Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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provincial legislature public authority unicameral legislature

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the unicameral elected body that debates and passes laws for the Canadian province of Ontario and holds the provincial government to account.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ontario Legislature 2
Legislative Chamber of Ontario 1
Parliament of Ontario 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf provincial legislature ⓘ
public authority ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ontario ⓘ
budgetaryAuthorityOver Government of Ontario expenditures ⓘ
buildingStyle Richardsonian Romanesque ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of Ontario ⓘ
composition Members of Provincial Parliament ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
electionInterval approximately 4 years ⓘ
electoralDistrictType provincial electoral district ⓘ
employer Members of Provincial Parliament ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
Legislative Assembly Act (Ontario) ⓘ
hasClerk Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
hasCommittee Standing committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
hasFunction debating provincial legislation ⓘ
holding the provincial government to account ⓘ
passing provincial laws ⓘ
representing Ontario constituencies ⓘ
scrutinizing public expenditure ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver provincial legislation in Ontario ⓘ
hasLeaderOfTheOpposition Leader of the Official Opposition (Ontario) ⓘ
hasNumberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of the House of Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
hasWebsite https://www.ola.org/ ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOversight Premier of Ontario ⓘ
highestCourtOfAppealForInternalMatters itself ⓘ
inception 1867 ⓘ
isUnicameral true ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Government of Ontario ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Province of Ontario
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Ontario ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
location Queen’s Park ⓘ
surface form: Queen's Park, Toronto
meetsIn Ontario Legislative Building ⓘ
meetsInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
memberDesignation Member of Provincial Parliament ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
partOf Legislative Assembly of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of Ontario
precededBy Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the Province of Canada
seats 124 ⓘ
sessionRoom Legislative Assembly of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Chamber of Ontario
shortName Legislative Assembly of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ontario Legislature

Queen’s Park ⓘ
surface form: Queen's Park
symbol Mace of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario → associatedWith → Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
City of Toronto Act, 2006 → enactedBy → Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
Order of Ontario → investitureLocation → Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ontario Legislature
City of Toronto Act, 2006 → legislativeBody → Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
Queen’s Park → legislativeBodySeated → Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
subject surface form: Queen's Park
Government of Ontario → legislature → Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
Ontario → legislature → Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
Premier of Ontario → memberOf → Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
Syl Apps → parliament → Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Ontario → partOf → Legislative Assembly of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of Ontario
Premier of Ontario → reportsTo → Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Ontario → sessionRoom → Legislative Assembly of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Chamber of Ontario
Legislative Assembly of Ontario → shortName → Legislative Assembly of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ontario Legislature