Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia
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The Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia was a short lived legislature set up to pass laws for the North-Western Territory
and Rupert's Land
provisional government led by Louis Riel
from 1869 to 1970. The Legislative Assembly was named after the Council of Assiniboia
that previously managed the territories before the Hudson's Bay Company sold the land to Canada in 1869.
North-Western Territory
The North-Western Territory was a region of British North America until 1870. Named for where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land, the territory at its greatest extent covered what is now Yukon, mainland Northwest Territories, northwestern mainland Nunavut, northwestern Saskatchewan, northern...
and Rupert's Land
Rupert's Land
Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land, was a territory in British North America, consisting of the Hudson Bay drainage basin that was nominally owned by the Hudson's Bay Company for 200 years from 1670 to 1870, although numerous aboriginal groups lived in the same territory and disputed the...
provisional government led by Louis Riel
Louis Riel
Louis David Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements against the Canadian government and its first post-Confederation Prime Minister, Sir John A....
from 1869 to 1970. The Legislative Assembly was named after the Council of Assiniboia
Council of Assiniboia
The Council of Assiniboia was, from 1821 until 1870, the appointed administrative body of Rupert's Land.-History:This Council was created by the Hudson's Bay Company to govern the territory following its merger with the North West Company, and the death of Lord Selkirk...
that previously managed the territories before the Hudson's Bay Company sold the land to Canada in 1869.