Federal Parliament

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The Federal Parliament was the central legislative body of the short-lived West Indies Federation, responsible for making laws for the union of British Caribbean territories between 1958 and 1962.

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Generate an image of the Federal Parliament (The Federal Parliament was the central legislative body of the short-lived West Indies Federation, responsible for making laws for the union of British Caribbean territories between 1958 and 1962.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British Caribbean territories of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
West Indies Federation ⓘ
composition elected representatives and appointed senators ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country West Indies Federation ⓘ
countryCapitalSeat Port of Spain ⓘ
dissolutionCause subsequent withdrawal of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
withdrawal of Jamaica from the West Indies Federation ⓘ
dissolved 1962 ⓘ
endTime 1962 ⓘ
establishedBy British Caribbean Federation Act 1956 ⓘ
governmentForm federal parliamentary system ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver federal subjects of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
hasChamber House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
Senate of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
hasPart House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
Senate of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
historicalEra decolonisation of the Caribbean ⓘ
inception 1958 ⓘ
jurisdiction federal matters of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor West Indies Federation ⓘ
legislativeFunction approve federal budget ⓘ
debate federal policy ⓘ
enact federal laws ⓘ
legislativePeriod 1958–1962 ⓘ
locatedIn Port of Spain ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ
meetsIn Port of Spain ⓘ
partOf government of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
politicalIdeologyContext Caribbean regionalism ⓘ
reasonForAbolition dissolution of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
regionServed Caribbean ⓘ
replaced colonial legislative councils of the British Caribbean territories ⓘ
replacedBy national parliaments of the successor states ⓘ
scope central legislative body of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
seat Port of Spain ⓘ
shortName Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation ⓘ
significantEvent final session in 1962 ⓘ
first meeting in 1958 ⓘ
startTime 1958 ⓘ
subclassOf federal parliament ⓘ
temporalCoverage 20th century ⓘ

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West Indies Federation → legislature → Federal Parliament ⓘ