Ninety-Two Resolutions
The Ninety-Two Resolutions were drafted by Louis-Joseph Papineau and other members of the Parti patriote of Lower Canada in 1834. The resolutions were a long series of demands for political reforms in the British-governed colony.
Papineau had been elected speaker of the
British House of Commons
, the Parti patriote had sent its own delegation to London in order to submit a memoir and a petition signed by 78,000 people.
On February 17, 1834,
governor of the colony
.
In the resolutions, the elected representatives once again reiterated their loyalty to the British Crown but expressed frustration that the government of London had been unwilling to correct the injustices caused by the past governments of the colony.
In response, the British government appointed the
Lord John Russell eventually responded to them by issuing ten resolutions of his own (the Russell Resolutions
). All of the Legislative Assembly's demands were rejected.
The ten resolutions reached Canada in 1837, and many of Papineau's reformists began to agitate for a rebellion. See the Lower Canada Rebellion.
References
- ^ Dagenais, Maxime (6 September 2017). "92 Resolutions". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada.
- ^ Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, Session 1834, vol. 43, p. 337 (February 21, 1837).
External links
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- W.P.M. Kennedy, ed. (1930). "The Ninety-Two Resolutions of 1834". Statutes, treaties and documents of the Canadian Constitution, 1713–1929. Toronto: Oxford University Press. pp. 270–290.
- [1] English: The Ninety-Two Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
- [2] Français: Les 92 Résolutions de 1834