Legislative Council of Western Australia

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legislative chamber upper house of parliament

The Legislative Council of Western Australia is the state's upper house of Parliament, responsible for reviewing legislation and representing regional interests through its elected members.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Legislative Council of Western Australia canonical	5
Western Australian Legislative Council	4
Legislative Council of Western Australia (colonial)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative chamber ⓘ upper house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation	LC ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ surface form: Western Australian Legislative Council
cannotInitiate	appropriation bills ⓘ money bills ⓘ
constitutionalDocument	Constitution of Western Australia ⓘ surface form: Constitution Act 1889 (WA) Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 (WA) ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	entrenched in Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 (WA) ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
electionType	fixed-term elections ⓘ
electoralDivisions	6 regions ⓘ
electorate	enrolled voters of Western Australia ⓘ
establishedIn	1890 ⓘ
governmentType	bicameral legislature ⓘ
hasChamber	Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ⓘ
hasCommittee	select committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasHouseColor	red ⓘ
hasPower	amend bills ⓘ initiate non-appropriation bills ⓘ reject bills ⓘ
jurisdiction	Western Australia ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
legislativeFunction	house of review ⓘ reviewing legislation ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	state ⓘ
location	Perth ⓘ surface form: Perth, Western Australia
meetsIn	Parliament House, Perth ⓘ
meetsInChamber	Legislative Council chamber ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council Chamber
membersPerRegion	6 ⓘ
numberOfMembers	36 ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ
precededBy	Legislative Council of Western Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council of Western Australia (colonial)
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the Legislative Council ⓘ
represents	regions of Western Australia ⓘ
role	considering bills ⓘ examining delegated legislation ⓘ representing regional interests ⓘ scrutinising government ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
typeOfBody	elected body ⓘ
votingSystem	proportional representation ⓘ single transferable vote ⓘ
website	https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Government of Western Australia → upperHouse → Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ

Government of Western Australia → hasElectionsFor → Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ

Parliament of Western Australia → hasComponent → Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Council

Parliament of Western Australia → precededBy → Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ

Premier of Western Australia → hasComponentChamber → Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Council

Legislative Council of Western Australia → precededBy → Legislative Council of Western Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of Western Australia (colonial)

Legislative Council of Western Australia → alsoKnownAs → Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Council

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia → isBicameralPartnerOf → Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Australian Legislative Council

LegCo (informal) → isDistinctFrom → Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ

Parliament House, Perth → houses → Legislative Council of Western Australia ⓘ