Legislative Council of the Gold Coast

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advisory body colonial governing assembly colonial legislative council

The Legislative Council of the Gold Coast was the colonial-era governing assembly that advised and assisted the British administration in making laws for the territory that later became Ghana.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Legislative Council of the Gold Coast canonical	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	advisory body ⓘ colonial governing assembly ⓘ colonial legislative council ⓘ
aimedAt	providing local input into colonial legislation ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Gold Coast ⓘ surface form: Ghana (territory prior to independence) Gold Coast ⓘ
composedOf	African members ⓘ European members ⓘ official members appointed by the colonial administration ⓘ unofficial members ⓘ
connectedTo	constitutional evolution of Ghana ⓘ movement toward self-government in the Gold Coast ⓘ
country	Gold Coast ⓘ
dissolvedIn	period around Ghanaian independence in 1957 ⓘ
followedBy	Parliament of Ghana ⓘ surface form: National Assembly of Ghana
governed	territory that later became Ghana ⓘ
governedBy	British colonial constitutional instruments ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	colonial legislation in the Gold Coast ⓘ
hasRole	advised the British administration ⓘ advisory function ⓘ assisted the British administration in making laws ⓘ legislative function ⓘ
historicalPeriod	colonial era of the Gold Coast ⓘ
historicalSignificance	precursor to modern Ghanaian legislative institutions ⓘ
legalForm	colonial legislative council established by British law ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	British Gold Coast ⓘ surface form: British colonial administration in the Gold Coast Gold Coast Colony ⓘ surface form: Gold Coast colony
locatedIn	British Empire ⓘ Gold Coast ⓘ
partOf	British colonial administration in West Africa ⓘ colonial government of the Gold Coast ⓘ
playedRoleIn	transition from colonial rule to independence in Ghana ⓘ
precededBy	earlier colonial advisory councils in the Gold Coast ⓘ
relatedTo	Executive Council of the Gold Coast ⓘ Governor of the Gold Coast ⓘ Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
replaced	earlier informal advisory arrangements to the governor ⓘ
replacedBy	Parliament of Ghana ⓘ surface form: National Assembly of Ghana Parliament of Ghana ⓘ surface form: post-independence Parliament of Ghana
significantEvent	constitutional reforms leading toward self-government ⓘ introduction of elected African members ⓘ
subjectTo	authority of the Governor of the Gold Coast ⓘ oversight of the British Colonial Office ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	subnational legislature under colonial rule ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

British Gold Coast → hadLegislativeBody → Legislative Council of the Gold Coast ⓘ

1946 Burns Constitution → legislativeBodyCreated → Legislative Council of the Gold Coast ⓘ

1946 Burns Constitution → legislativeBodyReformed → Legislative Council of the Gold Coast ⓘ