15 are directly elected to five-year terms from single member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.

A prime minister who does not resign or advise a dissolution within 3 days after a successful no confidence vote will be dismissed from office by the governor-general.

The supremacy of the House is ensured by its sole responsibility of maintaining confidence in the government and being the only chamber where money bills can be introduced.

The modern House of Representatives came into being in 1967 when Grenada achieved full internal self-government as an Associated State of the United Kingdom.

Largely modelled on the British House of Commons, the chamber remained mostly unchanged following the grant of full independence in 1974.