The Legislative Council was created following the proclamation of the British Solomon Islands (Constitution) Order-in-Council, 1960 on 18 October 1960.
[1] It created a Council with 21 members, eleven of which were government officials and ten were nominees, of which six had to be Solomon Islanders.
[1] Its first meeting was held in 1961 in Honiara Teachers' College Assembly Hall.
In 1964 a new constitution was produced, introducing eight elected members to an enlarged 25-member Council alongside two nominees.
[1] An Order-in-Council made by the Privy Council on 23 December 1966 increased the number of members to 29 and the number of elected members to 14 (although the Eastern Outer Islands constituency continued to use an electoral college), alongside fifteen government officials (the High Commissioner had the right to appoint two members, but did not).