Parliament of Alkland

The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Alkland, seated on University Hill, Kimberly. The body consists of three bodies; the Governor-General (the representative of the monarch-in-parliament), the House of Representatives (lower house) and the Senate (upper house). As outlined in the constitution, the House of Representatives is the most dominant of the three houses, with the senate and/or monarchy rarely having to veto laws threatening the stability and existence of the monarchy-in-country. 
All 250 members of the house of representatives (known as members of parliament) and 100 members of the senate (known as senators) are appointed by the Governor-General on the advise of the Prime Minister. The members of the house of representatives are the representatives of an electoral district and are voted by their respective electorate. 
== Composition ==
=== House of Representatives ===
The House of Representatives was formed in 1849 as the lower house. The House consists of 200 members of parliament (MPs), elected to a four-year term system. Each member of parliament is elected by a plurality of voters in each of the electoral districts. As per the constitution, re-elections must be sought after the parliament is dissolved by the Governor-General on either the advise of the Prime Minister and/or on his/her own discretion. 
=== Senate ===
The Senate, was established in 1849 as the upper house. The senate consists of 100 individuals known as senators who are appointed by the Governor-General on the advise of the Prime Minister. Senators, as per the constitution serve a singular four-year term thereafter upon the dissolving of parliament, they cannot seek re-election. Senators are bound to a mandatory retirement age of 70. Senators can lose their position should they fail to attend two consecutive sessions of parliament.
Senators are chosen from the five (5) special federal districts of Alkland with 25 senators being drawn from each district to make up the 100 senators of the senate.
== Function ==
The primary function of the Parliament is to pass legislation. Any member of the House of Representatives or Senate may propose/introduce a legislation to the parliament (excluding expenditure and taxation), which must be introduced through a government minister, mainly in the form of the Minister of the Treasury. 
The legislative powers of the parliament are defined within the constitution. Although Alkland remains autonomous from Hetheland, the Hethish parliament maintains legislative supremacy over the Alkish parliament, thus matters pertaining to Alkland's constitution can only to amended or removed through a vote of the Hethish parliament. 
The constitution grants the government permission to dictate finance, defence, health, education and a host of domestic affairs whilst the Hethish parliament maintains control of Alkish parliament's ability to determine its own external policies. Category:Government and politics of Alkland