When it was enacted in 1867 by the British Parliament (interestingly, passed first by the British
House of Lords and subsequently by the British House of Commons), there was no thought of providing a method of amending it other than through a subsequent Act of the United Kingdom Parliament.[28] As a result, there were a number of instances when the British Parl
iament was asked to adopt what one scholar described as “rather technical bills”, such as the Canadian Speaker (Appointment of Deputy) Act, 1895, which clarified the power of th
...[+++]e Canadian Parliament to provide for a deputy speaker in the Senate.