House of Assembly is a name given to the
legislature or
lower house of a
bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a
subnational level.
Historically, in
British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal
responsible government, the House of Assembly superseded the (usually unelected)
Legislative Council
A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the Brit ...
as the
colonial legislature, often becoming the lower house.
List of Houses of Assembly
Extant
National
Sub-national
Defunct
National
Sub-national
See also
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Legislative Assembly
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Legislative Council
A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the Brit ...
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Parliament
References
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Legislatures