New South Wales Legislative Council

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legislative chamber parliamentary body upper house

The New South Wales Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of New South Wales, responsible for reviewing legislation and representing the state's electorate through a system of proportional representation.

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Label Occurrences
New South Wales Legislative Council canonical 27
Legislative Council of New South Wales 4
New South Wales Legislative Council (for the region before separation) 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative chamber ⓘ
parliamentary body ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
canAmendBills yes ⓘ
canRejectBills yes ⓘ
chamberColor red ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales) ⓘ
surface form: Constitution Act 1902 (NSW)
country Australia ⓘ
electionCycle half of members elected every 4 years ⓘ
electoralDivision New South Wales Legislative Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New South Wales statewide electorate
electoralMethod current form of proportional representation ⓘ
group voting tickets (historical) ⓘ
optional preferential voting (historical) ⓘ
electoralSystem statewide electorate ⓘ
establishedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom
establishedIn 1823 ⓘ
governingDocument standing orders of the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasPower to conduct inquiries ⓘ
to initiate non-appropriation bills ⓘ
to summon witnesses ⓘ
historicalStatus later partly elected ⓘ
now fully elected ⓘ
originally fully appointed body ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction New South Wales ⓘ
surface form: State of New South Wales
languageUsed English ⓘ
legislativeFunction house of review ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament House, Sydney ⓘ
numberOfMembers 42 ⓘ
partOf Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Legislative Council ⓘ
primaryRole representing the state electorate ⓘ
reviewing legislation ⓘ
scrutinising executive government ⓘ
relatedInstitution New South Wales Legislative Assembly ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Sydney ⓘ
termLength 8 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation proportional representation of parties and groups ⓘ
votingEligibility enrolled voters of New South Wales ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
single transferable vote ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

New South Wales → upperHouse → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Parliament of New South Wales → hasComponent → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Parliament of New South Wales → upperHouse → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
New South Wales Legislative Council → electoralDivision → New South Wales Legislative Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New South Wales statewide electorate
New South Wales Legislative Assembly → hasUpperHouse → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales) → definesBody → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Council of New South Wales
President of the New South Wales Legislative Council → partOf → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
President of the New South Wales Legislative Council → chamber → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Parliament House, Sydney → houses → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral) → distinctFrom → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: modern Legislative Council of New South Wales
University of Sydney → founder → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
2023 New South Wales state election → legislativeChamber → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
LA (NSW) → associatedWith → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
2027 New South Wales state election → chamberContested → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Legislative Council of Queensland → predecessor → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: New South Wales Legislative Council (for the region before separation)
Politics of New South Wales → hasLegislativeChamber → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Politics of New South Wales → upperHouse → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Constitution Act 1855 (New South Wales) → createdBody → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Council of New South Wales
New South Wales state election → elects → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
New South Wales state election → hasChamber → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
National Party of Australia – NSW → hasRepresentationIn → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Third Perrottet ministry → upperHouse → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
parliament house → upperHouse → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Parliament House, Sydney
Hansard of the New South Wales Parliament → legislativeBody → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Hansard of the New South Wales Parliament → relatedTo → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
2019 New South Wales state election → legislativeBodyElected → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Official Opposition in New South Wales → alsoActiveInChamber → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales) → canAlsoHaveSeatIn → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
LegCo (informal) → isDistinctFrom → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Council of New South Wales
Minister for the Environment (New South Wales) → responsibleTo → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Council of New South Wales
One Nation NSW → focusesOn → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Legislative Council regions → hasLegislativeBody → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Nats NSW → electoralChamber → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
Colony of New South Wales → legislature → New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ