Victorian Legislative Assembly

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house of parliament legislative chamber lower house

The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria, responsible for initiating legislation and representing the state's electorates in the Australian parliamentary system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Legislative Assembly of Victoria 8
Victorian Legislative Assembly canonical 6

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf house of parliament ⓘ
legislative chamber ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Governor of Victoria ⓘ
coexistsWith Victorian Legislative Council ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution Act 1975 (Victoria) ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
electionCycle fixed four-year terms ⓘ
electoralSystem full preferential voting ⓘ
electoratesType single-member districts ⓘ
elects Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution Act 1855 (Victoria) ⓘ
establishedInYear 1856 ⓘ
franchise universal adult suffrage ⓘ
governedBy standing orders of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
governingBodyType state legislature lower house ⓘ
hasChamberColor green ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasHouseType lower house ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 88 ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficer Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/assembly ⓘ
isComponentOf bicameral parliament ⓘ
jurisdiction Victoria ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor State of Victoria ⓘ
locatedIn Melbourne ⓘ
State of Victoria ⓘ
meetsAt Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ
minimumVotingAge 18 ⓘ
numberOfElectorates 88 ⓘ
oversees Government of Victoria ⓘ
surface form: Victorian Government executive
partOf Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
passes state laws for Victoria ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
requiresQuorum yes ⓘ
responsibility controlling supply and appropriation bills ⓘ
initiating legislation ⓘ
passing legislation ⓘ
representing electorates ⓘ
scrutinising the Victorian Government ⓘ
roleInSystem forms government from majority party or coalition ⓘ
sessionType plenary sessions ⓘ
termLengthYears 4 ⓘ
typeOfLegislationInitiated appropriation bills ⓘ
taxation bills ⓘ
votingSystem instant-runoff voting ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Government of Victoria → hasChamber → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Government of Victoria → lowerHouse → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Premier of Victoria → legislativeBody → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Parliament of Victoria → hasPart → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly of Victoria
Parliament of Victoria → lowerHouse → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly of Victoria
Legislative Council → hasHouse → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislative Council of Victoria
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly of Victoria
Victoria (Australia) → hasLegislativeChamber → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly of Victoria
State of Victoria → hasLegislativeBody → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly of Victoria
Jeff Kennett → parliamentaryHouse → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Benambra → chamber → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Colony of Victoria → lowerHouse → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly of Victoria
Constitution of Victoria → establishes → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly of Victoria
Constitution Act 1855 (Victoria) → establishes → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly of Victoria
Victorian Legislative Council → hasLowerHouse → Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ