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{{Short description|A legislature, or one of its houses}}
{{Distinguish|legislative chamber}}
{{redirect|Legislative Assembly|legislatures with that name|Legislative Assembly (British Guiana)|and|Legislative Assembly (France)}}
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
'''Legislative assembly''' is the name given in some countries to either a [[legislature]], or to one of its houses.

The name is used by a number of countries, including member-states of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and other countries. It is also used by their sub-national divisions, such as the [[States and union territories of India|Indian states and union territories]], [[States and territories of Australia|Australian states]] and [[Provinces of Canada|Canadian provinces]].

==Legislative assemblies in the Commonwealth==
Legislative assemblies in modern-day Commonwealth countries, either as national or sub-national parliaments, are in most cases an evolution of one of the legislative chambers of the previous colonial parliaments, whether the full legislature or a [[lower house]]. In a number of jurisdictions, the name [[House of Assembly]] is used instead. It is one of the main names used in everyday speech for parliament in many countries.

===Australia===
The [[lower house]]s of the parliaments of the [[Australian states]] are called ''Legislative Assemblies''. In [[South Australia (Australia)|South Australia]] and [[Tasmania (Australia)|Tasmania]], they are referred to as the House of Assembly. The only state with a sole chamber is the state of [[Queensland]] as it has abolished the former Legislative Council (upper house) of its parliament, leaving the Legislative Assembly as the sole chamber. There has been a push to reinstate the Legislative Council (upper house) in Queensland to be in line with other states. The parliaments of the [[Australian territories]] only have a sole chamber like Queensland, which is the Legislative Assembly. The unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory is the [[Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly]]. Members of the Legislative Assembly/House of Assembly are referred to as MLAs (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, ACT, NT) or MHAs (SA, TAS).

===Canada===
{{Main|Legislative assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories}}
In [[Canada]], seven of the ten [[Canadian provinces|provinces]] and all three of the [[Territories of Canada|territories]] style their legislatures as ''legislative assemblies''. All are unicameral. Manitoba was the first to abolish [[Legislative Council of Manitoba|its Legislative Council]] in 1876. British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador abolished their Councils before becoming provinces. There was no Council for Alberta when it was created in 1905.
The [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] was renamed the [[Quebec National Assembly]] as part of the abolition of the [[Legislative Council of Quebec]] on December 31, 1968.

===India===
In [[India]], the [[lower house]] or the only house of the State Legislatures are called [[State legislative assemblies of India|Legislative Assemblies]]. The same name is also used for the only house of the legislatures of three of the eight [[Union territory|union territories]], [[Delhi]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]. The [[upper house]] in states with a [[bicameral]] legislature are called [[State legislative councils of India|Legislative Councils]]. Members of the former are called MLAs, and those of the latter are called MLCs.

===Other Commonwealth countries and British Overseas Territories===
* [[State legislative assemblies of Malaysia]]
* [[Legislative Assembly of Samoa]]
* [[Legislative Assembly of Tonga]]
* [[Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands]]

===Former legislative assemblies===
* In [[Mauritius]], the unicameral parliament was known as the legislative assembly until 1992, when, following the establishment of a republic, it was renamed the National Assembly
* [[Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada]] (1791–1838)
* [[Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada]] (1791–1841)
* [[Legislative Assembly (British Guiana)]] (1961–1964)
* [[Central Legislative Assembly]] of British India–1947

==Legislative assemblies outside the Commonwealth==
Legislative Assembly is the name given to some national legislatures (or one of the houses of the national legislature) of the sovereign nations of:

* [[Plurinational Legislative Assembly]] of [[Bolivia]]
* [[Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica]]
* [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador]]

Former assemblies include:

* [[National Legislative Assembly of Thailand (2014)]]
* [[National Legislative Assembly (South Sudan)]]
* [[Legislative Assembly of Kyrgyzstan]]
* [[Legislative Assembly (France)|Legislative Assembly]] of Revolutionary France

Legislative bodies of the [[United States]] include:
* [[North Dakota Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico]]

The legislatures of the [[States of Brazil]] are called "legislative assembly", as are the legislatures of the two insular [[autonomous regions of Portugal]], [[Azores]] (the [[Legislative Assembly of the Azores]]) and [[Madeira]] (the [[Legislative Assembly of Madeira]]). In Mexico, the legislative branch of government of Mexico City is the [[Legislative Assembly of Mexico City]].

The [[Legislative Assembly of Macau]] is the organ of the legislative branch of the Macau Special Administrative Region.

==See also==
* {{lookfrom|Legislative Assembly}}
* [[Council]]
* [[Legislative council]]
* [[House of Assembly]]
* [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]]

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