Whether the question is in capital letters or not matters, here. A legislative assembly is any group of people formally charged with making laws. A Legislative Assembly can be the provincial parliament of a province in Canada, for instance British Columbia. In British Columbia, a Member of Parliament is an elected politician who sits in the Federal Parliament in Ottawa, making laws for all of Canada; a Member of the Legislative Assembly is an elected politician who sits in the Legislative Assembly in Victoria, making laws for British Columbia.
In Queensland, Parliament consists of The Queen and the Legislative Assembly.The assembly has 89 Members of Parliament.Queensland does not have two houses of Parliament. It is the only state in Australia to have just one house of Parliament, and that is the Legislative Assembly.
Synonyms : government, legislative body , legislature , assembly, Members of Parliament
Members of the Legislative Assembly in Canada are referred to as Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in provinces and Territories, except for Ontario and Quebec where they are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) and Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) respectively.
There are 288 Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and 48 Members of Parliament (MPs) in Maharashtra.
"Legislative" refers to the part of the government with the responsibility of making new laws and carrying out decisions. All democratic countries have an elected assembly for this purpose, such as a Parliament, Congress or a National Assembly. The people vote to decide who they want to be in the assembly, and members of the assembly then vote to decide which laws should be passed.
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In a democratic country citizens have a say in the government through their representatives in the parliament (this assembly is called in different ways in different countries). The members of Parliament are chosen by the citizens by exercising their right to a universal free suffrage. The legislative power belongs to Parliament. So, indirectly the citizens of the country can take part in law-making.
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the elected members of the assembly remains as elected but their legislative power of making laws is not with them any more until further notice from the president. and the parliament takes over the legislative power of the particular state with effect from the declaration of the president's rule.
Federally: Members of Parliament (MPs) Provincially: Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) or Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) Municipally: Councillors ================ Provincial politicians are known by a variety of names. The most common name is Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The four western provinces and the three Atlantic provinces use this designation, as do the three territories. An Ontario politician is called Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). A Québec politician is a Member of the National Assembly (MNA). A politician in Newfoundland and Labrador is a Member of the House of Assembly (MHA). A municipal politician is sometimes referred to as an alderman.
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