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A member of the Legislative Council is commonly referred to as an MLC.

UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURES

Federal Legislative Council of Malaya. (1948-1957; replaced by Parliament Of Malaya and subsequently in 1963, the Parliament of Malaysia.)

Legislative Council Of Brunei (unelected, now dissolved)

Legislative Council Of Hong Kong

Legislative Council Of Macao (Assembleia Legislativa, sometimes translated as Legislative Assembly)

Legislative Council Of Singapore ( 1946 to 1953 , replaced by the Legislative Assembly )

Legislative Council Of The Straits Settlements ( 1867 to 1946 , replaced by the Legislative Council of Singapore) and Federal Legislative Council of Malaya

Uganda Legislative Council (became the National Assembly Of Uganda in March 1962)

PART OF A BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE

Australia :

---The New South Wales Legislative Council

---The Queensland Legislative Council (abolished in 1922)

---The South Australian Legislative Council

---The Tasmanian Legislative Council

---The Victorian Legislative Council

---The Western Australian Legislative Council .

Bermuda : the Bermuda Legislative Council (renamed the Senate in 1980).

Canada :

---The Legislative Council Of Manitoba (abolished in 1876)

---The Legislative Council Of Newfoundland (dissolved as part of the Commission Of Government in 1934, and has not been summoned since)

---The Legislative Council Of New Brunswick (abolished in 1892)

---The Legislative Council Of Prince Edward Island (abolished in 1893)

---The Legislative Council Of Nova Scotia (abolished in 1928)

---The Legislative Council Of Quebec (abolished in 1968)

---The Legislative Council Of Upper Canada (Ontario) (abolished by the Union Act of 1840)

---The Legislative Council Of The Province Of Canada (abolished at Confederation )

''' in 5 of India's 28 States ( Uttar Pradesh , Bihar , Karnataka , Maharashtra and Jammu And Kashmir ), the Legislative Council serves as the upper house of a bicameral legislature.

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''' (abolished in 1951).

Formerly ''' New Jersey State Constitution the upper house and New Jersey Supreme Court .

SEE ALSO

Legislative Assembly

House Of Assembly