Northern Territory Legislative Council

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The Northern Territory Legislative Council was the former partially elected governing body of Australia's Northern Territory that existed before the establishment of the fully elected Legislative Assembly.

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Northern Territory Legislative Council canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former legislature
legislative council
appliesToJurisdiction Northern Territory
composition partially elected body
constitutionalPosition created by federal legislation
country Australia
countrySubdivision Northern Territory
electorate Northern Territory residents
governmentBranch legislative branch
governs Northern Territory
hasAuthorityOver territory ordinances
hasCapital City of Darwin
surface form: Darwin, Northern Territory
hasJurisdiction internal affairs of the Northern Territory
hasPart appointed official members
elected members
non-official appointed members
hasRole advise the federal government on Northern Territory matters
historicalSignificance precursor to self-government in the Northern Territory
isPartOf Australian parliamentary system
languageUsed English
legalStatus territory legislature without full state powers
legislativeBodyFor Northern Territory
legislativeFunction make ordinances for the Northern Territory
locatedIn City of Darwin
surface form: Darwin, Northern Territory

Northern Territory
meetingPlace Darwin
memberOf Australian territories
surface form: Commonwealth of Australia territorial institutions
natureOfBody unicameral legislature
oversightBy Parliament of Australia
surface form: Australian Parliament
partOf Northern Territory Government
surface form: Northern Territory government
precededBy appointed advisory councils of the Northern Territory
relatedTo Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Northern Territory self-government
replacedBy Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
surface form: fully elected Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
seatOfGovernment City of Darwin
surface form: Darwin, Northern Territory
significantEvent transition to fully elected Legislative Assembly
status defunct
subordinateTo Australian government
surface form: Australian federal government

Governor-General of Australia
typeOfRepresentation territorial representation
votingSystem preferential voting in single-member districts

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Northern Territory Legislative Assembly precededBy Northern Territory Legislative Council
NT Legislative Assembly precededBy Northern Territory Legislative Council