A Legislative Council in British constitutional thought is the second-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 superior to a Legislative Assembly. Though the Legislative Council should in theory operate as a legislature of a governorate (not necessarily a colony) with either appointed or elected members or both, the separate development of governments in the British Empire and Commonwealth has seen the Councils evolve in to many different forms. Governor-General (or Governor General) is a term used both historically and currently to designate the appointed representative of a head of state or their government for a particular territory, historically in a colonial context, but no longer necessarily in that form. ... HI A governor is also, a monkey who is smart and can fly like a penguin is a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ... A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... An Executive Council in Commonwealth constitutional practice based on the Westminster system exercizes executive power and is the top tier of a government led by a Governor-General, Governor, Lieutenant-Governor or Administrator (all governors). Until the advent of responsible government, Executive Councils existed primarily to advise the governor of... This article is about the term as used within the Commonwealth of Nations; there is also an Legislative Assembly in Oregon and there used to be a Legislative Assembly in France during the French Revolution. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of 53 independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ...

Unicameral legislatures

• 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)
• Uganda Legislative Council (beame the National Assembly of Uganda in March 1962)

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Part of a bicameral legislature

Usually in this case the Legislative Council functioned as an upper House of a bicameral legislature operating under the Westminster System. The lower house is sometimes called the Legislative Assembly, except in the Isle of Man, where it is the House of Keys, and in the Australian states of South Australia and Tasmania, where it is the House of Assembly. An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. ... In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ... The Westminster System - also called Parliamentary System is a democratic system of government modelled after that of the United Kingdom system, as used in the Palace of Westminster, the location of the British parliament. ... A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. ... This article is about the term as used within the Commonwealth of Nations; there is also an Legislative Assembly in Oregon and there used to be a Legislative Assembly in France during the French Revolution. ... The House of Keys is the directly elected lower Branch of Tynwald the Parliament of the Isle of Man, the other of the two Branches being the Legislative Council. ... Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral legislature, in some countries, often at subnational level. ...

• 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 the Union Act of 1840)
  • The Legislative Council of the Province of Canada (abolished at Confederation)
• India: The Vidhan Parishad 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.
• Isle of Man: the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man.
• New Zealand: the New Zealand Legislative Council (abolished in 1951).

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. ... The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland, until its abolition in 1922. ... The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of South Australia. ... The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of Tasmania in Australia. ... The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia. ... The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. ... The Commission of Government was established in Newfoundland due to the collapse of democratic institutions during the Great Depression. ... Until 1968, the Legislative Council of Quebec was the unelected upper house of the bicameral legislature in the Canadian province of Quebec. ... The Legislative Council of Upper Canada was the upper house governing the province of Upper Canada. ... The Act of Union passed in July 1840 and proclaimed February 10, 1841, abolished the legislatures of Lower Canada and Upper Canada and established a new political entity the Province of Canada to replace them. ... The Legislative Council of the Province of Canada was the upper house for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the province of... Canadian Confederation, or the Confederation of Canada, was the process that ultimately brought together a union among the provinces, colonies and territories of British North America to form a Dominion of the British Empire, which today is a federal nation state simply known as Canada. ... A Legislative Council in British constitutional thought is the second-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 superior to a Legislative Assembly. ... India is subdivided into twenty-eight states, six union territories and the National Capital Territory. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its abbreviation UP, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... Karnātakā (ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ in Kannada) (IPA: //) is one of the four southern states of India. ... Maharashtra (Devanagari: महाराष्ट्र, literally: Great Nation) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Jammu and Kashmir, (often abbreviated as Kashmir), is the northern-most state of Republic of India, lying mostly in the Himalayan mountains. ... A Legislative Council in British constitutional thought is the second-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 superior to a Legislative Assembly. ... The Legislative Council of the Isle of Man is the upper Branch of Tynwald, the Manx legislature. ... The Legislative Council of New Zealand was the upper house of the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 until 1951. ...

See also

• House of Assembly