House of Assembly

House of Assembly

House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral legislature, in some countries, often at subnational level.

Historically, the House of Assembly in British crown colonies superseded the (usually unelected) Legislative Council as the colonial legislature, as the colony gained more internal responsible government, in some instances becoming the lower house - in Bermuda, it forms the lower house of the bicameral parliament - see House of Assembly of Bermuda.

Other examples

* Barbados has the oldest "House of Assembly" in the Commonwealth - see Barbados House of Assembly.

* The Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador call their unicameral provincial legislatures the "House of Assembly" as a result of the provinces' former status as British crown colonies - see Nova Scotia House of Assembly and Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The indigenous Haida people of the Queen Charlotte Islands also call their legislative body a House of Assembly.fact|date=October 2008

* In the Australian states of South Australia and Tasmania, the House of Assembly is the lower house - see South Australian House of Assembly and Tasmania House of Assembly.

* In South Africa, the House of Assembly, known in Afrikaans as the "Volksraad", was the lower house of the whites-only parliament until 1981, when the Senate was abolished. Following a new Constitution in 1984, it became one of three Houses of the Tricameral Parliament. Following the end of apartheid and the introduction of a new Constitution in 1994, it was replaced by a National Assembly.

* In Dominica, the House of Assembly is the unicameral legislature, in which the appointed members are called Senators - see House of Assembly of Dominica.

* In Nigeria, the House of Assembly is the name given to each state legislature.

* In Zimbabwe, the House of Assembly was the sole parliamentary chamber following the abolition of the country's Senate in 1990, prior to its reinstatement in 2005 - see House of Assembly of Zimbabwe.

* In Trinidad and Tobago, the House of Assembly is the legislature of Tobago, which enjoys limited self-government - see Tobago House of Assembly.

* In Papua New Guinea, the unicameral National Parliament was known as the House of Assembly before independence.

* The State of California in the United States has the California State Assembly.

ee also

*Legislative Assembly
*Legislative Council
*Parliament


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