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694:, where the Governor General would appoint the Executive Council from the group with a majority in the Legislative Assembly. As part of that policy, Baldwin wanted to ensure francophone Reformers from Lower Canada would be in the Council. Sydenham opposed Baldwin's plan. His policy was to retain as much control as possible over the government, and not to include a French-Canadian party in the Council. Baldwin wrote to Sydenham, protesting the inclusion of Day and other Government Tories, and the exclusion of French-Canadian representatives. Sydenham treated the letter as a resignation: Baldwin was out, and Day stayed in the Executive Council. It was the first skirmish in the battle for responsible government.
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730:, was trying to reconstruct the ministry to better reflect the composition of the Legislative Assembly. He offered Day an appointment to the Court of Queen's Bench of Lower Canada, which Day took, resigning from the government. his resignation created a vacancy in the Executive Council, but Bagot had trouble finding a French-Canadian to fill the position. The Reformers of Lower Canada acted as a group, seeking to gain group representation for French Canadians in the Executive Council, not the occasional individual appointment.
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The Civil Code of Lower Canada: together with a synopsis of changes in the law, references to the reports of the commissioners, the authorities as reported by the commissioners, a concordance with the Code
Napoleon and the Code de commerce, special references for notaries, clergymen, physicians,
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The
English speaking residents of Lower Canada may now enjoy the satisfaction of at last possessing in their own language the laws by which they are governed, and the Province of Quebec will bring with her into the Confederation a system of laws of which she may be justly proud; a system mainly
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Day spoke strongly in favour of maintaining the
British connection and opposed what he saw as a revolutionary approach in the Resolutions. He became a leading member of the Montreal Constitutional Committee, which was opposed to the Resolutions. He also was elected to a significant position on a
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opposition boycotted the commission proceedings, because they had wanted an inquiry by a parliamentary committee. As a result, only witnesses proposed by the government were called, and only Prime
Minister Macdonald cross-examined them. The witnesses' testimony was often evasive, and the
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The commissioners completed their work in 1865 and submitted the draft of the code to
Parliament. By a statute passed in 1865, the Parliament approved the draft code, with a number of corrections and additions for the commissioners to review. In 1866, the provincial Cabinet passed an
1044:. From 1842 to 1852 he was the vice-president of the Anglican Church Society, possibly because of the Society's educational goals. In 1869 he was appointed to the Quebec Council of Public Instruction, serving from 1868 to 1875 as the chairman of the Council's Protestant Committee.
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The first session of the new
Legislative Assembly began with a motion on the union of the two Canadas. Day voted in favour of the union, along with the other Government Tories from Lower Canada. During the session, he was a consistent supporter of Governor General Lord Sydenham.
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From 1852 to 1884, Day served as president of the Royal
Institution for the Advancement of Learning in the province. The Institution was an umbrella body that provided funding for a variety of educational facilities in the province, including McGill College (now
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Day was strongly interested in improving educational facilities in Lower Canada. As early as 1836, he had joined a
Montreal committee formed to improve education in the province. It included amongst its members several who would become leaders in the
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The opposition
Liberals relied on the evidence of the commission in the subsequent debates in Parliament, which ended with the resignation of the Conservative government and the installation of a Liberal government, led by Prime Minister
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was seen as an important statement of Quebec's control over its own legal system in the new country. Thomas McCord, who had been one of the secretaries to the commission, produced one of the first commercial versions of the
1052:). As a member of the board of the Institute, he helped with changes to the governing legislation which established McGill College as independent entity, although still affiliated with the Institute. He was the principal
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for the remaining term of the
Commission. Day was the main author of the portion of the proposed code dealing with commercial law, which was his legal specialty. His work became the fourth book of the
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Day appeared before the commission in Washington, DC on behalf of the Hudson's Bay Company. He argued that the Company was entitled to $ 1,388,703.33. However, the final award was $ 200,000.
608:, which the British government created to govern the province, after it suspended the Lower Canada Parliament following the Rebellion. Day was also appointed solicitor-general of Lower Canada.
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appointed Day as their representative on the arbitration board set up to divide the assets and liabilities of the former Province of Canada between the new provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
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founded on the steadfast, time-honored and equitable principles of the Civil Law, and which not only merits admiration and respect, but presents a worthy model for legislation elsewhere.
679:, and campaigned in favour of the union of the two Canadas. Day won the seat, but the election was hotly contested. His committee's election costs were approximately ÂŁ1,580.
988:, who had sounded Day out and found that he was generally sympathetic to the position of the Macdonald government. The other members of the commission were two judges,
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Day was interested in promoting education throughout his life, and from 1864 to his death in 1884 while visiting England was the first chancellor of McGill College (now
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of 1846. The Oregon Treaty stated that they were entitled to fair compensation for their lands. The 1864 treaty set up the joint commission to adjudicate the claims.
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to argue its case before the British-American Joint Commission appointed under a treaty between the two countries, signed in 1864, respecting property claims in the
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committee formed to draft an address to the monarch and the British government outlining the political views of the anglophone business community in Montreal.
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relating to commercial law, and most of the provisions relating to property rights. He was later appointed to the federal royal commission investigating the
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Day married twice, first to Barbara Lyon in 1830, with whom he had three children, and then in 1853 to Maria Margaret Holmes, daughter of
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Day was initially appointed to the Court of Queen’s Bench of Lower Canada in 1842. Eight years later, in 1850, he was appointed to the
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671:, the elected lower house of the Parliament. In the general elections of 1841, Day was a candidate in the Canada East constituency of
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of New France and then Lower Canada had been based on French statutes, royal decrees, and the customary law from the Paris area, the
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in 1841. The separate parliaments were abolished and replaced by a single parliament for the entire province, composed of an elected
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of the College from 1853 to 1855. From 1864 to 1884, he served as chancellor of McGill and helped establish the
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as solicitor-general for Canada East (the new name for Lower Canada), on condition that he hold a seat in the
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Treaty for the Final Settlement of the Claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies
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in 1841, but resigned in 1842 to accept an appointment to the Court of Queen's Bench of Lower Canada.
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The commissioners worked for six years on the project. When Morin died in 1865, he was replaced by
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Louis-Joseph Papineau, primary drafter of the Ninety-Two Resolutions, which Day opposed
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in 1806, the son of Ithmar Day and Laura Dewey. His father was likely employed by the
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merchants, real estate owners, and persons out of Lower Canada, and a complete index
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was the beginning of public education in the province, and also the beginning of
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The Union of the Canadas — The Growth of Canadian Institutions, 1841–1857
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The Union of the Canadas: The Growth of Canadian Institutions 1841–1847
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The Union of the Canadas: The Growth of Canadian Institutions 1841–1847
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Governor General Lord Sydenham, who kept Day in the Executive Council
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order-in-council authorising the Governor General to proclaim the
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Commission for the Codification of the Civil Laws of Lower Canada
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on religious lines, which eventually became entrenched in the
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Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours
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commissioners did not ask many questions of the witnesses.
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Lower Canada 1791–1840: Social Change and Nationalism
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1270:(Quebec: St. Michel and Darveau, 1860), pp. 44, 66.
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Counsel before the British-American Joint Commission
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Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pacific Scandal
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16:Canadian lawyer, politician and judge (1806–1884)
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1477:The National Dream: the Great Railway, 1871-1881
1381:An Act respecting the Civil Code of Lower Canada
1295:Alignment of Political Groups in Canada, 1841–67
1254:Alignment of Political Groups in Canada, 1841–67
1226:Alignment of Political Groups in Canada, 1841–67
1011:. Day met personally with the Governor General,
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656:retained a strong position in the government.
573:, the nationalist French-Canadian party led by
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1749:American emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec
669:Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
430:Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
428:in 1837 and 1838. He was elected to the first
128:Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
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538:, a Montreal merchant and political figure.
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1400:(Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1867), p. x.
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1079:1st Parliament of the Province of Canada
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565:Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
519:in 1827. He practised mainly in the
173:Court of Queen's Bench, Lower Canada
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63:Solicitor General of Lower Canada
1764:Chancellors of McGill University
1610:Chancellors of McGill University
1179:Dictionary of Canadian Biography
1123:"Biography of Charles Dewey Day"
986:federal Minister of Public Works
912:Puget Sound Agricultural Company
894:Flag of the Hudson's Bay Company
500:), across the Ottawa River from
74:May 26, 1840 – February 10, 1841
58:May 23, 1840 – February 10, 1841
1799:Principals of McGill University
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266:Chancellor of McGill University
202:January 1, 1850 – 1862
46:Special Council of Lower Canada
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1744:19th-century Canadian judges
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494:Wright's Town, Lower Canada
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420:). He was a member of the
388:Civil Code of Lower Canada
350:(1) Barbara Lyon (m. 1830)
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1224:Cornell, Paul G. (1962).
1208:Careless, J.M.S. (1967).
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587:Lower Canada Parliament
426:Lower Canada Rebellions
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646:Legislative Assembly
144:1841 – June 21, 1842
1021:Alexander Mackenzie
650:Legislative Council
517:bar of Lower Canada
474:Bennington, Vermont
317:Bennington, Vermont
155:None; new position
1754:Canadian Anglicans
1568:The National Dream
1555:The National Dream
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1529:The National Dream
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1414:, SQ 1991, c. 64.
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665:Executive Council
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462:McGill University
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1492:pp. 103–106
1266:J.O. Côté,
1009:prorogation
583:upper house
414:Canada East
314:May 6, 1806
232:(1865–1866)
150:Preceded by
103:Preceded by
1728:Categories
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1633:Strathcona
1333:Careless,
1306:Careless,
1280:Careless,
1084:References
967:Hugh Allan
848:Civil Code
443:Civil Code
376:Profession
310:1806-05-06
1708:Steinberg
1683:Finlayson
1638:Macdonald
1557:, p. 124.
1531:, p. 116.
1518:, p. 115.
1505:, p. 106.
1427:, s. 142.
1293:Cornell,
784:civil law
717:(now the
490:fur trade
457:in 1873.
384:Known for
357:Relations
347:Spouse(s)
278:1864–1884
274:In office
249:1873–1873
245:In office
214:In office
198:In office
180:In office
140:In office
93:In office
70:In office
54:In office
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1693:Grandpré
1566:Berton,
1553:Berton,
1540:Berton,
1527:Berton,
1514:Berton,
1501:Berton,
1337:, p. 66.
1310:, p. 51.
1074:See also
602:Patriote
482:Montreal
368:Children
1713:Meighen
1663:Gardner
1658:Tyndale
1628:Ferrier
1323:, s 93.
1256:, p. 5.
1214:pp. 1–5
1055:pro tem
1001:Liberal
965:to Sir
652:. The
638:Ontario
585:of the
332:England
108:Himself
85:Himself
1668:Powell
1653:Wilson
1648:Beatty
1643:Borden
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1198:p. 231
984:, the
957:under
880:Quebec
525:Wright
506:Ottawa
502:Bytown
418:Quebec
1703:Pound
1066:Death
636:(now
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1673:Ross
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