House of Assembly is a name given to the

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or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level. Historically, in

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Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible government, the House of Assembly superseded the (usually unelected) Legislative Council as the

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List of Houses of Assembly

Extant

National

Sub-national

Defunct

National

Sub-national

See also

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