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member of the legislative assembly (MLA)This is the title of someone who is elected to the
Legislative Assembly
of British
Columbia. The abbreviation MLA can be used as shorthand
for a member of the legislative assembly.
Members of other provincial parliaments usually have titles to
suit the name of their legislatures: MLA for a member of the
legislative assemblies of Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince
Edward Island, and Saskatchewan; MHA for a member of the houses of
assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia; and MNA for
a members of the National Assembly of Quebec
(Député de l’assemblée
nationale de Québec). Ontario is unusual in
that members of its legislative assembly are called
MPP—member of provincial parliament.
Members of the Canadian House of Commons are called
MP—member of parliament.
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