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Lower Canada and Canada East. Provincial Secretary's Office [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Accession

Date:

1824-1841

Reference:

MG8-A27, 1987/0521 MSS

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

25213

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Date(s):

1824-1841

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2 microfilm reels positive.

Language of material:

English

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Responsibility for elections fell to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, an officer of Parliament. That office was frequently held in plurality by the Clerk of the Executive Council or the Civil Secretary. The reason for these poll books being preserved with records of the Provincial Secretary are unclear. Only a few poll books from general elections in Lower Canada, 1824-1836, and the general election of 1841 in Canada East, have survived to form this series. Writs and returns, with other records of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, are found in RG 4, B 72, with a few other poll books. Some poll books have also been located amongst the private papers of individual candidates. Microfilmed material is located on microfilm reels M-8229 and M-8230.

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Lower Canada and Canada East. Provincial Secretary's Office

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Textual records, microform: (Microform) A list of the poll books prefaces the first reel.

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Custodial history:

Microfilm designated M.46.1 and M.46.2 was received in 1987 from the Archives nationales du Québec as part of an exchange. The records on this microfilm were formerly designated QBC 8, volume 6 and are now catalogued with records of the Provincial Secretary as series E 4.

Location of originals note:

The originals are located in the Archives nationales du Québec.

Source:

Private

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1987/0521

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MG8-A27

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1987/0521 MSS
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Microfilm reel M-8229--M-8230

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