House of Representatives of Fiji

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The House of Representatives of Fiji was the former lower chamber of the country’s bicameral legislature, responsible for representing the population and passing national laws before Fiji adopted a unicameral parliamentary system.

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Label Occurrences
House of Representatives of Fiji canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
abolishedInContext transition to unicameral parliament ⓘ
chamberType lower house ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Fiji ⓘ
constitutionalRole primary lawmaking chamber of Fiji ⓘ
couldBeDissolvedBy President of Fiji ⓘ
country Fiji ⓘ
electoralBasis universal adult suffrage ⓘ
hadCommittees parliamentary standing committees ⓘ
historicalSignificance central institution in Fiji’s post-independence governance ⓘ
houseStyle House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction national laws of Fiji ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Fiji Hindi ⓘ
Fijian ⓘ
lastElectionYear 2006 ⓘ
legislativeFunction lawmaking ⓘ
representation of population ⓘ
locatedIn Suva ⓘ
linked to: Suva, Fiji
locatedInCountry Fiji ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament House, Suva ⓘ
memberTermLength 5 years ⓘ
memberTitle Member of the House of Representatives ⓘ
numberOfMembers 71 ⓘ
oversightFunction approve national budget ⓘ
question government ministers ⓘ
parliamentarySystem bicameral legislature of Fiji ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Fiji ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
relatedInstitution Parliament of Fiji ⓘ
Senate of Fiji ⓘ
replacedBy unicameral Parliament of Fiji ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Fiji
represented multi-ethnic population of Fiji ⓘ
role pass national legislation ⓘ
represent citizens in the national legislature ⓘ
scrutinize the executive ⓘ
status abolished ⓘ
successorInstitution unicameral Parliament of Fiji ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Fiji
typeOfBody elected legislative chamber ⓘ
upperChamber Senate of Fiji ⓘ
votingSystem communal constituencies ⓘ
first-past-the-post ⓘ
open constituencies ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Parliament of Fiji → precededBy → House of Representatives of Fiji ⓘ
1987 Fijian coups d'état → governingBodyOverthrown → House of Representatives of Fiji ⓘ