Les lois de 1836 : la dernière communion des Patriotes et des Bureaucrates (Deuxième partie)

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Les lois de 1836 : la dernière communion des Patriotes et des Bureaucrates (Deuxième partie)
Abstract
The author points out that during the Lower Canada (Quebec) parliamentary session of 1835-1836, the Parti Patriote majority in the House of Assembly and the “Bureaucratic” majority in the Legislative Council passed 59 laws. He discovers that analysis of those legislative texts reveals the various aspects of the colonial state administration, economy and civil society on which there was consensus. By comparison, a study of the 44 bills that died on the order paper highlights the differences between Lower Canadian parliamentarians. Then there are the debates recorded in the parliamentary columns of Lower Canada’s newspapers, which reveal the intentions of the legislators. The author concludes that it is easy to see that the ideas and convictions of Lower Canadian politicians on the eve of the Rebellion can’t always be divided into two opposing camps. From the radical Patriotes through the moderates to the ultraconservative English-speaking Bureaucrats, there is a broad palette of political color.
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Les Cahiers des Dix
Date
2026
Volume
Numéro 79
Pages
189-220
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fr
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Blais, Christian. “Les lois de 1836 : la dernière communion des Patriotes et des Bureaucrates (Deuxième partie).” Les Cahiers des Dix Numéro 79 (2026): 189–220. https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cdd/2026-n79-cdd010792/1125104ar/.
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