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Legislative Council
A
Legislative Council
be one of the following:
The
legislature
of a
colony
, which may consist of either appointed or elected members or both,
The
legislature
in some British
Overseas Territories
and in
Hong Kong
, which is now a
Special Administrative Region
of the
People's Republic of China
. See:
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
.
The second chamber of a
bicameral legislature
in some countries, such as the
Isle of Man
, in all
States of Australia
except
Queensland
, and also New Zealand until
1951
, when it was abolished.