(1) Ontario; (2) Quebec; (3) The maritime Provinces, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; which three divisions shall (subject to the provisions of this Act) be equally represented in the Senate as follows: Ontario by twenty-four Senators; Quebec by twenty-four. Senators; and the maritime Provinces by twenty-four Senatorstwelve thereof representing Nova Scotia, and twelve thereof representing New Brunswick; in the case of Quebec, each of the twenty-four Senators representing that Province shall be appointed for one of the twenty-four electoral divisions of Lower Canada, specified in schedule A to chapter 1 of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada. [Additional members have been authorized to be summoned to the Senate, representing the Provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, Alberta and Saskatchewan.] 23. The qualifications of a Senator shall be as follows: (1) he shall be of the full age of thirty years; (2) he shall be either a natural-born subject of the Queen, or a subject of the Queen naturalized by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of one of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Canada, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick before the Union, or of the Parliament of Canada after the Union; (3) he shall be legally or equitably seized, as of freehold, for his own use and benefit, of lands or tenements held in free and common socage, or seized or possessed, for his own use and benefit, of lands or tenements held in franc-alleu or in roture, within the Province for which he is appointed, of the value of four thousand dollars, over and above all rents, anes, debts, charges, mortgages and encumbrances, due or payable out of, or charged on, or affecting, the same; (4) his real and personal property shall be together worth four thousand dollars, over and above his debts and liabilities; (5) he shall be a resident in the Province for which he is appointed; (6) in the case of Quebec, he shall have his real property qualification in the electoral division for which he is ap Repealed by the Statute 24. The Governor-General shall, from time to time, in the Queen's name, by instrument under the great seal of Canada, summon qualified persons to the Senate; and, subject to the provisions of this Act, every person so summoned shall become and be a member of the Senate and a Senator. 25. Such persons shall be first summoned to the Senate as the Queen, by warrant under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, thinks fit to approve, and their names shall be inserted in the Queen's proclamation of the Union. 26. If at any time, on the recommendation of the Governor-General, the Queen thinks fit to direct that three or six members be added to the Senate, the Governor-General may, by summons to three or six qualified persons (as the case may be), representing equally the three divisions of Canada, add to the Senate accordingly. 27. In case of such addition being at any time made, the Governor-General shall not summon any person to the Senate, except on a further like direction by the Queen, on the like recommendation, until each of the three divisions of Canada. is represented by twenty-four Senators and no more. 28. The number of Senators shall not at any time exceed seventy-eight. 29. A Senator shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, hold his place in the Senate for life. 30. A Senator may, by writing under his hand, addressed to the Governor-General, resign his place in the Senate, and thereupon the same shall be vacant. 31. The place of a Senator shall become vacant in any of the following cases:— (1) if, for two consecutive sessions of the Parliament, he fails to give his attendance in the Senate; (2) if he takes an oath, or makes a declaration or acknowledgement, of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power, or does an act whereby he becomes a subject or citizen, or entitled to the rights or privileges of a subject or citizen, of a foreign power; (3) if he is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or applies for the benefit of any law relating to insolvent debtors, or (4) if he is attainted of treason or convicted of felony or of any infamous crime; (5) if he ceases to be qualified in respect of property or of residence: provided, that a Senator shall not be deemed to have ceased to be qualified in respect of residence by reason only of his residing at the seat of the government of Canada, while holding an office under that government requiring his presence there. 32. When a vacancy happens in the Senate by resignation, death or otherwise, the Governor-General shall, by summons to a fit and qualified person, fill the vacancy. 33. If any question arises respecting the qualification of a Senator or a vacancy in the Senate, the same shall be heard and determined by the Senate. 34. The Governor-General may, from time to time, by instrument under the great seal of Canada, appoint a Senator to be Speaker of the Senate, and may remove him and appoint another in his stead. 35. Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, the presence of at least fifteen Senators, including the Speaker, shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Senate for the exercise of its powers. 36. Questions arising in the Senate shall be decided by a majority of voices, and the Speaker shall in all cases have a vote, and when the voices are equal the decision shall be deemed to be in the negative. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. 37. The House of Commons shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, consist of one hundred and eighty-one members, of whom eighty-two shall be elected for Ontario, sixty-five for Quebec, nineteen for Nova Scotia and fifteen for New Brunswick. [These numbers, except as to Quebec, have been considerably altered under section 51 of this Act, and new members added to represent British Columbia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Yukon Territory.] 38. The Governor-General shall, from time to time, in the Queen's name, by instrument under the great seal of Canada, summon and call together the House of Commons. 39. A Senator shall not be capable of being elected or of 40. Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick shall, for the purposes of the election of members to serve in the House of Commons, be divided into electoral districts as follows: 1.--Ontario. Ontario shall be divided into the counties, ridings of counties, cities, parts of cities, and towns enumerated in the first schedule to this Act, each whereof shall be an electoral district, each such district as numbered in that schedule being entitled to return one member. 2.-Quebec. Quebec shall be divided into sixty-five electoral districts, composed of the sixty-five electoral divisions into which Lower Canada is, at the passing of this Act, divided under chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada, chapter 75 of the Consolidated Statutes for Lower Canada and the Act of the Province of Canada of the twenty-third year of the Queen, chapter one, or any other Act amending the same into force at the Union, so that each such electoral division shall be, for the purpose of this Act, an electoral district entitled to return one member. 3.-Nova Scotia. Each of the eighteen counties of Nova Scotia shall be an electoral district; the county of Halifax shall be entitled to return two members, and each of the other counties one member. 4.-New Brunswick. Each of the fourteen counties into which New Brunswick is divided, including the city and county of St. John, shall be an electoral district; the city of St. John shall also be a separate electoral district; each of those fifteen electoral districts shall be entitled to return one member. 41. Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, all laws in force in the several Provinces at the Union, relative to the following matters or any of them, namely, the qualifications and disqualifications of persons to be elected or to sit or vote as members of the House of Assembly or Legislative Assembly in the several Provinces, the voters at elections of such members, the oaths to be taken by voters, the returning officers, their powers and duties, the proceedings at elections, the periods during which elections may be con incident thereto, the vacating of seats of members, and the execution of new writs in case of seats vacated otherwise than by dissolution,-shall respectively apply to elections of members to serve in the House of Commons for the same several Provinces: provided that, until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, at any election for a member of the House of Commons for the district of Algoma, in addition to persons qualified by the law of the Province of Canada to vote, every male British subject, aged twenty-one years or upwards, being a householder, shall have a vote. the Statute Act, 1893, 42. For the first election of members to serve in the Repealed by House of Commons, the Governor-General shall cause writs Law Revision to be issued by such person, in such form and addressed to 56 V. c. 14. such returning officer as he thinks fit. The person issuing writs under this section shall have the like powers as are possessed at the Union by the officers charged with the issuing of writs for the election of members to serve in the respective House of Assembly or Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick; and the returning officers to whom writs are directed under this section shall have the like powers as are possessed at the Union by the officers charged with the returning of writs for the election of members to serve in the same respective House of Assembly or Legislative Assembly. the Statute Act, 1893, 43. In case a vacancy in the representation in the House Repealed by of Commons of any electoral district happens before the Law Revision meeting of the Parliament, or after the meeting of the Par 56 V. c. 14. liament before provision is made by the Parliament in this behalf, the provisions of the last foregoing section of this Act shall extend and apply to the issuing and returning of a writ in respect of such vacant district. 44. The House of Commons, on its first assembling after a general election, shall proceed with all practicable speed to elect one of its members to be Speaker. 45. In case of a vacancy happening in the office of Speaker by death, resignation or otherwise, the House of Commons shall, with all practicable speed, proceed to elect another of its members to be Speaker. 46. The Speaker shall preside at all meetings of the House of Commons. 47. Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, in case of the absence for any reason of the Speaker from the |