DCHP-3

provincial parliament

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the legislature of any Canadian province.

Quotations

1795
At the conclusion of this session the term, "Provincial Parliament," was for the first time made use of by the Governor in Chief, Lord Dorchester, on proroguing the two houses.
1853
Dr. Dunlop was the first representative for the Huron District in the Provincial Parliament. . . .
1953
However, Canadian law and tradition demands that no one hold seats in two legislatures, and the N.W.T.'s Council is regarded as a legislature, equivalent to a provincial parliament.