a group of elected representatives who make laws in a country, for example the House of Commons in Britain or the House of Representatives in the US upper house
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