House of Deputies of the Imperial Council

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legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Deputies of the Imperial Council was the lower chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, representing the empire’s citizens in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Deputies (Austria)	2
Table of Deputies	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ lower house of parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ surface form: Abgeordnetenhaus des Reichsrates
composition	elected deputies ⓘ
constitutionalMonarch	Emperor of Austria ⓘ surface form: Emperor-King of Austria-Hungary
constitutionalStatus	part of the Imperial Council established by constitutional reforms of the 19th century ⓘ
country	Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedWith	collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918 ⓘ
electoralPrinciple	gradually expanded suffrage in late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch ⓘ
hasPower	budgetary authority ⓘ oversight of the government ⓘ participation in law‑making ⓘ
hasRole	lower chamber of the Imperial Council ⓘ
hasUpperHouse	House of Lords of the Imperial Council ⓘ
historicalContext	Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	central representative institution of Cisleithanian Austria before World War I ⓘ
jurisdiction	Cisleithanian crown lands ⓘ surface form: Cisleithania
languageUsed	German ⓘ
legislativeFunction	representation of citizens of the Cisleithanian half of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
legislativeType	bicameral legislature lower house ⓘ
locatedIn	Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary ⓘ Vienna ⓘ
meetsIn	Austrian Parliament Building ⓘ surface form: Reichsrat building, Vienna
oversightOf	Austrian ministries responsible to the Reichsrat ⓘ
parliamentaryProcedure	debate and vote on proposed legislation ⓘ
parliamentarySystem	Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ surface form: Reichsrat of Cisleithania
partOf	Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ surface form: Imperial Council (Austria)
politicalIdeologiesPresent	conservative parties ⓘ liberal parties ⓘ nationalist parties ⓘ social democratic parties ⓘ
politicalSystem	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
precedes	lower houses of successor states after 1918 ⓘ
regionRepresented	Cisleithanian crown lands ⓘ
relatedEvent	World War I ⓘ
relatedInstitution	Cisleithanian government ⓘ surface form: Austrian Imperial government Austro-Hungarian common ministries ⓘ
represents	citizens of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Cisleithanian part) ⓘ
requiresConcurrenceWith	House of Lords of the Imperial Council ⓘ
seat	Vienna ⓘ
status	defunct legislative body ⓘ
subordinateTo	Emperor of Austria ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation	popular representation ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Hungarian Diet → hasPart → House of Deputies of the Imperial Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Table of Deputies

Imperial Council (Reichsrat) → hasPart → House of Deputies of the Imperial Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Deputies (Austria)

Imperial Council (Reichsrat) → lowerHouse → House of Deputies of the Imperial Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Deputies (Austria)

National Council → replaced → House of Deputies of the Imperial Council ⓘ

subject surface form: National Council (Austria)