intment of Speaker of Senate.] The Governor General may from
Time to Time, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, appoint a
Senator to be Speaker of the Senate, and may remove him and appoint
another in his Stead.
35. [Quorum of Senate.] Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise
provides, the Presence of at least Fifteen Senators, including the
Speaker, shall be necessary to constitute a Meeting of the Senate for
the Exercise of its Powers.
36. [Voting in Senate.] Questions arising in the Senate shall be decided
by a Majority of Voices, and the Speaker shall in all Cases have a Vote,
and when the Voices are equal the Decision shall be deemed to be in the
Negative.
The House of Commons.
37. [Constitution of House of Commons in Canada.] The House of Commons
shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, consist of One hundred and
eighty-one Members, of whom Eighty-two shall be elected for Ontario,
Sixty-five for Quebec, Nineteen for Nova Scotia, and Fifteen for New
Brunswick.
38. [Summoning of House of Commons.] The Governor General shall from
Time to Time, in the Queen's Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of
Canada, summon and call together the House of Commons.
39. [Senators not to sit in House of Commons.] A Senator shall not be
capable of being elected or of sitting or voting as a Member of the
House of Commons.
40. [Electoral Districts of the Four Provinces.] Until the Parliament
of Canada otherwise provides, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New
Brunswick shall, for the Purposes of the Election of Members to serve in
the House of Commons, be divided into Electoral Districts as follows:
1.--ONTARIO.
Ontario shall be divided into the Counties, Ridings of Counties, Cities,
Parts of Cities, and Towns enumerated in the First Schedule to this Act,
each whereof shall be an Electoral District, each such District as
numbered in that Schedule being entitled to return One Member.
2.--QUEBEC.
Quebec shall be divided into Sixty-five Electoral Districts, composed
of the Sixty-five Electoral Divisions into which Lower Canada is at
the passing of this Act divided under Chapter Two of the Consolidated
Statutes of Canada, Chapter Seventy-five of the Consolidated Statutes
for Lower Canada, and the Act of the Province of Canada of the
Twenty-third Year of the Queen, Chapter One, or any other Act amending
the same in force at the Union, so that each such Electoral Division
shall be for the Purp
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