House of Representatives of Jamaica

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legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Representatives of Jamaica is the elected lower chamber of the country’s bicameral Parliament, responsible for making laws and representing the Jamaican people.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation MPs ⓘ
billsRequire assent of the Governor-General ⓘ
budgetaryPower control of public finances ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Governor-General of Jamaica ⓘ
canRemoveGovernmentBy vote of no confidence ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Jamaican Constitution of 1962 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Jamaica
constitutionalMonarchRepresentedBy Governor-General of Jamaica ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
dissolutionOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Jamaica ⓘ
electoralAuthority Electoral Office of Jamaica ⓘ
electoralDistricts single-member constituencies ⓘ
established 1962 ⓘ
establishedInContextOf independence of Jamaica ⓘ
governmentFormedBy party or coalition with majority of seats ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
introduces money bills ⓘ
jurisdiction Jamaica ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
largestPartiesTypically Jamaica Labour Party ⓘ
People's National Party ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
legislativeProcess passes bills ⓘ
meetingCity Kingston ⓘ
meetingCountry Jamaica ⓘ
meetingPlace Gordon House ⓘ
membersCalled Members of Parliament ⓘ
membersElectedBy universal adult suffrage ⓘ
membersMayBelongTo political parties ⓘ
moneyBillsPrimarilyHandledBy House of Representatives of Jamaica self-link ⓘ
numberOfHousesInParliament 2 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 63 ⓘ
otherChamber Senate of Jamaica ⓘ
oversightFunction scrutiny of the executive ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
replaced Legislative Council of Jamaica ⓘ
responsibleTo electorate of Jamaica ⓘ
role makes laws ⓘ
represents the Jamaican people ⓘ
supervises Cabinet of Jamaica ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature Westminster-style parliament ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.japarliament.gov.jm ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Senate of Jamaica → canBeDissolvedWith → House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
Jamaican Constitution of 1962 → createsBody → House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
Parliament of Jamaica → hasComponent → House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
Parliament of Jamaica → hasHouse → House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
Jamaica → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
Parliament of Jamaica → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
House of Representatives of Jamaica → moneyBillsPrimarilyHandledBy → House of Representatives of Jamaica self-link ⓘ
Senate of Jamaica → relatedChamber → House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ