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Article: The role of members of the Quebec National Assembly.
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- Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 2004
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This article suggests that despite a significant evolution in society over recent decades the basic function of legislators remains largely the same. It then considers whether these functions are likely to change in the years ahead.
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In 1965 Jean Charles Bonenfant wrote about the evolution of the legislator's role (1) and I believe that the role of members has remained essentially the same to the present..
Academics have broken down this role in various ways. For example, it has been said of members that they perform "five major distinct roles: these are to perform a representational, legislative, monitoring, advocacy and trusteeship ...