Council of Assiniboia

Council of Assiniboia
Type
Type
History
Founded1821
Disbanded1870
Preceded bynone
Succeeded byLegislative 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]

  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.