Editing Legislative Council of Quebec (section)

{{Short description|Former upper house of the Quebec Legislature}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox legislature
| background_color   = #A2070F
| name               = Legislative Council of Quebec
| native_name        = {{lang|fr|Conseil législatif du Québec}}
| native_name_lang   = fr
| legislature        = 
| coa_pic            = File:Coat of arms of Quebec.svg
| coa_res            = 
| coa_alt            = 
| coa_caption        = 
| house_type         = Upper house
| body               = Quebec Legislature
| term_limits        = Life appointments
| foundation         = {{Start date|1867|07|01}}
| disbanded          = {{end date|1968|12|31}}
| preceded_by        = [[Legislative Council of the Province of Canada]]
| succeeded_by       = ''none''
| seats              = 24
| session_room       = File:Legislative Council Chamber, Quebec Parliament 13.jpg
| meeting_place      = The Red Chamber, former chamber of the Legislative Council
}}

[[Image:Legislative Council of Quebec.jpg|thumb|The chamber of the Legislative Council of Quebec before its abolition]]

The '''Legislative Council of Quebec''' ({{langx|fr|Conseil législatif du Québec}}, {{IPA|fr|kɔ̃sɛj leʒislatif dy kebɛk|pron}}) was the unelected upper house of the [[bicameral]] legislature in the [[Canadian province]] of [[Quebec]] from 1867 to 1968. The [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec|Legislative Assembly]] was the elected lower house.

The council was composed of 24 members, appointed by the [[Lieutenant-Governors of Quebec|lieutenant governor]] upon the recommendation of the [[Premier of Quebec|premier]]. Each councillor nominally represented a portion of the Province of Quebec called a division. The boundaries of these divisions were identical to the ones used for [[Canada East]] by the [[Legislative Council of the Province of Canada]] and were also identical to the boundaries still used today by the [[Senate of Canada]] for Quebec. The division boundaries were never changed to accommodate territorial expansions of Quebec in 1898 and 1912.

The Legislative Council was abolished in 1968 and the Legislative Assembly was renamed the [[National Assembly of Quebec]].  Since the abolition, Quebec has a [[unicameral]] legislature.

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