Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands

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The Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands was the former elected colonial-era legislature of the Falkland Islands, later superseded by the more modern Legislative Assembly.

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Label Occurrences
Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislature ⓘ
former legislative body ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
category British colonial legislatures ⓘ
Defunct legislatures ⓘ
Politics of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
constitutionalStatus colonial-era legislature ⓘ
convenesIn Legislative Council Chamber in Stanley ONNED1 ⓘ
country British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Falkland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 2009 ⓘ
endCause constitutional reform creating the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
function approve public expenditure ⓘ
enact legislation ⓘ
scrutinize the executive ⓘ
governedByDocument Falkland Islands Constitution ONNED1 ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
governs internal affairs of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Falkland Islands Government budget ⓘ
hasPart appointed members ⓘ
elected members ⓘ
ex officio members ⓘ
headOfStateDuringExistence monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalPeriod British colonial era in the Falkland Islands ⓘ
jurisdiction Falkland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalSystemContext common law ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Falkland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeProcess passing ordinances for the Falkland Islands ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Stanley, Falkland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone FKST ONNED1 ⓘ
meetingPlace Stanley, Falkland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Government of the Falkland Islands ONNED1 ⓘ
political history of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
politicalSystemContext parliamentary system under British Crown ⓘ
replaced earlier advisory councils in the Falkland Islands ⓘ
replacedBy Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands ONNED1 ⓘ
unicameral Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInGovernment primary law-making body of the Falkland Islands before 2009 ⓘ
seat Stanley, Falkland Islands ONNED1 ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation territorial representation of constituencies in the Falkland Islands ⓘ
votingSystem plurality voting system ⓘ

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Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands → replaced → Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands → isSuccessorTo → Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands ⓘ