Parliament of Rhodesia

The Parliament of Rhodesia, commonly referred to just as the parliament, is the elected  of the  nation of Rhodesia. It alone posses legislative supremacy within the government of the nation, and as a result, holds power over all other functions of the government of Rhodesia on a national and local level. The leader of the Parliament is the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, currently Charles Haverley, who serves as the primary representative of the people to the Monarchy of Rhodesia, which is represented in parliament by the Governor General. The seat of the parliament is Saint George's Palace located in the city of Salisbury, South Albert.

The parliament is a unicameral body which consists of a single house of elected representatives along with the two officers of parliament: the prime minister and the governor general. There are 334 members of parliament, elected by proportional seat run-off elections within each of the counties that make up the nation. Each county receives a single member of parliament for every 100,000 people there are within the county. To prevent gerrymandering, the counties are not allowed to assign election districts, but rather, vote for specific political parties. As per the terms of the party leadership elections, a specific proportional amount of party members are then appointed to fulfill the positions which that party won within that county. Members of parliament are sworn in by special ceremony presided over by the Monarch, and upon their collective oath of office, each receive their titles as Honoured MPs. The parliament serves to create, amend, and approve government policy which is then implemented by the government. The government, along with the position of prime minister, is awarded to the party with the greatest number of seats in parliament, although the prime minister may appoint whoever they please to roles within the government with the approval of both the parliament and the monarchy.

Along with is legislative role, the parliament holds the duties of committee and service. Parliamentary committees serve to advise over specific areas of policy being amended and created, along with their duty to advise the prime minister in specific areas of their rule in relation to the parliament. The committees of the parliament are appointed by the monarch on the advise of the governor general from elected members of parliament. The three parliamentary services, security, military, and treasury, serve as administrative institutions whose control is enshrined by the constitution to rule by the parliament. The purpose of separate rule is so that the government is unable to abuse their extremely vital roles within the functions of government, thus assuring that corruption, abuse of power, and poor leadership is impossible under the three services. As the parliament is the ultimate representative of the people, the three services are given just rule by the parliament under the prospect that the parliament would most accurately respect the views of the populace towards the necessary services rendered by the three organs.

The parliament was created under the ratification of the constitution on 1 May 1905 under the permission of the monarchy. The body was given complete legislative autonomy by the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 11 December 1931 with the Statute of Westminster, a policy decision which was further legitimized by Rhodesia Act, passed in conjunction with the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 10 January 1932. The current majority party of the parliament is the Labour Party with 174 seats under its control (52.10%), and the official opposition party of the parliament is the Conservative Party, which holds 97 seats (21.04%). The current Monarch is Queen, the current Prime Minister is Charles Haverley of the Labour Party, and the current Governor General is Louise Hague.