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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.

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Unicameral legislatures

Part of a bicameral legislature

See also

Unicameral legislatures

★ 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, now dissolved)

★ Legislative Council of Hong Kong

★ 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':

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★ The New South Wales Legislative Council

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★ The Queensland Legislative Council (abolished in 1922)

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★ The South Australian Legislative Council

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★ The Tasmanian Legislative Council

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★ The Victorian Legislative Council

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★ The Western Australian Legislative Council.

★ 'Bermuda': the Bermuda Legislative Council (renamed the Senate in 1980).

★ 'Canada':

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★ The Legislative Council of Manitoba (abolished in 1876)

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★ The Legislative Council of Newfoundland (dissolved as part of the Commission of Government in 1934, and has not been summoned since)

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★ The Legislative Council of New Brunswick (abolished in 1892)

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★ The Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island (abolished in 1893)

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★ The Legislative Council of Nova Scotia (abolished in 1928)

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★ The Legislative Council of Quebec (abolished in 1968)

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★ The Legislative Council of Upper Canada (Ontario) (abolished by the Union Act of 1840)

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★ The Legislative Council of the Province of Canada (abolished at Confederation)

★ 'India:' The Vidhan Parishad in 5 of India's 28 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