Legislative Assembly

A Legislative Assembly in British constitutional thought is the second-to-top or third-to-top tier of a government led by a Governor-General , Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor , inferior to an Executive Council and equal to or inferior to a Legislative Council . Though the Legislative Council should in theory operate as a Legislature of a governorate (not necessarily a colony) with elected members, the separate development of governments in the British Empire and Commonwealth has seen the Councils evolve.

Politicians elected to a Legislative Assembly are usually referred to as a ''Member of the Legislative Assembly'' (MLA). However, in Canada , members of the province of Ontario 's Legislative Assembly are known as Members of the Provincial Parliament (MPP, Ontario). In Northern Ireland , members of the Northern Ireland Assembly are also known as MLAs, even though the Assembly itself is not called the Legislative Assembly.

In Quebec , the Legislative Assembly was renamed the National Assembly after the Legislative Council was abolished in 1968 .

In Mauritius , the country's Unicameral parliament was known as the Legislative Assembly until 1992 , when, following the establishment of a Republic , it was renamed the National Assembly.

WHERE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FUNCTIONS PURELY AS A LEGISLATURE

, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory .

, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland And Labrador .

, the Legislative Assembly serves as the Unicameral legislature. In five states ( Uttar Pradesh , Bihar , Karnataka , Maharashtra and Jammu And Kashmir , the Legislative Assembly serves as the lower house of a Bicameral legislature.

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WHERE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY HAS ASSUMED EXTRA FUNCTIONS

Usually in this case the Legislative Assembly functioned as an Lower House or first chamber of a bicameral legislature operating under the Westminster System . The superior chamber or Upper House is sometimes the Legislative Council . This development is often seen when the governorates gain more responsible government.

Australia: New South Wales , Victoria and Western Australia . South Australia and Tasmania call the lower house the House of Assembly.

---The Colony of British Columbia (1858-1871) and the Crown Colony of Vancouver Island (1843-1866) had separate Legislative Assemblies ( British Columbia 's was not convened until 1863). In those colonies, and in the United Colonies of 1866-1871, the Legislative Assemblies had limited powers relative to that of the Governor of British Columbia and the largely appointed Executive Council , which included local military and judicial officials.

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