Legislature of the Province of Canada 1841-1844

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Following the union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1841, Kingston was chosen as the capital of the United Province. The new municipal hospital was hurriedly modified to provide temporary legislative chambers and here the three sessions of the first Parliament were held between June 1841 and December 1843. Political pressures and inadequate accommodations led to the decision in 1843 to transfer the seat of Government to Montreal, where the second Parliament met for the first time in November 1844.

Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.

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The County of Frontenac
The City of Kingston
In front of the Stuart Street entrance to the
Kingston General Hospital

N 44 13.472 W 76 29.580

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