House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa

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legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa was the lower house of the country’s Parliament during the Union era, serving as its primary legislative body and forum for elected representatives.

Aliases (1)

House of Assembly of South Africa ×4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body → lower house of parliament →
capitalCity	Cape Town →
chamberRelationship	bicameral parliament →
coexistsWith	Senate of the Union of South Africa →
composition	elected members →
confidenceRelationshipWith	Cabinet of the Union of South Africa →
constitutionalSystem	Westminster system →
country	Union of South Africa →
countryAfter1961	Republic of South Africa →
dissolvedIn	1981 →
electoralSystem	single-member constituencies →
elects	Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa →
endDate	1981 →
establishedBy	British Parliament → South Africa Act 1909 →
function	control of the executive through confidence → enactment of legislation → representation of (white) electorate →
governmentBranch	legislative branch →
hasMemberType	Members of Parliament →
headOfGovernmentChosenBy	House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa →
historicalEra	Union era of South Africa →
houseType	lower house →
inception	1910 →
jurisdiction	Union of South Africa →
language	Afrikaans → Dutch → English →
legislativeStatus	elected chamber →
legislatureOf	Union of South Africa →
location	Cape Town →
meetsIn	Houses of Parliament, Cape Town →
parliamentaryChamberOf	Parliament of the Union of South Africa →
partOf	Parliament of the Union of South Africa →
passes	Acts of Parliament →
precededBy	Cape House of Assembly → Natal Legislative Assembly → Orange River Colony Legislative Assembly → Transvaal Legislative Assembly →
replacedBy	House of Assembly of South Africa → tricameral Parliament of South Africa →
role	forum for elected representatives → primary legislative body of the Union of South Africa →
startDate	1910-05-31 →
status	defunct legislative body →
successorStateContext	Republic of South Africa →
votingSystem	first-past-the-post →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Louis Botha → P. W. Botha ("House of Assembly of South Africa") →	memberOf
House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa →	headOfGovernmentChosenBy
South African general election, 1989 ("House of Assembly of South Africa") →	legislativeBodyElected
J. G. Strijdom ("House of Assembly of South Africa") →	parliamentaryBody
House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa ("House of Assembly of South Africa") →	replacedBy