Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Members of the Legislative Assembly are elected provincial representatives in British Columbia who serve in the Legislative Assembly, debating and passing laws and overseeing the provincial government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf elected provincial representative ⓘ
legislator ⓘ
parliamentarian ⓘ
public office ⓘ
accountableTo voters of the represented electoral district ⓘ
canBeReelected yes ⓘ
constitutionalContext Westminster system ⓘ
surface form: Westminster-style parliamentary system
country Canada ⓘ
electedBy eligible voters in a provincial electoral district ⓘ
electionType provincial by-election ⓘ
provincial general election ⓘ
eligibleFor appointment as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
appointment to Executive Council of British Columbia ⓘ
employer Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ
governingBody Parliamentary democracy of British Columbia ⓘ
jurisdiction British Columbia ⓘ
surface form: Province of British Columbia
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalAuthority Constitution Act (British Columbia) ⓘ
Election Act (British Columbia) ⓘ
levelOfGovernment provincial ⓘ
mayBelongTo government caucus ⓘ
opposition caucus ⓘ
third party caucus ⓘ
maySitAs independent member ⓘ
oversightOf provincial Crown agencies ⓘ
provincial ministries ⓘ
relatedInstitution Executive Council of British Columbia ⓘ
Office of the Premier of British Columbia ⓘ
relatedOffice Member of Parliament (Canada) ⓘ
represents provincial electoral district in British Columbia ⓘ
requires meeting candidacy requirements under provincial law ⓘ
responsibility address petitions and concerns from constituents ⓘ
approve provincial budget ⓘ
approve taxation measures within provincial jurisdiction ⓘ
role debate provincial legislation ⓘ
hold the executive council to account ⓘ
participate in legislative committees ⓘ
propose and amend legislation ⓘ
represent constituents’ interests ⓘ
scrutinize actions of the provincial government ⓘ
vote on provincial laws ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority matters under provincial jurisdiction in Canada ⓘ
servesIn Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ
termLength up to four years, subject to dissolution of the legislature ⓘ
titleAbbreviation MLA ⓘ
workLocation Parliament Buildings, Victoria ⓘ
surface form: Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia

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

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia → membersCalled → Members of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan → membersAbbreviation → Members of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLAs
Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island → membersCalled → Members of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Executive Council of British Columbia → composedOf → Members of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia