List of the public meetings held in Lower Canada between May and November 1837
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This is a list of the public meetings held in Lower Canada between May and November 1837, both those held by the Parti patriote as well as those held by the Constitutional Party. On June 15th, Governor Gosford issued a proclamation forbidding public county meetings. The proclamation was ignored. On June 29th, Constitutionals started holding their own county meetings.
| Date | Event | Organization | Media |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7th | meeting of Saint-Ours | Parti patriote | resolutions published on May 11th in La Minerve |
| May 15th | meeting of Saint-Laurent | Parti patriote | resolutions published on May 18th in La Minerve |
| May 15th | meeting of Saint-Marc | Parti patriote | resolutions published on May 22nd in La Minerve |
| May 15th | meeting of Québec | Parti patriote | resolutions published on May 23rd in The Vindicator |
| June 1 | meeting of Saint-Scholastique | Parti patriote | resolutions published on June 5th in La Minerve |
| June 1 | meeting of Saint-Hyacinthe | Parti patriote | resolutions published on June 8th in La Minerve |
| June 4th | meeting of Longueuil | Parti patriote | resolutions published on June 12th in La Minerve |
| June 4th | meeting of Québec | Parti patriote | resolutions published on June 8th in La Minerve |
| June 11th | meeting of Sainte-Rose | Parti patriote | resolutions published on June 15th in La Minerve |
| June 18th | meeting of Berthier | Parti patriote | resolutions published on June 22nd in La Minerve |
| June 18th | meeting of Saint-François-du-Lac | Parti patriote | resolutions published on June 26th in La Minerve |
| June 23rd | meeting of Saint-Hyacinthe | Parti patriote | resolutions published on June 29th in La Minerve |
| June 25th | meeting of La Malbaie | Parti patriote | resolutions published on October 31st in Le Libéral |
| June 26th | meeting of Saint-Thomas | Parti patriote | resolutions published on July 3rd in Le Canadien |
| June 28th | meeting of Montréal | Parti patriote | resolutions published on June 30rd in La Minerve |
| June 29th | meeting of Rawdon | Constitutional Party | resolutions published on July 14th in Le Populaire |
| July 4th | meeting of Stanbidge | Parti patriote | resolutions published on July 13th in La Minerve |
| July 6th | meeting of Montréal | Constitutional Party | resolutions published on July 8th in The Montreal Gazette |
| July 12th | meeting of Napierville | Parti patriote | resolutions published on July 20th in La Minerve |
| July 16th | meeting of Deschambault | Parti patriote | resolutions published on July 24th in La Minerve |
| July 24th | meeting of Napierville | Parti patriote | resolutions published on August 1st in The Montreal Gazette |
| July 25th | meeting of Trois-Rivières | Constitutional Party | resolutions published on July 28 in Le Populaire |
| July 26th | meeting of Yamachiche | Parti patriote | resolutions published on July 31st in La Minerve |
| July 29th | meeting of l'Assomption | Parti patriote | resolutions published on August 3rd in La Minerve |
| July 31st | meeting of Québec | Constitutional Party | resolutions published on August 2nd in L'Ami du peuple |
| August 4th | meeting of Aylmer | Constitutional Party | resolutions published on August 19th in L'Ami du peuple |
| August 6th | meeting of Yamaska | Constitutional Party | resolution unique published on August 19th in L'Ami du peuple |
| August 6th | meeting of Saint-Constant | Parti patriote | resolutions published on August 14th in La Minerve |
| August 6th | meeting of Saint-François-du-Lac on seignorial tenure | Parti patriote | resolutions published on August 18th in Le Canadien |
| August 6th | meeting of Vaudreuil | Parti patriote | resolutions published on August 14th in Le Canadien |
| September 10th | gathering of the youth of Saint-Denis | Parti patriote | resolutions published on September 24th in La Minerve |
| September 10th | meeting of Napierville | Parti patriote | resolutions published on September 21st in La Minerve |
| September 10th | meeting of Saint-Ignace | Parti patriote | resolutions published on September 21st in La Minerve |
| September 16th | meeting of Milton | Constitutional Party | resolutions published on November 29 in Le Populaire |
| September 16th | gathering of the women of Saint-Antoine | Parti patriote | an account of the country lunch published on September 21 in La Minerve |
| October 1st | Meeting of the permanent committee of Deux-Montagnes | Parti patriote | resolutions of the 8th sitting published on October 9th in La Minerve |
| October 13th | meeting of Clarenceville | Constitutional Party | an account of the resolutions published on November 11th in The Montreal Gazette |
| October 15th | meeting of Saint-Polycarpe | Parti patriote | resolutions published on October 19th in La Minerve |
| October 23rd | Grand meeting of Montreal at Place d'Armes | Constitutional Party | report, resolutions and addresses published on October 24th and 28th in The Montreal Gazette |
| October 23-24th | Grand Meeting of the Confederation of the Six Counties in Saint-Charles | Parti patriote | report, resolutions and addresses published on October 30th and November 2nd in La Minerve |
| November 5th | meeting of Saint-Athanase | Parti patriote | resolutions published on November 9th in La Minerve |
| November 13th | meeting of Abbotsford | Constitutional Party | resolutions published on November 21st in The Montreal Gazette |
| November 20th | meeting of Sherbrooke | Constitutional Party | resolutions published November 2nd in The Montreal Gazette |
| November 23rd | meeting of Granby | Constitutional Party | resolutions published on December 4th in The Morning Courier |
[edit] References
- Jean-Paul Bertrand. (1988) Assemblées publiques, résolutions et déclarations de 1837-1838, Montréal: VLB Éditeur and the Union des écrivains québécois, 304 pages ISBN 2-89005-313-X
