Grade 6 Social Vocabulary - Provincial Government

allows all eligible voters to vote on an issue or law proposed by the Government

• Constituitional Monarchy

• Referendum

• Subsidy

• Representative Democracy

a proposed, or suggested, law

• Act

• Bylaw

• Law

• Bill

an elected representative who is in charge of a provincial government department (ie Health Care or Education)

• Cabinet Minister

• MLA

• Council person

• Premier

a system of government in which a king or a queen is the head of state, but typically as a figurehead

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Constituitional Monarchy

• Direct Monarchy

also known as a law. It is a bill that has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and signed by the Lieutenant Governor

• Bill

• Act

• Bylaw

• Autograph

the queen’s representative in Alberta, who is appointed to sign all bills passed by the Legislative Assembly and perform other duties.

• Premier

• Prime Minister

• Lieutenant Governor

• MLA

describes the plans of the government for the upcoming session of the Legislature

• Speech from the Throne

• Agenda

• Daily Schedule

• MLA plan

leader of the provincial government

• MLA

• Cabinet Minister

• Premier

• Mayor

elected representatives in the provincial government from a voting district

• Premier

• Mayor

• MLA

• Cabinet Minister

an organization made up of people who have similar ideas about how to govern

• Cabinet

• Member of Legislative Assembly

• Group

• Political Party