DCHP-3

Old Family Compact

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the name applied to the governing class in Upper Canada prior to 1837, and in particular to the executive and legislative councils of that province.

See: Family Compact(def. 1)

Quotations

1897
His Courier paper was ably conducted in the Old Family Compact cause.