House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation

E416089

legislative body lower house parliamentary chamber

The House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation was the elected lower chamber of the short-lived federal legislature that governed the British Caribbean federation from 1958 to 1962.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation canonical	5

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ lower house ⓘ parliamentary chamber ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Federal House of Representatives ⓘ
chamberType	elected chamber ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	federal institution under British sovereignty ⓘ
country	West Indies Federation ⓘ
countryCapitalAtTime	Port of Spain ⓘ
dissolved	1962 ⓘ
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
firstElection	1958 West Indies federal elections ⓘ
governmentForm	parliamentary system ⓘ
hasSpeaker	Speaker of the House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalPeriod	decolonisation of the British Caribbean ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first attempt at a unified federal parliament for the British Caribbean colonies ⓘ
inception	1958 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal affairs of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lastElection	1958 West Indies federal elections ⓘ
legislativeArea	federal subjects such as defense, external affairs, and inter-territorial trade ⓘ
legislativePower	shared with the Senate of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
legislatureOf	West Indies Federation ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Atlantic Standard Time
mainFunction	enacting federal legislation ⓘ representing the populations of the member territories at the federal level ⓘ
meetingPlace	Red House, Port of Spain ⓘ surface form: Federal Parliament Building, Port of Spain
meetsIn	Port of Spain ⓘ
meetsInBuilding	Red House, Port of Spain ⓘ
meetsInCountry	Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
numberOfMembers	45 ⓘ
parentState	United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf	Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the West Indies Federation
politicalSystem	Westminster-style parliamentary democracy ⓘ
precededBy	colonial legislative councils of the British West Indies territories ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	dissolution of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
regionRepresented	British West Indies ⓘ surface form: British Caribbean
representedBy	Governor-General of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
role	elected lower chamber of the federal legislature ⓘ
selectionMethod	direct election ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo	Crown in right of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
succeededBy	independent national parliaments of former member territories ⓘ
supervises	Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ surface form: Federal government of the West Indies Federation
termLength	up to 5 years ⓘ
upperHouse	Senate of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
votingRights	universal adult suffrage ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Federal Parliament → hasPart → House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation ⓘ

Federal Parliament → hasChamber → House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation ⓘ

Senate → hasLowerHouse → House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation ⓘ

subject surface form: Senate of the West Indies Federation

Constitution of the West Indies Federation → createsBody → House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation ⓘ

Senate of the West Indies Federation → coequalChamber → House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation ⓘ