Members of the Legislative Assembly

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elected provincial representative legislator parliamentarian public office

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Members of the Legislative Assembly canonical	2
MLAs	1
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia	1

Statements (46)

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

Referenced by (4)

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