The work of the Provincial legislature being largely of a constructive nature, such as the raising of taxes for the building of roads and the conserving of its vast resources, its principal effect on the city of Montreal itself is the oversight of the legislative work of the city council, and if acceptable to make it legal by passing it in the form of amendments to the city charter. In this respect a very important amendment to the charter was made in 1910 as a result of the report of the Cannon inquiry, which condemned the city administration of the period. Under the amendment the Council is cut in half by each ward having one instead of two representatives, and its work is of a legislative nature only, leaving the administration subject to the ratification of the council, in the hands of a board of control composed of four members, who with the mayor is elected by the city as a whole. For a long time there has been a strong feeling that Montreal should have more freedom and a large measure of Home Rule in its local affairs, some even going so far as to urge that the island of Montreal should be a separate Province. At present, there is certainly a groping toward some such autonomy. MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVES IN THE SENATE OF CANADA FROM CONFEDERATION The Honourable: Jacques Bureau Louis Renaud John Hamilton James Ferrier Thomas Ryan F.X.A. Trudel E.G. Penny Hector Fabre J.R. Thibaudeau A.W. Ogilvie A. Lacoste L.A. Senecal Sir J.J.C. Abbott J.B. Rolland Sir George A. Drummond C.S. Rodier E. Murphy A. Desjardins James O’Brien J.C. Villeneuve William Owens Sir W.H. Hingston L.J. Forget A.A. Thibaudeau Raoul Dandurand J.P.B. Casgrain Robert McKay Frédéric L. Beique Laurent O. David Henry J. Cloran Arthur Boyer Joseph Marcellin Wilson MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT FOR MONTREAL SINCE CONFEDERATION Date of Election. District. Member. 1867 Montreal City West Hon. T. D’Arcy McGee Centre T. Workman East Hon. G.E. Cartier 1868, April 30th West M.P. Ryan, vice Hon. T.D. McGee, deceased. 1872 Montreal City West Hon. J. Young Centre M.P. Ryan East L.A. Jetté 1874 Montreal City West F. McKenzie Centre M.P. Ryan East L.A. Jetté