The first session of parliament began in Kingston in Canada West in 1841.
In 1854, the British Parliament authorized their election,[1] and implementing legislation was passed by the Province of Canada in 1856.
[2] It was provided that: The British North America Act, 1867 divided the Province of Canada into the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, each with representation in the unelected Senate of Canada.
Both the provincial and federal upper houses used (and, in the case of the Senate, continues to use to the present day) the same 24 divisions for Quebec as had been used for Canada East by the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada prior to Confederation.
[11][failed verification] The Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada sat a various buildings in Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa: