Parliament of the Bahamas

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bicameral legislature national legislature parliament

The Parliament of the Bahamas is the bicameral national legislature of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, consisting of an appointed Senate and an elected House of Assembly.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Assembly of the Bahamas	1
Parliament of The Bahamas	1
Parliament of the Bahamas (in Nassau)	1
Parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ national legislature ⓘ parliament ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Bahamas
constitutionalSystem	Westminster system ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Bahamas ⓘ surface form: The Bahamas
establishedAsSovereignLegislature	1973 ⓘ
governmentType	parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	national legislation ⓘ
hasChamber	House of Assembly of the Bahamas ⓘ Senate of the Bahamas ⓘ
hasComponent	House of Assembly of the Bahamas ⓘ Senate of the Bahamas ⓘ
headOfStateRepresentative	Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ
headOfStateRole	King of the Bahamas ⓘ
houseType	lower house ⓘ upper house ⓘ
independenceContext	Independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom ⓘ
jurisdiction	Bahamas ⓘ surface form: The Bahamas
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf	Bahamas ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
legislativePowers	enact laws for The Bahamas ⓘ
legislatureType	bicameral ⓘ
locationCountry	Bahamas ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
lowerHouse	House of Assembly of the Bahamas ⓘ
meetsIn	Nassau ⓘ New Providence Island ⓘ
meetsInBuilding	Bahamas House of Assembly building ⓘ
meetsInCity	Nassau ⓘ
membersAppointedBy	Governor-General of the Bahamas ⓘ
membersAppointedOnAdviceOf	Leader of the Opposition of the Bahamas ⓘ Prime Minister of the Bahamas ⓘ
numberOfHouses	2 ⓘ
officialName	Parliament of the Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas
predecessor	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom (colonial authority)
region	Caribbean ⓘ
responsibleFor	passing the national budget ⓘ representing the people of the Bahamas ⓘ scrutinizing the executive ⓘ
roleInGovernment	legislative branch of the Bahamas ⓘ
selectionMethodUpperHouse	appointment ⓘ
sovereignState	Bahamas ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
styleOfGovernment	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
typeOfBody	political institution ⓘ
upperHouse	Senate of the Bahamas ⓘ
usesSystem	Westminster-style parliamentary system ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse	first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas → establishesLegislature → Parliament of the Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of The Bahamas

New Providence → hasLegislativeBody → Parliament of the Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of the Bahamas (in Nassau)

Bahamas → legislature → Parliament of the Bahamas ⓘ

Bahamas → lowerHouse → Parliament of the Bahamas ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Assembly of the Bahamas

Parliament of the Bahamas → officialName → Parliament of the Bahamas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Senate of the Bahamas → partOf → Parliament of the Bahamas ⓘ