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Council of the Northwest Territories fonds [textual record (chiefly microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1873-1951.

Reference:

R17612-0-9-E, MG9-G1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104289

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Council of the Northwest Territories fonds
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Date(s):

1873-1951.

Place of creation:

Northwest Territories

Extent:

7 microfilm reels negative and positive.
1 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of minutes of the meetings of the Council of the Northwst, typescript, 1873-1875, 50 pages, and of the Council of the Northwest Territories, microfilm 1921-1951, microfilm reels M-809 to M-815. Included with the minutes are numerous letters, memoranda, reports, photographs and copies of ordinances and acts related to the business of each session. Transcripts, 50 pages.

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Northwest Territories. Council

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Northwest Territories. Council : The Council of the Northwest which was set up to assist the lieutenant-governor of the Northwest Territories, was created by federal Order-in-Council on 28 December 1872. It possessed both executive and legislative powers. With the proclamation of the Northwest Territories Act of 1875, on 7 October 1876, this council ceased to exist and was replaced by another which first met in 1877 at Livinstone, near Fort Pelly.

The Council of the Northwest Territories whose members were all appointed by the federal government, was created to assist the Commissioner in governing the Northwest Territories. Although provision for it was made in the Northwest Territories Act of 1905, it did not meet until 1921. In 1941 a new council was created by repealing section 8 of the Old Act and substituting another which set up a council partly appointative and partly elective (15 George VI Chapter 21, Section 3).

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(Electronic) There is an alphabetical card index, by individual and subject, to the minutes of the Council of the Northwest Territories, reels M-809 to M-810.

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General note:

Minutes of the Council of the Northwest, typescript, 1873-1875, were received in 1911 from Professor Oliver; the originals are held by the Manitoba Archives. Minutes of the Council of the Northwest Territories, 1921-1951, were microfilmed from originals held by the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Ottawa, Ont.

Location of originals note:

The originals are held by the Manitoba Archives, and the Department of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources, Ottawa, Ont.

Subject heading:

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Northwest Territories - Politics and government, 1873-1875

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG9-G1
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG9 G 1] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Microfilm reel M-809--M-815

[Consultation 90 Open]

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