Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island is the unicameral provincial parliament responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in Canada’s smallest province.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliament ⓘ
provincial legislature ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
abbreviation MLA ⓘ
belongsTo Anglo-Canadian parliamentary tradition ⓘ
constitutionalLevel subnational ⓘ
constitutionalStatus creature of the Constitution Act, 1867 and subsequent amendments ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
establishedInPeriod colonial era ⓘ
governmentType Westminster-style parliamentary democracy ⓘ
governs Province of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasFunction budget approval ⓘ
legislation ⓘ
oversight ⓘ
representation ⓘ
hasHouseType single house ⓘ
hasOppositionRole Leader of the Opposition in Prince Edward Island ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
headOfGovernmentSelectedBy confidence of the Assembly ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Premier of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
higherLevelGovernment Government of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
jurisdiction Prince Edward Island ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeType unicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Charlottetown ⓘ
meetsIn Province House ⓘ
meetsInCapital Charlottetown ⓘ
membersCalled Members of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
monarchRepresentedBy Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
oversightFunction questions executive branch ⓘ
scrutinizes provincial budget ⓘ
partOf Parliamentary system of Canada ⓘ
passes provincial statutes ⓘ
publishes Hansard (legislative debates record) ⓘ
represents residents of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
responsibleFor provincial public policy ⓘ
provincial spending authorization ⓘ
provincial taxation within its powers ⓘ
role makes provincial laws ⓘ
oversees provincial government ⓘ
typeOfLaw provincial legislation ⓘ

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Prince Edward Island → legislature → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Premier of Prince Edward Island → appointedOnTheAdviceOf → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Premier of Prince Edward Island → subordinateTo → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Premier of Prince Edward Island → reportsTo → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Premier of Prince Edward Island → worksWith → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Government of Prince Edward Island → hasBranch → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Government of Prince Edward Island → legislativeBody → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Executive Council of Prince Edward Island → subordinateTo → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Province House → hasPart → Legislative Chamber of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Province House → governingBody → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Hansard → associatedWith → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Order of Prince Edward Island → establishedBy → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Province House National Historic Site → occupant → Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island ⓘ