Legislative Council of South Australia

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legislative chamber upper house of parliament

The Legislative Council of South Australia is the state’s upper house of Parliament, responsible for reviewing legislation and representing the broader electorate through a proportional voting system.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Legislative Council of South Australia canonical	12
South Australian Legislative Council	7
Legislative Council of South Australia (unicameral)	1

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative chamber ⓘ upper house of parliament ⓘ
canBlock	legislation from the House of Assembly ⓘ
chamberColor	red ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
electionCycle	half of the members elected every 4 years ⓘ
electoralDivision	single statewide multi-member district ⓘ
electoralSystemFeature	preferential voting within proportional representation ⓘ
electorateType	statewide electorate ⓘ
establishedIn	1840 ⓘ
governingDocument	Constitution of South Australia ⓘ surface form: Constitution Act 1934 (South Australia)
hasCommittees	select committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
historicalNote	became fully elected over time ⓘ originally established as a partially appointed body ⓘ
jurisdiction	South Australia ⓘ surface form: State of South Australia
language	English ⓘ
legislativeFunction	house of review ⓘ scrutiny of legislation ⓘ
locatedIn	Adelaide ⓘ surface form: Adelaide, South Australia
meetsIn	Parliament House, Adelaide ⓘ
numberOfMembers	22 ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of South Australia ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the Legislative Council ⓘ
responsibility	committee inquiries ⓘ examining subordinate legislation ⓘ initiating certain types of legislation ⓘ representing the broader electorate ⓘ reviewing bills passed by the House of Assembly ⓘ
termLength	8 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature	bicameral parliament upper chamber ⓘ
votingAge	18 years ⓘ
votingEligibility	enrolled voters of South Australia ⓘ
votingSystem	proportional representation ⓘ single transferable vote ⓘ
website	https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

South Australia → upperHouse → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

SA → upperHouse → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

subject surface form: South Australia

Government of South Australia → upperHouse → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Australian Legislative Council

Parliament of South Australia → predecessor → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of South Australia (unicameral)

House of Assembly of South Australia → worksWith → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

House of Assembly of South Australia → isBicameralPartnerOf → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

Premier of South Australia → worksWith → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

Constitution of South Australia → establishes → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

Parliament House, Adelaide → houses → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Australian Legislative Council

Standing Orders of the Parliament of South Australia → appliesTo → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

Standing Orders of the Parliament of South Australia → approvedBy → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

President of the Legislative Council → parliamentaryChamber → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

President of the Legislative Council → represents → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

President of the Legislative Council → appointedBy → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

President of the South Australian Legislative Council → partOf → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Australian Legislative Council

President of the South Australian Legislative Council → chamber → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Australian Legislative Council

President of the South Australian Legislative Council → appointedBy → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Australian Legislative Council

President of the South Australian Legislative Council → represents → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Australian Legislative Council

President of the South Australian Legislative Council → reportsTo → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Australian Legislative Council

LegCo (informal) → isDistinctFrom → Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ