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[edit] Official Name

The official name, used in provincial statute, is "Parliament Buildings". The original statutes authorizing construction were given the short title, "Parliament Buildings Construction Act" (emphasis added herein) (the long title being "An Act to provide for the erection of New Buildings for the accomodation of the Provincial Legislature and the Public Departments").

Present Statutes of British Columbia continue to use the name "Parliament Buildings". For example, the Legislative Assembly Management Committee Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 258, s. 1, defines "Legislative Precinct" to mean "the Parliament Buildings, the legislative grounds and Confederation Garden Park,other buildings in Victoria or parts of them that are from time to time occupied and used by members of the Legislative Assembly for the purpose of their parliamentary duties including any premises from time to time occupied by officers and staff of the Legislative Assembly, and other land or buildings or both, other than constituency offices, designated by minute of the committee" (emphasis added herein).

Various other statutes requiring written notice to a Minister state that the notice must be delivered to the "Parliament Buildings at Victoria, British Columbia" (i.e., see the Income Tax Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 215, s. 18(2); Corporation Capital Tax Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 73, s. 32(1); Insurance Premium Tax Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 232, s. 17(1)).

The contact information on the Legislative Assembly website is "Parliament Buildings", i.e.: Contact info for the Office of the Speaker.

A Legislative Assembly forms part of a Parliament, along with the Crown. In bicameral legislatures, such as Canada and the UK, parliament is the House of Commons, Senate/House of Lords (as the case may be), and the Crown. Fluit 23:50, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to thank you for adding that. It has no doubt saved us from the many who are simply unfamiliar or who frequently choose to refer to it as the Legislative Buildings or some such thing in order to try and re-invent its name to differentiate from the Ottawa ones. It has and will always be the Parliament Buildings.--Keefer | Talk 08:19, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New images of Parliament Buildings

I have added 3 new images of the parliament buildings, taken last weekend in the afternoon, the morning and at night. Since there are already images in the article, I thought I would leave it for someone else to decide whether to substitute any of these for the current photos. --KenWalker | Talk 04:05, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Neo-Baroque aspects

Aside from the symmetry and sculptural massing, and central dome (compare Castle Howard) the close-up illustration of the central block shows the following Baroque features, from top working downward: