Senate of the West Indies Federation

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legislative body parliamentary chamber upper house

The Senate of the West Indies Federation was the appointed upper chamber of the short-lived federal legislature that governed the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Senate of the West Indies Federation canonical	4

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ parliamentary chamber ⓘ upper house ⓘ
appliesTo	member territories of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
appointmentAuthority	Governor-General of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
associatedWith	Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ surface form: federal government of the West Indies Federation
chamberType	upper chamber ⓘ
coequalChamber	House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the West Indies Federation ⓘ surface form: federal constitution of the West Indies Federation
country	West Indies Federation ⓘ
countryDuringExistence	British West Indies ⓘ
dissolved	1962 ⓘ
established	1958 ⓘ
function	amendment of proposed federal legislation ⓘ scrutiny of federal executive actions ⓘ
governmentType	federal parliamentary system ⓘ
headOfStateRepresentative	Governor-General of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
historicalPeriod	decolonisation of the British West Indies ⓘ
inspiredBy	House of Lords ⓘ surface form: British House of Lords
jurisdiction	federal matters of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	Westminster-style parliamentary system ⓘ
legislativeStatus	component of the federal legislature ⓘ
legislatureFor	West Indies Federation ONNED1 ⓘ
locatedIn	Caribbean ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
meetsIn	Port of Spain ⓘ
partOf	Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the West Indies Federation
politicalSystemContext	Commonwealth realm ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	dissolution of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
role	deliberation on federal bills ⓘ providing regional representation within the federal legislature ⓘ review of legislation passed by the House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
selectionMethod	appointed ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
temporalExtent	1958–1962 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Federal Parliament → hasPart → Senate of the West Indies Federation ⓘ

Federal Parliament → hasChamber → Senate of the West Indies Federation ⓘ

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

Constitution of the West Indies Federation → createsBody → Senate of the West Indies Federation ⓘ