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Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
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Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
Canadian politician
Sir Louis-Hippolyte Ménard dit La Fontaine, 1st Baronet, KCMG was a Canadian politician who served as the first Premier of the United Province of Canada and the first head of a responsible government in Canada. He was born in Boucherville, Lower Canada in 1807. A jurist and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Robert Baldwin
Co-Premier of Province of Canada
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Responsible government
Concept of parliamentary democracy
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