the Radicals of Upper Canada in all their measures.

• 2

  in Quebec, the upper house of the bicameral legislature, the 24 members of which are appointed for life by the government in power.

  See also: legislative council (def. 2)  

  • 1885  Resigned his seat in the Latter on his appointment to L.C., Quebec, 1867.