Chamber of Deputies

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The Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the First Portuguese Republic, responsible for representing the electorate and initiating legislation.

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Label Occurrences
Chamber of Deputies canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
canInitiate bills ⓘ
constitutional amendments ⓘ
coexistedWith Senate (Portugal, First Republic) ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Republic (First Portuguese Republic)
constitutionalBasis Portuguese Constitution of 1911 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 1911 (Portugal)
country Portugal ⓘ
dissolutionCause 1926 military coup in Portugal ⓘ
electoralSystem multi-member constituencies ⓘ
proportional representation ⓘ
endTime 1926 ⓘ
governmentalFunction initiation of legislation ⓘ
representation of the electorate ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver budget approval ⓘ
government oversight ⓘ
ordinary legislation ⓘ
hasHouseType popularly elected chamber ⓘ
hasPower to approve taxes ⓘ
to question ministers ⓘ
historicalEra early 20th century ⓘ
jurisdiction national legislation of Portugal ⓘ
languageOfWork Portuguese ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf First Portuguese Republic ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
locatedIn Lisbon ⓘ
meetsInBuilding São Bento Palace ⓘ
surface form: Palácio de São Bento
notablePoliticalParties Democratic Party (Portugal, First Republic) ⓘ
Evolutionist Party ⓘ
surface form: Evolutionist Party (Portugal)

Portuguese Republican Party ⓘ
Unionist Party ⓘ
surface form: Unionist Party (Portugal)
numberOfChambersInParliament 2 ⓘ
oversightOf Council of Ministers of Portugal ⓘ
surface form: Council of Ministers of the First Portuguese Republic
parliamentaryChamberType lower house ⓘ
parliamentarySystem parliamentary republic ⓘ
partOf Congress of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the First Portuguese Republic
politicalEnvironment chronic governmental instability ⓘ
politicalSystemContext First Portuguese Republic ⓘ
precededBy Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
replacedBy Bureau of the National Assembly (Estado Novo) ⓘ
surface form: National Assembly (Estado Novo)
represents Portuguese citizens ⓘ
Portuguese electorate ⓘ
startTime 1911 ⓘ
supervises implementation of laws by the government ⓘ
termLength 3 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation party-based representation ⓘ
territorial representation ⓘ
upperHouse Senate (Portugal, First Republic) ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Republic (First Portuguese Republic)
votingQualification male suffrage with restrictions ⓘ
votingSystemCharacteristic frequent electoral instability ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

First Portuguese Republic → legislature → Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Albertine Statute → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Portuguese Constitution of 1911 → lowerHouseName → Chamber of Deputies ⓘ