The Legislature of Chubut Province ( es, Legislatura de la Provincia del Chubut) is the

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...

legislative body A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...

Chubut Province Chubut ( es, Provincia del Chubut, ; cy, Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes ra ...

, in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. It convenes in the provincial capital,

Rawson Rawson may refer to: Places *Rawson, Chubut, the capital of Chubut Province, Argentina *Rawson Department, Chubut, Argentina *Rawson Department, San Juan, Argentina **Villa Krause, also named Rawson, the capital city of the department * Rawson, Vic ...

. It comprises 27 legislators, 16 of whom are elected in a single province-wide multi-member district through

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

, while the remaining 11 seats are distributed through the majority bonus system. Its powers and responsibilities are established in the provincial constitution. The legislature is presided by the Vice Governor of Chubut (presently Ricardo Sastre of the

We Are All Chubut We Are All Chubut (; ChuSoTo) is a provincial political party in the Chubut Province of Argentina. It was formed in 2014 to back the candidacy to the governorship of former governor Mario Das Neves. The party split from the provincial branch of ...

/Chubut Forward alliance), who is elected alongside the governor.

History

The Legislature of Chubut was established after the National Territory of Chubut became an official

province of Argentina Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three federated states called provinces ( es, provincias, singular ''provincia'') and one called the autonomous city (''ciudad autónoma'') of Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the republic ( es ...

in 1955. The first provincial constitution was adopted in 1957, and the first legislature convened in February 1958, on the same day the first constitutional governor of the province took office.

Seat

The Legislature has its seat on Mitre 550, in the provincial capital of

. Since 2019, the building has endured repeated damage during protests against the provincial government of

Mariano Arcioni Mariano Ezequiel Arcioni (born 2 April 1970) is an Argentina, Argentine politician who has served as the Governor of Chubut, governor of Chubut Province since 1 November 2017. From 2015 to 2017, he was the province's vice governor under Mario Das ...

. Damage has included a major fire that affected the facade in 2019, and rendered most of the building unusable due to a high concentration of toxic soot. In 2021, following protests against Governor Arcioni's proposed pro-mining law, the building once again had to undergo renovations.

References

External links

*
Constitution of Chubut Province
{{DEFAULTSORT:Legislature of Chubut 1957 establishments in Argentina Politics of Argentina Chubut Province

Chubut Chubut may refer to: * Chubut Province, Argentina * Chubut River in the Chubut Province * Chubut steamer duck The Chubut steamer duck or white-headed flightless steamer duck (''Tachyeres leucocephalus'') is a flightless duck endemic to Argenti ...