House of Assembly of Saint Lucia

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The House of Assembly of Saint Lucia is the lower chamber of the country’s bicameral Parliament, composed of elected representatives responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Label Occurrences
House of Assembly of Saint Lucia canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
budgetaryPower authorizes public expenditure ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Governor-General of Saint Lucia ⓘ
chamberType lower house ⓘ
composition elected representatives ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Saint Lucia ⓘ
constitutionalMonarchRepresentativeInProcess Governor-General of Saint Lucia ⓘ
country Saint Lucia ⓘ
electoralCycle general elections ⓘ
electoralDistricts single-member constituencies ⓘ
establishedInPeriod post-independence era ⓘ
function approve national budget ⓘ
debate and pass legislation ⓘ
represent constituencies ⓘ
scrutinize executive actions ⓘ
governmentFormedBy party or coalition with majority of seats ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver national laws of Saint Lucia ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Assembly ⓘ
headOfGovernmentSelectionRole supports appointment of the Prime Minister ⓘ
influencedBy Westminster parliamentary model ⓘ
linked to: Westminster system
jurisdiction Saint Lucia ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
meetsIn Castries ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Parliament Building of Saint Lucia ⓘ
meetsInCapital Castries ⓘ
membersCalled Members of Parliament ⓘ
numberOfChambersInParliament 2 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 17 ⓘ
oversightMechanism committees ⓘ
parliamentary questions ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Saint Lucia ⓘ
passesBillsWhich require assent of the Governor-General ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
relatedChamber Senate of Saint Lucia ⓘ
representationBasis geographical constituencies ⓘ
responsibleFor enacting primary legislation ⓘ
role makes laws ⓘ
oversees the government ⓘ
supervises actions of the Cabinet of Saint Lucia ⓘ
systemOfGovernmentContext parliamentary democracy ⓘ
termLength up to five years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Lucia Constitution Order 1978 → providesFor → House of Assembly of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Government of Saint Lucia → lowerHouse → House of Assembly of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Parliament of Saint Lucia → hasComponent → House of Assembly of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Parliament of Saint Lucia → lowerHouse → House of Assembly of Saint Lucia ⓘ
John Compton → memberOf → House of Assembly of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Senate of Saint Lucia → coLegislativeChamber → House of Assembly of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Lucia → memberOf → House of Assembly of Saint Lucia ⓘ