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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia canonical	23
Legislature of British Columbia	1
Member of the Legislative Assembly 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 (26)

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

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

Crown in right of British Columbia → exercisesPowerThrough → 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

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia → componentOf → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislature of British Columbia

Premier of British Columbia → positionHeldIn → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Premier of British Columbia → memberOf → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

British Columbia Parliament Buildings → operator → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

British Columbia Parliament Buildings → occupant → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Smallwood → positionHeld → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Joan Smallwood

this entity surface form: Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Order of British Columbia → establishedBy → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Government of British Columbia → legislature → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

BC Hydro → publiclyAccountableTo → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Members of the Legislative Assembly → servesIn → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Member of the Legislative Assembly (British Columbia)

Members of the Legislative Assembly → employer → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Member of the Legislative Assembly (British Columbia)

Hansard TV → owner → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Hansard TV → operator → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia → partOf → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia → employer → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Office of the Premier of British Columbia → associatedWith → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Crown agencies of the Government of British Columbia → accountableTo → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Legislative Council of British Columbia → followedBy → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Legislative Council of British Columbia → replacedBy → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

Parliamentary Library → partOf → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Parliamentary Library (British Columbia)

Statue of Queen Victoria → maintainedBy → Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ⓘ