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LegislatorA '''legislator''' (or ''lawmaker'') is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are usually politicians and are often elected by the people. Legislatures may be supra-national (for example, the United Nations General Assembly), national (for example, the United States Congress), regional (for example, the Scottish Parliament) or local (for example, local authority|local authorities).
The political theory of the separation of powers requires legislators to be different individuals from the members of the executive (government)|executive and the judiciary. Certain political systems adhere to this principle, others do not. In the United Kingdom, for example, the executive is formed almost exclusively from legislators (members of Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament) although the judiciary is mostly independent (until reforms in 2005, the Lord Chancellor uniquely was a legislator, a member of the executive (indeed, the Cabinet), and a judge).
In continental European jurisprudence and legal discussion, "the legislator" (''le législateur'') is the abstract entity that has produced the laws. When there is room for interpretation (logic)|interpretation, the intents of the legislator will be questioned, and the court is supposed to rule in the direction that it judges to fit the legislative intent the best — which can be uneasy, in the case of conflicting laws or constitutional provisions.
European Legislature
- European Parliament - Member of the European Parliament (MEP)
United States legislatures
- United States Congress - Member of Congress (M.C.)
- United States Senate - Senator
- United States House of Representatives - Member of Congress (i.e. Congressman, Congresswoman or Representative)
State legislatures
- State legislature (United States)|State legislature --
- State legislature (United States)|State Senate - State Senator or (colloquialism|colloquially) Senator
- State legislature (United States)|State House of Representatives - State Representative or (colloquialism|colloquially) Representative
United Kingdom legislatures
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
- House of Lords - Peerage of the United Kingdom|Lord
- British House of Commons|House of Commons - Member of Parliament (MP)
- Scottish Parliament - Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)
- National Assembly for Wales - Assembly Member/Aelod y Cynulliad (AM/AC)
- Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly - Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)
Canadian legislatures
- Parliament of Canada
- Canadian Senate - Senator
- Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons - Member of Parliament (MP)
Provincial and territorial legislators
- Legislative Assemblies of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|British Columbia; Legislative Assembly of Alberta|Alberta; Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan|Saskatchewan, Legislative Assembly of Manitoba|Manitoba, Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island|Prince Edward Island, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick|New Brunswick, Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories|Northwest Territories, Yukon Legislative Assembly|Yukon, Legislative Assembly of Nunavut|Nunavut; and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)
- Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP)
- National Assembly of Quebec - Member of the National Assembly (MNA)
- Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly - Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)
Australian legislatures
- Parliament of Australia
- Australian Senate - Senator
- Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives - Member of Parliament (MP)
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