Temporary North-West Council

The Temporary North-West Council more formally known as the Northwest Territories Executive Council lasted from the creation of Northwest Territories, Canada, in 1870 until it was dissolved in 1876. The council was mostly made up of members of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly who were appointed to serve on the council.

No members were appointed to sit on the council until 1872. The council ran the territories under the "Temporary Government of Rupert's Land Act" and the "Manitoba Act". The council's mandate was renewed every year by the federal government until it was dissolved in 1876, to make way for the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories.

List of appointed members

*Francis Godschall Johnson October 21, 1870 Appointment was overturned by the federal government.

Appointments effective December 28, 1872

*Marc-Amable Girard 1872
*Henry Joseph Clarke 1872
*Alfred Boyd 1872
*Donald Smith 1872
*Pascal Breland 1872
*Joseph Dubuc 1872 - 1875
*John Christian Schultz 1872
*Andrew Bannatyne 1872
*William Fraser 1872
*Robert Hamilton 1872
*William J. Christie 1872 - 1873?

Members appointed in 1873

*Joseph Royal 1873 -
*Pierre Delorme 1873 -
*James McKay 1873
*Walter R. Bown 1873
*William N. Kennedy 1873
*John H. McTavish 1873
*William Tait 1873
*Robert Cunningham 1873 - July 4, 1874 "died in office"

The Temporary council was desolved in 1876, all appointments to the council lasted until 1876 except for those noted.

ee also

*List of Northwest Territories premiers
*List of Northwest Territories commissioners
*List of Northwest Territories lieutenant-governors
*2nd Council of the Northwest Territories
*List of Northwest Territories general elections

External links

* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/PageView/32947/0498?id=092fb9fcd7473bcb Canadian Parliamentary Companion 1873 edition page 490]

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