Council of Assiniboia

Council of Assiniboia
Council of Assiniboia
Type
Type	Unicameral house
History
Founded	1821
Disbanded	1870
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Legislative Council of Manitoba

The Council of Assiniboia (French: Conseil d'Assiniboine) was the first appointed administrative body of the District of Assiniboia, operating from 1821 until 1870.^[1] It was this council who is credited for the arrival of a functioning legal system, a local police force, and a militia to the vast wilderness that was the fur-trading territory of Rupert's Land. Over its existence, the Council of Assiniboia transformed numerous times in an effort to bring law and order to a young colonial settlement that was rife with tension and hardship.^[2]

^ Baker, H. Robert (1999). "Creating Order in the Wilderness: Transplanting the English Law to Rupert's Land, 1835–51". Law and History Review. 17 (2): 209–246. doi:10.2307/744011. ISSN 0738-2480. JSTOR 744011. S2CID 145502145.
^ Gluek, Alvin C. (1955). "The Sioux Uprising: A Problem in International Relations". Minnesota History. 34 (8): 317–324. ISSN 0026-5497. JSTOR 20175958.

[:1-1] Baker, H. Robert (1999). "Creating Order in the Wilderness: Transplanting the English Law to Rupert's Land, 1835–51". Law and History Review. 17 (2): 209–246. doi:10.2307/744011. ISSN 0738-2480. JSTOR 744011. S2CID 145502145.

[2] Gluek, Alvin C. (1955). "The Sioux Uprising: A Problem in International Relations". Minnesota History. 34 (8): 317–324. ISSN 0026-5497. JSTOR 20175958.

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