Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation

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bicameral legislature legislative body parliament

The Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation was the bicameral legislative body that briefly governed the short-lived political union of several British Caribbean colonies from 1958 to 1962.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation canonical 3
Parliament of the West Indies Federation 2
Federal government of the West Indies Federation 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British Caribbean colonies within the West Indies Federation ⓘ
West Indies Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalStatus federal legislature under British sovereignty ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country West Indies Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryCapitalOfMeetingPlace Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryServed West Indies Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolutionCause withdrawal of Jamaica from the West Indies Federation ⓘ
dissolved 1962 ⓘ
followedBy national parliaments of successor Caribbean states ⓘ
follows colonial legislative councils of British Caribbean colonies ⓘ
hasNumberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
hasPart House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senate of the West Indies Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole federal law‑making ⓘ
oversight of federal executive ⓘ
representation of member territories ⓘ
headOfGovernmentInteractsWith Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfStateRepresentativeInteractsWith Governor‑General of the West Indies Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod decolonisation of the British Caribbean ⓘ
inception 1958 ⓘ
jurisdictionIncludes Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leeward Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windward Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf federal government of the West Indies Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeChamber House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senate of the West Indies Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Port of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetingPlace Port of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedFrom 1958 ⓘ
operatedUntil 1962 ⓘ
partOf political system of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
reasonForDissolution collapse of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
shortLived true ⓘ
significantEvent first federal elections of the West Indies Federation in 1958 ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse elected representation ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse appointed members ⓘ

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

Federal Parliament → shortName → Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
Senate → partOf → Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
subject surface form: Senate of the West Indies Federation
House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation → partOf → Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of the West Indies Federation
House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation → supervises → Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal government of the West Indies Federation
Constitution of the West Indies Federation → createsBody → Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
Senate of the West Indies Federation → partOf → Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of the West Indies Federation
Senate of the West Indies Federation → associatedWith → Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal government of the West Indies Federation