Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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provincial legislative assembly public body unicameral legislature

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is the elected unicameral law-making body of the Canadian province of Manitoba, responsible for passing legislation, approving budgets, and overseeing the provincial government.

Aliases (1)

Parliament of Manitoba ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	provincial legislative assembly → public body → unicameral legislature →
abbreviation	MLA →
budgetaryPower	approves provincial appropriations →
convenesBy	Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba →
country	Canada →
currentPresidingOfficerTitle	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba →
dissolvedBy	Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba →
electoralDistrictType	single-member constituencies →
elects	Premier of Manitoba → Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba →
foundedBy	Manitoba Act, 1870 →
governmentType	Westminster-style parliamentary legislature →
hasCommittee	special committees → standing committees →
hasLowerHouse	yes →
hasUpperHouse	no →
houseType	unicameral →
inception	1870 →
jurisdiction	Manitoba →
language	English → French →
legalBasis	Constitution Act, 1867 → Manitoba Act, 1870 →
legislativeBodyFor	Province of Manitoba →
location	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada →
lowerHouseOf	Parliament of Manitoba →
meetsIn	Manitoba Legislative Building →
meetsInCity	Winnipeg →
memberTitle	Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba →
numberOfHouses	1 →
numberOfMembers	57 →
oversees	Executive Council of Manitoba →
oversightMechanism	legislative committees → question period →
partOf	Government of Manitoba → Parliamentary system of Canada →
presidingOfficerTitle	Speaker →
primaryFunction	approving provincial budget → holding the provincial government to account → lawmaking →
publishes	Hansard →
reportsTo	electorate of Manitoba →
seat	Manitoba Legislative Building →
sessionType	annual sessions →
termLength	up to 4 years →
votingSystem	first-past-the-post →
website	https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/ →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Manitoba →	legislature
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba ("Parliament of Manitoba") →	lowerHouseOf