PROVINCIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS. 
5. Oath. 5. Oath. The Councillor must in every case take the 
oath of allegiance’. 
Disqualifi- A member of the Legislative Council becomes dis- 
cations. . 5.0.0 
qualified from sitting :— 
1. On becoming a member of the Senate or of the 
House of Commons of Canada. 
2. By absence from the Legislature for two consecutive 
sessions or in Prince Edward’s Island for one session. 
3. By becoming a subject of a foreign power. 
4. By becoming bankrupt or insolvent. 
5. By being attainted of treason or of any crime. 
8. By ceasing to be duly qualified in respect of 
property or of residence’ 
In Prince Edward's Island, where the Councillors are 
elected, the same persons who are disqualified from being 
candidates for the Assembly are also disqualified from being 
slected to the Council ® 
How appointed. In Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova 
Scotia, Councillors are appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor 
in the Queen’s name under the great seal, and in Quebec 
one Councillor has to be chosen from each district repre- 
sented by a Senator in the Dominion Parliament * 
Prince In Prince Edward’s Island Councillors are elected. The 
Pm province is divided into seven electoral districts, six of these 
return two members each, and one district (Charlottetown) 
returns one member. The voters are the same as for the 
Provincial Assembly”. 
In the North-West Territories the Governor-General by 
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tories 
1 See B, N. A. Act. 1867, ss. 73, 23, N. B. Con. Stat. 1877, c. 4, sa. 4, 
11. P. E. I Rev. Stat. 25 Vie. ¢. 18, ss. 11, 12, 25 and R. 8. C. ¢. 50, ss. 20, 
21. 
2 B. N. A. Act, 1867, s, 74. N. B, Con. Stat. 1877, c. 4, ss. 3—8. 
P. E. I. 25 Vie. ¢. 18, 8. 11-16. #8 See ante p. 61. 
4 B. N. A. Act. 1867, ss. 22, 72. Q. 49 & 50 Vie. ¢. 97,8. 4. N.S. R. 8S. 
1884, ¢. 8, 8. 1. N. B. Con. Stat. 1877, ¢. 4, s, 2. 
5 P.H. I 25 Vie. e. 18. ss. 3—86.