Legislature Tour!!!!?

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Legislature Tour!!!!?

• By Rebecca Lee ?

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Introducing the Legislature .

• Hello, I am Rebecca Lee and I will be your tour
  guide. Well, first you should know that this
  building is the legislature. Inside it are many
  cool artifacts. Lets begin?

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Main Floor Rotunda

• Well as you know this is the first floor in the
  legislature or as it is called the Rotunda. They
  named the first level Rotunda because Rotunda
  means round and the first floor in the
  legislature is round.
• There are flags hanging in the Rotunda
  representing the world wars.
• The legislature is made from a large amount of
  marble and the marble comes from Quebec and
  Pennsylvania.

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Still in the Rotunda

• Here is the Rotunda again but from a birds eye
  view. Did you know that the red carpet only comes
  out on July 1st and at Christmas? If you look up
  you can see palm trees in the dome. There are 5
  palm trees in total. California gave us those
  palm trees in 1932.

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Outside the Chambers

• This is outside the chambers. As you can see
  there is the carving of the Coat Of Arms. On the
  right side is an antelope, and on the left is a
  lion and on the top is a crown representing Queen
  Elizabeth the second. And, you should know it
  took 500 hours to carve.

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Inside the Chambers.

• This is inside the legislature chambers. As you
  can see the ceiling is stained glass painted in a
  very beautiful pattern. Also in the chamber there
  are pictures of Queen Elizabeth and Prince
  Edward. They were placed in the chambers to
  represent royalty. Inside the chambers they make
  bills into laws. And thats how we got the laws
  we have.

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The Mace

• The mace is a symbol that represents the
  assemblys authority to pass laws. When the
  speaker leaves the chambers the mace is placed
  down saying the speaker is not in the chambers.
  When the speaker comes in the mace goes on the
  table. Way back in the early 1900s the
  government wanted a symbol so they made the
  mace. The first mace was made from household
  items like a mug, toilet floats, etc. This mace
  was painted with gold paint and was used for 50
  years!

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The Black Rod

• The black rod is a symbol of the lieutenant
  governor and the Queen. When the lieutenant
  governor comes in the chambers the mace is
  covered and the Sergeant-at-arms knocks on the
  door 3 times. He comes in carrying the black rod
  saying that the lieutenant governor is in the
  chambers.

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The legislature grounds

• On the legislature grounds they have an
  irrigation system to help plants grow. Also they
  have a piece of petrified wood and they found it
  at the Lethbridge river and guess what.It is
  about 10 to 20 million years old!! Fascinating
  isn't it? Also they have a Ukrainian monument
  that has been there since 1981 and in 90 years
  they will dig under it because there is a time
  capsule!!!!!

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The Speaker

• This is the speaker, Ken Kowalski. He is the one
  who keeps order in the whole assembly. He acts
  kind of like a referee in the chambers. Ken
  Kowalski was elected in 1997. The speaker has
  responsibilities but he is not allowed to answer
  questions at the oral question period.

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This is the sergeant at arms.

• The Sergeant at Arms is Bryan Hodgson. The
  Sergeant at Arms is responsible for keeping the
  crowd quiet in the guest gallery only if the
  speaker cant. Then he will yell. The Sergeant at
  Arms also carries the sword to protect the mace
  and the black rod.

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The Famous Five

• These women are called the famous five. They
  fought for equality for women in court. This case
  was called the Persons Case. Henrietta Muir
  Edwards published Canadas first womens
  magazine. Louise McKinney was the first woman MLA
  elected to a legislature in Canada. Nellie
  McClung was a liberal MLA in Edmonton. Emily
  Murphy was the first female judge in the
  Commonwealth. Irene Parlby was the first female
  cabinet minister in Alberta.

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The Lieutenant Governor

• Norman . L Kwong
• is our lieutenant governor. He is our 16th
  lieutenant governor in Alberta. He is the first
  of Chinese heritage to serve as a lieutenant
  governor in Alberta. His role is to represent the
  Queen. He also makes the Speech from the Throne
  to open the assembly each time the house sits for
  a new session.

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Thanks For Watching!?

• I would like to thank you for listening to my
  tour. I hope you come visit the Alberta
  Legislature. ?
• Come to the legislature. You will be
  AMAZED!!!!!!! ?
• And you might want to bring your camera to take
  pictures, just saying