The Legislative Council of Quebec (French: Conseil législatif du Québec, pronounced [kɔ̃sɛj leʒislatif dy kebɛk]) was the unelected upper house of the bicameral legislature in the Canadian province of Quebec from 1867 to 1968.
The council was composed of 24 members, appointed by the lieutenant governor upon the recommendation of the premier.
Each councillor nominally represented a portion of the Province of Quebec called a division.
Two Quebec premiers, Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville and John Jones Ross, were members of the Legislative Council.
The Union Nationale government of Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand passed the legislation, known as "Bill 90", to implement the change.
Previous governments had made unsuccessful attempts to eliminate the upper chamber.
In fact, the first attempt dated all the way back to Félix-Gabriel Marchand, in the late 19th century.
It is now used for committee meetings and for important state functions that require a large, impressive hall, such as inductions into the National Order of Quebec.
The twenty-four members of the Legislative Council were each appointed to represent a division of Quebec.
The Alma division was defined as: "The Parishes of Long Point, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Rivière des Prairies, Sault aux Récollets, in the county of Hochelaga, and that part of the Parish of Montreal which lies to the East of the prolongation of St. Denis Street; the County of Laval, that part of the City of Montreal which lies to the East of Bonsécours and St. Denis Streets, and their prolongation."
The Grandville division was defined as: "The Counties of Temiscouata and Kamouraska, the Parishes of St. Roch des Aulnets and St. Jean Port Joli, and the prolongation thereof in a straight line to the Province Line in the County of L'Islet."
(See the description of the De la Durantaye division for the explanation of the "remainder of the County of L'Islet".)
The Rigaud division was defined as: "The remainder of the Parish of Montreal, and the Counties of Jacques Cartier, Vaudreuil and Solanges."
(See the description of the De la Vallière division for the explanation of the "remainder of the County of Drummond".)