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The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on provincial councils and Local Government and other subjects which come under its purview. [2] The current Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government is Dinesh Gunawardena. [3] The ministry's secretary is H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri. [4]
The provincial legislative assembly with the fewest members is the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, which consists of 27 MLAs. All of the legislative assemblies of Canada's territories have fewer members than that of Prince Edward Island .
Provincial council (Netherlands), provincial parliament and legislative assembly in the provinces of the Netherlands; Provincial Councils of New Zealand, former governing bodies of the Provinces of New Zealand (1853–1876) Provincial council (South Africa), a former governing body of each of the four South African provinces (1910–1986)
The program of Scouts Canada is administered through councils, (previously referred to as regions which reported to the Provincial Council, when Scouts Canada was a federated structure) with each council covering a geographic area that may vary from a census metropolitan area (CMA) in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, to an entire province, the case with most councils.
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Another emerging type of organization in British Columbia is the chiefs' council, such as the St'át'timc Chiefs Council. These councils unite bands that are not included in tribal councils with those that are in tribal councils. Bands also typically belong to one or more kinds of provincial council or similar organization.
On 3 February 1988 nine provincial councils were created by order. [3] The first elections for provincial councils took place on 28 April 1988 in North Central, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, and Uva provinces. [4] On 2 June 1988 elections were held for provincial councils for Central, Southern and Western provinces.
All positions in a provincial council become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation, then an electoral district vacancy may be filled by the second highest scoring candidate in the last election from that electoral district.