Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands

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The Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands was the former elected colonial-era legislature of the Falkland Islands, later superseded by the more modern Legislative Assembly.

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Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislature
former legislative body
unicameral legislature
category British colonial legislatures
Defunct legislatures
Politics of the Falkland Islands
constitutionalStatus colonial-era legislature
convenesIn Legislative Council Chamber in Stanley
country British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands
linked to: Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands
dissolvedOrAbolished 2009
endCause constitutional reform creating the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands
function approve public expenditure
enact legislation
scrutinize the executive
governedByDocument Falkland Islands Constitution
governmentBranch legislative branch
governs internal affairs of the Falkland Islands
hasAuthorityOver Falkland Islands Government budget
hasPart appointed members
elected members
ex officio members
headOfStateDuringExistence monarch of the United Kingdom
historicalPeriod British colonial era in the Falkland Islands
jurisdiction Falkland Islands
languageUsed English
legalSystemContext common law
legislativeBodyFor Falkland Islands
legislativeProcess passing ordinances for the Falkland Islands
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Stanley, Falkland Islands
locatedInTimeZone FKST
meetingPlace Stanley, Falkland Islands
partOf Government of the Falkland Islands
political history of the Falkland Islands
politicalSystemContext parliamentary system under British Crown
replaced earlier advisory councils in the Falkland Islands
replacedBy Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands
unicameral Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands
roleInGovernment primary law-making body of the Falkland Islands before 2009
seat Stanley, Falkland Islands
sovereignState United Kingdom
typeOfRepresentation territorial representation of constituencies in the Falkland Islands
votingSystem plurality voting system

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Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands replaced Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands
Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands isSuccessorTo Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands
Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands replaced Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands
subject linked to: Legislative Assembly
Stanley constituency previousLegislativeBody Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands
Camp constituency previousLegislativeBody Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands