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Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly fonds

  • CA PCA RG4
  • Fonds
  • 1867-2010

This fonds includes records created during the process and functions of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island largely for the period 1894 to 2006. The fonds divides into 11 series: journals of the Legislative Assembly, acts of the PEI Legislature, Legislative Assembly debates and proceedings, rules and orders, election papers, reports tabled in the Legislature, resolutions, petitions to the Legislative Assembly, Committee papers, correspondence and sessional papers. The Journals series divides into two sub-series: manuscript journals covering the period 1898 to 1935 and printed journals which range from 1894 through 2006. The acts of the PEI Legislature series which covers 1894 to 2006 is divided into 6 sub-series: statutes, bills, working copies of bills, petitions regarding bills, bills withdrawn and regulations. The statutes sub-series includes the final printed version of the acts, dating from 1894 to 2006. The statutes are available in bound format as well as on microfilm. Statutes are also available on the PEI Government website. The bills presented to the PEI Legislative Assembly sub-series consists of 40 record boxes of records and covers 1894 to 1972. The bills record the dates of first, second and third readings in the Legislative Assembly as well as the date the bills were given Royal Assent. The working copies of bills sub-series consists of 19 file folders covering the period 1965 to 1972. These working copies include the dates of readings in the Legislative Assembly, as well as notations for changes in wording, etc. The petitions regarding bills sub-series coves 1933 to 1935 and circa 1950 and consists of 4 files of petitions from individuals and organizations regarding bills and amendments to various acts. The sub-series of bills withdrawn from the Legislative Assembly debate consists of 4 files dating 1947 to 1950. The final sub-series of the acts of the Legislative Assembly is consists of regulations for two 1949 acts and some supplementary regulations dating 1950. The Legislative Assembly debates and proceedings series, covering 1900 to 2009, divides into 5 sub-series: debates and proceedings, scrapbooks, audio-taped debates and proceedings, hansard and speeches. The debates and proceedings sub-series includes partial transcribed and newspaper reported proceedings of the Legislative Assembly for the years 1900, 1914, 1915, 1925, 1956, 1957 and complete printed proceedings for the years 1960 to 1973. The scrapbook sub-series covers the years 1907 to 1960. Available on microfilm, these records include the debates and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly as recorded and reported by the Parliamentary Reporter in the local newspapers. Clippings of these reports were pasted into scrapbooks. The sub-series of audio-taped debates and proceedings includes approximately 4000 hours of recordings and covers the period 1956 to 2000. Also included in the sub-series are cue sheets for some of the recordings. Prior to 1968, when reel to reel audio-tape recording began, the debates and proceedings were recorded on dicta-belt. The hansard sub-series consists of 46 bound volumes of transcribed proceedings of the Legislative Assembly. These records date from 1996 to 2009. The final sub-series in the Debates and proceedings series is speeches. These records are incomplete and range from 1892 through 1950 and include budget speeches and speeches from the Throne. The fourth series of the fonds, rules and orders, consists two sub-series: order books and questions and answers. The order books sub-series covers various years from 1984 to 1935. Maintained by the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the order books record the subject to be introduced in the Legislature and Members' names. The questions and answers sub-series includes 16 file folders of records which range from 1909 to 1955. These records are incomplete. The fifth series of the fonds, election papers, divides into two sub-series. Federal election papers covers 1867 to 1984 and includes poll books, voters' lists, and reports of the Chief Electoral Officer for PEI federal ridings for various federal elections. The provincial election papers sub-series includes various election records for the 1982 general election and the 1985 by-elections. The fonds includes a series of reports tabled in the Legislature. This series includes 30 volumes of various reports to government ranging from 1898 to 1957 which were presented to the Legislature. This series is incomplete. The resolutions series includes one bound volume and 4 file folders of records ranging from 1894 to 1910 and 1933. These records include resolutions of supply and resolutions and motions made in the Legislative Assembly. The fonds includes a series of petitions to the Legislative Assembly. Records in this series range in dates from 1912 to 1950 and consist of 5 file folders. The Committee papers series dates from 1931 to 1957, with many gaps. The series includes 6 file folders and some are incomplete. Later committee records appear in the Sessional papers series. The tenth series of this fonds consists of one file folder of routine correspondence regarding the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly dating 1932 to 1933. The final series of the fonds consists of sessional papers. The records in this series date from 1960 through 1990 and consists of 16.4 metres of textual records. The sessional records are arranged chronologically by session and include various types of records such as speeches and statements by Members of the Legislative Assembly, speeches from the throne, prayers, orders of the day, bills, resolutions, questions and answers, oral question period transcripts, committee reports, annual and other reports etc.

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