Legislative Council of Ceylon

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colonial governing body colonial legislative council historical legislature

The Legislative Council of Ceylon was the colonial-era representative body that advised and assisted the British administration in governing Ceylon before the establishment of more democratic institutions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Executive Council of Ceylon	1
Governor’s Executive Council of Ceylon	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial governing body ⓘ colonial legislative council ⓘ historical legislature ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	British Ceylon ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon
capitalCity	Colombo ⓘ
characteristic	gradually increased Ceylonese representation ⓘ initially dominated by British officials ⓘ
colonialPower	British Empire ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition	appointed members ⓘ elected members ⓘ official members ⓘ unofficial members ⓘ
constitutionalChange	superseded by the State Council under the Donoughmore Constitution ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon
dissolvedIn	1931 ⓘ
endTime	1931 ⓘ
establishedBy	British colonial administration in Ceylon ⓘ Governor of Ceylon ⓘ
governmentSystem	colonial administration ⓘ
headOfCouncil	Governor of Ceylon ⓘ
historicalPeriod	British Ceylon ⓘ surface form: British colonial period in Ceylon
jurisdiction	civil law in Ceylon ⓘ public finance in Ceylon ⓘ taxation in Ceylon ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Colebrooke–Cameron reforms ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon
locatedIn	Colombo ⓘ
meetsIn	Colombo ⓘ
namedAfter	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon
notableReform	expansion of franchise over time ⓘ introduction of elected members ⓘ
partOf	Government of Ceylon ⓘ surface form: Government of British Ceylon
precededBy	Legislative Council of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Governor’s Executive Council of Ceylon
presidingOfficer	Governor of Ceylon ⓘ
primaryFunction	advisory body to the British colonial administration ⓘ assisted in governing Ceylon ⓘ enacted ordinances for Ceylon ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	introduction of the Donoughmore Constitution ⓘ
replacedBy	State Council of Ceylon ⓘ
roleInHistory	first modern legislative body in Ceylon ⓘ precursor to representative government in Sri Lanka ⓘ
startTime	1833 ⓘ
successorState	Sri Lanka ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation	communal representation ⓘ territorial representation ⓘ
votingSystem	limited franchise ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Governor of Ceylon → hasAuthorityOver → Legislative Council of Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Executive Council of Ceylon

British Ceylon → legislature → Legislative Council of Ceylon ⓘ

D. S. Senanayake → memberOf → Legislative Council of Ceylon ⓘ

Legislative Council of Ceylon → precededBy → Legislative Council of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor’s Executive Council of Ceylon

State Council of Ceylon → precededBy → Legislative Council of Ceylon ⓘ

State Council of Ceylon → replaces → Legislative Council of Ceylon ⓘ