Gas Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Gas Committee

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Gas Committee; 1898-1912

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1898-1912

      History

      Gas was provided privately in York by the York Gas Light Company and the York Union Gas Light Company who merged to form the York United Gas Light Company in 1844.
      See also Parliamentary Committee 1917-1918 re: York Gas Company's Bill

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Occasional special committees were setup to discuss relationships with the corporation's gas suppliers and actions to be taken, including attempting purchase. They lobbied in Parliament when the company tabled Acts in 1898, 1901 and 1911-12.

      Mandates/sources of authority

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Gas was provided privately in York by the York Gas Light Company and the York Union Gas Light Company who merged to form the York United Gas Light Company in 1844.

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Gas Purchase Committee (1871-1878)

      Identifier of related entity

      GB0192-39

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Gas Purchase Committee is the predecessor of Gas Committee

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Occupations

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      GB0192-40

      Institution identifier

      GB0192

      Rules and/or conventions used

      International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

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          Sources

          VCH York, BC 42

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