Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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provincial legislature unicameral legislature

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

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	provincial legislature ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
appoints	Premier of Saskatchewan ⓘ surface form: Premier of Saskatchewan (indirectly, through confidence)
canWithdrawConfidenceFrom	Government of Saskatchewan ⓘ
capital	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada ⓘ surface form: Regina
confersConfidenceOn	Government of Saskatchewan ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ Saskatchewan Act, 1905 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
createdBy	Saskatchewan Act, 1905 ⓘ surface form: Saskatchewan Act
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
elects	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ surface form: Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
established	1905 ⓘ
foundedIn	1905 ⓘ
governmentType	Westminster-style parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasChamber	single chamber ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	special committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasLeaderOfTheGovernment	Premier of Saskatchewan ⓘ
hasLeaderOfTheOpposition	Leader of the Opposition ⓘ surface form: Leader of the Opposition in Saskatchewan
hasSpeaker	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ surface form: Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
headOfGovernmentSelectedBy	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan self-link ⓘ
houseType	unicameral ⓘ
isPartOf	Government of Saskatchewan ⓘ
jurisdiction	Saskatchewan ⓘ surface form: Province of Saskatchewan
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf	Saskatchewan ⓘ
locatedIn	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada ⓘ surface form: Regina, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ⓘ
meetsIn	Saskatchewan Legislative Building ⓘ
meetsInCity	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada ⓘ surface form: Regina
membersAbbreviation	Members of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ surface form: MLAs
membersCalled	Members of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
numberOfHouses	1 ⓘ
oversees	Government of Saskatchewan ⓘ surface form: Executive Council of Saskatchewan
partOf	Westminster system ⓘ surface form: Parliamentary system of Canada
predecessor	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ surface form: Territorial Assembly of the Northwest Territories (for the region now Saskatchewan)
presidingOfficerTitle	Speaker ⓘ
responsibleFor	debating public policy ⓘ passing provincial legislation ⓘ scrutinizing public expenditures ⓘ
role	approval of provincial budget ⓘ oversight of provincial government ⓘ provincial law-making ⓘ representation of Saskatchewan residents ⓘ
supervises	provincial public administration (through committees and debates) ⓘ
typeOfLegislationPassed	provincial statutes ⓘ
votingSystemForMembers	single-member districts ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Premier of Saskatchewan → canDissolve → Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan ⓘ

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada → hasInstitution → Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan → headOfGovernmentSelectedBy → Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan self-link ⓘ

Saskatchewan → legislature → Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan ⓘ

Premier of Saskatchewan → memberOf → Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan ⓘ

Premier of Saskatchewan → nominatedBy → Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan ⓘ

Premier of Saskatchewan → reportsTo → Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan ⓘ