Legislative Council of Queensland

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former legislative body legislative council upper house

The Legislative Council of Queensland was the former unelected upper house of the Parliament of Queensland, serving as a revising chamber until its abolition in 1922.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Queensland (as an upper chamber)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former legislative body ⓘ legislative council ⓘ upper house ⓘ
abolishedOn	1922 ⓘ 23 March 1922 ⓘ
advisedBy	Premier of Queensland ⓘ surface form: Premier of Queensland (for appointments)
appointmentBy	Governor of Queensland ⓘ
buildingUsed	Parliament House, Brisbane ⓘ
chamberOf	Parliament of Queensland ⓘ
composition	appointed members ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
countrySubdivision	Australian state ⓘ
disestablishedIn	1922 ⓘ
elected	no ⓘ
establishedFor	Colony of Queensland ⓘ
governingBodyOf	Legislative Council of Queensland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Queensland (as an upper chamber)
governmentBranch	legislative branch ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
hasRole	house of review ⓘ review of legislation ⓘ scrutiny of bills ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Parliament of Queensland ⓘ surface form: unicameral Parliament of Queensland
historicalSignificance	last Australian state upper house to be abolished ⓘ
houseType	upper house ⓘ
isPartOf	bicameral legislature of Queensland (historical) ⓘ
jurisdiction	Colony of Queensland ⓘ Queensland ⓘ surface form: State of Queensland
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
lastSittingYear	1922 ⓘ
legislativeFunction	revising chamber ⓘ
legislatureTypeAfterAbolition	unicameral ⓘ
locatedIn	Brisbane ⓘ Queensland ⓘ
meetsAt	Parliament House, Brisbane ⓘ
oppositeChamber	Legislative Assembly of Queensland ⓘ
parliamentarySystem	Westminster system ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of Queensland ⓘ
politicalSystemContext	Australian colonial and state politics ⓘ
predecessor	New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ surface form: New South Wales Legislative Council (for the region before separation)
reasonForAbolition	move towards democratic and unicameral legislature in Queensland ⓘ
regionServed	Queensland ⓘ
selectionMethod	appointment ⓘ
status	abolished ⓘ
typeOfBody	non-elected chamber ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Legislative Assembly of Queensland → abolishedChamber → Legislative Council of Queensland ⓘ

Parliament of Queensland → abolishedChamber → Legislative Council of Queensland ⓘ

Parliament House, Brisbane → formerLegislatureChambers → Legislative Council of Queensland ⓘ

Legislative Council of Queensland → governingBodyOf → Legislative Council of Queensland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queensland (as an upper chamber)