Legislative Assembly 222426 221142462 2008-06-23T06:12:34Z RJaguar3 4156654 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/219.89.232.189|219.89.232.189]] ([[User talk:219.89.232.189|talk]]) to last version by 60.241.99.32 {{copyedit|date=November 2007}} {{otheruses2|Legislative assembly}} A '''Legislative Assembly''' in some parts of the Commonwealth refers to a legislature, or a chamber of the legislature. 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 [[Ontario Legislative Assembly|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 [[Quebec National Assembly|National Assembly]] after the [[Legislative Council of Quebec|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. In [[India]], Legislative Assembly or [[Vidhan Sabha]] refers to the lower house of the legislatures of all the constituent [[States of India|states]] and two union territories [[Delhi]] and [[Puducherry]]. The upper house (which exists only in six state legislatures) is called the [[Legislative Council]] or [[Vidhan Parishad]]. Members of the former are called MLAs, and those of the latter MLCs. ==Part of a bicameral legislature== *Australia: [[South Australia]] and [[Tasmania]] call the lower house the House of Assembly. In [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] the lower house is called the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]]. In the state of [[Queensland]] the parliament is [[unicameral]], with the lower house called the Legislative 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 [[Lieutenant-Governor|Governor]] of [[British Columbia]] and the largely appointed [[Executive Council]], which included local military and judicial officials. ==See also== *[[House of Assembly]] [[Category:Commonwealth of Nations]] [[Category:Legislatures]] [[fr:Assemblée législative (Commonwealth)]] [[it:Assemblea legislativa]]