Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom

Legislature of the Hawaiian Islands1 Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Kingdom2
Coat of arms of the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1845 to 1893
Type
Type	Bicameral (1840–1864, 1887–1893) Unicameral (1864–1887)
Houses	House of Nobles3 House of Representatives3
History
Established	1840
Disbanded	1893
Preceded by	Council of Chiefs (ʻAha Aliʻi)
Succeeded by	Legislature of the Republic of Hawaii
Elections
House of Nobles voting system	Appointed by the monarch with the advice of the Privy Council
House of Representatives voting system	Elected by popular vote
Meeting place
Aliiolani Hale, Honolulu
Footnotes
1Name of Parliament from 1852 to 1864 2Name of Parliament from 1864 to 1893 3Structure in place from 1840 to 1864

The Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom (Hawaiian: ʻAhaʻōlelo o ke Aupuni o Hawaiʻi) was the bicameral (later unicameral) legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom. A royal legislature was first provided by the 1840 Constitution^[1] and the 1852 Constitution was the first to use the term Legislature of the Hawaiian Islands, and the first to subject the monarch to certain democratic principles. Prior to this the monarchs ruled under a Council of Chiefs (ʻAha Aliʻi).