Ontario;
2. Quebec;
3. The Maritime Provinces, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick;
which Three Divisions shall (subject to the Provisions of this Act) be
equally represented in the Senate as follows: Ontario by Twenty-four
Senators; Quebec by Twenty-four Senators; and the Maritime Provinces
by Twenty-four Senators, Twelve thereof representing Nova Scotia, and
Twelve thereof representing New Brunswick.
In the Case of Quebec each of the Twenty-four Senators representing
that Province shall be appointed for One of the Twenty-four Electoral
Divisions of Lower Canada specified in Schedule A. to Chapter One of
the Consolidated Statutes of Canada.
23. [Qualifications of Senator.] The Qualifications of a Senator shall
be as follows:
(1.) He shall be of the full age of Thirty Years:
(2.) He shall be either a Natural-born Subject of the Queen, or a
Subject of the Queen naturalized by an Act of the Parliament of
Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of One of the Provinces
of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Canada, Nova Scotia, or New
Brunswick, before the Union, or of the Parliament of Canada after
the Union:
(3.) He shall be legally or equitably seised as of Freehold for his own
Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Free and Common
Socage, or seised or possessed for his own Use and Benefit of Lands
or Tenements held in Franc-alleu or in Roture, within the Province
for which he is appointed, of the Value of Four thousand Dollars,
over and above all Rents, Dues, Debts, Charges, Mortgages, and
Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the
same:
(4.
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