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A Legislative Council is the name given to the legislatures, or one of the chambers of the legislature of many nations and colonies.

A member of the Legislative Council is commonly referred to as an MLC.

Unicameral legislatures

• Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands
• Federal Legislative Council of Malaya. (1948-1957; replaced by Parliament of Malaya and subsequently in 1963, the Parliament of Malaysia.)
• Legislative Council of Brunei (unelected, dissolved but re-established in 2004)
• Legislative Council of Ceylon (from 1831 until it was dissolved in 1931 to form the State Council of Ceylon)
• Legislative Council of Saint Helena
• Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1843 - present)
  • Provisional Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1997-1998)
• Legislative Council of Macao (Assembleia Legislativa, sometimes translated as Legislative Assembly)
• Legislative Council of Singapore (1946 to 1953, replaced by the Legislative Assembly)
• Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements (1867 to 1946, replaced by the Legislative Council of Singapore) and Federal Legislative Council of Malaya
• Uganda Legislative Council (became the National Assembly of Uganda in March 1962)

Part of a bicameral legislature

• Australia:
  • The New South Wales Legislative Council
  • The Queensland Legislative Council (abolished in 1922)
  • The South Australian Legislative Council
  • The Tasmanian Legislative Council
  • The Victorian Legislative Council
  • The Western Australian Legislative Council.
• Bermuda: the Bermuda Legislative Council (renamed the Senate in 1980).
• Canada:
  • The Legislative Council of Manitoba (abolished in 1876)
  • The Legislative Council of Newfoundland (dissolved as part of the Commission of Government in 1934, and has not been summoned since)
  • The Legislative Council of New Brunswick (abolished in 1892)
  • The Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island (abolished in 1893)
  • The Legislative Council of Nova Scotia (abolished in 1928)
  • The Legislative Council of Quebec (abolished in 1968)
  • The Legislative Council of Upper Canada (Ontario) (abolished by the Union Act of 1840)
  • The Legislative Council of the Province of Canada (abolished at Confederation)
• India: The Vidhan Parishad in 6 of India's 29 states (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir), the Legislative Council serves as the upper house of a bicameral legislature.
• Isle of Man: the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man.
• New Zealand: the New Zealand Legislative Council (abolished in 1951).
• Formerly New Jersey: under the 1776 New Jersey State Constitution the upper house and New Jersey Supreme Court.

See also

• Legislative Assembly
• House of Assembly

External links

• Texas Legislative Council

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