Chamber of Deputies

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The Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the First Portuguese Republic, responsible for representing the electorate and initiating legislation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chamber of Deputies canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
canInitiate bills ⓘ
constitutional amendments ⓘ
coexistedWith Senate of the Republic (First Portuguese Republic) ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of 1911 (Portugal) ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
dissolutionCause 1926 military coup in Portugal ⓘ
electoralSystem multi-member constituencies ⓘ
proportional representation ⓘ
endTime 1926 ⓘ
governmentalFunction initiation of legislation ⓘ
representation of the electorate ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver budget approval ⓘ
government oversight ⓘ
ordinary legislation ⓘ
hasHouseType popularly elected chamber ⓘ
hasPower to approve taxes ⓘ
to question ministers ⓘ
historicalEra early 20th century ⓘ
jurisdiction national legislation of Portugal ⓘ
languageOfWork Portuguese ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf First Portuguese Republic ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
locatedIn Lisbon ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Palácio de São Bento ⓘ
linked to: São Bento Palace
notablePoliticalParties Democratic Party (Portugal, First Republic) ⓘ
Evolutionist Party (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Evolutionist Party

Portuguese Republican Party ⓘ
Unionist Party (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Unionist Party
numberOfChambersInParliament 2 ⓘ
oversightOf Council of Ministers of the First Portuguese Republic ⓘ
parliamentaryChamberType lower house ⓘ
parliamentarySystem parliamentary republic ⓘ
partOf Parliament of the First Portuguese Republic ⓘ
politicalEnvironment chronic governmental instability ⓘ
politicalSystemContext First Portuguese Republic ⓘ
precededBy Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
replacedBy National Assembly (Estado Novo) ⓘ
represents Portuguese citizens ⓘ
Portuguese electorate ⓘ
startTime 1911 ⓘ
supervises implementation of laws by the government ⓘ
termLength 3 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation party-based representation ⓘ
territorial representation ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of the Republic (First Portuguese Republic) ⓘ
votingQualification male suffrage with restrictions ⓘ
votingSystemCharacteristic frequent electoral instability ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

First Portuguese Republic → legislature → Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Albertine Statute → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Portuguese Constitution of 1911 → lowerHouseName → Chamber of Deputies ⓘ