Provincial Government

What is the role most associated with the lieutenant governor?

• Representing the Queen

• The final signing of bills

• Closing the meetings of the Legislative Assembly

• Opening the meetings of the Legislative Assembly

In the way the Provincial Government is structured, who holds the most important position?

• Premier

• Lieutenant Governor

• Cabinet Minister

• MLA

An MLA is the same thing as a cabinet minister

• True

• False

• Where is the cabinet?

Tourism, Social Services and Housing are the responsibility of which kind of government?

• Provincial

• Local

• Federal

How are cabinet ministers chosen?

• The Premier

• The Speaker

• The Lieutenant Governor

• Elected

How old must you be to vote in a provincial election?

• 21+

• 18+

• 19+

• 16+

Candidates must be nominated by their political party to run in a provincial election

• True

• False

Who is the leader of the Provincial Government?

• MLA

• Speaker

• Premier

• Lieutenant Governor

What is the main duty of the opposition

• To sit across from the governing party

• To collect taxes from citizens

• Challenge or debate the government's ideas and spending

• Get elected into their constituency

A group of people with similar ideas about how a province or country should be run are called:

• Political parties

• Opposition

• MLAs

• Constituencies