Unelected legislative body and territorial government
Council of Keewatin
Type
Type
Unicameral
History
Established
November 25, 1876
Disbanded
April 16, 1877
Leadership
Lieutenant Governor
Alexander Morris November 25, 1876 April 16, 1877
Structure
Seats
6
Political groups
Independent
Elections
Last election
Members chosen by appointment November 25, 1876.
Meeting place
Fort Garry[B]
The Council of Keewatin was an unelected legislative body and territorial government for the now defunct District of Keewatin in Canada. The District of Keewatin was created by the passage of the Keewatin Act on October 7, 1876[1] from a portion of Canada's North West Territories.[A] Lieutenant Governor Alexander Morris convinced the government that the new territorial government of the North West Territories would be unable to effectively administer land to the north and east of Manitoba.[2] Shortly after the District of Keewatin was formed a large group of Icelanders arrived, infected with smallpox which quickly spread to the indigenous First Nation population. The Government of Canada allowed the Council to be formed for the purpose of containing the smallpox epidemic. The Council also administered Indian treaty claims, immigrant land claims, Hudson's Bay Company trading post concerns as well as policing and health care. The Council lasted from November 25, 1876, until April 16, 1877, after which control of the territory was returned under federal authority.
The founder of the Council of Keewatin as well as the District of Keewatin was Alexander Morris. He selected and appointed the members to serve after being given permission by the Government of Canada. After the Council was disbanded in 1877, the legislation passed and departments organized by the council, such as the Boards of Health and Quarantine, continued to remain in force as late as 1878. The council was not reconstituted before the District of Keewatin was ceded back to the Northwest Territories in 1905.[A] All matters of administration were handled by the Government of Canada and the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.
The structure and powers of the Government of KeewatinMap of Canada showing the District of Keewatin in 1876 (light gray)
^Nicholson, Normal L. (1979). The Boundaries of the Canadian Confederation. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7735-6015-4. Also The Boundaries of the Canadian Confederation at the Internet Archive
^"Keewatin". The Daily Free Press. December 1, 1876. p. 1.
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