Senate of Saint Lucia

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The Senate of Saint Lucia is the upper chamber of the country’s bicameral Parliament, composed of appointed members who review and revise legislation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Senate of Saint Lucia canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of parliament ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf Leader of the Opposition of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia ⓘ
canIntroduce non-money bills ⓘ
cannotIntroduce money bills ⓘ
coLegislativeChamber House of Assembly of Saint Lucia ⓘ
composition appointed members ⓘ
constitutionalModel Westminster system ⓘ
country Saint Lucia ⓘ
establishedUnder Constitution of Saint Lucia ⓘ
function amends bills ⓘ
considers constitutional amendments ⓘ
delays legislation ⓘ
passes bills ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Senate ⓘ
hasChamberType upper chamber ⓘ
hasDeputyPresidingOfficerTitle Vice-President of the Senate ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 11 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.govt.lc ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
hasQuorumRequirement fixed number of senators present ⓘ
hasTermLengthType serves at pleasure of appointing authority ⓘ
hasVotingSystem simple majority ⓘ
jurisdiction Saint Lucia ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalBasis national constitution ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Parliament of Saint Lucia ⓘ
legislativeSystem bicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean ⓘ
meetsAt Parliament building of Saint Lucia ⓘ
meetsFrequency as summoned by the Governor-General ⓘ
meetsIn Castries ⓘ
membersAppointedBy Governor-General of Saint Lucia ⓘ
memberSelectionMethod appointment ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Saint Lucia ⓘ
region Americas ⓘ
relatedTo Constitution of Saint Lucia ⓘ
politics of Saint Lucia ⓘ
role deliberates on public policy ⓘ
reviews legislation ⓘ
revises legislation ⓘ
scrutinizes executive actions ⓘ
supervises Government of Saint Lucia ⓘ
typeOfLegislationReviewed private bills ⓘ
public bills ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Saint Lucia Constitution Order 1978 → providesFor → Senate of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Government of Saint Lucia → upperHouse → Senate of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Parliament of Saint Lucia → hasComponent → Senate of Saint Lucia ⓘ
Parliament of Saint Lucia → upperHouse → Senate of Saint Lucia ⓘ
House of Assembly of Saint Lucia → relatedChamber → Senate of Saint Lucia ⓘ