New Zealand Legislative Council

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defunct legislative body upper house

The New Zealand Legislative Council was the unelected upper house of New Zealand’s Parliament that functioned from 1854 until its abolition in 1951.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Legislative Council of New Zealand	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct legislative body ⓘ upper house ⓘ
abolishedBy	Legislative Council Abolition Act 1950 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New Zealand Legislative Council ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council of New Zealand
appointmentsMadeOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of New Zealand ⓘ
chamberType	bicameral component ⓘ
composition	appointed members ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	component of the General Assembly of New Zealand ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
countryDuringExistence	British Empire ⓘ
dissolved	1951 ⓘ
electoralStatus	unelected ⓘ
establishedBy	New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
governmentBranch	New Zealand Parliament ⓘ surface form: Legislature of New Zealand
historicalEra	colonial period of New Zealand ⓘ early dominion period of New Zealand ⓘ
houseType	upper house ⓘ
inception	1854 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Colony of New Zealand ⓘ Dominion of New Zealand ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
lastMet	1950 ⓘ
legalSystemContext	Westminster-style parliamentary system ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf	New Zealand Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of New Zealand
legislativeProcessRole	deliberation on legislation ⓘ review of bills from the House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn	Wellington ⓘ
membersAppointedBy	Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ
membershipBasis	appointment for fixed terms or life (varied over time) ⓘ
memberTitle	Legislative Councillor ⓘ
metInBuilding	Parliament House, Wellington ⓘ
oversightFunction	scrutiny of government legislation ⓘ
partOf	New Zealand Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of New Zealand
politicalSignificance	part of New Zealand’s former bicameral legislature ⓘ
precededBy	none (first upper house of New Zealand) ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	move to unicameral legislature ⓘ
replacedBy	New Zealand Parliament ⓘ surface form: unicameral New Zealand Parliament
selectionMethod	appointment ⓘ
succeededBy	no upper house ⓘ
votingSystem	no direct election ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

New Zealand Parliament → abolishedChamber → New Zealand Legislative Council ⓘ

New Zealand Legislative Council → alsoKnownAs → New Zealand Legislative Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of New Zealand