Victorian Legislative Council

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legislative chamber parliamentary body upper house

The Victorian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, responsible for reviewing legislation and representing the state's regions in Australia's bicameral state legislature.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Legislative Council of Victoria	10
Victorian Legislative Council canonical	4

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative chamber ⓘ parliamentary body ⓘ upper house ⓘ
canAmendLegislation	yes ⓘ
canBlockLegislation	yes ⓘ
chamberOf	Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution Act 1975 (Victoria) ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
electionCycle	every 4 years ⓘ
electoralSystemFeature	multi-member regions ⓘ preferential voting ⓘ
electorateBasis	Legislative Council regions ⓘ
establishedIn	1851 ⓘ
function	considering and amending bills ⓘ establishing parliamentary committees ⓘ scrutinising the executive government ⓘ
governmentType	bicameral legislature ⓘ
hasLeaderOfTheGovernment	Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasLeaderOfTheOpposition	Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasLegislativePowerOver	state laws of Victoria ⓘ
hasLowerHouse	Victorian Legislative Assembly ⓘ
hasOfficialAbbreviation	VLC ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Victorian Legislative Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council of Victoria
hasPresidingOfficer	President of the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasVotingAge	18 ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/council ⓘ
isInBicameralParliament	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Victoria ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislatureOf	State of Victoria ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	subnational ⓘ
locatedIn	Melbourne ⓘ Victoria ⓘ
meetsIn	Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ
numberOfMembers	40 ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
precededBy	original unicameral Victorian Legislative Council ⓘ
role	house of review ⓘ representing regions of Victoria ⓘ reviewing legislation ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
typeOfHouse	state upper house ⓘ
usesPartySystem	multi-party system ⓘ
votingSystem	proportional representation ⓘ single transferable vote ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Government of Victoria → hasChamber → Victorian Legislative Council ⓘ

Government of Victoria → upperHouse → Victorian Legislative Council ⓘ

Parliament of Victoria → hasPart → Victorian Legislative Council ⓘ