The Legislative Council was 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 multi ...

legislature of Montserrat from 1951 to 2011.

History

Universal suffrage was introduced in Montserrat in 1951, with five members elected to the Legislative Council from

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

. Prior to the 1970 elections the number of elected seats was increased to seven. A new electoral system was introduced for the 2001 elections as a result of the

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rendering four of the seven constituencies uninhabitable. The seven single-member constituencies were replaced with one nine-member constituency in which voters could vote for nine candidates.General Election Results - 2 April 2001
Caribbean Elections A new constitution was introduced in 2011, which abolished the Legislative Council and replaced it with the Legislative Assembly.General Election Results - 8 September 2009
Caribbean Elections

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History

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