Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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parliament provincial legislature unicameral legislature

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the unicameral elected provincial parliament responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Legislature of British Columbia 1
Parliament of British Columbia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliament ⓘ
provincial legislature ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
abbreviation MLA ⓘ
broadcastsProceedingsThrough Hansard TV ⓘ
budgetaryAuthorityOver Government of British Columbia ⓘ
ceremonialEvent State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Speech from the Throne
componentOf Legislative Assembly of British Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Legislature of British Columbia
constitutionalStatus part of the Legislature of British Columbia ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
electionType general election ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
employerOf Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
establishedInYear 1871 ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution Act (British Columbia) ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
hasCommitteeType select committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasFunction debate public policy ⓘ
hold government to account ⓘ
scrutinize legislation ⓘ
hasOfficial Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ
houseType unicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction British Columbia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
levelOfGovernment provincial ⓘ
locatedIn Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ
meetsFrequency in sessions throughout the year ⓘ
meetsIn British Columbia Parliament Buildings ⓘ
membersCalled Members of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 87 ⓘ
oversees Executive Council of British Columbia ⓘ
partOf Legislative Assembly of British Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of British Columbia
passes provincial statutes ⓘ
precededBy Legislative Council of British Columbia ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker ⓘ
publishes Hansard ⓘ
surface form: Hansard transcripts
responsibleFor confidence in the provincial government ⓘ
role approves provincial budget ⓘ
makes provincial laws ⓘ
oversees provincial government ⓘ
represents residents of British Columbia ⓘ
sessionOpenedBy Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia ⓘ
termLength up to 4 years ⓘ
typeOfBody elected body ⓘ
votingEligibility Canadian citizens resident in British Columbia aged 18 or older ⓘ
website https://www.leg.bc.ca ⓘ
worksWith Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia → componentOf → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislature of British Columbia
Crown in right of British Columbia → exercisesPowerThrough → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ
British Columbia → hasLegislature → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ
Victoria, British Columbia → isProvincialCapitalOf → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ
BC → legislature → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ
subject surface form: British Columbia
Premier of British Columbia → memberOf → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ
British Columbia Parliament Buildings → occupant → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ
British Columbia Parliament Buildings → operator → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia → partOf → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of British Columbia
Premier of British Columbia → positionHeldIn → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ