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| Keywords: Canada House Commons QE1 16.jpg The House of Commons of Canada in session circa 1899 in Ottawa Ontario Canada This photograph shows the original chamber of the House of Commons of Canada 1859-1916 destroyed in the Parliament Hill fire of 1916 <p> Original caption The Canadian House of Commons in Session Next to the Imperial Parliament at Westminster the Dominion Parliament at Ottawa is undoubtedly the most dignified and important Legislative Assembly in the British Empire We have here a representation of the Canadian House of Commons in Session in the position of the Speaker in the procedure in debate and in the arrangement of parties on the two sides of the House British precedents are closely followed The arrangement of seats in an assembly may seem a matter of slight importance but there can be no doubt that the sharp distinction into two sides has gone far to prevent the creation of the many small parties which almost inevitably spring up in a semicircular Chamber where the extreme right the right the right centre the left centre and so on are all recognisable divisions The Queen's Empire Volume 1 Cassell Co London 1899 Cassell Co PD-Canada PD-old-70-1923 The Queen's Empire book Original Chamber of the House of Commons of Canada 1859-1916 1899 in politics of Canada 1899 in Ottawa | ||||
