Legislative Council - Unicameral Legislatures

Unicameral Legislatures

  • Brunei: Legislative Council of Brunei (unelected; dissolved but re-established in 2004)
  • Ceylon: Legislative Council of Ceylon (1831–1931; dissolved to form the State Council of Ceylon)
  • Falkland Islands: Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands (1845–2009; reconstituted as the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands)
  • Gibraltar: Legislative Council of Gibraltar (1950–1969)
  • Hong Kong:
    • Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1843–1997; the legislature of the British Crown colony/dependent territory of Hong Kong)
    • Provisional Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1997–1998, the first legislative council of Hong Kong after becoming a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)
    • Legislative Council of Hong Kong (the legislature of Hong Kong reverted to its original name after the 1998 Hong Kong general election)
  • Malaysia: Federal Legislative Council of Malaya (1948–1957; replaced by the Parliament of Malaya and subsequently in 1963, the Parliament of Malaysia)
  • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: Legislative Council of Saint Helena
  • Singapore: Legislative Council of Singapore (1946–1953; replaced by the Legislative Assembly of Singapore and finally the Parliament of Singapore)
  • Straits Settlements: Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements (1867–1946; replaced by the Legislative Council of Singapore and the Federal Legislative Council of Malaya)
  • Uganda: Uganda Legislative Council (became the National Assembly of Uganda in March 1962)

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