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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 Misamis Occidental Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Misamis Occidental. The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Misamis Oriental .
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)
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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 .
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.
The governing and administrative body of the mainland provinces is the diputación provincial ("provincial council"). However, in six of the 17 autonomous communities (Asturias, Cantabria, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, and Navarre), the functions of the only provincial council are assumed by the regional government. [10]
Provincial councils have been controversial even before the current Constitution. [40] Provincial councils are not directly elected, [41] and there remains overlap and duplication of services. [42] A senior bureaucrat has claimed that provincial councils are a superfluous and unnecessary layer of government. [43]