Legislative Parliament (the Commonwealth)

See also: legislative Parliament

A legislative Parliament , in British constitutional theory, is the second or third stage of a government directed by a General governor, a Gouverneur or a Lieutenant-governor, lower than the Executive council and equal or lower than the Legislative council. Although the Legislative council must in theory operate like a legislature of a governorship (not necessarily a colony) with elected members, the development different of governments within the British Empire and from the the Commonwealth gave place to an evolution of the Councils.

The politicians elected with a legislative Parliament are called Député S. (In off English, one calls them Member the Legislative Assembly (Member of the legislative Parliament), except with the Canada, in the province of Ontario, where the deputies with the legislative Assemblée of Ontario are made call off Members the Provincial Parliament (Member of the provincial Parliament).)

With the Quebec, the legislative Parliament at summer renamed National Assembly after the abolition of the Legislative council in 1968.

In Maurice, the Parliament monocaméral of the country was known under the name of legislative Assemblée until in 1992 when, following the establishment of a République, it was renamed National Assembly.

Places where the legislative Parliament functions purely like legislature

Australia: Queensland, Territory of North, and Territory of the Australian capital
Canada: all provinces and territories, except for the Quebec, of the Nova Scotia and Ground-New-and-Labrador.
India: in 23 of the 28 Indian states, the legislative Parliament is a legislature monocamérale. In five states (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Jammu-and-Cashmere, the legislative Parliament is the Lower House of a bicameral legislature .
Island Norfolk

Places or the legislative Parliament assumes additional fontions

Usually in these cases, the legislative Parliament functioned like the Lower House of a bicameral legislature functioning according to the system of Westminster. The higher room, or Upper House, is called usually the Legislative council. This development often arrives when the controlled territories are seen granting the responsible Gouvernement.

Australia: News-Wales of the South, Victoria and Western Australia. In Australia of the South and Tasmanie, the Lower House is called Chambre of Parliament.
the colony of Colombia-British (1858 with 1871) and the Colony of the Crown of the Vancouver Island (1843 with 1866) had separated legislative assemblies (that of the Colombia-British was made up only in 1863). In these colonies, and the Plain Colonies of 1866 to 1871, the legislative Assemblies had capacities limited relative to those of the governor of the Colombia-British and the Executive council, composed mainly of military and legal officers local.

See too

Room of Parliament

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