IV.  Amerika.  1372  246.  Canada.

34.  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.  Until  the  parliament  of  Canada  otherwise  provides,  the  presence  of  at  least
fifteen  senators,  including  the  speaker,  shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a  meeting
fo  the  senate  for  the  exercise  of  its  powers.

36.  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.

VI.  The  House  of  Commons.

37.  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.  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.  A  senator  shall  not  be  capable  of  being  elected  or  of  sitting  or  voting  as  &amp;
member  of  the  house  of  commons.

40.  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,  cities,  parts  of  cities,  and  towns
enumerated  in  the  first  schedule  to  this  act,  each  whereof  shall  be  an  electoral  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  seventyfive
  of  the  consolidated  statues  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
purposes  of  this  act  an  electoral  district  entitled  to  return  one  member.

3.  Nova  Scotia.
Each  of  the  eighteen  counties  of  Nova  Scotia  shall  be  an  electoral  district.
The  county  of  Halifax  shall  be  entitled  to  return  two  members  and  each  of  the  other
counties  one  member.
4.  New  Brunswick.
Each  of  the  fourteen  counties  into  which  New  Brunswick  is  divided,  including
the  city  and  county  of  St.  John,  shall  be  an  electoral  district.  The  city  of  St.  John