In parliamentary systems with more than one house of parliament, the one nearer to the electorate, by virtue of more frequent elections, more representatives, or a wider franchise Governments are formed by having the confidence of the lower house In most States the Legislative Assembly or House of Assembly; federally, the House of Representatives In Queensland and the Territories there is only one house of parliament
a house of a two-chamber Parliament, usually having more members than the upper house, and whose members usually represent electorates with similar numbers of voters; the House of Representatives is the lower house in the Australian Federal Parliament