Charles Dewey Day
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Charles Dewey Day, was a lawyer, political figure, and judge in Lower Canada and Canada East. He was a member of the Special Council of Lower Canada, which governed Lower Canada after the Lower Canada
Louis-Joseph Papineau, primary drafter of the Ninety-Two Resolutions, which Day opposed
Governor General Lord Sydenham, who kept Day in the Executive Council
Robert Baldwin, dismissed from Executive Council because he protested Day's position on the Council
A meeting of the three civil code commissioners around 1865, with the two secretaries to the commission. Day is second from the left.
Augustin-Norbert Morin
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Augustin-Norbert Morin was a Canadien journalist, lawyer, politician, and rebel in Lower Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in the 1830s, as a leading member of the Pa
Charles Dewey Day
…of law in France. George-Étienne Cartier, the joint premier for Lower Canada, appointed Day and two other Lower Canada judges, René-Édouard Caron and Augustin-Norbert Morin, to the commission. Their mandate was to review the civil laws of Lower Canada and prepare a draft civil code for enactment by the Parliament of the…
Augustin Norbert Morin assis
Church of Notre Dame du rosaire, where Morin's funeral took place