The Chambre from assembly of Low-Canada was the Lower House of the bicameral structure of the government of the province of the Low-Canada of 1792 until in 1838. This legislative assembly was created by the constitutional Acte of 1791. She consisted of elected deputies who wrote bills having to be approved by the Legislative council of Low-Canada, whose members were named.

The Room of assembly was dissolved the March 27th 1838 following the Rébellion of the Patriots and Low-Canada was then controlled by the named special Council. With the Act of Union of 1840, a new Lower House, the legislative Parliament of Canada-Plain the, was created for the news Province of Canada which gathered the High-Canada and Low-Canada. This assembly existed until in 1867, date on which the legislative Assemblée of Quebec was created.

Buildings having sheltered the Room of assembly of Low-Canada

First meeting which gathered the elected officials, on December 17th, 1792, until 1832, the Room of assembly of Low-Canada meets in the vault of the episcopal palate of Quebec. After the sale of the palate by the bishop of Quebec to the government, in 1831, of work of enlarging were undertaken. The Room of assembly settled in this new part in 1832. The following year, the old episcopal vault of the palate was demolished to raise in its place the principal body of the new Hotel of the Parliament. One preserved until 1850 the south-eastern wing of the old episcopal palate. This year, this wing was demolished in order to complete the construction of the Hotel of the Parliament. February 1st, 1854, between 3:00 and 4:00 of the morning, a fire was declared in the southern wing of the building and all the building burned.

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