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"house of assembly" Definitions
  1. the legislature or the lower house of the legislature in certain countries of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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They said Borno State House of Assembly Speaker Abdulkarim Lawan was also present.
Final election results gave the National party 126 seats in the 170-seat House of Assembly.
Elections for governorships, state House of Assembly and area councils are on hold until March 9, INEC said.
The Bermuda Senate and House of Assembly both voted overwhelmingly to advance the Domestic Partnership Act in December.
The Swazi House of Assembly has now appointed a committee to explore the possibility of legalization, according to recent reports.
They are set to hold an election for 15 of the 19 seats in the House of Assembly on December 15th.
The ruling ZANU-PF won 109 seats while the main opposition MDC party had 41 in the country&aposs 210-seat House of Assembly.
The Liberals had held 15 seats in Tasmania's 25-seat House of Assembly going into Saturday's election and secured the 13 seats they needed for majority government.
Sixty women will be appointed through proportional representation to the House of Assembly while 60 people will be appointed in the upper Senate chamber via the same system.
On May 24th the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) won three-quarters of the vote for the country's House of Assembly—and every one of the chamber's 30 seats.
ZANU-PF has now won 109 seats versus the main opposition MDC party which has taken 41 seats in the country&aposs House of Assembly which has 210 seats.
Soldiers and tanks rolled into the capital Harare on Wednesday after protests erupted against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling ZANU-PF party's landslide win in the House of Assembly vote.
The vote on Wednesday came less than a week after the House of Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, voted 24 to 10 in favor of the same proposal.
Under the Domestic Partnership Act 2017, already passed by Bermuda's House of Assembly and Senate, any Bermudian will be allowed to form domestic partnerships which the government says will offer equal rights.
Zainab Sulaiman Umar, a 26-year-old running for a seat in the Kano State House of Assembly, said she was attacked by a group of men with knives while campaigning last year.
The House of Assembly of Parliament has 210 seats and ZANU-PF would need to win 30 more to have a two-thirds majority that would allow it to change the constitution at will.
According to a transcript of parliament procedures from Thursday, deputy speaker of parliament Mabel Chinomona said ZANU-PF had notified the house of assembly that the 11 no longer represented its interests, triggering their dismissal.
The protest began from the Isaac Boro Park and the procession moved to the Government house, then the Department of Petroleum Resources and finally the State House of Assembly.. But the situation is getting worse.
The Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador is the presiding officer of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The current Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is Scott Reid since 2019.
There are currently 26 members of the House of Assembly, representing one of the various local government areas in Akwa Ibom. The present speaker of the House of Assembly is Hon. Aniekan Bassey, the 7th speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Nigeria.
Osanebi is the Lawmaker representing Ndokwa East Local Government Constituency in the State House of Assembly. He is the youngest legislator in Delta State House of Assembly.
The fifth chapter, which is made up of articles 62-88, sets out the regulation and procedures of the House of Assembly, giving the House of Assembly the power to make laws, describing the sittings, voting and the quorum of the House of Assembly, as well as detailing the role and election of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The House of Assembly is unicameral. The Governor has reserve powers to disallow laws passed by the House of Assembly and (in an emergency) to declare laws to have been passed in accordance with the constitution.Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007, articles 80 and 81.
Johnson is the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Assembly, and the only woman to ever give birth while serving as a Member of the House of Assembly (MHA).
This article lists the speakers of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe and its historical antecedents: House of Assembly of Southern Rhodesia in 1923–1953 and 1963–1965, Federal Assembly of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953–1963, House of Assembly of Rhodesia in 1965–1979 and House of Assembly of Zimbabwe in 1980–2013. Parliament of Zimbabwe building in Harare.
After leaving the House of Assembly, Arthur retired from politics.
Friday Ossai Osanebi (born August 7, 1980) is a Nigerian and a member of the Delta State House of Assembly the Lawmaker representing Ndokwa East Local Government Constituency in the State House of Assembly.
The Prime Minister is the leader of the party controlling the majority of the House of Assembly seats. Dewitt Halson Moultrie was elected the new speaker of the House of Assembly on May 24, 2017.
List of Speakers of the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia.
And then he return to Kano State House of Assembly in 2011 there he served as Chairman House Committee on Finance. In 2015 he was selected as Majority Leader in Kano State House of Assembly, and later he became speaker Kano State House of Assembly as the result of the resignation of his predecessor Rt. Hon Kabiru Alhassan Rurum due to the allegation.
Anambra State House of Assembly is the Legislative Branch of the Anambra State Government created in 1991 when Anambra State was created. It is a unicameral body with 30 elected members who represent 30 Constituencies. Hon. Uchenna Okafor is the current Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly. "Uche Okafor emerges new speaker Anambra House of Assembly" June 2019.
Former House of Assembly in Spanish Town The House of Assembly was the legislature of the British colony of Jamaica. It held its first meeting on 20 January 1664 at Spanish Town.Cundall, Frank. (1915) Historic Jamaica.
Adedamola Richard Kasumu (popularly known as ARK) is a Nigerian politician and member of Lagos State House of Assembly representing Ikeja constituency II. Adedamola has been a member of the State House of Assembly since 2015.
She wrote the Standing Order of the House of Assembly in 1986.
The current Speaker of the House of Assembly is Prince Guduza Dlamini.
The quarter is represented by two members of the House of Assembly.
Lloyd Chukwuemeka is a State House of Assembly member representing Owerri- North State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly. Following the power tussle that plagued the Imo State House of Assembly on May 16, 2019 which brought about the resignation of the Deputy Speaker, Ugonna Ozurigbo, Lloyd Chukwuemeka was elected as the new majority leader of the Imo State House of Assembly. On June 10, 2019 Lloyd Chukwuemeka decamped to the People Democratic Party following a mass defection at the valedictory session of the 8th Imo Assembly in Owerri, Imo State.
He did not join the United Bermuda Party (UBP) until 1972. In 1985, Barritt and fellow UBP candidate, Lawson Map, were elected to the House of Assembly of Bermuda from the Pembroke East Central constituency. The election marked the first, and only, time that the UBP held the Pembroke East Central seats in the House of Assembly. Barritt served in House of Assembly from 1985 until 1989.
On September 6, 2019 he was appointed acting Speaker of the House of Assembly following Perry Trimper re- entering cabinet. Reid was elected Speaker at the beginning of the fall 2019 session of the House of Assembly defeating Trimper.
The government is headed by the Premier, Stephen McNeil, who took office October 22, 2013. Halifax is home to the House of Assembly and Lieutenant-Governor. The House of Assembly has met in Halifax at Province House since 1819.
From 1770 to 1775 he served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Adefunmilayo Tejuosho (née Smith) (born March 25, 1965) is a Nigerian politician who is a fourth term Lagos State House of Assembly legislator, representing Mushin Constituency I. She is the chairperson of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Finance.
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Nasarawa State in Nigeria. The House of Assembly consists of 24 members, including a Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The legislature is seated in Lafia, the capital city of Nasarawa State.
Elizabeth Ativie is a Nigerian politician who currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly since 25 July 2016. She served as the Speaker of the house of Assembly from 9 May 2016 till 24 July 2016.
The speaker of the current 9th Plateau State House of Assembly is Abok Ayuba.
She was elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly on 12 July 2016.
Gokana Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Nigeria.
The House of Assembly and the Honourable Legislative Council adjourned to attend the funeral.
He died in Cornwallis. His son Samuel also served in the House of Assembly.
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 2018 Tasmanian election.
Jigawa State House of Assembly is the legislative branch of Jigawa State inaugurated in 1991. It is a unicameral body with 29 members elected into 29 state constituencies. The current Speaker of the Jigawa State House of Assembly is Rt. Hon. Isa Idris.
Lette represented Launceston in the House of Assembly from November 1862, and was Chairman of Committees of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from July 1877 to 1892. Lette represented Central Launceston from 1 September 1871 and North Launceston from 30 May 1877.
The Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly is elected by the assembly members and presides over all Sittings of the assembly. Vanessa Cutting-Thomas of the People's National Movement is the current Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly.
Alexander Aikman (23 June 1755 – 6 July 1838) was a Scottish printer, newspaper publisher, planter, and member of Jamaica's House of Assembly. From 1805 to 1825, he was a member of the House of Assembly as the representative of Saint George parish.
William George Wedd (17 March 1909 - 30 May 1995) was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and Tasmanian Legislative Council. He was Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 13 September 1949 to 6 June 1950.
The 2009 Tobago House of Assembly election for the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) was held on January 19, 2009. The PNM won 8 seats and obtained 61.42% of the votes while the TOP won 4 seats and 48.32% of the votes.
Bulawayo East is a constituency in the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe.
Bulawayo East is a constituency in the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe.
Emakhandeni-Entumbane is a constituency in the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe.
The House of Assembly was the legislature of British Guiana in the 1950s and 1960s.
A new constitution came into force, replacing the House of Assembly with the National Assembly.
Bulawayo Central is a constituency in the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe.
He currently does not hold a seat in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.
In 1852 Champ became a colonial secretary to Governor Denison. In the 1850s, the British parliament passed legislation that would give Tasmania a responsible 'independent' government. This created the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The first elections for the House of Assembly took place in 1856.
The Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly is the political head of the Taraba State House of Assembly. Taraba State. Elected by the Members of the Assembly, the speaker's statutory duty is to preside over the sitting and deliberations of the Assembly.
The 48th Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly was elected on November 30, 2015. Members of the House of Assembly were sworn in December 14, 2015. The Liberals under Dwight Ball had a majority government during this parliament which lasted until the 2019 provincial election.
Adams Dabotorudima is a Nigerian politician who is the current Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly and the Representative from Okrika to the House of Assembly. He was elected in December 2015 to replace Ikuinyi Owaji Ibani who had resigned for personal reasons.
Ahoada East I Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Nigeria.
Maranda is in ward 9, in the newly created House of Assembly seat of Mwenezi West.
Charles Henry Hussey, member of the House of Assembly, and pastor Henry Hussey were his uncles.
D. A. C. Simmons, "Congratulatory Speeches", THE House of Assembly Debates, Barbados Parliament, 5 December 2000.
Upon his election, Harvey was appointed Deputy Government Whip in the South Australian House of Assembly.
Tetaake Kwong was a member of the Kiribati House of Assembly for the constituency of Abaiang.
Tekiau Aretaateta was a member of the Kiribati House of Assembly for the constituency of Tabuaeran.
Mote Terukaio was a member of the Kiribati House of Assembly for the constituency of Nikunau.
When members of the public send in petitions to the House of Assembly regarding various issues, the Committee Secretary of the House of Assembly is given a 48-hour limit to respond to these petitions leaving behind his name, position and contact information. Formal petitions will receive responses within two weeks of the day it was issued. The House of Assembly recognizes that every Akwa Ibomite has the right to peacefully protest, therefore part of the House of Assembly's responsibility is to ensure that the citizens' rights are protected. Furthermore, the House of Assembly is entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the activities of ministries, departments and agencies (MDA's), through committees.
In 1970, five years after the colony's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, Rhodesia replaced the unicameral Legislative Assembly with a bicameral Parliament, consisting of a Senate and House of Assembly. This parliamentary structure was retained upon Zimbabwe's independence in 1980. Per the constitution produced by Lancaster House Agreement in 1979, the Senate was composed of 40 seats and the House of Assembly was composed of 100, with ten Senate seats and 20 seats in the House of Assembly reserved for white Zimbabweans. The white-reserved seats were abolished in 1987, and a constitutional amendment in 1989 abolished the Senate and expanded the House of Assembly to 120 seats.
He was elected to Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in 1998 and held office for two terms. He served as a member of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly during the reign of Akpan Isemin and Victor Attah former governors of Akwa Ibom State.
The House of Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Barbados. It has 30 Members of Parliament (MPs), who are directly elected in single member constituencies using the simple-majority (or First-past-the- post) system for a term of five years. The House of Assembly sits roughly 40-45 days a year. The Barbadian House of Assembly chamber is located in the east-wing of The Public Buildings on Broad Street, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
This purposeful representation has earned Abel the honour of being the longest serving Member in the Taraba State House of Assembly. He has been voted six consecutive times by his constituents to represent them. He has served in various standing and ad-hoc committees of the House of Assembly in different capacities. He won the confidence of his colleagues when they elected him as the 7th Deputy Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly in 2011.
Most legislation is initiated in the House of Assembly. The party or coalition with a majority of seats in the House of Assembly is invited by the Governor of Tasmania to form Government. The leader of that party becomes the Premier of Tasmania, and his/her senior colleagues become ministers responsible for various portfolios. As Australian politicians traditionally vote along party lines, most legislation introduced by the governing party will be passed by the House of Assembly.
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly is the political head of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Elected by the Members of the Assembly, the speaker's statutory duty is to preside over the sitting and deliberations of the Assembly. The Speaker also represents the voters of his or her constituency. Since inauguration of the state house of assembly on October 2, 1979, there have been 7 legislative assemblies with 8 representative holding the office of Speaker.
Two provincial by-elections were held in Nova Scotia to fill vacancies in the House of Assembly.
Dr Paulo Vanualailai was a member of the Kiribati House of Assembly for the constituency of Rabi.
Barbados' Parliament consists of the monarch and a bicameral legislature: an elected House of Assembly and an appointed Senate. In practice, legislative power rests with the party that has the majority of seats in the House of Assembly, which is elected for a period not to exceed five years.
Following general elections in April 2015, the current House of Assembly was formed. People's Democratic Party (PDP) emerged as the largest party with 31 seats. Members of the House of the Assembly are elected from single-member constituencies. The 8th House of Assembly was inaugurated on 1 June 2015.
Reginald Ford Sparkes (June 27, 1906 - January 1990) was an educator, author and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. Barbe in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1949 to 1956. Sparkes was the first speaker for the House of Assembly after Newfoundland became part of Canada.
House of Assembly meets in St. John's, at Confederation Building. St. John's served as the capital city of the Colony of Newfoundland and the Dominion of Newfoundland before Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province in 1949. The city now serves as the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, therefore the provincial legislature is in the city. The Confederation Building, on Confederation Hill, is home to the House of Assembly along with the offices for the Members of the House of Assembly (MHAs) and Ministers.
The Legislative Council of Newfoundland was the upper house of the General Assembly of Newfoundland from 1833 to 1934. The Legislative Council was appointed by the Governor of Newfoundland, not elected. Bills were submitted by the House of Assembly to the Council, which could approve, reject or amend them; if amended, bills were returned to the House of Assembly for approval. From 1842 to 1848, the elected House of Assembly and appointed Legislative Council sat together as a single Amalgamated Assembly.
His son William later served in the New Brunswick House of Assembly. His daughter Nancy married Sherman Denison.
5:00am Retrieved on 1 October 2011 "The Kaduna State House of Assembly" The Guardian (Nigeria) Kaduna State.
Osborne is currently the province's longest consecutively-serving MHA having been in the House of Assembly since 1996.
In 2015, he was elected to the Rivers State House of Assembly where he serves as Deputy Speaker.
Berthold Herbert Teusner CMG (16 May 1907 – 7 August 1992) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Angas from 1944 to 1970 for the Liberal and Country League. He served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1956 to 1962.
Kano State House of Assembly is the state legislature of Kano State, Nigeria. 9th Kano State House of Assembly members 2019 - 2023 # Rt. Hon Abdul’aziz Garba Gafasa Speaker (APC) (Ajingi Constituency) # Hon. Engr Hamisu Ibrahim Deputy Speaker (APC) (Makoda Constituency) # Hon. Labaran Abdul Madari Majority Leader (APC) (Warawa Constituency) #Hon.
Abel Peter Diah, RT. HON, DCN (born 1 June 1971) is a Nigerian politician who is the former Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly. Abel Diah is a member of the People's Democratic Party who has served in the Taraba State House of Assembly representing Mbamnga constituency since 2003.
The Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the South Australian House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia. The other presiding officer is the President of the South Australian Legislative Council. The current Speaker is Liberal MP Josh Teague.
Also on April 25, an act was passed that changed the distribution of seats in the House of Assembly.
Mitcham and its successor seat Waite.South Australian House of Assembly Election 2006: Waite, PollBludger.com, 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2007.
One of Foster's grandsons, Francis Foster, served as member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between 1937 and 1941.
Island Harbour is a constituency of the Anguillan House of Assembly. The incumbent is Premier-elect Ellis Lorenzo Webster.
Only the House of Assembly has the power to change the ordinance and the Governor-in-Council the directions.
He was elected as a member of Ondo State House of Assembly under the All Progressive Congress in 2019.
Kirata Temamaka (modern spelling, Temwamwaka) was a member of the Kiribati House of Assembly for the constituency of Kiritimati.
Frewville is in the South Australian House of Assembly Electoral District of Unley and the Federal Division of Sturt.
Previously, patients needing hospital treatment had to travel to St. John's or Old Perlican. Rowe served as the director of Carbonear Community Hospital from its opening in 1957 until October 1971, when he resigned upon his election to the House of Assembly. Rowe was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a MLA from Carbonear in October 1971 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. Rowe was re- elected to the House of Assembly in 1972.
Members of the House of Assembly, p27 He also married Colleen Wren and had six children.Members of the Third House of Assembly, p53R T (Ron) NEVILLE (31 May 1986, aged 56) PNGAA In 1963 Neville resigned from the civil service to contest the first elections to the House of Assembly in February–March 1964. He was elected from the West Papua Special constituency, defeating incumbent MLC Ron Slaughter. During his first term in parliament he served as vice chairman of the Public Accounts and Public Works committees.
On November 24, 1784, two petition for a house of assembly, one signed by 1436 "New Subjects" (Canadians) and another signed by 855 "Old Subjects" (British), were sent to the king of Great Britain. The first petition contained 14 demands. "A Plan for a House of Assembly" was also sketched in the same month of November. In December, "An Address to His Majesty in opposition to the House of Assembly and a list of Objections" were printed by the press of Fleury Mesplet in Montreal.
The House of Assembly is the lower chamber. It consists of 39 members (known as Members of Parliament), elected from individual constituencies for five-year terms. As under the Westminster system, the government may dissolve the parliament and call elections at any time. The House of Assembly performs all major legislative functions.
The Governor of Nasarawa State is the executive. The state legislature, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, is located in Lafia.
4 June 2013. In 2018, the House of Assembly of Bermuda voted to abolish conscription, effective of 1 July 2018.
Horn was the member for Flinders in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1887 until 1893.History , Wiaroa, Aldgate.
He is married to Marian Mancini, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly on July 14, 2015.
In the subsequent by- election, his son Angus MacIsaac ran and was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
In 2017 it is unlikely to contest the Tobago House of Assembly Election and may very well be politically defunct.
Final results: 2014 House of Assembly elections – Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Final as of 27 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
Michael Okechukwu Chinda is a Member of the House of Assembly representing the Obio-Akpor II assembly constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Nigeria. He is a member of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party. He was first elected in 2011 and in a March 2016 election rerun was reelected to the Assembly.
The House of Assembly is a legal form of Haida National government. This group has the right to pass laws which align with the Constitution of the Haida Nation. The House of Assembly meet yearly with the Council of the Haida Nation. These meetings occur in October during the third week of the month.
He became politically active in 2001 and in 2003 won a seat in the Abia State House of Assembly, representing Ohafia North Constituency. He was also appointed Speaker of the 5th Abia State House of Assembly by Theodore Orji in 2011, a position he held until his election as Deputy Governor of Abia State.
The Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly is the political head of the Kaduna State House of Assembly."34 Kaduna Lawmakers Sponsor 4 Bills in 3 Years" Leadership (newspaper) Kaduna State. Elected by the Members of the Assembly, the speaker's statutory duty is to preside over the sitting and deliberations of the Assembly.
Joshua Baden Teague is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2018 state election, representing Heysen. On 8 September 2020, he was elected as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly. Teague, a lawyer, is the son of former senator Baden Teague.
Bicameral Marshall Islands Congress was established in July 1950. The two chambers were the House of Iroij and the House of Assembly.. Kabua Kabua was the president of the House of Iroij in 1953. Atlan Anien was the president of the House of Assembly in 1953. The Congress was reformulated as unicameral in 1958.
The Ogun State House of Assembly is the unicameral legislative body of the state government. It was established in 1979 by part II, section 84, of the Constitution of Nigeria, which states, "There shall be a House of Assembly for each of the States of the Federation". Led by a Speaker, the House of Assembly consists of 26 members, each elected to four-year terms in single-member constituencies by plurality. Its primary responsibility is to create laws for the peace, order and effective government of the state.
He was heavily involved in setting up Papua Ekalesia in 1962, the first locally-run church in the territory, becoming its first chairman. He sat on the Council of Social Services and Central District Advisory Council, and was appointed to the Liquor Commission in 1962.Members of the House of Assembly, p23 After retiring in 1963, Chatterton turned to politics. He was appointed to Education Advisory Board in 1963,Members of the Second House of Assembly, p31 and was elected to the new House of Assembly from the Central Special constituency in the 1964 elections.
The House of Assembly of Kiribati has a Speaker, a function adapted from the British Westminster model. The position was established in 1979 by article 71 of the Constitution, when the country became independent from the United Kingdom. It replaced the Speaker of the former House of Representatives existing since 1967, then known as Legislative Council in 1970 and House of Assembly since 1976. Article 71 states that the Speaker "shall be elected by the members of the Maneaba [House of Assembly] from among persons who are not members of the Maneaba".
When it was first formed in 1856, the House of Assembly met in the Long Room, which had just been vacated by the Legislative Council. In 1940 the current House of Assembly Chamber was constructed, and features a green decor, seating and carpet, with blackwood wooden paneling around the walls. The Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly sits on an elevated chair at one end of the Chamber, whilst all of the members sit in a horseshoe seating arrangement facing him. Three clerks sit in front of the Speaker.
The Rivers State House of Assembly is the unicameral legislative body of the state government. It was established in 1979 by part II, section 84 of the Constitution of Nigeria, which states "There shall be a House of Assembly for each of the States of the Federation". Led by a Speaker, the House of Assembly consists of 32 members, each elected to four-year terms in single-member constituencies by plurality. Its primary responsibility is to create laws for the peace, order and effective government of the state.
The Executive Council to deal with executive functions and the Legislative council to deal with Legislative functions of the upper house. So in 1841 the Bahamian legislature took on more structure, with the Legislative council being the superior legislative body and the House of Assembly being the lesser. The Legislative council eventually was renamed to the senate in 1964 and became the weaker house while the House of Assembly became the superior legislative body. The Senate is however still known as the upper house and the House of Assembly still as the lower house.
The voting membership of the House of Assembly was entirely elective. The membership of the State Council was appointed by the Governor and the House of Assembly and possessed limited revisionary powers. A Court of Policy became the executive body, consisting of the Governor and other colonial officials. Universal adult suffrage was instituted, and the property qualifications for office abolished. The election of 27 April 1953 under the new system provoked a serious constitutional crisis. The People's Progressive Party (PPP) won 18 of the 24 seats in the House of Assembly.
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The assembly is the oldest in Canada, having first sat in 1758,How Canadians Govern Themselves and in 1848 was the site of the first responsible government in the British Empire. Bills passed by the House of Assembly are given royal assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova ScotiaConstitution Act, 1867, ss. 69 & 88; Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the name of the Queen.
There have been three PNM Chief Secretaries and administrations. Founded in 1998, it is the largest and most successful political party in modern Tobagonian politics. With the exception of 2010, the party has won the biggest share of the vote at the Trinidad and Tobago general elections since 2000 and has governed the Tobago House of Assembly uninterruptedly, winning every Tobago House of Assembly election, since 2001. The Tobago PNM currently hold 2 of 2 Tobagonian seats in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament and 10 of 12 seats in the Tobago House of Assembly.
The Constitution could be amended only by five/sevenths of the House of Assembly and seven Members of The Legislative Council.
All motions placed through the House of Assembly can only be approved by a vote of three-quarter approval or more.
McKim was re- elected to the House of Assembly at the 2014 Tasmanian State Election with 13.4% of the primary vote.
Road North is a constituency of the Anguillan House of Assembly. The incumbent is Edison Baird of the Anguilla United Movement.
Bates resigned from the House of Assembly on 4 May 1995 to contest Queenborough in the Legislative Council, but was unsuccessful.
She retired from the House of Assembly at its dissolution for the 2019 provincial election, which was held on May 16.
Valley North is a constituency of the Anguillan House of Assembly. The incumbent is Evans Rodgers of the Anguilla United Front.
The House of Assembly was dissolved on 23 January 2019 and an election date was immediately announced for 25 February 2019.
Sandy Hill is a constituency of the Anguillan House of Assembly. The incumbent is Jerome Roberts of the Anguilla Progressive Party.
There are forty members of the House of Assembly, two represent one of the twenty various local government areas in Lagos.
It is represented in The House of Assembly by member of the Barbados Labour Party, the Hon. Cynthia Forde J.P., M.P.
Matiota Kairo was a member of the Kiribati House of Assembly for the constituency of Tamana, until he resigned in 2018.
Samuel Adesina (1958/9 – February 24, 2014) was a Nigerian politician and former Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly.
The two-seat multi-member district of Northern Territory was abolished in 1911, reducing the House of Assembly to 40 seats.
Following general elections in April 2015, the current House of Assembly was formed. All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged as the largest party with 17 seats and 9 seats for the Peoples Democratic Party. Members of the House of the Assembly are elected from single-member constituencies. The 8th House of Assembly was inaugurated on 1 June 2015.
O'Halloran was a Greens candidate for several state elections before being elected to the Division of Braddon in the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 2010, receiving 7.9% of first preference votes. O'Halloran is the first Greens member for Braddon since Di Hollister lost her seat in 1998. He was not re-elected at the 2014 House of Assembly elections.
In 1999, he contested and won a seat to become a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly to represent his constituency. He was subsequently elected as the Speaker of the House of Assembly. Amaechi was elected the Chairman of Nigeria's Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies. In May 2003, he was re-elected as the Speaker.
For these services Mr. Blackmore received the New Zealand medal. He was appointed Parliamentary Librarian to the Legislature of South Australia in Oct. 1864; Clerk Assistant and Sergeant-at-arms, House of Assembly, in Dec. 1869; Clerk of the House of Assembly in May 1886; Clerk of the Legislative Council and Clerk of Parliaments in May 1887.
Rt. Hon. Chief Goodluck Nanah Opiah (born 12 February 1964) also known as Ugwumba Ikeoha is a Nigerian Politician, ex-Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Nigeria. and member representing Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta, Oru West in the Federal House of Representative. He represented Ohaji/Egbema constituency in the Imo House of Assembly from 2003 to 2011.
The House of Assembly. The British Virgin Islands legislature is the House of Assembly. Prior to the adoption of the new constitution in 2007 the legislature was called the Legislative Council. General elections are conducted every four years (unless the House is dissolved earlier, either as a result of a vote of no confidence or otherwise).
In 2005, the Senate was reintroduced and the House of Assembly expanded. The House of Assembly was expanded once again in 2007 to 210 seats. The present parliamentary structure has been in place since the adoption of a new constitution in 2013. The Senate is presided over by the President, who is assisted by a Deputy President.
Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1867 as Guysborough. It included all of Guysborough County and elected two members to the House of Assembly. In 1933, the number of members elected was reduced to one.
In 1934, the ACT Supreme Court was created. The Territory officially became the Australian Capital Territory in 1938. In 1974, the Advisory Council became a fully elected Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly, but with only an advisory role to the Department of the Capital Territory. In 1979 the House of Assembly had 18 elected members.
House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level. Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible government, the House of Assembly superseded the (usually unelected) Legislative Council as the colonial legislature, often becoming the lower house.
Wentworth had tried to increase his own executive power at the expense of the legislative House of Assembly. When Prévost arrived, the House of Assembly, led by William Cottnam Tonge, was struggling to control government expenditures. In an effort to appease Tonge, Prévost appointed him to be his second-in-command during an expedition against Martinique.
The Chapter sets out both the qualifications and disqualifications for elected membership. It also confirms that the Governor, acting on advice of the Premier, has power to prorogue and dissolve the House of Assembly. The House of Assembly must be dissolved within four years of first sitting, and fresh general elections held.Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007, article 84(3).
The Tasmanian House of Assembly is the lower house of the Tasmanian Parliament. There are 25 members, with five members elected from each of the 5 divisions. The divisions are: Bass, Braddon, Denison, Franklin, and Lyons. The Tasmanian House of Assembly electoral divisions share the same names and boundaries as the Australian House of Representatives divisions for Tasmania.
The House of Assembly uses the proportional Hare-Clark system to elect 25 members in five constituencies electing five members each. Elections to the Legislative Council are conducted separately from House of Assembly elections. The election was conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Before the election, Hodgman had indicated that he would only govern in majority.
Osinowo began his political life in the second republic serving as a youth Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The state Chairman was late Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Abiola. Osinowo was a four times honorable member in the Lagos State house of assembly. Osinowo contested a seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly for Kosofe constituency and won.
He led other Southern Cameroonian parliamentarians to secede from the Nigerian Eastern House of Assembly in 1954.DeLancey and DeLancey 113–4.
Pictou Centre is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Shortly before Qusai's death he invested all his rights, powers, and transferred the ownership of the House of Assembly to Abd Manaf.
Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes?, by Marshall Houts, 1976, pp. 12-13. He became a member of the colony's House of Assembly.
Shakirudeen "Sola" Giwa is a Nigerian politician and lawmaker in the 8th Lagos State House of Assembly Inaugurated on June 8, 2015.
The House of Assembly of Eswatini is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. The Assembly may debate and pass bills.
Surajudeen Ishola Adekunbi is a Nigerian businessman and member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, where he is its incumbent Speaker.
Both the Senate and the House of Assembly constitutionally share most of the same powers, however, much as in other Westminster System Parliaments, the lower house is dominant. All legislation can be introduced and amended in either house with the exception of money bills; money bills always originate in the House of Assembly, and the Senate is limited in the amendments it can make to them. If the budget is approved by the House of Assembly, but it is not approved un-amended by the Senate within one month, it can be directly submitted to the Governor General. If regular legislation is approved by the House of Assembly twice in two consecutive sessions, but is not approved of by the Senate either time, it can also be submitted directly to the Governor General.
"Petitions: Pornography". South Australian House of Assembly Hansard. 1978-09-12, p. 786; 1978-09-19, p. 967; 1978-10-11, p. 1363.
In July 2009, McKim confirmed he was in a relationship with Cassy O'Connor, also a Tasmanian Greens Member of the House of Assembly.
Daw Park is part of the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Elder and the House of Representatives Division of Boothby.
Asiwaju Yinka Mafe (4 February 1974 – 4 February 2020) was a Nigerian lawyer, and Majority Leader of the Ogun State House of Assembly.
Theresa Makone is the former Zimbabwe Minister of Public Works. She is the Member of House of Assembly for Harare North (MDC-T).
Silobela is a constituency in the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe. It is in Kwekwe District of the Midlands Province.
He served as chief whip and member of the Rivers State House of Assembly for the constituency of Eleme from 2007 to 2011.
Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa is a Nigerian lawyer, politician, member of All Progressives Congress and incumbent Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The forum disbanded in November 2012 upon the election of a new House of Assembly following restoration of self-government to the islands.
The Parliament has two chambers: the House of Assembly and the Senate. The House of Assembly was originally composed of 40 members from 20 electoral districts (two representatives from each district) for a term not to exceed 5 years. As the districts, based on the old parish boundaries, contained significantly differing numbers of voters (malapportionment), that body was replaced in 2002 with a 36-member House elected from single-seat electoral districts of roughly equal population for a five-year term. The Senate, called the Legislative Council until 1980, is the revising chamber and serves concurrently with the House of Assembly.
Established on 26 June 1639.Greetings to (British) House of Commons to commemorate the Ter-centenary of the House of Assembly of Barbados, Sir Harold Austin, Speaker of the House of Assembly of Barbados. British Hansard The Parliament of Barbados is the third oldest legislature in the Americas (behind The Virginia House of Burgesses, and Bermuda House of Assembly), and is among the oldest in the Commonwealth of Nations. The genesis of a legislature in Barbados was introduced by Governor Henry Hawley, creating a structure of governance to Barbados, itself patterned after the Parliament of England).
Norman Thomas "Norm" Peterson (born 1939) is an independent Australian politician who held the seat of Semaphore in the South Australian House of Assembly from the 1979 to the 1993 elections. He was officially "Independent Labor",Parliamentary profilePast Elections (House of Assembly), ABC and helped the Bannon Labor government secure government after the 1989 elections, serving as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1990 to 1993. After his seat was abolished in a redistribution, he ran unsuccessfully for the Legislative Council in 1993. He received 1.14% of the vote, well short of the 8.3% required (after preferences) to be elected.
A survey, conducted by the University of Zimbabwe and reported by The Herald on 28 March, predicted that ZANU-PF would win 137 House of Assembly seats and 41 Senate seats, that the MDC faction led by Tsvangirai would win 53 House of Assembly seats and 13 Senate seats, and that the MDC faction led by Mutambara would win 18 House of Assembly seats and six Senate seats. The survey was based on the views of 10,322 participants, and all of the country's wards were represented in the survey."Mugabe tipped to win", Sapa (IOL), 28 March 2008.
Bermuda's Parliament was created in 1620, and originally had one house, the House of Assembly. Political parties were not legal, and the role now performed by the Senate was originally performed by an appointed council, called the Governor's Council, or Privy Council. The council also performed the role that today belongs to the Cabinet (the Cabinet is composed of Ministers appointed from elected Members of Parliament from the House of Assembly). Historically, the Council, composed of members of Bermuda's wealthy merchant class, had been the true centre of power, rather than the elected House of Assembly, or the Governor despatched from overseas.
The Benue State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Benue State of Nigeria . It is a unicameral legislature with 17 members elected from the 23 local government areas of the state. Some local government areas are merged to form a single constituency. This makes the number of legislators in the Benue State House of Assembly 27.
Susanne Lynnette Hickey (born 25 July 1958) is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since the 2018 election, representing the electorate of Denison (now called Clark). She was previously Lord Mayor of Hobart from 2014 until 2018. Hickey has been Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since May 2018.
Each yearly meeting alternates between G̱aaw (Old Masset) and Hlg̱aagilda (Skidegate). In addition to the House of Assembly meetings, the Council of the Haida Nation meet quarterly with Haida citizens. The Vice President calls the House of Assembly meeting twenty days before the meeting date. They may also call other meeting dates if required, again, at least twenty days before the scheduled date.
With the defunct Irepodun Local Government, the three towns in the constituency were left with the post of the honourable member at Lagos State House of Assembly which was rotationally shared based on the existing agreement. It produced Hon. M.K Sanni from Imota as elected member of Lagos State House of Assembly to complete the second tenure of Hon. Fola Oredoyin.
He was a community college teacher when he was acclaimed provincial NDP leader at the party's convention on November 8, 1981. Fenwick was first elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in a 1984 by-election in Menihek, Labrador. He was the first member of the party to be elected to a seat in the House of Assembly.
In 1882, Bird was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Franklin. In 1887 he became Treasurer in Philip Fysh's ministry, serving until Fysh's defeat in 1892. He then served as Leader of the Opposition until 1894 and then Speaker of the House of Assembly until December 1896. He was Treasurer again under Sir Elliott Lewis from 1899 to 1903.
Colleen Fay Hutchison (born 7 November 1934) is an Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1989 to 1993, representing the electorate of Stuart. Hutchison was elected to the House of Assembly at the 1989 state election, succeeding veteran Labor MP Gavin Keneally. She served on the Economics and Finance Committee during her term.
Williams announced he would be nominating Osborne to serve as Deputy Chair of Committees in the House of Assembly and On November 1, 2007, he was confirmed to serve as Deputy Chair of Committees in the House of Assembly. In 2008, Osborne testified at the Commission of Inquiry on Hormone Receptor Testing and was asked about his time as Minister of Health.
Rankin first sought election in 2013 and was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. While serving his first term he was the chair of the Liberal caucus. He was vice-chair of the public accounts committee, and a member of the assembly matters and private and local bills committees. He was a member of the House of Assembly Management Commission.
James Lawrence Connolly (c. 1909 – March 6, 1982) was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1970 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Halifax Chebucto as a member of the Liberals. He was chosen deputy speaker of the House of Assembly in December 1970 and became Speaker in November 1973.
Nova Scotia House of Assembly, "Province House". Nova Scotia House of Assembly, 1997. The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia held its sessions in Province House (in what is today the legislative library). Most notably, Joseph Howe, a journalist and later Premier of Nova Scotia, was put on trial on a charge of criminal libel on March 2, 1835, at Province House.
G. Patrick Hunt (born March 22, 1949) is a Canadian politician, who served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1981.
State funerals are generally offered to former Governors, Premiers, Deputy Premiers, Speakers of the House of Assembly, Chief Justices and other senior public officials.
State funerals are generally offered to former Governors, Premiers, Deputy Premiers, Speakers of the House of Assembly, Chief Justices and other senior public officials.
He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 24 February 1996 for the Labor Party, and was defeated on 15 March 2014.
Tobago has its own House of Assembly, with its Chief Secretary. It handles some of the responsibilities of the Trinidad and Tobago central government.
Lecesne and Escoffery From Jamaica. Hansard, 16 June 1825, Vol. 13, cc1173-205. and elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
"Members of Parliament" are members of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe. Members of the upper house of Parliament are referred to as Senators.
Nse Ekpenyong held was a one-term Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly member and the former state Deputy Chairman of PDP Akwa Ibom.
Ata became Speaker Kano State House of Assembly as the result of the resignation of his predecessor Rt. Hon Kabiru Alhassan Rurum due to the allegation against him, before nomination he was the Majority Leader of Kano State House of Assembly he was elected in the 2015 Nigerian general election, to represent his Constituency of Fagge for the third term he was first elected to the Kano State House of Assembly in the year 1999 On Monday 30 July 2018 Ata was Impeached by 27 Members out of the 40 Members of Kano State House of Assembly were they claim that he cannot run the affairs of the house, the motion was raise by Abdulmadari Member Representing Warawa Constituency and second by Abdullahi Chiromawa Member Representing Kura/Garum Mallam Constituency he was replaced by Kabiru Alhassan Rurum who was his deputy.
The Millicent state by-election, 1968 was a by-election held on 22 June 1968 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Millicent.
His son, Allan, was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in October 2009, representing the electoral district of Inverness as a Progressive Conservative.
His sons Thomas Andrew Strange, James Ratchford DeWolf and Elisha also served in the House of Assembly. A grandson, James Ratchford Dewolf, became a physician.
The Cabinet of Dominica is appointed from members of the House of Assembly. However, no more than three Senators may be members of the Cabinet.
The Newfoundland House of Assembly was suspended when the Commission of Government was created in 1934. It was revived following Confederation with Canada in 1949.
Atiheme Kimi (died August 1973) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly between 1972 and 1973.
The Flinders state by-election, 1901 was a by-election held on 8 June 1901 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Flinders.
Andrew Langa is the former Zimbabwe government minister of Culture and Sports He is the Member of House of Assembly for Insiza North (ZANU-PF).
Hubert Nyanhongo is the Zimbabwe Deputy Minister of Energy and Power Development. He is the Member of House of Assembly for Harare South (ZANU-PF).
Murisi Zwizai is the Zimbabwe Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development. He is the Member of House of Assembly for Harare Central (MDC-T).
63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia is the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2017 Nova Scotia election.
His wife Pam represented the riding of Victoria-The Lakes as a Liberal MLA in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2013 to 2017.
The Gibraltar Parliament is the legislature of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Between 1969 and 2006, it was called the Gibraltar House of Assembly.
The first session of the House of Assembly was opened on 28 August 1969 by the then Governor, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Varyl Begg.
The Gibraltar Legislative Council was the legislature of Gibraltar created in 1950 and sat until the creation of the Gibraltar House of Assembly in 1969.
Thompson stood for election to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly three times, and won the provincial constituency of Antigonish each time (1877, 1878, 1882).
Green, Antony. 2014 Tasmanian election preview. ABC News, 2014-01-17. The last election for the House of Assembly took place on 3 March 2018.
Rt. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji (born August 24, 1958) is a Nigerian economist, lawyer, politician, lawmaker and speaker of the 7th Lagos State House of Assembly.
Jumoke Akindele is a Nigerian lawyer and first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly. She was succeeded by Rt. Hon. Bamidele Oleyelogun.
Retrieved 9 November 2017. He was speaker of the House of Assembly, Bermuda, 1972–76.United Bermuda Party. (1987) History of the United Bermuda Party.
The Plateau State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Plateau State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 25 members elected from the 17 local government areas of the state. Local government areas with considerable lager population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Plateau State House of Assembly 25.
The Niger State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Niger State of Nigeria . It is a unicameral legislature with 27 members elected from the 25 local government areas of the state. Local government areas with considerable lager population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Niger State House of Assembly 27.
The Kwara State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Kwara State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature having 24 members elected from the 16 local government areas of the state. Local government areas with considerable lager population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Kwara State House of Assembly 24.
The Adamawa State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Adamawa State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 25 members elected from the 21 local government areas (State Constituencies). Local government areas with considerable lager population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Adamawa State House of Assembly 25.
The party's ACT division, the Family Team, won a seat in the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly in 1979, with party leader Bev Cains entering the House. She was joined by Betty Hocking in 1982, who served one term. Cains held her seat until the abolition of the House of Assembly, when she was defeated in an attempt to transfer to the new Legislative Assembly.
The president is limited in the terms they can serve for to three four-year terms. He remains a member of the Assembly while serving as president. The cabinet is composed of the president, vice-president, and 13 ministers (appointed by the president) who are also MPs. Old House of Assembly (1974-2000) The legislative branch is the unicameral Maneaba ni Maungatabu (House of Assembly).
If an incumbent Chief Secretary is defeated in a general election, they do not immediately vacate office. The Chief Secretary only leaves office when the Tobago House of Assembly nominates a successor individual. The period in office of a Chief Secretary is not linked to the term of members of the Tobago House of Assembly. A maximum four-year term is set for each session of Parliament.
Joram Macdonald Gumbo is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Zimbabwe.List of Pan-African Parliament members (accessed 22 April 2008). He is a member of the Zimbabwe House of Assembly for Mberengwa West in the Midlands province, and belongs to the Zanu-PF party.ZANU PF Primary elections winners (accessed 22 April 2008)Zimbabwe House of Assembly Election Results 2008 (accessed 22 April 2008).
The Zimbabwe government consists of an elected head of state, the president, and a legislature. The presidential term lasts for 5 years, and is elected by majority, with a second round if no candidate receives a majority in the first round. The Parliament is bicameral, consisting of the House of Assembly and Senate. Following the 2013 constitution, the House of Assembly has 270 members.
The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly is the state legislature of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. It is located at Udoudoma Avenue, a business district. The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly is currently under the People's Democratic Party which is the current party ruling Akwa Ibom State. There have been seven different house of assemblies the very first one was inaugurated 2 October 1998.
Joseph Boyd (1835 - July 15, 1898) was a blacksmith and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1882 to 1885 as a Liberal. He was born in St. John's. Boyd later served as sergeant-at-arms for the House of Assembly and then, in the 1890s, was named superintendent of the St. John's Poor Asylum.
Thomas R. Bennett (1830 - August 13, 1901) was a magistrate and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Fortune Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1865 to 1874. He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, and, in 1853, moved to Fortune Bay where he established a fishing supply business. Bennett was Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1869 to 1873.
Robert Vaughan Barritt (c. 1927 – June 21, 2015) was a Bermudian artist, painter and politician. He served in the House of Assembly of Bermuda from 1985 to 1989 representing Pembroke East Central, marking the only time that the United Bermuda Party (UBP) held that particular constituency. Barritt held the post of Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs during his tenure in the House of Assembly.
Torngat Mountains is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there are 2,130 eligible voters living within the district. Progressive Conservative, Lela Evans was elected as the Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for this district in the 2019 general election defeating Liberal incumbent Randy Edmunds. Edmunds was first elected during the 2011 general election campaign.
The Plateau State administrative structure consists of the State Cabinet, the House of Assembly and Local Government Areas. The state government is run by the Governor (chief executive), Deputy Governor, Secretary to the state government, Commissioners (cabinet members), special advisers, permanent secretaries, board chairmen and general managers. The current governor is Simon Bako Lalong. The House of Assembly consists of 25 members and 11 special advisers.
In 1958 he was appointed Director of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries. He became an official member of the Legislative Council the following year, and was appointed to the new Member of the House of Assembly following the 1964 elections. He was promoted to Assistant Administrator (Economic Affairs) in 1966, also becoming Leader of Government Members in the House of Assembly. Henderson was made an OBE in 1967.
Joseph Isaac (born 1969) is a Dominican politician from Dominica Labour Party, and current Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica. Isaac is a former member of House of Assembly of Dominica from UWP, but crossed floor for DLP. He was not elected in the 2019 elections. He was appointed a DLP candidate for Speaker of the House, and was sworn in on 10 February 2020.
Downtown Halifax is home to Province House, home of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Downtown Halifax is the home of the Halifax Regional Council chamber at Halifax City Hall. Offices for the mayor, city councillors, and additional staff can also be found downtown. At the provincial level, the downtown is the home of Nova Scotia's Province House where the Nova Scotia House of Assembly meets.
In 1965, the year Rhodesia declared independence from the United Kingdom, Hope Hall won election to the House of Assembly as the Rhodesian Front candidate for the Highlands South constituency. He was reelected in 1970 with 76% of the vote, and again in 1974 with 75% of the vote. On 27 March 1973, he was elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly and Chairman of Committees.
Distinguished-looking, with a neat moustache, Denison was a gifted public speaker with an approachable and courteous manner. He was on the Adelaide City Council from 1888 to 1889, representing the Gawler Ward. On 1 June 1901 he was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for North Adelaide. From 1902 to 1905 he was a South Australian House of Assembly member for Adelaide.
Following the appointment of member of the House of Assembly Elizabeth Marshall to the Canadian Senate, Davis announced he would seek the Progressive Conservative nomination in her former district of Topsail. In a four-person race for the nomination, Davis was easily elected as the party's candidate, winning 882 out of 1215 ballots cast. The following month Davis was elected to the House of Assembly after winning 82 per cent of the popular vote in the by-election. He subsequently resigned as a member of the RNC and was sworn in as the member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for Topsail on April 5, 2010.
The Tasmanian House of Assembly was established in 1856 as part of Tasmania's adoption of responsible self-government. Tasmania chose to adopt the same system of government as in the United Kingdom, with a bicameral parliament. Whereas the Legislative Council mirrored the House of Lords in the United Kingdom by having appointed members, the House of Assembly mirrored the House of Commons in being an entirely elected body. This meant that whilst the Legislative Council became the Upper House, the House of Assembly became the Lower House, where new bills were to be drafted and first debated, before being passed upwards to the Legislative Council.
On September 6, 2019, he was appointed Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour following a cabinet shuffle. On December 5, 2019 the House of Assembly voted to reprimand Mitchelmore for his hiring of Carla Foote, daughter of Judy Foote, at The Rooms despite her lack of qualifications and her political connections to the Liberals. The House of Assembly ordered that Mitchelmore apologize to the Board of Directors of The Rooms and to the House of Assembly and also be suspended two-week without pay. On August 19, 2020 Mitchelmore announced that he is not seeking re-election and was concurrently dropped from cabinet.
When it comes to law making, the House of Assembly must ensure the laws are passed with the positive interest of Akwa Ibomites. The laws must also be practical and implementable over a long period of time. In the case of legitimizing of a political candidate for office the House of Assembly must pick an individual who is well qualified and possesses the skills needed for the position. Members of the public are allowed to express their opinions of this candidate in the House of Assembly form petitions and all these petitions must be read and put into consideration before appointing the candidate for a public office.
Meanwhile, in Lagos, protestors marched to the Lagos State House of Assembly to demand an end to SARS. Several videos shared on social media showed protestors sleeping on the bare ground with no bed or mat overnight as they camped in front of the House of Assembly in Ikeja. The next morning, an emergency session of the Lagos House of Assembly was held as lawmakers allowed some protestors into the building to observe proceedings. A motion was passed and agreed on by Legislators who voted in favour of the protestors to end SARS and sent the recommendations of the House to the Federal Government.
The Seventh House of Assembly was opened on August 26, 2008. The additional system of 60 seats reserved for women was established for the 2013 election.
The synagogue contains a forecourt and house of assembly with painted walls depicting people and animals, and a Torah shrine in the western wall facing Jerusalem.
Awali Ungunaibe (1947 – 1975) was a Papua New Guinean chief and politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly between 1972 and 1975.
List of members of the House of Assembly . Although himself reelected in his constituency, his UWP party suffered defeat in the 28 November 2011 general elections.
Evelyn Masaiti is the Zimbabwe Deputy Minister of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development. She is the Member of House of Assembly for Dzivaresekwa (MDC-T).
Ernest D. DeCouto CBE (1926–2017) was a politician from Bermuda. He served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Bermuda from 1993 to 1998.
James Ernest Ogden (8 March 1868 – 5 February 1932) was an Australian politician who was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly and the Australian Senate.
Like the majority of Nigerian states, it is governed by a Governor and a state House of Assembly. Under the current administration of Abubakar Sani Bello.
Glenunga is in the South Australian House of Assembly Electoral District of Unley and the Federal Division of Sturt, and is a solid Liberal-voting area.
Chief Manga Williams of Victoria became one of two representatives to the Nigerian Eastern House of Assembly. He was succeeded by another Isubu, John Manga Williams.
Michael O'Keefe, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, was also a passenger in the car, and lingered for several months before dying of his injuries.
Pita Tamindei (c. 1918 – June 1968) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly between 1964 and 1968.
His uncle Avard Longley was a Member of the House of Assembly and Member of Parliament. James Wilberforce Longley died in Halifax on 16 March 1922.
Frances Ellen Bedford (born 5 November 1953) is an Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Florey since the 1997 state election.
Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 11 January 2019. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James.
Since October 2016, Honourable Ms Tetiro Semilota is the Attorney General of Kiribati. She is no more Ex-officio member of the House of Assembly since.
The House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands, until 2007 known as the Legislative Council,The Virgin Islands (Constitution) Order 1976 (SI 1976/2145), as amended by 1979/1603, 1982/151, 1991/2871 and 1994/1638 has 15 members: 13 directly elected for four-year terms (nine in single-seat constituencies and four "at large"), and two ex officio members (the Attorney General and a Speaker chosen from outside the house).The Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007 (SI 2007/1678) Sittings of the House of Assembly are divided into "terms" with each term following from a general election. The House of Assembly is presently sitting its fourth term, but the first term of the House of Assembly followed the 15th term of the old Legislative Council. Accordingly, in aggregate the legislature is sitting its 19th term since the restoration of democracy in the Territory.
Marie Davis Pierre (12 March 1918 – 24 May 2014) was a Dominican public servant who served as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1980 to 1988.
Following the election King became the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education. He also served on the House of Assembly Social Services and Public Accounts Committees.
Stott became Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly. Dunstan spearheaded a public outcry which led Hall to finally scrap the Playmander soon after taking office.
When the then-Premier Bill Neilson resigned as Premier on 1 December 1977, Lowe became Tasmania's 35th Premier.Ministers – House of Assembly – 1950 to 1989, 24 January 2006.
He was member for Port Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly May 1868 to April 1870. He died at his residence, Newmarket Hotel, North Terrace.
Before becoming deputy governor, he represented Ekeremor I constituency in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly."Hostage takers and their new tricks", The Tide, 18 January 2008.
The West Adelaide state by-election, 1901 was a by-election held on 1 June 1901 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of West Adelaide.
Thomas Cowan (5 December 1839 - 14 September 1890) served one term as a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Electoral district of Yatala.
A by-election for the Tasmanian House of Assembly was held in the Division of Denison in the Australian state of Tasmania on Saturday 16 February 1980.
The 1900 Tasmanian colonial election was held on 9 March 1900 in the Australian colony of Tasmania to elect 38 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
Each of the nine parish was divided into two constituencies, each of which returned two members to the House of Assembly, making a total of 36 seats.
The 49th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador was elected on May 16, 2019. Members of the House of Assembly were sworn in on June 10, 2019.
Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, (born 22 June 1962) is a Nigerian politician, economist and teacher from Kano state who served as speaker in Kano State House of Assembly.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that parliamentary privilege is a part of the unwritten convention in the Constitution of Canada. Therefore, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms do not apply to members of Nova Scotia House of Assembly when they exercise their inherent privileges of refusing strangers from entering the House. This was decided via New Brunswick Broadcasting Co v Nova Scotia (Speaker of the House of Assembly).
The Gombe State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Gombe State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 24 members elected from the 11 local government areas of the state delineated into 24 state constituencies. Local government areas with considerable lager population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Gombe State House of Assembly 24.
The Ekiti State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Ekiti State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 26 members elected from the 16 local government areas (State Constituencies) of the state. Local government areas with considerable lager population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Ekiti State House of Assembly 26.
The Osun State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Osun State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 26 members elected from the 30 local government areas of the state known as state constituencies. In some places two local government areas are merged to form a single state constituency. This makes the number of legislators in the Osun State House of Assembly 26.
The Kogi State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Kogi State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 25 members elected from the 21 local government areas of the state. Two local government areas with considerable lager population are delineated into two constituencies each to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Kogi State House of Assembly 25.
The Bauchi State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Bauchi State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature having 31 members elected from the 20 local government areas of the state known as state constituencies. Local government areas with considerable lager population are delineated into two constituencies to give equal representation. This makes the number of legislators in the Bauchi State House of Assembly 31.
Horne was elected to the Legislative Council as member for Hobart, along with William Carter and James Milne Wilson. In January 1857 a special Act was passed to enable Horne to act as both a judge and an unsalaried President of the Legislative Council. In 1861 Horne was elected to the House of Assembly as a representative of Hobart Town. He served in the House of Assembly until 1866.
The Taraba State House of Assembly is a branch of the Government of Taraba State, which serves as the legislative house where all legislative decisions and lawmaking for the governance of Taraba State is emanating. It is a unicameral body with 24 members elected into the 24 state constituencies. The current Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly is Rt. Hon. Joseph Albasu Kunini from Lau constituency of Taraba State.
In 1865 John Rounsevell was elected as a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the district of Light, but he retired two years later. Subsequently he sat in the House of Assembly for the district of Gumeracha. He served in the Adelaide City Council. His residence "Landunna" at 111 Hutt Street (Angas Street corner) became the Naval, Military & Air Force Club of South Australia Inc.
Alison Standen is an Australian politician. She is an Opposition Whip and Shadow Minister in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. She was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Labor Party in the Division of Franklin at the 2018 state election. She was a health practitioner, a community leader and a public servant before entering politics, and was the Tasmanian Labor Party's first openly gay candidate.
Lancelot Thomas Spurr (17 March 1897 – 30 May 1965) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1939 to 1940 and the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1941 to 1956. He was Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1950 to 1955. Born in Deloraine, Tasmania, he was educated at Catholic schools and became a draper in Deloraine.
In April 2002, the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly approved amendments to the Adoption Act allowing same-sex couples to adopt children jointly.NEWFOUNDLAND OKS GAY ADOPTION In May 2009, the House of Assembly amended the Marriage Act by replacing the words "husband and wife" with "spouses". Further legislation passed in December 2009 changed the definition of "spouse" to include same-sex couples in other acts, namely the Family Law Act.
Sir Jenkin Coles (19 January 1843 – 6 December 1911) was a South Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1875 to 1878 and 1881 to 1911, representing the electorates of Light (1875–78, 1881–1902) and Wooroora (1902–1911). He was Leader of the Opposition from 1886 to 1887 and later served as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1890 to 1911.
Henry Rowland Gascoigne Dumaresq (20 February 1839 - 31 October 1924) was an Australian politician who represented the electoral district of Longford in the Tasmanian House of Assembly between 1886 and 1903. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 26 July 1886 and resigned on 12 May 1903. Dumaresq also played one first-class cricket match for Tasmania in 1868, almost twenty years before he entered parliament.
The 2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement election were held on January 19, 2020. For the first time, a one member, one vote voting system was adopted for all 17 positions contested. The winner, Tracy Davidson- Celestine, the first female political leader for the party, will go on to contest the Chief Secretary position of the Tobago House of Assembly in the 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election.
Marcus Neill Nicholas is a Saint Lucian politician who represented the Dennery North constituency for the United Workers Party (UWP) in the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia. He was also the Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly.List of members of the House of Assembly . He has been involved in the political arena since 1997, when he lost an election to the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) candidate Tony Torrence.
Following the 1993 landslide to the Liberals, ending 11 years of Labor government, Labor now led by Mike Rann held just 11 seats in the House of Assembly. The Liberals held 36 seats and there were no independent or minor party members in the House of Assembly. They had held a record 37, but lost one at the 1994 Torrens by-election. However the Liberals were suffering from heightened internal tensions.
The Senate of Eswatini is the upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. The Senate may debate or pass a bill, with the exception of a "money bill", which must first be introduced in the lower chamber, the House of Assembly. The Senate must not exceed 31 members, and currently numbers 30. The King of Eswatini appoints 20, while the remaining ten are elected by the House of Assembly.
On 29 June 2020 she was elected to the Anguilla House Of Assembly defeating incumbent Premier Victor Banks for the Valley South seat. Kentish-Rogers is a member of the Anguilla Progressive Movement, which won a majority in the House Of Assembly. She was appointed Anguilla Minister of Education and Social Development. She has Anguillan heritage and spends her time between the UK and the British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.
Green, Antony. South Australian Election 2006: Mitchell Electorate Profile, ABC News Online, 20 April 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2008.South Australian House of Assembly Election 2006: Mitchell, PollBludger.com.
In 1835, Bravo became the first Jewish person to be elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica. Retrieved on 20 March 2019. Retrieved on 20 March 2019.
Brenton Roy Best (born 13 November 1963) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1996 as a Labor member for Braddon.
Cumberland East was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1949 to 1993.
Halifax Cornwallis was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1967 to 1993.
John Dennistoun Wood (4 July 1829 – 23 October 1914) was an Australian politician, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and, later, of the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
Lindsay Anne Simmons (born 7 January 1954) is a former Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Morialta for Labor from 2006 to 2010.
The Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) is a social democratic political party in Saint Lucia. It currently holds 6 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly.
In 1740, in the aftermath of the Stono Rebellion, the Commons House of Assembly of South Carolina introduced a comprehensive slave code in hopes of regulating that institution.
Robert Duff (July 21, 1868 – October 11, 1928) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Carbonear in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1924 to 1928.
Cecil Lay is a former member of the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia for Vieux-Fort North. He is a member of the Saint Lucia Labour Party.
Buaki Singeri (1937 – June 1987) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1972 until 1977.
From 1997 to 2002, he was the Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly for the John Olsen and Rob Kerin Liberal governments. Oswald retired in 2002.
In August 1966, he resigned from the House of Commons of Canada and became a Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for the District of Gander in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. He was appointed Minister of Labrador Affairs. Granger resigned from the House of Assembly on September 25, 1967, and returned to the House of Commons after winning a 1967 federal by-election in the riding of Bonavista—Twillingate following the retirement of Cabinet minister Jack Pickersgill. Granger won the seat and was appointed Minister without Portfolio in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lester Pearson and kept the position when Pierre Trudeau became Prime Minister of Canada the following year.
His name has to be cleared. He is a man of integrity and we should clear him of the allegations”. In his reaction, Pedro expressed his satisfaction with the resolution passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly. In a statement released by his media aide, Pedro thanked the leadership of the House of Assembly for its meticulousness and strict adherence to the rule of law. “I am particularly pleased that all the members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by the Honorable Speaker and the Majority Leader, contributed immensely to the entire process. History will be kind to you all for your objectiveness in resolving this matter“, Pedro said.
The Kaduna State House of Assembly popularly known as Lugard Hall, it houses the Lugard Memorial Council Chamber (Northern Nigeria Council of Chiefs) and The Kaduna State House of Assembly, which is a branch of the Government of Kaduna State, it formerly served as the legislative house of the defunct Northern Nigeria (1954-1967) and the British Colonial government of Nigeria (1914-1954) where all legislative decisions and laws for the governance of the region emanated. Taraba State House of Assembly Named after the then Governor General of Nigeria Sir Frederick Lugard. It is a unicameral body with 34 members elected into the 34 state constituencies."34 Kaduna Lawmakers Sponsor 4 Bills in 3 Years" Leadership Kaduna State.
The Tuvaluan Order 1975, which took effect on 1 October 1975, recognised Tuvalu as a separate British dependency with its own government. The second stage occurred on 1 January 1976, when separate administrations were created out of the civil service of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Elections to the House of Assembly of the British Colony of Tuvalu were held on 27 August 1977, with Toaripi Lauti being appointed Chief Minister in the House of Assembly of the Colony of Tuvalu on 1 October 1977. The House of Assembly was dissolved in July 1978, with the government of Toaripi Lauti continuing as a caretaker government until the 1981 elections were held.
The first specific to Gilbert Islands House of Assembly was so created on 1 January 1976, just after the separation with the Ellice Islands, decided on 1st October 1975, to prepare the following independence of Kiribati and the Constitution of 12th July 1979. The former House of Assembly took its new constitutional name of Maneaba ni Maungatabu on 12 July 1979. The House of Assembly continued until independence when it became the Maneaba ni Maungatabu with 35 elected members, one nominated member (from Rabi) and one ex-officio member (the Attorney-General). The total number of elected members has, at the 2007 elections, increased to 44 making a 46 member unicameral parliament.
Gbolahan Olusegun Yishawu is a Nigerian politician who is a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly who has represented the constituency of Eti-Osa II since 2011.
Zhivargo Laing, born on September 7, 1967, is a Bahamian economic consultant, former cabinet member and former member of the Bahamas House of Assembly for the Marco City Constituency.
Richard Melbourne Hurlburt (born April 25, 1950) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2010.
Dartmouth-Cole Harbour was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1993 to 2003.
Clapham is in the City of Mitcham local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Elder and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Boothby.
Rex Vincent Gibbons (born 1946) is a geologist, educator and former politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1989 to 1997.
Blanchetown is in the Mid Murray Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Chaffey and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Barker.
Barmera is in the Berri Barmera Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Chaffey and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Barker.
Simeon Toluwani Borokini is a Nigerian public speaker, politician and humanitarian. He is a member and Whip of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Akure South Constituency 1.
Ugonna Ozurigbo (born November 26, 1976) is a Nigerian politician. He was deputy speaker of the 8th Assembly of the Imo State House of Assembly beginning in July 2015.
Hon Chidi Udemmadu representing Ihiala 1 constituency in Anambra state house of Assembly. Egbedike Amorka Michael Ezemba. Chief Chienyezie Ogwo Enyebros, Chief Benson Ogwo omekariri nnaya. chief Chinedu Ezidiegwu.
In 1856 McKay was elected to the first House of Assembly of Vancouver Island representing the Victoria district. He was a justice of the peace from 1876 to 1885.
Wayne Adams, CM ONS (born 1943) is a Canadian former provincial politician who was the first Black Canadian member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and cabinet minister.
Kevin Orchard Lyons (7 February 1923 – 24 May 2000) was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the seat of Darwin (later renamed Braddon).
Zvimba East is a constituency of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe, covering the eastern part of Zvimba District. Its current Member of Parliament is Francis Mukwangwariwa (ZANU–PF).
The reaction of the Colonial Office was a surprise to the colonists, for instead of granting a house of assembly, it decided to reannex the colony to Nova Scotia.
On May 2, 2012, Parsons proposed a Private Members' Resolution for a fixed House of Assembly schedule. The purpose was to establish some stability and semblance of regularity. In Newfoundland and Labrador there is no legislation governing the House of Assembly in terms of when it shall sit. In the 2015 election Parsons received nearly 4,000 votes in his district (96.48% of total votes) and no other candidate received more than 100 votes.
The Island Council compound in Maiana, Kiribati Maiana is administered by an Island Council based in Tebangetua village. The Maiana constituency elects two representatives to the national House of Assembly in the capital of South Tarawa. Until you 2016, the MPs for Maiana are Dr. Anote Tong and Teiwaki Areieta."Members of the Parliament of Kiribati for the Ninth Parliament" , House of Assembly of Kiribati Dr. Tong was also the President of Kiribati.
Titus Uba (born 25 September 1965) is Nigerian politician who is currently serving as speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly since August 2018. Uba represents Kyan constituency in the state assembly. His emergence as the speaker of the house followed a vote of no confidence and the subsequent impeachment of the former speaker of the assembly, Terkimbi Ikyange. In 2019, Uba was re-elected speaker for the 9th Benue State House of Assembly.
John Delaney (1811 - April 26, 1883) was an Irish-born civil servant, meteorologist and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Placentia and St. Mary's in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1848 to 1852 and from 1855 to 1860 as a Liberal. He married Elizabeth Troy, the sister of Father Edward Troy, before coming to St. John's in 1831. Delaney was door- keeper for the House of Assembly from 1835 to 1843.
The Imo State House of Assembly is the unicameral legislative body of the state government. It was established in 1979 by part II, section 84 of the Constitution of Nigeria, which states . Led by a Speaker, the House of Assembly consists of 32 members, each elected to four-year terms in single- member constituencies by plurality. Its primary responsibility is to create laws for the peace, order and effective government of the state.
The members were tried and found guilty and their seats were declared vacant. In April 1894, in the midsts of the trials, Whiteway attempted to dissolve the House of Assembly and call new elections. Instead, Governor Sir Arthur Murray refused Whiteway's requested and instead appointed Goodridge as the new Premier despite the fact that Goodridge's Tories were outnumbered by Liberals in the House of Assembly."Bond Moves Past Bribery Charges, Becomes Prime Minister".
John Richard Ryan (24 April 1911 – 12 September 1988) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Port Adelaide from 1959 to 1970 and Price from 1970 to 1975 for the Labor Party. He served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Don Dunstan Labor government from 1973 to 1975. Prior to parliament he was a waterside worker and a Licensed Customs and Shipping Agent.
The 1928 Tasmanian state election was held on Wednesday, 30 May 1928 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation systemHouse of Assembly Elections, Parliament of Tasmania. — six members were elected from each of five electorates. Labor had won the 1925 election in a landslide, with the Nationalist Party losing five seats in the House of Assembly.
General elections were held in South Africa on 15 September 1910 to elect the 121 members of the House of Assembly. They were the first general election after the Union of South Africa was created on 31 May 1910. The elections were held alongside the first election to the provincial councils of Cape Province and Transvaal. Those councils used the same electoral districts as those for the House of Assembly seats in the province.
The House of Assembly is the unicameral provincial legislature. It is situated in the Confederation Building which is located in the capital city of St. John's. The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is unique because the government sits to the left of the speaker in parliament rather than the right, which is the norm in the Westminster system. The legislature has 40 seats, each seat representing one geographical district in the province.
Most of the legislatures of the British colonies in Australia required ministerial by-elections, though the federal House of Representatives created in 1901 and the South Australian House of Assembly created in 1857 never did. The requirement was abolished in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1884, the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1901, the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1906, the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1915, and the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1947.
New Brunswick Broadcasting Co v Nova Scotia (Speaker of the House of Assembly) is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision wherein the court has ruled that parliamentary privilege is a part of the unwritten convention in the Constitution of Canada. Therefore, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms do not apply to members of Nova Scotia House of Assembly when they exercise their inherent privileges of refusing strangers from entering the House.
In 1916, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the electoral district of Cape Breton. A Nova Scotia Liberal, he was defeated in 1920. From 1921 to 1923, he was a Member of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia and was a Minister Without Portfolio in the cabinet of George Henry Murray. He resigned from the Legislative Council in 1923 and was elected to the House of Assembly for Victoria County.
Each division has approximately the same number of electors. Voting for the House of Assembly is by a form of proportional representation using the single transferable vote (STV), known as the Hare-Clark electoral system. By having multiple members for each division, the voting intentions of the electors are more closely represented in the House of Assembly. Since 1998, the quota for election in each division, after distribution of preferences, has been 16.7% (one-sixth).
He enjoyed wide name-recognition in Hobart; mainly due to his long political career. His wife died in 2003. His son, Will Hodgman, was elected to the House of Assembly in 2002 from the neighbouring seat of Franklin, and was Premier of Tasmania from 2014 to 2020. After Michael's final election to the House of Assembly in 2006, he was in the partyroom meeting that saw Will elected unopposed as the new Liberal leader.
William Henry Smith, (1826 - February 1, 1890) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queen's County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1867 to 1874 as a Conservative member. He was born on Saint Kitts in the West Indies, the son of James Boyer Smith, who served in the house of assembly for the island. Smith came to Nova Scotia with his family in 1833.
Prior to being elected to Government his political career progressed steadily. In 1990, Caruana became a member of the Gibraltar Social Democrats. One year later, he became leader of the party and in May 1991 gained a seat in the House of Assembly by winning Gibraltar's first contested by-election. In January 1992, Caruana led his party to the position of official opposition by winning seven seats in the House of Assembly.
This made her the second woman to enter the House of Assembly. When she became Minister of Health, Education and Welfare in 1997, this was the first time that a woman had been appointed to a ministerial post in the British Virgin Islands. This was followed by an appointment as Deputy Premier two years later. Those posts were revoked in 2000, and she later was named as Deputy Speaker for the House of Assembly.
Paul MacEwan (April 8, 1943 – May 2, 2017) was a politician in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, and long-time member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (MLA).
Ogilvie died in Hobart in 1962. He is the brother of former Premier of Tasmania Albert Ogilvie, and grandfather of House of Assembly member for Division of Denison Madeleine Ogilvie.
Ugi Biritu (c. 1937 – 15 March 1967) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly between 1964 and his death in 1967.
He took over the flour mill at Hindmarsh and purchased one at Port Pirie. He held the House of Assembly seat of West Torrens from April 1878 to March 1881.
Zachariah Churchill (born May 25, 1984) is a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia. He is a current member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly having served since June 2010.
Garnet Charles "Chuck" Porter (born December 29, 1964) is a Canadian politician. He represents the electoral district of Hants West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal.
Koolunga is in the Port Pirie Regional Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Frome and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Grey.
Appointment to the Office is made by the Governor on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council subject to confirmation of the appointment by the Rivers State House of Assembly.
From 1957 to 1963, Wilson served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly. He did not reoffer in the 1963 election. Wilson died in 1988 at Windsor, Nova Scotia.
Omotayo Aramide Oduntan (born June 5, 1957), is a Nigerian politician representing Alimosho II Constituency at the Lagos State House of Assembly under the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
Redhill is in the Port Pirie Regional Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Frome and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Grey.
He contested the House of Assembly seat of Flinders, but was unsuccessful. He died at his residence, Eastwood Terrace, Eastwood, South Australia, leaving a widow, two sons and two daughters.
Hayward was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1985 to 1993. Hayward was abolished in a boundary redistribution in 1993.
Constitutional changes in 2006 saw the Legislative Council renamed the House of Assembly and the number of seats increased from 13 to 15. Members were elected from single-member constituencies.
The Government of Gibraltar passed an act in the House of Assembly on 28 March 2003 to establish the Gibraltar Electricity Authority to regulate electricity supply for the civilian population.
Prince Abayomi Babatunde Akinruntan, born October 21, 1973, is a businessman, politician and currently, a member and parliamentary secretary of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Ilaje constituency 1.
Misheck Kagurabadza is a businessman and former mayor of Mutare, Zimbabwe, and is the MDC-Tsvangirai member of the house of assembly (MP) for the parliamentary constituency of Mutasa South.
Turi Wari (c. 1933 – 24 April 1987) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1968 until 1977.
Lorraine Michael, later went on to win the by-election held in Harris' district, Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi and became one of two NDP MHAs in the House of Assembly.
Power was appointed Serjeant-at-arms of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, in July 1866 he became Usher of the black rod. Power died in Hobart on 15 February 1869.
Chloë Catienne Fox (born 22 February 1971) is an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Bright from 2006 to 2014 for the Labor Party.
Nicholas Joseph Vinnicombe (January 14, 1877 – April 10, 1928) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's East in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1919 to 1925.
At the opening of the House of Assembly on January 2, 1833, Hugh Alexander Emerson petitioned the House for William Brown's removal due to Peter LeMessurier's actions. The petition was denied.
In such circumstances, the Presiding Officer appoints an interim Chief Secretary, until the Tobago House of Assembly determines on a new nominee to be presented to the President for formal appointment.
William Henry Cave (February 22, 1872 - July 7, 1941) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Bay de Verde in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1919 to 1924.
Leo A. Glavine (born 1948) is a Canadian politician. He represents the electoral district of Kings West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He is a member of the Liberals.
Najeem Folasayo Salaam (born 8 August 1965), popularly called Iwaloye (meaning: proven character is royal), is a Nigerian politician, philanthropist. He is the speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly.
Moses Mzila Ndlovu is a Zimbabwean legislator, a veteran of the 1970s liberation war and a retired educationist. He is the Member of House of Assembly for Bulilima West (MDC-M).
The Boghom language and Jhar language are spoken in the LGA. at Ethnologue Kanam LGA has two (2) state constituencies in the Plateau State House of Assembly, namely: Dengi and Kantana.
Executive power is exercised by the government, with legislative power being vested in both the government and the House of Assembly. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
East Adelaide was an electoral district of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 to 1857 and an electoral district of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1862 to 1902.
Kingborough Council councillor Nic Street was elected in a countback to fill the vacancy on 1 March 2016.House of Assembly – Division of Franklin Recount, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 2 March 2016.
The House of Assembly Channel is a cable television channel broadcast throughout much of Newfoundland and Labrador, exclusively on cable. The channel first signed on the air on November 17, 2001.
She placed third. In 1998, she unsuccessfully attempted to win a seat in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly by running against John Hamm in Pictou Centre during the provincial election.
From 1979 to 2000, it was at Bairiki, where the House of Assembly was created in 1974, on the base of the Legislative Council of the British colony, created in 1970.
Adekanye Oladele became the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress and on April 11, 2015 he was elected to represent Ebute Metta Constituency in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
In 1816, Haliburton married Lousia Nevill, daughter of Captain Laurence Neville, of the Eighth Light Dragoons. Between 1826 and 1829, Haliburton represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
The 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, held on November 30, 2015, elected members of the House of Assembly in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Progressive Conservative Party which had governed since 2003 election, was defeated by the Liberal Party, which won a majority in the new assembly. The election had been scheduled for October 13, 2015, under Newfoundland and Labrador's House of Assembly Act, mandating a fixed election day on the second Tuesday in October in the fourth calendar year after the previous election. However, the House of Assembly amended the act in June 2015, to delay the election until November 30, 2015, so that the election campaign would not overlap with the federal election scheduled on October 19, 2015.
Following the result of the 1974 Ellice Islands self-determination referendum, the Tuvaluan Order 1975, which took effect on 1 October 1975, recognised Tuvalu as a separate British dependency with its own government. Elections to the House of Assembly of the British Colony of Tuvalu were held on 27 August 1977; with Toaripi Lauti being appointed Chief Minister in the House of Assembly of the Colony of Tuvalu on 1 October 1977. The House of Assembly was dissolved in July 1978 with the government of Toaripi Lauti continuing as a caretaker government until the 1981 elections were held. Toaripi Lauti became the first prime minister of the Parliament of Tuvalu or Palamene o Tuvalu on 1 October 1978 when Tuvalu became an independent nation.
In the case of a disagreement between the Senate and House of Assembly, the Governor-General could convene a joint sitting of the two houses to review the legislation, make amendments, and vote on the bill.See section 63 of the South Africa Act. Because the House of Assembly was much larger than the Senate, the system was designed to protect the stronger position of the House in any joint sitting. A similar method of resolving disagreements exists in the Australian Parliament and the Indian Parliament, but the Australian Senate and the Rajya Sabha are each half the size of the Australian House of Representatives and the Lok Sabha, respectively, whereas the South African Senate was only one-third the size of the South African House of Assembly.
Between 1938 and 1940 Parliament House was again renovated to construct a new chamber for the House of Assembly, and convert the Long Room, where they had been meeting for the previous 82 years, into a Member's Lounge. The new House of Assembly Chamber was formally opened on 14 May 1940, whilst Tasmania was involved in Australia's World War II commitments. In December 1940 extensions were also added to the Legislative Council Chamber to create the Murray Street wing.
Wilfred St. Clair-Daniel CBE (June 1923 – February 2013) was a politician and former Speaker of the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia. St. Clair-Daniel served as the Speaker of the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia for 27 years, making him the longest to serve in that position to date. He was first elected Speaker in 1967, on the recommendation of then Premier of Saint Lucia, the late Hon. Sir John Compton, and served continuously until 1979.
The House of Assembly replaced the Legislative Council in 1963, and the first House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea opened on 8 June 1964. In 1963, the population was approximately two million, of which about 25,000 were non-indigenous. The economy was based on cash crops including coffee, cocoa, and copra as well as timber mills, wharves and factories. Difficult terrain rendered communication between districts difficult and there was a lack of national unity in the territory.
Ungunaibe was born in Kun in the Southern Highlands in 1947.Members of the Second House of Assembly, p56 Speaking both Tok Pisin and Enga, he worked as an interpreter and domestic servant between 1964 and 1971.Mr Awali Ungunaibe Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1975, p87 Ungunaibe contested the constituency in the 1972 elections. Although he was in second place after the first count, he won after preferences were distributed and was elected to the House of Assembly.
Swan and the others dropped their injunction, permitting the UBP executive to settle its affairs. However, Swan continued to sit in the House of Assembly and said he planned to rebuild the party. When the House of Assembly was dissolved for the 17 December 2012 election, he ran as an independent. He finished third, receiving 23% of the vote behind 39% for the new One Bermuda Alliance, only narrowly besting 38% for the Progressive Labour Party candidate.
Howard Huntley Shannon, CMG, (29 March 1892 – 15 August 1976) served as a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Electoral district of Murray from 8 April 1933 to 18 March 1938 and for the Electoral district of Onkaparinga from 19 March 1938 to 1 March 1968. In 1960, Shannon was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for his service as a member of the House of Assembly.
A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Wallaroo on 23 May 1891. This was triggered by the resignation of the former Wallaroo MHA David Bews. Successful candidate Richard Hooper was the first Labor member of the House of Assembly, but was not a member of the newly formed United Labor Party (ULP), instead serving as an Independent Labor member. Although he attended caucus meetings he never joined the ULP.
John Compton Gregson (c. March 1821 – 16 December 1867) was a politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 1856 to 1859 and the Tasmanian Legislative Council 1859 to 1864. Gregson was the eldest son of Thomas George Gregson Premier of Tasmania in 1857. Gregson was Chairman of Quarter Sessions at Launceston until being elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Norfolk Plains on 13 September 1856, a position he held until 11 May 1859.
Abayomi started active politics in 2011 when he contested for the Nigerian House of Representatives but was denied ticket under the Labour Party and In 2015, Prince Abayomi Akinruntan contested and won the 2015 Ondo State House of Assembly election. After his first 4 years in the legislative house, he decamped from the PDP to the APC on April 17 2017 and was reelected as member, Ondo State House of Assembly in 2020 under the All Progressive Congress.
There have been 35 women in the Tasmanian House of Assembly since its establishment in 1856. Women have had the right to vote since 1903 and the right to stand as candidates since 1921. The first successful female candidates for the House of Assembly were Amelia Best and Mabel Miller, both Liberals, who were elected in 1955. In 1962, Miller (Best had lost election twice, in 1956 and 1959) was joined by the first Labor woman, Lynda Heaven.
John A. Carter (May 15, 1933 – December 29, 2017) was a farmer and former politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's North in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1971 to 1989.
Jessie Irma Sampson Burnham was a Guyanese educator and politician. In 1953 she was elected to the House of Assembly alongside Janet Jagan and Jane Phillips-Gay, becoming its first female members.
This is a list of elected members of the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council from its creation in 1930 until its replacement by the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly in 1974.
Fintan J. Aylward (born 1928) is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented Placentia East in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1972 to 1975. He is a lawyer and judge.
Road South is a constituency of the Anguillan House of Assembly. The representative is the incumbent Chief Minister Hubert Hughes of the Anguilla United Movement, who has held the seat since 1989.
William Rudolf (June 6, 1791 - January 1, 1859) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1826 to 1838.
He served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Rann Labor government from 2005 to 2006. Such was joint Father of the House with Michael Atkinson from 2012.
The first House of Assembly had to choose between the two to determine which would be the capital of the Free State. The vote went to Bloemfontein with a two-vote majority.
She was widowed in 1780, when her husband Jacob died of illness.Edgar and Bailey. Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Volume II, The Commons House of Assembly 1692-1775.
Keith Wayne Colwell (born October 3, 1947) is a Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the riding of Preston- Dartmouth for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Kelechi Nwogu was first elected into the Rivers State House of Assembly in 2011 to represent Omuma state constituency. He succeeded Hon. Emmanuel Okatta. He was re-elected in 2015 and 2019.
Uwom was elected in April 2015 to represent the constituency of Abua–Odual in the Rivers State House of Assembly. On 1 June 2015, he became the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.
In 2014, Bukky Wright contested for the post of a Honourable in Ogun State House of Assembly under the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) led by former Governor Olusegun Osoba.
William Augustus Oldford (born 1925) is a former social worker, magistrate and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Fortune Bay in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1971 to 1972 as a Liberal.
James Gordon Bartlett "Jim" Reid (1921-1991) was a businessperson and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity South in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1972 to 1975 and from 1982 to 1989.
Zoe Lee Bettison is an Australian politician representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Ramsay for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2012 Ramsay by-election.
This station is named for rue Joliette. Barthélémy Joliette (1789-1850) served in the House of Assembly and Legislative Council of Lower Canada; he also founded the village of L'Industrie (later Joliette, Quebec).
Jesse Shaw (January 7, 1800 - February 24, 1867) was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Yarmouth township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1851 to 1855 as a Reformer.
Allan Gerard MacMaster (born September 26, 1974) is a Canadian politician. He represents the electoral district of Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Sylvester Robert Nguni was the Zimbabwean Minister of State in the office of Vice-President Joyce Mujuru. A member of ZANU–PF, he was the Member of House of Assembly for Mhondoro–Mubaira.
He contested in the 26 April 2011 election and was re-elected into the State legislature for a third term. He was elected by his colleagues as Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly.
In 1911 he resigned from the House of Assembly to successfully contest the Legislative Council seat of Meander. He served as Chair of Committees from 1921 until his death in Sheffield in 1926.
James Ernest Stephens (25 November 1881 – 22 June 1962) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Port Adelaide from 1933 to 1959 for the Labor Party.
Norman Frederick Evennett (29 June 1929 – 12 June 1970) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly from 1968 until his death two years later.
Bako Kasim resign his position as the deputy speaker of Niger State House of Assembly on July 23, 2020 without disclosing any reason and was succeeded by Jibrin Ndagi Baba of Lavun constituency.
His nephew Joseph M. Greene also served in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1928 to 1932. Joseph Green's son, James Greene, was leader of the Opposition Conservative Party from 1960 to 1966.
John Joseph Murphy (May 13, 1849 - August 4, 1938) was a businessman and politician. He represented Harbour Main in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1908 to 1913 as a People's Party member.
Tarlee is in the District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Frome and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Grey.
Abia State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the Abia State Government. It is a unicameral body consisting of 24 members elected into 24 state constituencies and presided by a Speaker.
There are 30 representatives within the House of Assembly. The Constitution of Barbados is the supreme law of the nation.The official Constitution of Barbados (1966) version. The Attorney General heads the independent judiciary.
Brighton was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 1985. Brighton was replaced by the seat of Bright at the 1985 election.
Karen Lynn Casey (born April 24, 1947) is a Canadian politician who represents the electoral district of Colchester North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a member of the Liberal caucus.
First contesting the 1965 state election, the party has held two South Australian House of Assembly seats at alternating periods; Peter Blacker (1973–1993) in Flinders and Karlene Maywald (1997–2010) in Chaffey.
His son Peter John Nicholson is also a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party and represented the electoral district of Victoria in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1980.
Cyprian Lansiquot is a Saint Lucian lawyer and politician. He was a Labour Party member of the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia from 1997 to 2006 and served as a parliamentary secretary.
Donald Norman Cameron (3 November 1851 – 17 February 1931) was an Australian politician. He served in the House of Representatives (1901–1903, 1904–1906) and Tasmanian House of Assembly (1912–1913, 1925–1928).
Terrance Nathaniel Ollivierre is a Vincentian politician, teacher and vocalist. Terrance is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Southern Grenadines in the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Under white minority rule in the Union of South Africa, most of the Senators were chosen by an electoral college consisting of Members of each of the four Provincial Councils and Members of the House of Assembly (the lower house of Parliament, directly elected). The remaining Senators were appointed by the Governor-General of the Union on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Senate's presiding officer was called the President, whereas his counterpart in the House of Assembly was the Speaker.
The Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TEC) in Tasmania, Australia, established in 2005, is an independent office which conducts parliamentary and local government elections in Tasmania. Elections for the House of Assembly take place every four years, and for the Legislative Council every year on a rotational basis. The next election for the House of Assembly will be held in or before 2022.TEC website The next elections for the Legislative Council, for the divisions of Derwent, Mersey and Windermere, will be held in 2021.
In 1999, the Government of the United Kingdom invited British Dependent Territories to provide proposals for constitutional reform. A cross-party committee of the Gibraltar House of Assembly was set up to consult with interested parties and in January 2002 produced a report, which was subsequently debated and negotiated with the United Kingdom. The proposals for the reform were accepted by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in March 2006 and then were unanimously approved in the House of Assembly in October.
The National Assembly of Zimbabwe, previously the House of Assembly until 2013, is the lower house of the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Between 1989, when the Senate was abolished and 2005, when it was reestablished, the House of Assembly was the sole chamber, but it was one of two chambers from independence in 1980 until 1989 and has been so again since 2005. Since the 2013 election, the National Assembly has had 270 members. Of these, 210 are elected in single-member constituencies.
Edward "Ted" Connelly (6 November 1918 - 17 September 2013) was an Australian politician. He was an independent member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1975 and 1977, representing the electorate of Pirie.SA Parliament biography At the 1975 state election, Labor and the opposition parties held 23 seats each. Connelly was in a balance of power situation, and subsequently sided with Labor, and was made Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Don Dunstan Labor government.
Godfrey Guwa Chidyausiku (23 February 1947 – 3 May 2017) was a Zimbabwean judge and politician. He was involved in politics during Rhodesia's unilaterally declared independence, being a member of the Rhodesia House of Assembly. After Zimbabwean independence he was elected as a Zimbabwe African National Union (Patriotic Front) member to the Zimbabwe House of Assembly, and served in the government as Attorney-General. After becoming a Judge he headed the Constitutional Convention in 1999, and was appointed Chief Justice in 2001.
The Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly is the political head of the Abia State legislative who serves as the presiding officer of the Abia State House of Assembly. The Speaker is elected by Members of the House with the sole responsibilities of conducting meetings of the House, appointing committees and enforcing the Rules of the House. The current speaker is Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, a People's Democratic Party member who was sworn in on 10 June 2019, succeeding Chikwendu Kalu.
Henry Frampton Anstey (1822 – 8 July 1862) was a politician in colonial Tasmania, a nominee member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council and later an elected member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Anstey was born in Devon, England, son of son of Thos. Anstey, of Anstey Burton, Tasmania. On 31 October 1851 Anstey was elected to the seat of Oatlands in the unicameral Tasmanian Legislative Council; Anstey was elected to the first Tasmanian House of Assembly for Oatlands on 4 September 1856.
The Parliament of South Australia at Parliament House, Adelaide is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the 47-seat House of Assembly (lower house) and the 22-seat Legislative Council (upper house). All of the lower house and half of the upper house is filled at each election. It follows a Westminster system of parliamentary government with the executive branch required to both sit in Parliament and hold the confidence of the House of Assembly.
Joseph Winniett (1726–1789) was a public official, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was the first Acadian elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He represented the town of Annapolis from 1761 to 1765 and Annapolis County from 1765 to 1770 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. (Winniett was the grandson of Baptiste and the brother-in-law to Edward How.) He was born in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, the son of William Winniett and Acadian Marie- Madeleine Maisonnat.
The House of Assembly, set up under the 1969 constitution, was a unicameral body originally consisting of 15 members elected by the Gibraltar electorate, plus two appointed members including the Attorney-General. The term "House of Assembly" has been commonly used for the legislatures of British territories that are less than fully sovereign. It was replaced by the current Gibraltar Parliament by the new 2006 constitution, reflecting an increase in its sovereignty. All 17 of the new Parliament's members are elected.
Evennett was born in Samarai in the Territory of Papua in 1929.Members of the Second House of Assembly, p10 He attended Townsville State School and All Souls School in Charters Towers, before returning to Papua, where he became a businessman and plantation owner. In the 1968 general elections, Evennett contested the Esa'ala Open constituency under the Tok Pisin name "Nomani". He was elected to the House of Assembly on the first count after receiving more than half of all votes cast.
The Speaker is the presiding officer of the National Assembly in Guyana. The post was created in 1966 when the National Assembly came into being, although previous legislatures including the Legislative Council, House of Assembly, and the Legislative Assembly also had Speakers. The position of Speaker was introduced in 1953 following constitutional reforms that created the House of Assembly. The Speaker was initially appointed by the Governor, but following the 1961 constitutional reforms, was elected by members of the legislature.
Labrador West is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From 1975 to 1996, the district was known as Menihek. Known as the iron ore capital of Canada with two modern mining communities, Labrador City and Wabush, the district has a strong base of labour support. This district was the first in Newfoundland and Labrador to send a New Democratic member to the House of Assembly, electing party leader Peter Fenwick in a 1984 by-election.
Tangariki Reete is an I-Kiribati politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Betio. She entered the House of Assembly in 2008 after the death of her father. She is a member of the Pillars of Truth (Boutokaan te Koaua) party, and previously served as the first Minister for Women, Youth and Social Affairs from 2013 until 2016. On 22 May 2020 she was elected as the Speaker of the House of Assembly, beating the previous Speaker, 25 votes to 19.
However, on 28 July, Batt announced his resignation from the House of Assembly and the Labor Party to take up a position with the United Nations in Bangladesh.Commonwealth Parliamentary Association: The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth (1986), v.67-68 1986-1987. Upon the end of his UN posting, Batt worked in private industry, but returned to politics in 1986, when he was re-elected to the House of Assembly for Denison on at the state election on 8 February.
Since its creation in 1967, the state has been administered either by a governor and a House of Assembly in civilian or quasi-civilian (under Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida's administration) federal administrations, or by Sole-Administrators or Military Administrators in military dispensations. Since December 2007, Yoruba has been the second official language of debate and discussion for the House of Assembly after English. The current governor of Lagos State is Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who emerged victorious in the March 9, 2019 Governorship elections.
Leonard Archibald (Len) Simms (born October 23, 1943) is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was the Progressive Conservative Member of the House of Assembly for Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans from 1979 to 1995. Since 2005, Simms has been chairman and chief executive officer of the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation, a provincial crown corporation. He served as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1979 to 1982 when he was appointed to the provincial cabinet of Premier Brian Peckford.
Entering parliament in 1997 at the age of 24, he was the youngest member of the House of Assembly at the time. He was Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Rann Labor government from 2006 to 2010. He also served as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees. He is aligned with Labor's right faction. A consequence of the major 2016 electoral redistribution was that two thirds of the voters in Snelling's electorate of Playford will be moved to Florey.
The constitution stipulated that removing a president from office required a two-thirds majority of both the House of Assembly and Senate in a joint sitting. However, with both major parties supporting the motion, Mugabe's impeachment and removal appeared all but certain. As per the constitution, both chambers met in joint session to debate the resolution. Hours after the debate began, the Speaker of the House of Assembly read a letter from Mugabe announcing that he had resigned, effective immediately.
Dumnamene Robinson Dekor (born 1968) also known as Dum Dekor is a Nigerian politician who was Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 2007 to 2011. He represented Khana II in the 6th Rivers State House of Assembly and is a member of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party. On 15 September 2017, he was sworn in as a commissioner-designee by Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike and on 20 September, he was assigned to the Rivers State Ministry of Works.
During that time, Tasmania saw significant economic and social reform. Measures included gun law reform, liberalisation of gay laws, an apology to the Indigenous stolen generation and support for an Australian republic., "ABC's Q&A;" In 1998, the major parties voted to restructure the House of Assembly from 35 to 25 seats, increasing the quota of votes required to be elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Liberal Premier Tony Rundle immediately called an election, which his party subsequently lost.
He eventually set up a law practice in his native Chester but in 1865 made Bridgewater his home. In 1867, DesBrisay entered provincial politics as part of the anti Confederation movement and in the Nova Scotia general election was voted to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Reelected in 1874, the following year he was named Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia. After 1875 DesBrisay was out of politics and in 1876 he married Ada Adams Harley.
Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi is a Nigerian politician who is currently serving as the speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly. He was first elected speaker of the 5th Nasarawa State house of Assembly in 2015 and was unanimously re-elected for a second term as speaker of the 6th Assembly in 2019. Balarabe-Abdullahi represents Umaisha/Ugya state constituency in the state assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Balarabe-Abdullahi was nominated for the speaker of the 6th Assembly by Mohammed Okpoku of the APC (Udege/Loko constituency) and was seconded by Aliyu Dogara of the APC (Wamba constituency). In January 2020, Balarabe-Abdullahi party’s national leadership passed a vote of confidence on his leadership of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly saying he is an asset to the party.
On 9 March 2019 that intensive campaign paid off as Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq was elected by the people of Nsit Ubium to represent them in the 7th Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. On 28 March 2019, the youngest elected member of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq was presented with the Certificate of Return by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner. Hon Otobong Effiong Bob, Esq was inaugurated a member of the 7th Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on Monday 10 June 2019 setting the stage for the people of Nsit Ubium State Constituency to get quality, effective and efficient representation. Hon Otobong Effiong Bob is the Chairman of the House Committee on Rules, Business, Ethics and Privileges as well as membership of many other House committees.
House of Assembly in Harare Under the 1980 Constitution, 20 of the 100 seats in the House of Assembly were reserved for the country's white minority, although whites and other ethnic minorities made up only 5% of the population at the time. These seats were abolished by constitutional amendment in 1987.Zimbabwe Moves to Limit Whites' Role : Legislation Prepared to End a Guarantee of Parliament Seats, Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1987 This size of 100 seats was used for two elections, the 1980 election held immediately before independence and the 1985 election. The 1990 election was the first election after the abolition of the white-reserved seats, and also expanded the House of Assembly to 120 seats, a size which was retained for the 1995 and 2000 elections.
For most of the Union's existence, the South Africa Act provided for each Province to have equal representation in the upper house, the Senate, and Senators were chosen by an electoral college made up of the Province's members in the House of Assembly and the members of the provincial legislature. The composition and election of the Senate would later be modified as part of the move towards apartheid and the establishment of the Republic of South Africa. In the lower house of Parliament, the House of Assembly, each Province was represented proportionally according to their respective populations and members were elected from individual districts within a Province. The House of Assembly had more power than the Senate, much like the relationship between the House of Commons and House of Lords.
Sparhawk and Bowman founded and published The Canadian Times and Weekly Literary and Political Reporter, which was in print from January 1823 until some time in 1824. On January 31, 1823, The Times accused the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of Quebec of anti- British sentiment: :The resolutions and addresses of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly will be found amongst the proceedings of the Provincial Parliament, and cannot be productive of surprise, when the majorities by which they were carried show how completely anti-British was the composition of these bodies. The House of Assembly took offense, and on February 3, 1823, the Speaker issued warrants for the arrests of Bowman and Sparhawk for libel. Bowman was apprehended and held briefly before he escaped, while Sparhawk evaded capture.
Donald Richard Downe (born 1951) is a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 2003 as a Liberal member.
Sir Percy Chatterton (8 October 1898 – 25 November 1984) was an English-born Papua New Guinean educator, clergyman and politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly from 1964 to 1972.
Maimuna Adaji, Kwara State, Hon. Florence Akinwale, Ekiti State and Hon. Beni Lar, Plateau State. After her third consecutive tenure in the Federal House of Assembly, she re-contested and lost against Titsi Ganama.
William John Bloomfield (4 October 1912 – 12 February 1966) was an Australia- born Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly between 1964 and his death in 1966.
He was appointed member ad hoc committee to investigate the Bauchi State House of Assembly crisis, member ad hoc committee on water resources and delegate to International Telecoms Conference that took place in Hungary.
Innocent Bariate Barikor is a Nigerian academic and politician of the People's Democratic Party. He represented the constituency of Gokana as a Member of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 2011 to 2015.
Simon Dogari , is a Nigerian politician of the People's Democratic Party. He is a former member of the All Progressives Congress. He has also served as Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly.
Leslie Charles Harding (3 August 1895 – 15 March 1979) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Victoria from 1956 to 1965 for the Liberal and Country League.
Henry Munroe (c. 1727 – c. 1782) was a Scottish-born soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the township of Granville in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1765 to 1768.
Benjamin DeWolf JP (October 14, 1744 - September 1/2, 1819) was a businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1783 to 1798.
Geoffrey Thomas Clarke (22 September 1903 – 17 October 1976) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Burnside from 1946 to 1959 for the Liberal and Country League.
David Shannon (c. 1822 - 9 September 1875) served one term as a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Electoral district of Light from 9 September 1858 to 18 March 1860.
He was also involved in the meat processing industry and owned a shop in Harare. Upon his election to the House of Assembly in 1990, he became one of three white parliamentarians in Zimbabwe.
Bob Ridgley is a Canadian politician. He represented the district of St. John's North in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party from 2003 to 2011.
84 Havenga was not a member of the House of Assembly at the time of the election as, like Hertzog, he had resigned his seat in the body when Hertzog was rejected as leader.
Dominica: parliamentary elections House of Assembly, 2000 Voter turnout was 60.2%,Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p230 the lowest since the introduction of universal suffrage in 1951.
A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Custance on 23 June 1990. This was triggered by the resignation of former state Liberal leader and MHA John Olsen.
William Hart (1825 - 7 February 1904) was a Tasmanian businessman and politician born in England. He amassed considerable wealth and served in all three tiers of Government: Local, House of Assembly and Legislative Council.
Sir Cecil Stephen Hincks (18 February 1894 – 1 January 1963), Australian politician, was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly who was Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Repatriation in Thomas Playford's government.
Gerald "Gerry" Fogarty is a former sportscaster and politician. He was the last Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia to be appointed by the Premier rather than elected by his peers.
Giuseppe "Joe" Scalzi (born 4 July 1951) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1993 and 2006, representing the electorate of Hartley.
Thomas Rees Harris (March 24, 1836 - 1894) was a political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Kings County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1882 to 1886 as a Conservative member.
Philip Marchington (October 28, 1736 - November 2, 1808) was a British- Canadian merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1786 to 1793.
Thomas Cochran or Cochrane (1733 - July 28, 1801) was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Liverpool township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1775 to 1785.
Such authority may also be exercised through the Deputy Governor or Commissioners. Legislative power is vested in a 26-member unicameral House of Assembly. Judicial power is exercised solely by the judiciary of Ogun State.
Dorcas Ewokolo Idowu (born 27 August 1903) was a Cameroonian politician. She was the first woman to sit in the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly, and the first female parliamentarian in what is now Cameroon.
Leslie David Boundy (12 August 1932 - 18 July 2003) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Goyder from 1974 to 1977 for the Liberal Movement and Liberal Party.
In September 2001, Liberal Assemblyman (MHA) Ross Wiseman crossed the floor of the House of Assembly to join the Progressive Conservative caucus. During his time as Opposition Leader, Williams donated his legislative salary to charity.
Sir John William Evans, CMG (1 December 1855 – 2 October 1943) was an Australian politician, a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and Premier of Tasmania from 11 July 1904 to 19 June 1909.
Then when Delaware elected its first House of Assembly in October 1776, he was again elected to represent New Castle County in the 1776/77 session, and was chosen by that body as its Speaker.
He represented the riding of Humber East in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1971 to 1979."Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2007: Humber East". cbc.ca. He was a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
Ronald William Rex Hunt (25 December 1897 – 7 June 1968) was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal and Country League member for Victoria in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1933 to 1938.
In 1806, he married Elizabeth Creighton. He was named Solicitor General in 1815. He served as Speaker for the House of Assembly from 1817 to 1824. In 1824, he was named to Nova Scotia's Council.
William Joseph Smith (1910 – August 4, 1965) was politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. Barbe South in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1962 to 1965. He died of heart failure in office in 1965.
Ovingham lies in the state electoral district of Adelaide and the federal electoral division of Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Rachel Sanderson and federally by Kate Ellis.
Ridleyton lies in the state electoral district of Croydon and the federal electoral division of Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Tom Koutsantonis and federally by Mark Butler.
In February 2007, the Adamawa State House of Assembly served Boni Haruna with an impeachment notice for alleged gross misconduct and for inability to perform the functions of office as demanded by the 1999 constitution.
Sir Walter Angus Bethune (10 September 1908 – 22 August 2004) was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 26 May 1969 to 3 May 1972.
Marcus G. Ajibade. Shehu Musa Yar'adua: The Recurring Decimal in Contemporary Politics, p8. 1999 During the Governorship and House of Assembly elections, SDP had a slight numerical edge over the opposition National Republican Convention (NRC).
Prior to her election to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, she served on Cape Breton Regional Council,"District 11". Cape Breton Regional Municipality, March 10, 2020. representing District 11 since the 2016 municipal elections.
Frances Mary Bladel (born 3 October 1933) is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1986 to 2002, representing the seat of Franklin for the Labor Party.
Stephen Gordon Salter (1938 - 7 May 2006) was an Australian politician. In 1982, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Wilmot. He served until his defeat in 1986.
In 2014, Tony Tetuilaran ran for political office in the House of Assembly of Kwara State as a candidate for the All Progressives Congress party. He later claimed that he was denied the Political position.
Josephine Olivia Connolly is a businesswoman"THE ELECTION RACE IS ON!". Turks and Caicos Sun. and an elected member of the Turks and Caicos islands House of Assembly."Nearly 450 catch mosquito viruses this year".
George R. Roberts (ca. 1845 - July 12, 1920) was a ship owner, trader, newspaper owner and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate from 1900 to 1913 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly as a Liberal.
Abok Izam is a Nigerian politician. He is currently, the lawmaker representing Jos East constituency and Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) political party.
The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.
William Benajah Taylor (June 10, 1794 - ca 1853) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Liverpool township from 1836 to 1851 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Conservative.
Kelechi Nwogu is a Nigerian politician, a state legislator and member of the 7th, 8th and 9th Rivers State House of Assembly, representing Omuma State Constituency. Kelechi is a member of the People’s Democratic Party.
Koriam Michael Urekit (1916 – 3 December 1978) was a Papua New Guinean cargo cult leader and politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1964 until his death.
Kings West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the towns of Berwick and Kingston, and the village of Greenwood.
Brompton lies in the state electoral district of Croydon and the federal electoral division of Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Peter Malinauskas and federally by Steve Georganas.
James Humphreys (January 15, 1748 - February 2, 1810) was a printer, publisher, merchant and politician in Nova Scotia and Pennsylvania. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1793 to 1796.
Elliot declared his intentions in September 2014 to run for Lagos State House of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress. He contested and won the Surulere Constituency in the 11 April 2015 Nigerian General Elections.
Prime Minister Patrick John and the Dominica Labour Party spearheaded the effort to pass the bill in the House of Assembly of Dominica. The bill was passed unopposed by members of the Dominica Freedom Party.
In response to his death, the state government closed the Nasarawa State House of Assembly building for decontamination and imposed a lockdown on Suleiman Adamu's hometown of Nasarawa to slow the spread of COVID-19.
He served for two terms before stepping down to make space for others seeking to represent their constituencies. While in Rivers State House of Assembly, he was known for various constituency projects and empowerment projects.
After the 1971 election, the Action Committee of Dedicated Citizens became the Democratic Action Congress which won both Tobago seats in the 1976 General Elections. As leader as the DAC, Robinson worked for internal self-government for Tobago, culminating in the passage of the Tobago House of Assembly Act in 1980. Robinson resigned from Parliament to contest the Tobago House of Assembly elections, and became the Chairman of the Assembly following victory by the DLP. He had also proposed the idea of the International Court.
On March 9, 2002, Tunji Olurin was elected as the President of the Yewa Group (YG), formed to develop Yewaland in Ogun State. On 26 September 2006 the Ekiti State House of Assembly impeached the governor, Ayodele Fayose and his deputy Abiodun Christine Olujimi, alleging gross misconduct. On October 19, 2006, President Olusegun Obasanjo declared a State of Emergency in Ekiti State and suspended the governor, deputy governor and House of Assembly of the state. He appointed Tunji Olurin, as "Sole Administrator" on Ekiti State.
The 2009 Nova Scotia general election was held on June 9, 2009 to elect members of the 61st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The government was defeated on a money bill on May 4, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was dissolved by Lieutenant Governor Mayann Francis on May 5. thereby triggering an election. The NDP won a majority government, forming government the first time in the province's history, and for the first time in an Atlantic Canadian province.
The 1999 Nova Scotia general election was held on July 27, 1999, to elect members of the 58th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The government was defeated on a money bill on June 18, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was dissolved by Lieutenant Governor James Kinley. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party, led by Dr. John Hamm. They received a majority of 30 seats compared to 11 seats by the NDP and 11 by the Liberals.
Rt. Hon. Ehie Ogerenye Edison MHA is a Nigeria State Level Politician and the current Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. He was elected into the Rivers State House of Assembly in 2015, and re-elected in the rerun election in 2016 and in 2019 and represents the constituency of Ahoada East II under the platform of the Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party. Hon. Ehie Edison was born in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to the family of Late Chief Clinton Dollars Ehie and Mrs.
John the Duke of Avram (born John Charlton Rudge) (born 12 March 1944) is the titular head of the Grand Duchy of Avram, an Australian micronation. He also served one term in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the Liberal Party in the seat of Lyons. His adopted title is His Grace the Most Noble the Duke of Avram, and his legal name is "John the Duke of Avram". Rudge was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1989 and served until his defeat in 1992.
The system of government was changed again prior to the 1974 elections; the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Order 1974 replaced the Legislative Council with a 31-member House of Assembly, including 28 elected members and three ex officio members.Howard Van Trease (1993) Atoll Politics: The Republic of Kiribati, p8 A Council of Ministers replaced the Executive Council, and consisted of the Chief Minister elected by the House of Assembly and six ministers. Only around 60% of people eligible to vote registered to do so.
Perry Trimper is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Lake Melville as a member of the Liberal Party. Following the election, he was appointed to the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador as Minister of Environment and Conservation. He was dropped from cabinet on July 31, 2017, but was subsequently proposed by Dwight Ball as a candidate for Speaker of the House of Assembly replacing Tom Osborne.
He entered politics in 1832 running for House of Assembly for Twillingate and Fogo. He became Speaker of the House of Assembly in 1834 opposing William Carson as a conservative supporter and remained as speaker until 1837 when he did not run for election. Bennett also held a number of appointed positions in the government after he chose not to run for further office. He was chosen for these appointments because the governor, Sir John Harvey, wanted both brothers to be part of the newly formed government.
Bladel remained a member of the House of Assembly, and returned to the ministry when Labor regained office in 1998 as Secretary to Cabinet. From May 2000, she served as acting Minister of State Assisting the Premier, and from October 2001 to January 2002 was acting Minister for Education. In 2002, she resigned her seat in the House of Assembly to contest the Legislative Council seat of Huon, where she was defeated. Her vacancy was filled by Neville Oliver in a countback, and Bladel retired from politics.
Sir Richard Butler (3 December 1850 – 28 April 1925) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1890 to 1924, representing Yatala (1890–1902) and Barossa (1902–1924). He served as Premier of South Australia from March to July 1905 and Leader of the Opposition from 1905 to 1909. Butler would also variously serve as Speaker of the House of Assembly (1921–1924), and as a minister under Premiers Charles Kingston, John Jenkins and Archibald Peake.
Burgeo-La Poile is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,527 eligible voters living within the district. The district was first created when Newfoundland joined confederation in 1949 as Burgeo and La Poile, and existed until 1975. It was recreated in 1995 following a reduction in the number of seats in the House of Assembly from 52 to 48, forming from the amalgamation of the former districts of La Poile and Burgeo-Bay D'Espoir.
The Premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the Governor of Tasmania to be Premier and principal adviser.Premier and Leader of the Opposition, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Since 20 January 2020, the Premier of Tasmania has been Peter Gutwein, leader of the Liberal Party, which holds 13 of the 25 seats in the House of Assembly.
The Tuvaluan Order 1975, which took effect on 1 October 1975, recognised Tuvalu as a separate British dependency with its own government. The second stage occurred on 1 January 1976 when separate administrations were created out of the civil service of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Elections to the House of Assembly of the British Colony of Tuvalu were held on 27 August 1977; with Toaripi Lauti being appointed Chief Minister in the House of Assembly of the Colony of Tuvalu on 1 October 1977.
Flag of the Tobago House of Assembly Central and local government functions in Tobago are handled by the Tobago House of Assembly. The current Chief Secretary of the THA is Ancil Dennis. The Tobago Council of the People's National Movement controls 10 of the 12 seats in the Assembly, with the Progressive Democratic Patriots led by union leader Watson Duke controlling two seats since the 23 January 2017 election. Tobago is represented by two seats in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago East and Tobago West.
On June 21, 2006, Williams announced that he had requested Byrne's resignation as a result of an audit of the financial records of the House of Assembly by the Auditor General of the province. Byrne was forced to step down after the Auditor General expressed concern to the Speaker of the House of Assembly over financial issues. Byrne left cabinet that day. On June 22, 2006, the provincial Auditor General released a report on Byrne's constituency allowance claims in the 2003 and 2004 fiscal years.
The Parliament of Tasmania is a bicameral legislature comprising the Tasmanian Legislative Council, the House of Assembly and the Governor of Tasmania.Constitution Act 1934 (Tas) s.10 The Legislative Council has 15 members, elected for six-year terms, elected from single-member constituencies on a rotational basis with either two or three being elected each year, using full preferential voting. The House of Assembly has 25 members elected for four-year terms from multi-member constituencies, using the Hare-Clark system of proportional representation.
Andrew Paul Harriss (born 11 August 1954) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from March 2014 to February 2016, representing the electorate of Franklin. Harriss was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1996 to 2014, amassing a lengthy conservative voting record. He resigned from the Legislative Council in 2014, a short time before the conclusion of his Legislative Council term, in order to contest the House of Assembly election as a Liberal.
Lennon first ran for parliament at the 1989 state election, but failed to obtain a seat. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1990 on a recount of votes following the resignation of Ken Wriedt (who had been State ALP Leader 1982–1986) and immediately became Deputy Leader of the Labor Party. He was Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Workplace Standards, Workers' Compensation, Public Sector Management, Forests, Mines, Racing and Gaming, and Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Assembly.
Alfred Ross Robert Martin Wiseman is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. Wiseman represented the district of Trinity North in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2000 to 2015, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Wiseman served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Finance, President of the Treasury Board, Minister of Environment and Conservation, Minister of Business and Minister of Health and Community Services. He also served as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 2011 to 2014.
Scott was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1998 election. He was re-elected in the 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2009 elections. He was elected Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia in August 1999, and served in that role until being appointed to cabinet in February 2006. As a member of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, Scott served as Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, and Minister of Economic and Rural Development.
Lagos House of Assembly The 3rd Lagos State House of Assembly is the legislative branch of the Lagos State Government inaugurated on January 14, 1992, and the assembly ran its course till June 1, 1999. The assembly was unicameral with 41 representatives elected from each constituencies of the state. The Speaker of the 3rd Legislative Assembly was Rt. Hon Shakirudeen Kinyomi and the Deputy speaker was Hon Rasheed Adebowale. The 4th Assembly was inaugurated on June 2, 2003, with the emergence of Adeleke Mamora as Speaker.
The 1st Lagos State House of Assembly is the legislative branch of the Lagos State Government inaugurated on October 2, 1979, the same year the Lagos State House of Assembly was founded. The assembly ran its course till October 5, 1983. The assembly was unicameral with 41 representatives elected from each constituencies of the state on the platform of the Unity Party of Nigeria. The Speaker of the 1st Legislative Assembly was Rt. Hon Oladosun Oshinowo and the Deputy speaker was Hon Moshood Muse.
Wari was born around 1933 in Ialibu in the Territory of Papua,Members of the Third House of Assembly, p54 and was one of the first people in the area to come into contact with Europeans. As a result, between 1955 and 1968 he worked as an interpreter for the Department of Native Affairs. He married and had seven children.Members of the Second House of Assembly, p15 He contested the Ialibu seat in the 1964 general elections, finishing second to Koitaga Mano, although around 7,000 votes behind.
In 2010, Leacock joined the New Democratic Party. In the 13 December 2010 general election Leacock contested and ran for Central Kingstown and was elected to the House of Assembly as member of the opposition in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines after winning 54.09% of the vote. His party was unable to get in government but he was able to win his seat in Parliament. In the 2015 election, Leacock was once again elected to the House of Assembly after winning his seat for Central Kingstown.
In the Senate, Rabain served as the Shadow Minister of Environment & Planning and was the Senate Spokesman for Public Works, Community/Cultural Development, and Education. On February 4, 2016, Rabain was elected to the House of Assembly via a by-election to constituency 13, Devonshire North Central. On July 18, 2017, he was elected to the House of Assembly again for Constituency 13, Devonshire North Central and appointed to the Cabinet post of Minister of Education and Workforce Development by Premier of Bermuda, Edward David Burt.
As a result of the Waddington Commission, further constitutional reforms were enacted in 1952; universal suffrage was introduced and the Legislative Council was to be replaced by a House of Assembly. The term of the final Legislative Council was extended in order to allow preparations for elections under the new system on 27 April 1953. The Council was dissolved on 8 April 1953. However, the constitution was suspended on 9 October 1953 and the House of Assembly was prorogued, before being dissolved on 21 December.
The 1916 Tasmanian state election was held on Thursday, 23 March 1916 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation systemHouse of Assembly Elections, Parliament of Tasmania. — six members were elected from each of five electorates. Although the Liberals had won the 1913 election, a subsequent by-election had seen both parties holding 15 seats in the House of Assembly and Solomon losing government to Labor's John Earle.
He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly representing Halifax Bedford Basin as a Liberal in the 1993 provincial election and was appointed chairman of the legislature's community services committee which studied the introduction of casinos to the province. In 1997, Fogarty was appointed Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia. He was re-elected in the 1998 provincial election. The election resulted in a minority government with the Liberals and NDP both winning 19 seats and the Progressive Conservatives winning 14.
A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of East Adelaide on 23 January 1892. This was triggered by the resignation of the progressive former Premier and state MHA John Cox Bray. Successful 1891 Wallaroo by-election candidate Richard Hooper was the first Labor member of the House of Assembly, but was not a member of the newly formed United Labor Party (ULP), instead serving as an Independent Labor member. Although he attended caucus meetings he never joined the ULP.
Leesa Anne Vlahos, née Chesser (born 1966) is a former Australian politician. She represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Taylor for the Labor Party from the 2010 election until her retirement in 2018.
Cheltenham lies in the state electoral district of Cheltenham and the federal electoral division of Port Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Jay Weatherill and federally by Mark Butler.
Jack Byrne (June 2, 1951 – June 4, 2008) was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Cape St. Francis in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. He was a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
Findon lies in the state electoral district of Cheltenham and the federal electoral division of Port Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Jay Weatherill and federally by Mark Butler.
Terkimbi Ikyange is a Nigerian politician who was elected speaker of the 8th session of the Benue State House of Assembly in 2015 on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC. He was impeached in 2018.
Harold MacKay Huskilson (March 25, 1920 - October 24, 2011) was a political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1993 as a Liberal member.
Alfred Wallace MacLeod (born March 10, 1956) is a Canadian politician. He represents the electoral district of Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
Michael Gilbert Baker, (January 28, 1957 – March 2, 2009) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly between 1998 and 2009. He was a Progressive Conservative.
Kim Dion Booth (born 1951) is a former Australian politician. He was the leader of the Tasmanian Greens from April 2014 to May 2015, and represented the Division of Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
West End is a constituency of the Anguillan House of Assembly. The incumbent, elected in the Anguillan general election, 2015 is Cardigan Connor of the Anguilla United Front, replacing Walcott Richardson of the Anguilla United Movement.
Lloyd Matthews is a former politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's North in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1993 to 2003. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Matthews married Jean Tremblett.
The 1984 Nova Scotia general election was held on November 6, 1984 to elect members of the 54th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.
William Anderson (1904 - 22 September 1990) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1964 as a Labor member for Wilmot. He served until his defeat in 1972.
The list is from the Journal of the House of Assembly as published in the Georgia Gazette, Thursday June 9, 1785 and is as follows: Lieut. Col. John McIntosh, Maj. John Milton, Capt. Lackland McIntosh, Capt.
Retrieved 25 April 2019. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821.
At the time, this was the largest margin of victory since universal suffrage was introduced in 1951. This record would be broken in 2018, when the BLP won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly.
Sir John Cameron McPhee, KCMG (4 July 1878 - 14 September 1952) was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 June 1928 to 15 March 1934.
William Bispham Propsting, CMG (4 June 1861 – 3 December 1937) was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, who served as Premier of Tasmania from 9 April 1903 to 11 July 1904.
Retrieved 26 April 2019. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821.
Devon Park lies in the state electoral district of Croydon and the federal electoral division of Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Michael Atkinson and federally by Kate Ellis.
The present Speaker of the House of Assembly is Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa (Member representing Agege I) and he is the first to be re- elected into office three consecutive times, and a fifth term record.
He was appointed Financial Secretary of the British Colony of Tuvalu in 1976. He was elected to represent Nukulaelae in the House of Assembly of the British Colony of Tuvalu in the 1977 Tuvaluan general election.
Henley Beach lies in the state electoral district of Colton and the federal electoral division of Hindmarsh. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Paul Caica and federally by Steve Georganas.
Andrea Michaels (born 24 May 1975) is an Australian politician representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Enfield for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2019 Enfield by- election.
Kidman Park lies in the state electoral district of Colton and the federal electoral division of Hindmarsh. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Paul Caica and federally by Matt Williams.
Thebarton was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1956. It was abolished and replaced by the seat of West Torrens for the 1956 election.
Antonio Piccolo (born 22 February 1960) is an Australian politician in the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party as member for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Light since the 2006 election.
Ending Civil War: Rhodesia and Lebanon in Perspective. p. 25; . On 11 December 1979, the Rhodesian House of Assembly voted 90 to nil to revert to British colonial status (the 'aye' votes included Ian Smith himself).
Chudleigh is in the Meander Valley Council local government area, the Division of Lyons—for the state house of assembly and the federal house of representatives— and the state legislative council electoral division of Western Tiers.
In this election, women were first eligible to stand for the House of Assembly. There were three women candidates standing, including Alicia O'Shea Petersen, all of whom stood as Independents and all of whom were unsuccessful.
Thomas Richard Kenyon (born 26 February 1972) is a former Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Newland for the Labor Party from the 2006 election until his defeat in 2018.
Fulham Gardens lies in the state electoral district of Colton and the federal electoral division of Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Paul Caica and federally by Steve Georganas.
George Angus Ross (1854 - June 29, 1888) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1882 to 1889 as a Liberal member.
The term for the House of Assembly is a fixed 4-year term but the state Constitution does allow the Governor to dissolve the House early and call for a fresh general election under certain circumstances. These are: If the House passes a motion of no confidence in the government, the House defeats a motion of confidence in the government, or if a bill that has been designated by the House as a "bill of special importance" is passed by the House of Assembly but is rejected by the Legislative Council.South Australian Constitution Act 1934 Section 28A The House of Assembly can also be dissolved early together with the full Legislative Council in what is knows as a double dissolution in order to resolve deadlocks between the two Houses. The circumstances for such a double dissolution are outlined below.
Legislative Council chamber The Legislative Council (or "upper house") is made up of 22 councillors (MLCs) who are elected for the entire state by the Proportional Representation single transferable voting system (with optional preferential voting) to serve for a term that is usually 8 years. Elections for the Legislative Council are staggered so that 11 seats are up for re-election every 4 years, at the same time as House of Assembly elections. Legislative Councillors may serve shorter or longer terms than the usual 8 years in the event of an early dissolution of the House of Assembly. If half the chamber has served at least 6 years at the time of a dissolution, then they go up for election, but if all Legislative Councillors have served less than 6 years, only the House of Assembly faces the people.
Most legislation is initiated in the House of Assembly. The party or coalition with a majority of seats in the lower house is invited by the Governor to form government. The leader of that party becomes Premier of South Australia, and their senior colleagues become ministers responsible for various portfolios. As Australian MPs almost always vote along party lines, almost all legislation introduced by the governing party will pass through the House of Assembly. As with the federal parliament and Australian other states and territories, voting in the Assembly is compulsory for all those over the age of 18. Voting in the House of Assembly had originally been voluntary, but this was changed in 1942. While South Australia's total population is 1.7 million, 1.3 million of them live in Adelaide. Over 75% of the state's population resides in the metropolitan area.
The Leader of the Opposition of the Commonwealth of Dominica is the Member of Parliament who leads the Official Opposition in the House of Assembly of Dominica. The current Leader of the Opposition is Lennox Linton of the United Workers' Party, sworn in December 2014. The position was previously held by Hector John who was the youngest to hold the position.. Chapter IV Section 66 of The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Dominica provides: The House of Assembly did not have a Leader of the Opposition in early 2010, following the results of the 2009 general election. The leader of the opposition United Workers' Party, Ronald Green, lost his seat, and the three UWP Representatives elected boycotted the House of Assembly.. This ended with the swearing in of Hector John as Leader of the Opposition on 19 July 2010.
Jay Abbass (born 1957) is a lawyer, businessman, former stockbroker and former political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax Chebucto in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1998 as a Liberal member.
Tory Rushton is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a byelection on June 19, 2018. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he represents the electoral district of Cumberland South.
In 1889 Tobago was combined with Trinidad to form the colony of Trinidad and Tobago, which gained independence in 1962. Internal self-government was re- established in 1980 with the creation of the Tobago House of Assembly.
The Adelaide state by-election, 1971 was a by-election held on 3 July 1971 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Adelaide. This was triggered by the death of state Labor MHA Sam Lawn.
Zimbabwe: WHO donates medical supplies, equipment, June 21, 2007. BuaNews via AllAfrica Parirenyatwa was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Murehwa North in Mashonaland East in the March 2008 parliamentary election.
Sir Condor Louis Laucke, (9 November 1914 – 30 July 1993) was an Australian Liberal Party politician who served in both the South Australian House of Assembly and the Federal Senate, before becoming Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia.
Joseph Leroy Legere is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1993. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
Charles Benjamin Monds Fenton (25 November 1839 - 1 September 1908) was an Australian politician. He was the Protectionist member for Wellington in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1893 to 1897. He died in 1908 in Burnie.
He represented Light in the South Australian House of Assembly from April 1881 to April 1884, with colleagues Jenkin Coles and Robert Dixson. He was a member of the Glenelg Municipal Council from 1895 to around 1917.
In the Tricameral Parliament, the House of Assembly (by this time numbering 178 members) was retained as the whites-only chamber while the House of Representatives and House of Delegates were designated to Coloureds and Asians respectively.
In 1989, she was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Braddon as an Independent Green. In 1992, the five Independent Greens formed the Tasmanian Greens. Hollister held her seat until she was defeated in 1998.
Matthias Tutanava Toliman (25 August 1925 – 6 September 1973) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly between 1964 and 1973, also holding ministerial roles from 1964 until 1972.
Eric Neilson Dawe (May 1, 1921 – October 8, 2015) was a Canadian businessman and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Port de Grave in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1962 to 1971 and from 1975 to 1979.
James McKay Harding (January 4, 1926 - January 23, 1995) was a political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1970 as a Progressive Conservative member.
Yunusa Haruna Kayyu (APC) (Gwarzo Constituency) 8th Kano State House of Assembly members 2015 - 2019 1\. Rt. Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum (APC) Speaker (Rano Constituency) 2\. Hon. Engr Hamisu Ibrahim Deputy Speaker (APC) (Makoda Constituency) 3\. Hon.
From 1945 to 1950 he served as Leader of the Opposition. He resigned from the House of Assembly in 1955 to contest Tamar in the Legislative Council, which he represented until his death in 1960 in Launceston.
Bryant Lionel Giles (20 May 1928 – 12 August 2018)Bryant Lionel Giles was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Gumeracha from 1968 to 1970 for the Liberal and Country League.
Denise J. Peterson-Rafuse is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Chester-St. Margaret's in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2009-2017 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
Herbert Clarence Richards (30 January 1876 – 11 April 1949) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Sturt from 1921 to 1930 for the Liberal Union and Liberal Federation.
Hendon lies in the state electoral district of Cheltenham and the federal electoral division of Port Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Premier Jay Weatherill and federally by Mark Butler.
Orlando Tilestone Daniels (March 20, 1860 - May 21, 1927) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal from 1906 to 1925.
Cecil Edward O'Donnell (born June 10, 1944) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Shelburne in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2006. He was a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
Goromonzi lies in Mashonaland East, and is represented in the national Parliament by the single seat of Goromonzi in the Senate and by three seats (Goromonzi North, Goromonzi South, and Goromonzi West) in the House of Assembly.
Walsh was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1985 to 1993. It succeeded the seat of Ascot Park. It was mainly succeeded by the seat of Elder.
Salisbury was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from May 1970 to December 1985. The suburb of Salisbury is currently located in the safe Labor seat of Ramsay.
John James "Jack" Snelling (born 8 November 1972) is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Playford from the 1997 election until his retirement in 2018.
Albert Park was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 1993. The suburb of Albert Park is currently located in the safe Labor seat of Cheltenham.
She was convenor of the Australian Republican Movement from 2004 to 2007, and subsequently managed the Tasmanian Government arts unit, arts@work, before being pre-selected by the Australian Labor Party for a House of Assembly seat.
Also born in Charleston, Jacob was a townsman and planter, involved in politics., Walter Edgar and N. Louise Bailey. Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Volume II, The Commons House of Assembly 1692-1775.
As a member of Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front, Wilson was elected to the House of Assembly as the member for Arundel at the Rhodesian general election in 1974. He retained his seat during the 1977 general election.
Albert Park lies in the state electoral district of Cheltenham and the federal electoral division of Port Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Jay Weatherill and federally by Mark Butler.
Ronald Thomas Dalton Neville (2 December 1929 – 31 May 1986) was an Australia- born Papua New Guinean politician and businessman. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1964 to 1977.
General elections were held in Dominica on 18 December 2009, to elect the 21 Representatives of the House of Assembly. The incumbent Dominica Labour Party increased its majority to 18 of 21 seats, winning a third term.
Following his retirement from cricket, Davison remained in Tasmania and was elected as a Liberal representative to the Tasmanian House of Assembly Division of Franklin in 1990, where he served until his defeat at the 1996 election.
Robert Blair (c. 1782 - 1861) was an English-born judge and politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1821 to 1825. He was born in Castle Brommick, Warwickshire.
The party has 74 out of the 139 local councillors and is in control of seven of the 14 regional corporations since the 2019 Trinidadian local elections. The party also has a majority government in the Tobago House of Assembly since the 2001 Tobago House of Assembly elections, with currently 10 out of 12 assembly members. Despite not being a socialist party, the PNM was a member of the democratic socialist West Indies Federal Labour Party in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation from 1957 to 1962.
A by-election was held on 9 July 2010 in Dominica, to fill two seats in the House of Assembly that were declared vacant. The contested seats were both won by significant margins by the incumbent candidates, who were members of the opposition United Workers' Party. Following the results of the 2009 general election conducted on 18 December 2009, the Dominica Labour Party won 18 of the 21 seats in the House of Assembly, with the United Workers' Party in the remaining three. Alleging election irregularities, the UWP members boycotted the Assembly.
In practice, this is normally the leader of the largest political party or coalition in the house. If there is no clear majority in the House of Assembly, however, the Governor-General's role becomes more important: he or she must assume the role of arbitrator and open negotiations with the leaders of the various political parties, in the hope of finding someone whom a majority will accept as Prime Minister. In the event of that failing to take place, the Governor-General must dissolve the House of Assembly and call an early election.
Lindsay Gordon Riches, CMG (18 February 1904 – 7 June 1972) was a South Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1933 to 1970, representing the electorates of Newcastle (1933-1938) and Stuart (1938-1970). He was Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1965 to 1968 under Frank Walsh and Don Dunstan. He was also a long-time mayor of the City of Port Augusta from 1936 to 1970, with Port Augusta gaining city status during his tenure.
In 2018, Hickey ran successfully as a Liberal candidate for Denison (now Clark) in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. On 1 May 2018, at the first sitting of the House of Assembly after the election, Labor leader Rebecca White nominated Hickey as Speaker, in competition with the Liberal Party's preferred candidate, Rene Hidding. Hickey was elected Speaker with the support of Labor and the Greens. She immediately distanced herself from the Liberal Party, revealing she would vote independently on government bills, although she said she would "always support the Liberal Government" on confidence and supply.
In 1997 he was elected into the House of Assembly, as MP for the Consistency of North Eleuthera and reelected as the official leader of the Free National Movement in Parliament in 2002. In May, 2002 Mr. Smith was re-elected Member of Parliament for North Eleuthera and from May, 2002 to November, 2005 served as Official Leader of the Free National Movement in Parliament. Following the national elections in May 2007, Smith was appointed as Speaker of the House of Assembly by the new FNM led Government.
It was passed by the House of Assembly on 15 May 1952 and by the Senate on 27 May. A petition asking the Governor-General to withhold assent was rejected and the bill was assented to on 3 June. The Speaker of the House of Assembly was nominated as President of the High Court of Parliament, and he appointed a Judicial Committee of six government members and four opposition members, with , the Minister of Justice, as chairman. The opposition members resigned before the first meeting of the committee on 21 July 1952.
In 1724 the journal of the Commons House of Assembly reported that the Etiwans wanted their own land. By then the Etiwans were scattered in small groups in St. James Goose Creek Parishes, St. Thomas Parish, St. Johns Parish, St. Andrews, St. Paul Parish and St. Helena Parish. Some natives wanted a single settlement area to bring the tribe members together and provide a means of support for their dwindling number. The Commons House of Assembly granted the request and issued land on the western side of Wassamasaw Swamp.
Members of the Tobagonian Cabinet as well as councilors of the Tobagonian Government are appointed by the Chief Secretary. As head of the Tobagonian Government, the Chief Secretary is directly accountable to the Tobago House of Assembly for their actions and the actions of the Tobagonian Government. The official office of the Chief Secretary is in Calder Hall Road, Scarborough, Tobago as well as the Tobago House of Assembly on Jermingham Street. The current Chief Secretary of Tobago is Ancil Dennis of the People's National Movement, in office since May 6, 2020.
The legislative authority in Rivers State is held by the state House of Assembly, which is made up of elected representatives from all constituencies of the state. Its functions at the state level are relative to those of the National Assembly at the federal level, creating laws for the good governance of the state, as well as acting as a check and balance on the powers and actions of the state's Chief Executive. The House of Assembly consists three times the total number of seats which the state has in the House of Representatives.
The Virgin Islands pledge is a pledge of allegiance to the Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory. It was officially adopted by the territory's House of Assembly on 23 June 2016.Ninth Sitting of the First Session of the Third House of Assembly held on Thursday, June 23, 2016 It's intended to be commonly recited by Virgin Islanders in unison at public events, especially in schools, and during public celebrations. The pledge was first publicly recited on 1 July 2016 at Territory Day celebrations by Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith and members of the government.
Sir Reginald Gray KC (29 December 1851-15 September 1935) was a Bermudian barrister and politician. The son of Sir Samuel Brownlow Gray, Attorney- General and Chief Justice of Bermuda, Gray was educated at Burlington House School in London and was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1875. Returning to his native Bermuda to practise, he was a member of the House of Assembly from 1895 until 1928. He served as Attorney-General of Bermuda from 1900 to 1919 and Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1921 to 1929.
Rt.Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji taking oath of Office The 7th Abia State House of Assembly was Inaugurated on Monday 10 June 2019 after a Proclamation by the Abia State Governor Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu. Formed after the Governorship and State House of Assembly Elections of Saturday 9 March 2019 and inaugurated on Monday 10 June 2019, the Representatives of the Assembly were elected from 24 constituencies with the majority being members of the People's Democratic Party. The elected Speaker is Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji representing Umuahia Central State Constituency.
The 7th Parliament of Zimbabwe was a meeting of the Zimbabwean Parliament, composed of the Senate and the House of Assembly. It met in Harare over five sessions from 25 August 2008 to 27 June 2013. Its membership was set by the disputed 2008 Zimbabwean general election, which resulted in a ZANU–PF majority in the Senate and Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai control of the House of Assembly. Political negotiations resulted in the 2009 Government of National Unity, a coalition government composed of ZANU–PF, the MDC–T, and the MDC–M.
He was professionally trained as a lawyer at the University College London. In 1959, before the island became independent from the United Kingdom, St. John joined the Barbados Labour Party, and after independence in 1966, he was elected to the Barbados House of Assembly. He served as a member of the Upper Chamber between 1971 and 1976 as a member of the Opposition party. St. John left the Upper House when he was re-elected to the House of Assembly in 1976, when his party under J.M.G. Adams won the election.
At the age of 35, Lowe was the youngest person ever to become Premier of Tasmania. The first year of his premiership was fairly uneventful, and he retained his seat of Franklin in the 1979 election with the highest ever personal vote in the House of Assembly: 24,971 or 51.2% of the vote (although this was before the Robson Rotation method of printing several variations of ballot papers, so Lowe's vote may have been boosted by his position on the ballot paper).Highest Individual Vote Winners Since 1959, Tasmanian House of Assembly, 23 July 2002.
McPhee was a strong supporter of the temperance movement, and was supported by temperance interests when he unsuccessfully stood for election to the Tasmanian House of Assembly at the 1916 election and a subsequent 1918 by- election. He was successful at the 1919 election, and won a seat in the Division of Denison for the Nationalist Party of Australia. McPhee was appointed to cabinet as Chief Secretary and Minister for Railways from 22 August 1922,Ministers - House of Assembly - 1856 to 1950, Parliament of Tasmania. but resigned both posts a year later for business reasons.
Wallaroo is a defunct electoral district that elected members to the House of Assembly, the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It was established in 1875 and abolished in 1970. Successful 1891 Wallaroo by-election candidate Richard Hooper was the first Labor member of the House of Assembly, but was not a member of the newly formed United Labor Party (ULP), instead serving as an Independent Labor member. The 1892 East Adelaide by-election saw ULP candidate John McPherson win the seat.
She was born in Lagos State, Southwestern Nigeria, where she completed her primary and secondary school education. She holds a certificate and diploma in Food Hygiene and Food Handling from the Royal Institute of Public Health. She once served as the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos State on Grassroot Matters while serving as a member of Lagos State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. She presently serves as the Chief Whip of the 8th Assembly of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Under the agreement of 1978, the new Zimbabwe Rhodesia House of Assembly was to consist of 100 members. 20 were to be elected on the old roll with property, income and education qualifications, which most black citizens did not meet, and which was previously used to elect the majority of the Rhodesia House of Assembly. 72 seats were elected by the "Common Roll" which every adult in the country had a vote. Owing to the lack of an electoral roll, voters were instead marked with ink on their fingers to stop multiple voting.
A Liberal, Peters won election to the House of Assembly in 1890. He was asked to form a government in 1891 after the Conservative government lost a motion of confidence in the house. The Peters government abolished both the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly and brought in a new legislative assembly to create a unicameral form of government. Peters served as Premier until resigning in 1897 to move to British Columbia though he retained his seat in the legislature until 1899 despite no longer residing in the province.
In 1865 Ash was elected as a junior member for the Esquimalt District in the Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island. It is believed that the reason he gained this seat was because of his connections with John Sebastian Helmcken and the Hudson's Bay Company (whose employees made up the majority of the constituency's population). In effect, Ash owed his position in the House of Assembly to these two connections. Upon the union of the two colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia in 1866, the House of Assembly of Vancouver Island was abolished.
He emerged as the 8th Speaker Taraba State House of Assembly. Following the inauguration of the Eighth Assembly in June 2015 and was re-elected speaker in April 2016 after the declaration for a rerun election in his constituency election by the Court of Appeal Siting in Yola. Abel resigned as the Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly on December 2, 2019 due to personal reasons. Before his resignation, he was the Secretary of PDP Speakers Forum and the Deputy Chairman of the Conference of Nigerians Speakers Forum.
The first power the Constitution confers upon the governor is the veto. The Presentment Clause requires any bill passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly to be presented to the governor before it can become law. Once the legislation has been presented, the governor has three options: # Sign the legislation; the bill then becomes law. # Veto the legislation and return it to the state house of assembly expressing any objections; the bill does not become law, unless the member of the house votes to override the veto by a two-thirds vote.
Tulk was first elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1979 as the Liberal Party of Newfoundland (later Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador) member for Fogo, and was re-elected in 1982 and 1985. He was defeated in the 1989 election, and in 1990 became the Assistant Deputy Minister of Children and Youth Services for the Newfoundland government. He was returned to the House of Assembly for Fogo in 1993. He was then elected in the newly redistributed riding of Bonavista North in 1996, and re-elected in 1999.
The Finniss Ministry was the 1st Ministry of the Government of South Australia, led by B. T. Finniss. It commenced on 24 October 1856 with the introduction of responsible government in South Australia, and the nomination by Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell of Finniss, the appointed Chief Secretary, as the first Premier of South Australia. The ministry operated for several months prior to the 1857 colonial election, which would elect the first House of Assembly. The first House of Assembly was elected in March 1857 and met in April.
In 2006, Moyo succeeded Isaac Matongo as National Chairman of the MDC. In the March 2008 parliamentary election, Moyo was re-elected to the House of Assembly as an MDC-Tsvangirai candidate from Matobo North constituency. He received 3,503 votes, defeating Kotsho Dube of ZANU-PF, who received 3,102 votes.Matobo North results , Sokwanele.com. When Parliament first met for its new term on 25 August 2008, Moyo was elected as Speaker of Parliament, receiving 110 out of 208 votes in the House of Assembly"Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Wins Parliamentary Vote", allAfrica.
Harcourt Gladstone Malcolm CBE, KC (7 February 1875 – 26 December 1936) was a Bahamian lawyer and politician. Malcolm was born in 1875, the son of Ormond Drimmie Malcolm and his wife, the former Ann Frances Sands. Malcolm's father Ormond had been the Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1868 to 1897 and the younger Malcolm was elected Speaker of the House of Assembly in February 1914 following the death of the previous speaker WCB Johnson.. He served as Speaker from 1914 until his death in 1936 from influenza and cerebral hemorrhage.
The Senate of Zimbabwe Rhodesia had 40 members. Ten members each were returned by the old voter roll members of the House of Assembly and the common roll members, and five members each by the Council of Chiefs of Mashonaland and Matabeleland. The remaining members were directly appointed by the President under the advice of the Prime Minister. While the House of Assembly had changed greatly to be nearly in line with modern ideals of universal suffrage, the Senate remained dominated by the former political stalwarts, effectively allowing a check on the new House.
Three members elected from the white roll constituencies joined ZANU (PF) on 28 July 1987. They were John Landau (IZG, Avondale), Jock Kay (IZG, Makoni), and Tony Read (Ind, Borrowdale). In September 1987, having achieved the support of 75% of the House of Assembly as required under the Lancaster House Agreement, the constitution was amended to abolish the white roll constituencies. Twenty further members (including many of the former white MPs who were supportive of ZANU (PF)) were co-opted onto the House of Assembly to replace them.
The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The Assembly meets in the Confederation Building at St. John's. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the Queen of Canada in Right of Newfoundland and Labrador, represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The governing party sits on the left side of the speaker of the House of Assembly as opposed to the traditional right side of the speaker.
The next Tasmanian state election is scheduled to be held in or before 2022 to elect all 25 members to the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The incumbent Liberal government, currently led by Premier of Tasmania Peter Gutwein, will attempt to win a third term against the Labor opposition, currently led by the Tasmanian Opposition Leader, Rebecca White. Also contesting the election will be the Greens, currently led by Cassy O'Connor. The House of Assembly uses the proportional Hare-Clark system to elect 25 members in five constituencies electing five members each.
Latimer was born in Newport in the Delaware Colony, son of James Latimer, Sr. and Sarah Geddes. His father was a wealthy grain shipper and politician, who was a member of the House of Assembly in the 1778/79 session and a member of the Delaware convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution on December 7, 1787. Latimer's brother, George, also served in the House of Assembly from the 1779/80 session through the 1781/82 session. Later he moved to Philadelphia where he became Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1794.
The constitution provides for a unicameral House of Assembly (legislature) based upon representative democracy and a multi-party system. The head of state is the British Monarch, who is represented in the Territory by the Governor. The Governor appoints as Premier and head of government the leader of the party with the largest number of seats in the House of Assembly. Executive authority is vested in the Cabinet which consists of the Premier, four other Ministers appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Premier, and the Attorney General, ex officio.
Charles Cozens (1784 – August 6, 1863), politician, magistrate, was elected to the House of Assembly representing the district of Conception Bay on the first general election held in Newfoundland in 1832. Cozens was born at Blandford, Dorset England and immigrated to Newfoundland in the early 19th century. He was a cooper by trade and is accredited with establishing the road from Brigus to Makinsons. Cozens served for only one term at the Newfoundland House of Assembly and did not run in the general election that was held in 1836.
Abaribe became Abia State's Deputy Governor after Orji Uzor Kalu's 1999 election to the Governorship. The state's House of Assembly impeached the deputy governor twice in 2000 and a third time in 2003; as he was facing his third impeachment, he resigned on March 7, 2003, sending his resignation via DHL so as to have written record of it. The House of Assembly formally voted him out of office several days later, in a move Abaribe called "medicine after death". He was succeeded as deputy governor by Eric Acho Nwakanma.
Members of the Second House of Assembly, p44 In 1964 he contested the elections to the House of Assembly in the Moresby constituency, losing to Eriko Rarupu. The following year he founded the United National Party,Industrial Disputes Create Fair Winds for New Party Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1965, p25 after which he resigned from the civil service.No Kenyatta for New Guinea? The Bulletin, September 1965, p36 In 1967 he was involved in the establishment of the Pangu Party and was elected to the House from the Central Provincial constituency in the 1968 elections.
He was elected Speaker of the House of Assembly in 1977 and after declaration of independence in 1978, parliament elected Degazon as first President of Dominica, the post is largely ceremonial. In June 1979, during a constitutional crisis stirred by the desire for democratic socialist reforms, Degazon tried to leave the country and was eventually allowed to flee to England on 11 June. The House of Assembly initially elected as his replacement Louis Cools-Lartigue, who resigned the next day, and he was then replaced by Jenner Armour. Degazon officially resigned in February 1980.
The first power the Constitution confers upon the governor is the veto. The Presentment Clause requires any bill passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly to be presented to the governor before it can become law. Once the legislation has been presented, the governor has three options: # Sign the legislation; the bill then becomes law. # Veto the legislation and return it to the state house of assembly expressing any objections; the bill does not become law, unless the member of the house votes to override the veto by a two-thirds vote.
Jennifer Lilian Cashmore (born 5 December 1937) (previously, and for most of her political career, known as Mrs Jennifer Adamson) is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1977 and 1993, representing the eastern suburbs seat of Coles (Morialta since 2002). She was the third woman to be elected to the House of Assembly. She served as Minister for Health and Minister for Tourism during the 1979–1982 Tonkin government, the first woman member of Cabinet since Joyce Steele.
Cecil Rhodes recognised the difficulties of his position and showed a desire to conciliate Dutch sentiment by considerate treatment from the outset of his political career. Rhodes was first elected as member of the House of Assembly for Barkly West in 1880 to a loyal constituency. He supported the bill permitting the use of Dutch in the House of Assembly in 1882, and, early in 1884, he was appointed to his first ministerial post as treasurer-general under Sir Thomas Scanlen. Rhodes had only held this position for six weeks when Sir Thomas Scanlen resigned.
Independent MLC Paul Harriss held Huon from 1996. In 2014, Harriss resigned from the Legislative Council to successfully contest the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin as a Liberal candidate at the 2014 state election.Independent MLC Paul Harris takes on Premier in Franklin electorate, ABC News, 18 November 2013. The favourite prior to the election was Peter Hodgman, the uncle of Premier Will Hodgman who had previously held the seat as an independent from 1974 to 1986 before serving in the House of Assembly as a Liberal from 1986 to 2001.
House of Assembly South Australian Register 23 March 1857 p.2 accessed 15 November 2011 He supported Torrens Title and served as Treasurer of South Australia from 1 September to 30 September 1857, and was complimented for his Budget speech. On 24 September 1858 be resigned his seat to visit England, in the hope of a recovery from his chronic health complaintsElection for Port Adelaide South Australian Register 23 September 1858 p.2 accessed 15 November 2011 but he did later stand (unsuccessfully) for a seat in the House of Assembly.
From 2 March 1968 to 29 May 1970 he represented the electoral district of Edwardstown in the South Australian House of Assembly as a member of the Labor Party. The district of Edwardstown was abolished in May 1970 after a Boundary Redistribution. From 30 May 1970 to 14 September 1979 he represented the electoral district of Ascot Park in the South Australian House of Assembly as a member of the Australian Labor Party. Virgo was the Minister of Roads and Transport from 2 June 1970 until 19 April 1973.
Being an articulate assemblyman, his colleagues in the House of Assembly, not minding that he was a first-time legislator, elected him to be the majority leader of the House. S.K.E. Udeh-Okoye was reelected into the Enugu State House of Assembly in 2015 for a second term, which he served until his election by PDP national delegates to become the party’s National Youth Leader in December 2017. During his second term as a state legislator, he was made the Chairman, House Committee on Works, Lands, Housing, and Urban Development. Presently, Rt. Hon.
McPherson won the 1892 East Adelaide by-election on 23 January, becoming the first official Labor leader and member of the House of Assembly. At the 1893 election, ten Labor candidates including McPherson and Hooper were elected to the 54-member House of Assembly which gave the ULP the balance of power. So successful, a decade later at the 1905 election, Thomas Price would form the world's first stable Labor government. John Verran led Labor to form the state's first of many majority governments at the 1910 election.
The House of Assembly is the legislature of the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The name of the house was changed from the Legislative Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands to its present name following the implementation of the new constitution on 9 August 2006. In August 2009, the United Kingdom suspended the Turks and Caicos' self- government after allegations of ministerial corruption. The prerogative of the ministerial government and the House of Assembly were vested in the islands' governor until a general election was held in November 2012.
Ronald Theodore Barkhouse (April 22, 1926 – April 7, 2014) was a merchant and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1984 as a Progressive Conservative member.
Gary Vey was a Canadian politician, who sat in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1995 to 1996 as a member of the Liberals. He represented the electoral district of Gander.Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2011: Gander. CBC News.
Gerald David Nantes (born June 6, 1945) is an engineer and former political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cole Harbour in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1993 as a Progressive Conservative member.
In 1996 his photograph was placed as a permanent memorial in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In June 2006, a street was renamed in his memory in the North End of Halifax, between Göttingen and Maynard streets.
Helen MacDonald is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Cape Breton The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1997 to 1999. She was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
Arthur Drysdale (born September 5, 1857 - October 21, 1922) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1891 to 1907 as a Liberal member.
Henry S. LeBlanc (September 4, 1865 - September 4, 1946) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1897 to 1911 as a Liberal member.
John Glover Stone (November 16, 1876 - January 16, 1934) was a boat builder, merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity from 1913 to 1919 and Trinity North from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly.
Wayne Gaudet (born August 12, 1955) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 2013. He is a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
John Gregory Kerr (born October 8, 1947) is a Canadian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for West Nova from 2008 to 2015 and a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1993.
Joseph Boss Williams Woollnough (1833 - 16 July 1917) was an Australian politician. He was the Free Trade member for Sorell in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1893 to 1903. He died in 1917 at Salwood in Queensland.
Marie P. Dechman is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1993. She was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
In 1924, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Denison in a recount following Robert Snowden's resignation. He was defeated at the 1925 state election. Payne died in Hobart in 1942.
Frederick Burbury (20 November 1861 - 20 June 1956) was an Australian politician. He was born in Andover. In 1916 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Franklin. He retired in 1919.
John Clark (14 May 1907 – 21 November 1984) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Gawler and Elizabeth from 1952 to 1970 and from 1970 to 1973 for the Labor Party.
George William Hamilton (1786 - 18 October 1857) was a planter in Jamaica.George William Hamilton. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 26 April 2019. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.
Robert John Parsons (c. 1802 – June 20, 1883) was a journalist and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's East in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1843 to 1874. He was born in Harbour Grace.
Henry Albert March (December 14, 1862 - June 20, 1917) was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1906 to 1909 as a Liberal member.
Sesel Zvidzai was the Zimbabwe Deputy Minister of Local Government and Urban Development. He is the Member of House of Assembly for Chiwundura (MDC-T). He is MP for Gweru Urban. MDC-T is not currently in government.
Jackson, circa 1946. William "Tim" Jackson (28 October 1907 - 19 February 1975) was an Australian politician. He was born in Dover. In 1946 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Franklin.
Adebo Ogundoyin is a lawmaker from Ibarapa East constituency at the Oyo State House of Assembly under the umbrella of the People's Democratic Party. He emerged the speaker of the 9th Assembly on the 10th of June 2019.
Malcolm Stewart Leonard (March 4, 1911 - November 11, 1962) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1960 as a Progressive Conservative member.
Henry Thomas d'Entremont (February 28, 1859 - March 30, 1920) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1916 to 1920 as a Liberal member.
Aubrey Herbert Sperry (June 29, 1878 - March 24, 1942) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1920 to 1925 as a Liberal member.
Amédée Raymond Melanson (November 9, 1882 - May 8, 1930) was a Canadian physician and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1920 to 1925 as a Liberal member.
Edward James (November 26, 1825 - October 15, 1909) was a millwright and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1878 to 1882 as a Liberal-Conservative member.
In addition to the whites-only House of Assembly, a November 1983 referendum had approved the creation of two new houses an 80-member House of Representatives for Coloureds and a 40-member House of Delegates for Asians.
Sir John Robert Bennett KBE (August 8, 1866 - October 23, 1941) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West from 1904–23, and Harbour Grace from 1924–28 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly.
The Tasmania House of Assembly records do not include an Act with this title. There was however a "Criminal Procedure Amendment Act" in 1880. This confusion is complicated by the lack of a Hansard service prior to 1979.
The town was a constituency in the Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, Cape Province in the South African House of Assembly starting in 1933. The first elected member was FHP Creswell (b. 13 November 1866, d. 28 August 1948).
Tea Tree Gully was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 1977. The suburb of Tea Tree Gully has since been represented by the seat of Newland.
Sir George Campbell Anderson was Chief Justice of the Bahamas from 1875, Chief Justice of Ceylon, and Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands from 1877. He was speaker of the Bahamas House of Assembly from 1831 to 1868.
Gordon Emerson Romkey (May 13, 1885 - September 3, 1977) was a general merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1928 to 1953 as a Liberal member.
The subsequent election in 1959 saw the number of seats in the Tasmanian House of Assembly increased to 35, which would prevent the kind of deadlock which resulted from having an even number of seats in the house.
Harold A. 'Junior' Theriault (born January 1953) is a former Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, who represented the riding of Digby-Annapolis for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party from 2003 to 2013.
Wallace Norman Rehfuss (November 27, 1876 - November 5, 1929) was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1928 as a Liberal-Conservative member.
Charles Uniacke Mader (April 10, 1856 - May 27, 1929) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal member from 1904 to 1911.
Todd was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1977 to 1993. The new seat of Torrens absorbed much of the abolished seat of Todd at the 1991 redistribution.
George Stayley Brown (November 20, 1827 - September 12, 1915) was a ship owner, historian and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Yarmouth township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1863 to 1866 as a Reformer.
At the end of the 1988 season when Geelong finished 10th, Devine was not retained as coach. Devine was also a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1979 to 1984 in the Denison electorate.
62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia was the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2013 Nova Scotia election. The assembly opened on October 24, 2013 and was dissolved April 30, 2017.
The House of Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Anguilla. It has 13 members, 7 members in single-seat constituencies, 4 members representing the island at-large and 2 ex officio members. Anguilla has a multi-party system.
On 27 March 2014, the Edo State House of Assembly passed a bill for the establishment of a University of Science and Technology at Uzairue. The University was however changed to Edo University and its location to Iyamho.
While in Halifax for the next 18 years, he was employed as a messenger of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He died on 28 June 1794 and is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
Gordon Howard "Paddy" Fitzgerald (January 19, 1927 – May 1, 2014) was a Canadian politician in the province of Nova Scotia. He was a former Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Fitzgerald was born in Cochrane, Ontario.
Hector Joseph Pothier (September 26, 1891 – January 7, 1977) was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1967 as a Progressive Conservative member.
Abd Manaf was already honoured in his father's lifetime however Qusai preferred his first-born 'Abd ad-Dar and invested him with all his rights, powers, and transferred the ownership of the House of Assembly shortly before his death.
Candidates had to be residents of the constituency that they ran for election in. In addition to the House of Assembly, a 12-member Legislative Council, also known as the Board, was created, which was appointed by the Governor.
Herbert Huntington (July 27, 1799 - September 13, 1851) was a farmer, merchant and politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Shelburne County from 1830 to 1836 and Yarmouth County from 1836 to 1850 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Randy Edmunds is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election."Plenty of new faces heading to Confederation Building" . CBC News, October 12, 2011.
Frank John Dixie Barnjum (April 26, 1858 - February 18, 1933) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queens County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1926 as a Conservative member.
Terence Michael McRae (11 January 1941 – 5 August 2006) was an Australian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Labor Party and member for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Playford from 1970 to 1989.
The Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Tasmania. The role of Speaker has traditionally been a partisan office, filled by the governing party of the time.
On 21 November 2017, facing all-but certain impeachment from a combined session of the House of Assembly and Senate, Mugabe resigned as president. Former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as his replacement on 24 November 2017.
Streicher was returned to the House of Assembly in 1981 as a National Party MP. He served from 1986 to 1989 as deputy minister of transportation and from 1994 to 1997 chairman of the National Party caucus in parliament.
Graham J. Steele (July 8, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician, having represented the constituency of Halifax Fairview in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2001-2013 for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
Benjamin Franklin Pearson, (April 4, 1855 - January 31, 1912) was a lawyer, entrepreneur and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Colchester County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1901 to 1911 as a Liberal member.
Walter Griffiths Walter Griffiths (4 July 1867 – 4 September 1900) was a politician in the Northern Territory of Australia. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1893 to 1900, representing the Northern Territory electorate.
His brother Israel Wood served in the House of Assembly for Vancouver Island. Powell's son Charles Berkeley represented the city of Ottawa in the Ontario legislative assembly. His daughter Linnie Emma married McLeod Stewart, who was an Ottawa mayor.
Patterson represented Colchester County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1874 to 1886 as a Liberal-Conservative member. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1886. Patterson also served as a captain in the militia.
George Adrien Burridge (September 20, 1883 – March 11, 1969) was a teacher and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1960 to 1967 as a Progressive Conservative member.
Historically, Zimbabwe reserved 20 of the 100 seats in Parliament for the white minority, until these seats were abolished by constitutional amendment in 1987. Currently, 60 of the 270 seats in the House of Assembly are reserved for women.
Prior to her election to the House of Assembly, Masland served as chief of staff for former Member of Parliament Gerald Keddy. She previously worked with the Royal Bank of Canada in Liverpool for eight years in personal banking.
Joel Rand Matheson (born February 18, 1930) is a former lawyer, business owner and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax Bedford Basin in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1993 as a Progressive Conservative.
Dr. Gale Tracy Christiane Rigobert is a Saint Lucian politician, currently Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development.Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development . She has represented Micoud North constituency in the House of Assembly.
Fogo Island-Cape Freels is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is represented by one member in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. It was contested for the first time in the 2015 provincial election.
Jenna Butler is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Labor Party in the Division of Lyons at the 2018 state election. She is the daughter of former Tasmanian MP Heather Butler.
Immediately after his single tenure in the house of assembly, He was appointed to the position of Commissioner of Public Utilities and Rural Development by Achike Udenwa and again reappointed as Commissioner for Commerce and Industry in Imo State.
William Haslam Smith (October 12, 1891 - August 15, 1958) was a Canadian businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1928 as a Liberal- Conservative member.
John Flint Cahan (February 1, 1889 – November 8, 1928) was an engineer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1928 as a Liberal-Conservative member.
Dorothy Christine Kotz (born 3 January 1944) is a former Australian politician who was the sitting Liberal Party member for the electoral district of Newland of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1989 until her retirement in 2006.
Gouger was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1977 and which was associated with the town of Balaklava. Gouger was abolished in a boundary redistribution in 1977.
Henley Beach was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 1993. Henley Beach was abolished in a boundary redistribution in 1993, superseded by the electoral district of Colton.
Lockleys is in the City of West Torrens local government area, split between the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Colton and electoral district of West Torrens, and in the Australian House of Representatives Division of Hindmarsh.
About 415,000 were registered to vote for the 55 of 65 seats in the House of Assembly. The other ten seats are to be filled by nominees from King Mswati III when he selects his cabinet and Prime Minister.
Gerald E. Sampson is a Canadian businessman and politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria-The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2006. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Clifford B. Huskilson (born February 11, 1953) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Shelburne in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1999. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
David Morse (born October 31, 1954) is a Canadian politician in Nova Scotia. He represented the electoral district of Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
Nigel John Dakin (born 28 February 1964) is a British diplomat currently serving as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands. He assumed office on 15 July 2019 in a swearing-in ceremony before the territory's House of Assembly.
Reeves Matheson (born 1952) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 1999. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
Dame Josephine Abaijah, (born 23 June 1940) is a Papua New Guinean former politician. She was the first woman to be elected to the House of Assembly in 1972.Brij V. Lal, Kate Fortune. The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia.
Eileen Parsons OBE who served as a member of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands, including as Minister for of Health, Education and Welfare, Deputy Premier and Deputy Speaker during the course of her political career.
On 9 December 2015, the House of Assembly voted unanimously to confirm Tam- George as Governor Wike's choice to succeed Ibim Semenitari as the Commissioner of Information and Communications. On 18 December 2015, he was officially sworn into office.
The 17 elected members of the House of Assembly were elected by first-past-the-post voting in single member constituencies.Electoral system Inter-Parliamentary Union Following the elections, a Speaker is elected, who may be from outside the House.
Godwin Friday is a politician in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In the 13 December 2010 general election Godwin Friday was elected to the House of Assembly for the Northern Grenadines. He retained his seat in the 2015 election.
Eastick was the only LCL leader not to have been Premier. Eastick also served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly when his successor as South Australia Liberal leader, David Tonkin, was Premier from 1979 to 1982.
Randy Delorey (born in 1978) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represents the electoral district of Antigonish.
Robert McElhinney (ca. 1747 - April 22, 1831) was an Irish-born political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Londonderry township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1790 to 1799. He came to Nova Scotia in the 1760s.
Donald Peter McInnes (December 19, 1933 – August 10, 2015) was a dairy farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Pictou West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1998 as a Progressive Conservative member.
James Lewis Little (1871 - February 25, 1967) was a schooner captain and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Bonavista in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1924 to 1928. He was born and was educated in Bonavista. Little married Mary Butler.
The cabinet were evenly split on the issue, which had to be resolved by a Parliamentary vote. Smuts won the vote in the House of Assembly. He was then called upon to form a government. A wartime coalition ministry was appointed.
James Rankin Ferguson (3 January 1908 - 20 November 1975) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Goyder from 1970 to 1973 and Yorke Peninsula from 1963 to 1970 for the Liberal and Country League.
Kings North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Kings.
King South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the town of Wolfville, the village of New Minas, the community of Coldbrook, and Glooscap First Nation.
Marshall MacDermott (c.1791 – 3 November 1877) was a British Army officer and member of the South Australian Legislative Council 1855 to 1857 and a member for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Flinders from 1857 to 1859.
Bob Mercer is a former Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Humber East in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1996 to 2003."Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2007: Humber East". cbc.ca. He was a member of the Liberals.
With support and encouragement from Cockburn, he was elected to the seat of Burra in the South Australian House of Assembly and served from April 1890 to April 1896. He was a useful member, though he rarely entered into debates.
Leonard Preyra (born February 10, 1955) is a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Halifax Citadel-Sable Island in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2013. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
Address to Bahamas House of Assembly. Following this, the new Bahamian government designated the area a Heritage Park. Kennedy was one of the early editors of Indian Country Today, North America's largest Native American newspaper.Kennedy Jr., Robert F. (November 29, 2016).
Joseph Fraser Mooney (February 24, 1927 – January 5, 2006) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1984. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
She gained the seat with 65.24% of the vote. She was sworn-in as MLA on July 8, 1996. O'Connell's first day in the House of Assembly was November 18, 1996. O'Connelll retained the seat in 1998 (53.8%) and 1999 (46.23%).
Alexander Bravo (1797 – March 1868), sometimes spelled Alexandre Bravo, was a Jamaican-born Sephardic Jewish merchant, politician, slave plantation owner and Auditor-General of Jamaica. Bravo was the first Jew person to be elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica.
Patrick Morris (ca. 1789 - August 22, 1849) was an Irish-born merchant, ship owner, farmer, author and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1836–40. He was president of the Agricultural Society.
Douglas Oldford (born c. 1949) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Trinity North in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1991 to 2000. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Biti was re-elected to the House of Assembly from Harare East in the March 2008 parliamentary election. According to official results, he received 8,377 votes against 2,587 for the ZANU-PF candidate."Zimbabwe election results 2008" , newzimbabwe.com, 1 April 2008.
The Chief Judge is appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council subject to confirmation of the appointment by the Abia State House of Assembly as required by Section 271 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.
Francis David Valentine (24 August 1863 - 22 May 1941) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1912 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Denison. He was defeated in 1913.
Joseph James Britton (18 February 1911 - 28 March 1995) was an Australian politician. He was born in Launceston. In 1959 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Braddon. He was defeated in 1964.
Paulus Arek (3 December 1929 – 22 November 1973) was a Papua New Guinean politician and trade unionist. He served as a member of the House of Assembly between 1968 and 1973, and as Minister for Information from 1972 to 1973.
William Heath was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
Ronald Daniel Stewart (born October 11, 1942) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1997. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
William Eastgate Batchelor (17 July 1840 - 28 November 1915) was an Australian politician. He was born in London. In 1903 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for North Launceston. He was defeated in 1906.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
Stanley Michael Foley (8 December 1923 – 3 March 1975) was an Australian public servant. He rose to become a District Commissioner in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, also serving as an official member of the territory's House of Assembly.
Hon. Sir Edward Dalton Shea (June 29, 1820 - January 8, 1913) was a journalist and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Ferryland in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1855 to 1865 as a Liberal and then Conservative member.
On 19 December 2015, Ibani announced his resignation from the office of Speaker, citing personal reasons. He was replaced by Adams Dabotorudima from Okrika.In December 2016, Ibani was re-elected as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
George Marshall was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
South Africa 1982, page 166. In the 1920 general election both the South African Party and the Unionist Party lost seats. The Unionists, as the third largest group in the new House of Assembly, ceased to be the official opposition.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
Simonds Parish established in 1839 from Portland Parish: named for James Simonds (1735-1831), the first English settler at Saint John in 1761, and for his son Charles Simonds (1783-1859), the speaker of the New Brunswick house of assembly.
In 1814 he was editor of the Barbados Times. From 1818 to around 1828, Ryan was publisher and editor of the Barbados Globe and Demerara Advocate in Barbados. In 1820, he was appointed printer to the House of Assembly for Barbados.
Hugh Wilson MacKay is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 provincial election, defeating incumbent Denise Peterson-Rafuse of the NDP. An Independent, he represents the electoral district of Chester-St. Margaret's.
Jeremy Page Rockliff (born 5 February 1970 in Devonport, Tasmania) is the Deputy Premier of Tasmania since 2014 and has been a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the Division of Braddon since the 2002 election.
Howard Charles Linney Barber (1877 – 12 April 1950) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Birmingham. In 1931 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Bass. He resigned in 1933.
Ernest Newton West (19 November 1907 - ?) was an Australian politician. He was born at North Shields in Northumberland, England. In 1941 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Wilmot. He was defeated in 1946.
Thomas John Butler (20 September 1875 - 8 July 1937) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sheffield, Tasmania. In 1931 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Darwin. He was defeated in 1934.
Richard Franks (11 April 1870 - 3 July 1938) was an Australian politician. He was born in Beckington in Somerset. In 1922 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Country Party member for Darwin. He retired in 1925.
Obadiah Wheelock III (7 July 1738 – Mendon, Massachusetts – 7 January 1807 Annapolis, Nova Scotia) was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1774 and from 1774 to 1776.
Archibald Donald McDonald (22 December 1872 – 30 November 1962) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Burra Burra from 1933 to 1938 and Burra from 1938 to 1947 for the Liberal and Country League.
Arthur William Christian (7 October 1893 – 8 January 1956) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Flinders from 1933 to 1938 and Eyre from 1938 to 1956 for the Liberal and Country League.
Sherry Gambin-Walsh is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election."Placentia-St. Mary’s sees red". The Telegram, November 30, 2015. She represents the electoral district of Placentia-St.
Joseph Willis Margeson (April 2, 1880 - October 2, 1925Deaths, Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics) was an educator, lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1911 to 1917.
Ellis Cornish Watson (1843England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 - December 12, 1906) was an English-born merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1885 to 1889.
Otto Schwartz Weeks, (1830 - February 4, 1892) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Guysborough County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1874 to 1878 and from 1882 to 1890 as a Liberal member.
Harry Dennis Madden (January 23, 1895 – November 28, 1945) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Queens in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1945. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Andrew John Furey, MD, FRCSC, (born July 3, 1975) is a Canadian orthopedic surgeon, politician, and the 14th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, since August 19, 2020. Furey is the Member of the House of Assembly for Humber-Gros Morne.
Philip Nicholas McBride is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2018 state election, representing MacKillop. McBride, a grazier, was president of the Grassland Society of South Australia in 2017.
Fraser John Ellis is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2018 state election, representing Narungga. Ellis, who qualified as a lawyer, worked as a journalist before his election.
Joshua Thomas Hoskins Whitsitt (26 September 1869 – 14 September 1943) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1909 to 1922 and a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1922 to 1925.
In bicameral legislatures, members of the lower house (legislative assembly or house of assembly) also use the post-nominals "MLA" or "MHA" and members of the upper house (legislative council) use "MLC". MLCs are informally refer to as upper house MPs.
Michael Redding Pengilly (born 13 June 1950) is an Australian politician who is the mayor of Kangaroo Island. He formerly represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Finniss from the 2006 election to 2018, representing the Liberal Party.
David Edward Llewellyn AM (born 16 August 1942 in St Marys, Tasmania)Parliamentary library profile is an Australian politician, who was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1986 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2018.
William Austin Oke (14 December 1857 -24 February 1923) was a newspaper publisher, politician, and District Court judge in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Grace in the Newfoundland House of Assembly for three terms, from 1898 to 1908, as a Liberal.
Cumberland North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Prior to 1993, it was part of Cumberland East. The communities of Amherst and Pugwash are within its boundaries.
White's father, Judge Thomas White, was a member of the colonial Maryland legislature, the Delaware House of Assembly, the Chief Justice of the Kent County Court of Common Pleas, and delegate to the Delaware Constitutional Conventions of 1776 and 1792.
Local government is through nine Regional Corporations and five municipalities. Tobago was given a measure of self-government in 1980 and is governed by the Tobago House of Assembly. In 1996, Parliament passed legislation which gave Tobago greater self-government.
Hamilton was widely lauded for his daring feat. The House of Assembly in Jamaica awarded him a £300 sword. King George III created him a Knight Bachelor on 1 February 1800. Hamilton also received a Naval Gold Medal for the action.
Members of the House of Assembly, p22 He married three times and had eleven children. In 1951 he was selected as one of the three nominated indigenous members of the new Legislative Council. He was reappointed in 1954, 1957 and 1960.
The elected presiding officer (Speaker) was Ikuinyi O. Ibani, until 19 December, when he resigned and was replaced by Adams Dabotorudima. In December 2016, Ikuinyi O. Ibani was re-elected as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
Nicholas Brokam (born c. 1934) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly between 1961 and 1968, also serving as Under-Secretary for Economic Affairs and Information and Extension Services.
Ogilvie is the granddaughter of former Member of the House of Assembly Eric Ogilvie, great-niece of former Premier of Tasmania Albert Ogilvie and stepdaughter of former Governor of Tasmania Peter Underwood. She is married to William Doyle, with four children.
George Raymond Deveau (October 14, 1891 – November 4, 1983) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Richmond in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1937. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Eric Harvey Spinney (August 10, 1886 – August 2, 1972) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1960. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820.Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
Abbott died in 1832, survived by his wife and sons. His son Edward worked as Abbott's clerk in the court and later became a member of the new House of Assembly in Van Diemen's Land and also the Legislative Council.
Colonial elections were held in South Australia from 8 April to 27 April 1881. All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election, along with six of the 18 seats in the South Australian Legislative Council.
He died in L'Orignal, Canada West. Emanuel Hahn's "Mackenzie Panels" (1938) in the garden of Mackenzie House, Toronto, Ontario Canada. The panel shows William Lyon Mackenzie presenting his historic Seventh Report of Grievances to the House of Assembly of Upper Canada.
Whitman was appointed the representative of Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1863. Whitman served one term in office before being defeated in the 1867 elections. In 1881, Whitman was named to the provinces' Legislative Council.
The Prime Minister is the head of government. The Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor-General, but to ensure the continuity of a stable government this person will always be the one who has the confidence of the House of Assembly to lead the government. In practice, the position usually goes to the leader of the political party that has the most seats in the lower house. On several occasions in Barbadian history, no party has had a majority in the House of Assembly and thus one party, usually the largest, forms a minority government.
A week later, Richard Hooper won the 1891 Wallaroo by-election as an Independent Labor member in the South Australian House of Assembly. McPherson won the 1892 East Adelaide by-election on 23 January, becoming the first official Labor member of the House of Assembly at the age of 32. McPherson held the seat of East Adelaide until his death. In his maiden speech he strongly deplored non-European immigration, as was the unanimous view of 19th century Australian man and politician alike, in conjunction with noting the many unemployed people in both city and country.
Russell served five years on the municipal council for West Hants before entering provincial politics. He was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1978 general election and was re-elected in 1981, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998, 1999, and 2003; holding the seat until his retirement in 2006. Russell was Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia on three occasions, from 1978 to 1980, from 1991 to 1993 and again from 1998 until 1999. He was the first Speaker to be elected by his peers rather than be appointed by the Premier.
This is a list of Australian Greens Members of Parliament, past and present, for Federal, State and Territory Parliaments of Australia. The Greens are currently represented in the Australian House of Representatives, the Australian Senate, the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, the New South Wales Legislative Council, the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the Victorian Legislative Council, the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the Western Australian Legislative Council, the South Australian Legislative Council, the Tasmanian House of Assembly, and the ACT Legislative Assembly. The Greens have previously been represented in the South Australian House of Assembly and the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.
The 6th Parliament of Zimbabwe met between 2005 and 2008. At the time of the March 2005 parliamentary election, the Zimbabwean Parliament was unicameral, consisting of the 150-member House of Assembly. The Senate, abolished in 1989, was reintroduced in November 2005, consisting of 66 members. Of the 150 members in House of Assembly, 120 were elected via first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. Of the remaining 30 seats, 12 members were appointed directly by the President, ten were provincial governors who were ex officio members, and eight seats were reserved for chiefs.
The Speaker for the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia is the presiding Officer of the House of Assembly. Kevin Murphy is the current Speaker of the 62nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia. The Speaker presides over the proceedings of the Assembly, maintains order, regulates debate in accordance with the rules and practices of the House, and ensures that all viewpoints have the opportunity of a hearing. The Speaker does not take part in the debates of the Assembly and only takes part in a vote to cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie.
Parliament of the Bahamas, located in downtown Nassau The House of Assembly consists of 38 members, elected from individual constituencies for five-year terms. As under the Westminster system, the government may dissolve the parliament and call elections at any time. The House of Assembly performs all major legislative functions. The Senate consists of 16 members appointed by the governor- general, including nine on the advice of the prime minister, four on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and three on the advice of the prime minister after consultation with the leader of the opposition.
The Catholic Church did not openly participate for any political party but tended to support the English party. With the power in the hand of the population, the French-Canadian business class needed support from the population more than from the British business class. The population being mostly French-Canadian in Lower Canada, most of those elected at the House of Assembly were French-speaking and supported the French-Canadian business class. The House of Assembly gave an illusion of power to French-Canadians, but the Executive and Legislative Councils advised the governor, who could veto any legislation.
Parliament can be dissolved and an extraordinary general election held, before the expiration of the four-year term. The Chief Secretary, once appointed continues in office as the head of the devolved Tobago House of Assembly until either he or she resigns, is dismissed or dies in office. Resignation can be triggered off by the passage of a Motion of No Confidence in the Chief Secretary or the Tobagonian Government or by rejecting a Motion of Confidence in the Tobago House of Assembly. In those situations, the Chief Secretary must tender their resignation and the resignation of their government to the president.
Sir Arthur Alexander Foulkes (born 11 May 1928)Profile of Sir Arthur Foulkes was the Governor-General of the Bahamas from 2012 to 2014. Foulkes was elected to the House of Assembly in 1967 and served in the government of Lynden Pindling as Minister of Communications and Minister of Tourism. In 1971, he was a founder of the Free National Movement, and he was appointed to the Senate in 1972 and 1977 before returning to the House of Assembly in 1982. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG) in 2001.
The legislative power was vested in Parliament, which consisted of the House of Assembly (the lower house) and the Senate (the upper house). Parliament sat in Cape Town and was required to meet at least once a year. The parliament of the Union elected in 1958 would continue as the parliament of the new Republic. The House of Assembly consisted of 150 members elected by white voters from single-member electoral divisions using first-past-the-post voting, six members elected by white voters in South-West Africa, and four members elected by coloured voters in the Cape Province.
Darin King (born August 17, 1966) is a former Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He served as the Minister of Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development as well as the Minister of Justice and Public Safety in the provincial cabinet, and was the Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for the district of Grand Bank. King was elected to the House of Assembly in the 2007 provincial election and was re-elected in 2011. He previously held the posts of Minister of Education, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture and Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment.
In 1992, Bob Brown asked Peg to be a support candidate for the Green Independents at the impending state election after the first Labor-Green accord collapsed. Putt entered the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1993 after Bob Brown resigned and votes in the Hobart electorate of Denison were recounted. The 1996 state election gave the Greens the balance of power and Putt was one of four Greens to be in parliament during the period of balance of power. In 1998 the Labor and Liberal parties restructured the Tasmanian Parliament, reducing the number of House of Assembly members from 35 to 25.
The House of Assembly The House of Assembly (known in Afrikaans as the Volksraad, or "People's Council") was the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa from 1910 to 1981, the sole parliamentary chamber between 1981 and 1984, and latterly the white representative house of the Tricameral Parliament from 1984 to 1994, when it was replaced by the current National Assembly. Throughout its history, it was exclusively constituted of white members who were elected to office predominantly by white citizens, though until 1960 and 1970, respectively, some Black Africans and Coloureds in the Cape Province voted under a restricted form of suffrage.
As a fitter, Brooker was a member of the Australian branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union,Brooker, William Edward (1891 - 1948), Australian Trade Union Archives. and joined the Labor Party, unsuccessfully running for the electorate of Franklin in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Inspired by Major C. H. Douglas' Social Credit movement, Brooker ran for Franklin again in 1934 and won, becoming an MHA on 9 June 1934. In the House of Assembly, he served as Government Whip (1936-1939) until joining the cabinet of Robert Cosgrove as Minister for Transport (1939-42), Chief Secretary (1939-43) and Minister for Tourism (1942-43).
The Legislative Council was elected by property owners only, while the 36-member House of Assembly was elected by a full male franchise. The Act also provided for a system of responsible government, where the members of the executive branch must sit in Parliament and, by convention, can only remain in office while they hold the confidence of a majority of the members of the House of Assembly. The adoption of the "one man, one vote" principle removed the ability of voters to vote in any electorate in which they owned property. The Act also defined the rules of tenure for the parliamentarians.
House of Assembly chamber The House of Assembly (or "lower house") is made up of 47 members who are each elected by the full-preference instant-runoff voting system in single-member electorates. Each of the 47 electoral districts (electorates) contains approximately the same number of voters. Casual vacancies, when a member retires or dies in office mid-term, are filled by a by-election in that member's district. Since 1975, the distribution of electoral boundaries has been set by the South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission, an independent body. Since a referendum in 1991, boundaries have been redistributed after each election.
In November 1719 word arrived in Charleston of an approaching Spanish fleet; the colonial militia was ordered mobilized to repel an anticipated invasion. On November 17, prior to the militia muster, several prominent residents of South Carolina – among them militia officer Colonel James Moore, Jr. and Arthur Skeene, the Speaker of the Commons House of Assembly – met and formed a committee for the purpose of the overthrow of the government. The committee made contact with senior officers of the militia and secured their support. Upon learning of the unfolding conspiracy, Governor Robert Johnson ordered the Commons House of Assembly dissolved.
The election was the first to use the Robson Rotation, a method of rotating names on ballot papers.Newsletter of the Proportional Representation Society of Australia , Number 69, March 1993 In previous elections, candidates were listed in alphabetical order by surname. By- elections are not usually held in the Tasmanian House of Assembly because casual vacancies are filled by a recount of votes, a system that has been in place since 1917.House of Assembly Elections, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library On 18 December 1979 the Supreme Court of Tasmania ordered that the election of three candidates in the 1979 election be declared void.
In January 1858 Hawker entered the South Australian House of Assembly as member for the district of Victoria, and in April 1860, though a comparatively young man and opposed by Boyle Travers Finniss and Francis Stacker Dutton, was elected Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly. He was successful in this position carrying out its duties with tact and dignity, and showing a good knowledge of parliamentary practice. He retired from parliament in 1865, went to England with his family, and did not return until 1874. He again entered parliament and, except for a few months, was a member until his death.
The Leader of the Opposition in South Australia is the leader of the largest minority political party or coalition of parties, known as the Opposition, in the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia. By convention, he or she is generally a member of the House of Assembly. He or she acts as the public face of the opposition, and act as a chief critic of the government and ultimately attempt to portray the opposition as a feasible alternate government. They are also given certain additional rights under parliamentary standing orders, such as extended time limits for speeches.
On October 9, 2007, Perry became the first woman ever elected to serve the district of Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune as a member of the House of Assembly. In 2008, Perry was injured in a car crash just five months after being elected. She spent months recuperating from a serious neck injury that forced her to attend House of Assembly sessions that spring wearing a neck brace. In 2014, Perry was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Business and Rural Development and subsequently Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier serving until the Davis government was defeated in the 2015 general election.
In the 2007 general election he switched districts and ran in Baie Verte-Springdale, the district he had represented in the House of Assembly from 1975 until 1991. On May 21, 2008, Rideout tendered his resignation as Deputy Premier, Government House Leader and Minister of Fisheries in the provincial government, in a dispute with the Premier's Office over road funding in his electoral district of Baie Verte-Springdale. On June 30, 2008, Rideout resigned from politics altogether, tendering his resignation as a Member of the House of Assembly. In 2017, Rideout endorsed Ches Crosbie in the 2018 provincial PC leadership race.
Tracy Petulia Davidson-Celestine is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician serving as Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador to Costa Rica since April 2017 and leader of the Tobago Council of the People's National Movement since the 2020 leadership election, becoming the first female political leader of the People's National Movement, the first woman to lead a Tobagonian party with representation in the House of Assembly and one of the first leaders of a political party in Trinidad and Tobago to be multilingual. She previously served as Deputy Chief Secretary, tourism secretary and councillor in the Tobago House of Assembly.
Peterson and Stanley Hartt, Mulroney's chief of staff, believed that the remark killed any chance of the Accord passing.Newman suggests that the remark itself wasn't even true, as a variety of foreign heads of state had visited and crowded the Prime Minister's schedule. (Newman, 128) Wells had determined that a referendum was impractical in the short time period, and arranged for the Accord to be put to a free vote in the Newfoundland House of Assembly, with himself opposing ratification. In a highly unusual maneuver, Mulroney, Peterson, and McKenna addressed the House of Assembly and urged them to accept the Accord.
Darling, who was born in Acklins, originally worked as a taxi cab driver, and served as both the general secretary and president of the Bahamas Taxi Cab Union. In 1958, he helped make a settlement of a general strike. He served as a Senator from 1964 to 1967, Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1967 to 1969, Minister of State in 1969, Minister of Labour and Welfare in 1971 and Minister of Labour and National Insurance from 1974 to 1977. He was Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1977 until becoming Governor-General in 1992, retiring in 1995.
The House of Assembly was created in 1857, when South Australia attained self-government. The development of an elected legislature — although only men could vote — marked a significant change from the prior system, where legislative power was in the hands of the Governor and the Legislative Council, which was appointed by the Governor. In 1895, the House of Assembly granted women the right to vote and stand for election to the legislature. South Australia was the second place in the world to do so after New Zealand in 1893, and the first to allow women to stand for election.Women’s Suffrage Petition 1894: parliament.sa.gov.
Adrian Stephen Pederick ( ; born 4 September 1962) is an Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Hammond for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. Pederick currently holds title of the Government Whip in the South Australian House of Assembly. Pederick won Hammond from Liberal-turned-independent Peter Lewis who left to contest a seat in the Upper House. Previous to his election in to politics, Pederick managed a family dryland and grazing enterprise property at Coomandook for the past 14 years and is a supporter of local and regional community causes and events.
Eyre was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1997. The seat was located in the vast outback of northern South Australia. It was held by the Liberal Party and its predecessor, the Liberal and Country League, for its entire existence, and was usually a safely conservative seat. For the last 27 years of its existence, it was held by Graham Gunn, who was originally elected in 1970 as a member of the LCL and served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly in the Dean Brown government.
At a 1900 by-election, Nicholls was elected as an independent member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the multi-member electoral district of Hobart until 1903 when he became the sole member for Central Hobart. From 1903 to 1904, Nicholls held two ministries in the cabinet of William Propsting: Attorney-General and Minister administering the Education Act. As Attorney-General, Nicholls represented police superintendent Frederick Pedder, the respondent in the landmark High Court case D'Emden v Pedder. On 29 May 1906, following the state election the eight opposition members of the House of Assembly voted for Nicholls as their leader.
Downer in 1898 Downer became a Queen's Counsel in 1878, the same year in which he was elected to the House of Assembly for Barossa. He represented this constituency until 1901, leaving it only to enter federal politics. In the House of Assembly he soon made his mark and became Attorney-General in John Cox Bray's cabinet on 24 June 1881. He endeavoured to bring in several law reforms, and though his married women's property bill was not passed, he succeeded in carrying bills allowing accused persons to give evidence on oath, and amending the insolvency and marriage acts.
The Government of Nova Scotia consists of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867. In modern Canadian use, the term "government" refers broadly to the cabinet of the day (formally the Executive Council of Nova Scotia), elected from the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and the non- political staff within each provincial department or agency – that is, the civil service. The Province of Nova Scotia is governed by a unicameral legislature, the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, which operates in the Westminster system of government.
The General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador (known as the General Assembly of Newfoundland until 6 December 2001) is the legislature of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Today, the legislature is made of two elements: the monarch of Canada, represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the unicameral assembly called the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The legislature was first established in 1832. Like the Canadian federal government, Newfoundland and Labrador uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the House of Assembly after general elections.
Simon d'Entremont (October 28, 1788 - September 6, 1886) was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia of Acadian descent. He represented Argyle township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1836 to 1840. D'Entremont and Frederick Armand Robicheau, elected in the same election are believed to be the first Acadians elected to a legislative assembly in North America. (Joseph Winniett, whose mother was Acadian, was the first Acadian to serve in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1761.) He was born in West Pubnico, Nova Scotia, the son of Benoni d'Entremont and Anne-Marguerite Pothier.
In the 2001 general election Terrance competed for the first time for elections and was elected to House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. On 7 December 2005 general elections, Terrance competed and was elected to House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as opposition (MP) with a voter amount of 1,857 In 2010, Terrance was elected for a third term, but his party New Democratic Party was defeated by the Unity Labour Party In 2015, his party leader Arnhim Eustace argued with current Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves about elections being unfair.
Amelia Best Amelia Martha (Millie) Best MBE (29 April 1900 – 14 November 1979) was one of the first two women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Best was born in Lower Barrington, Tasmania, Australia. She ran an arts and crafts business in Launceston and was involved in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Canteen Services during World War II. She was elected to the House of Assembly representing the Liberal Party in the seat of Wilmot in 1955. She lost her seat in 1956, was re-elected in 1958 and lost her seat again in 1959.
Members of the Second House of Assembly, p49 He was re-elected unopposed in the 1968 elections from the Southern Highlands Regional constituency,Plenty of variety in P-NG's second general election Pacific Islands Monthly, February 1968, p24 and served on the District Advisory committee. He was re-elected again in 1972 from the renamed Southern Highlands Provincial constituency, and was awarded an MBE in the 1974 Birthday Honours. Following independence in 1975, the House of Assembly was renamed the National Parliament. He retired from politics prior to the 1977 elections to concentrate on his business.
John Ngu Foncha and Ahidjo intended for the Foumban Constitutional Conference to be brief, however delegates left the three day conference with the impression that there would be sequential conferences to continue the drafting of the constitution. Mbile later noted, "We may have done more if we had spent five months instead of five days in writing our constitution at Foumban." The Constitution for the new Federal Republic was agreed in Yaoundé in August 1961, between Ahidjo and Foncha, pending approval by the House of Assembly of the two states. In the end, the West Cameroon House of Assembly never ratified the Constitution.
Eddie Joyce is a Canadian politician, who represents the district of Humber- Bay of Islands in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Originally a member of the Liberal Party, he served as the party's interim leader and the leader of the official opposition in the House of Assembly from July until November 2013. He served as a cabinet minister in the Ball government from 2015 to 2018. He was born in Curling and was educated in Corner Brook's Memorial University campus, and at Acadia University. He won a bronze medal in boxing at the 1975 Canada Winter Games.
An order in council of 1970 created a Legislative Council of 28 elected members, replacing the former House of Representatives of the colony. This Council was elected only in 1971. A new constitution entered into effect on 1 May 1974, creating a House of Assembly of 28 members from the previous Legislative Council of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony (1970). The 8 members of the Ellice Islands created an Ellice committee and, after referendum, left the House of Assembly on 1 January 1976 to become the Fale i Fono on Funafuti, the new capital of Tuvalu.
Matthew John Smith (born 22 March 1978) is an Australian Liberal politician who served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1998 to 2002. Smith was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1998 as a member for the seat of Franklin. He became the youngest member of any parliament in Australia upon election in 1998 at 20 years of age.State Election - Tasmania Smith stepped down shortly before the 2002 election after his father was charged with stealing from his employer and a court was told some of the money may have been used to fund his campaign.
The direct participation of the royal and viceroyal figures in any of these areas of governance is limited, though; in practice, their use of the executive powers is directed by the Executive Council, a committee of ministers of the Crown responsible to the unicameral, elected House of Assembly and chosen and headed by the Premier of Nova Scotia (presently Stephen McNeil), the head of government. To ensure the stability of government, the lieutenant governor will usually appoint as premier the person who is the current leader of the political party that can obtain the confidence of a plurality in the House of Assembly. The leader of the party with the second-most seats usually becomes the Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (presently Tim Houston) and is part of an adversarial parliamentary system intended to keep the government in check. Each of the 51 Members of the Legislative Assembly in the House of Assembly is elected by single member plurality in an electoral district or riding.
Prevost was appointed as a senator to the House of Assembly from 1990 to 2005.. From 1995 to 2000, he served as the Minister of Tourism. He was elected as a representative to the House of Assembly in the 2005 general election, from the Roseau Central constituency. Prevost was reelected in the 2009 general election, by the narrow margin of 839 votes to 836 for his Labour Party opponent, Alvin Bernard.. The 2009 election overall was a loss for the UWP, which lost four seats to retain only three. Prevost subsequently joined the UWP boycott of the House of Assembly, in protest against alleged election irregularities.. Prevost became the only UWP member to break the boycott, taking his seat on 29 April 2010 in what he stated was a strategic move on behalf of the UWP.. The other two UWP seats were declared vacant and a by-election held, though both UWP members won to retain their seats.
Brian Vincent Boudreau (born July 19, 1954) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
In this way, helping others to establish businesses, he established himself politically in his home constituency. After developing his business, he stood against Father Nilles again and defeated him in 1972, and became the Simbu Regional Member in the Third House of Assembly.
South Australian House of Assembly Hansard. 1978-09-27, p. 1215-17. Liberal MP Mrs Jennifer Adamson later fully documented the statistics in the Festival of Light petition pamphlet, and listed the academic credentials of the founding chairman Dr John Court.Adamson, Jennifer.
Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, from the 7th January to the 18th March, 1834 p. 337 He was defeated by Jean-Baptiste Meilleur when he ran for reelection in 1834. He died in Repentigny at the age of 90.
The current Transition Committee Chairman of the Local Government is Hon. Chieloka Okoye, who assumed office in 2019.Izunna Okafor and Ifeanyi Okonkwo "Anambra State House of Assembly, Confirms TC Chairmen and Members", Reality Newspaper, 09 October 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
In early 2014, Fuller registered in the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Ward 11, Calabar South Constituency 2, and campaigned for a seat in the Cross River State House of Assembly representing the constituency. He however lost his nomination at the party primaries.
Len Stirling is a former politician in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. He was a member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1979 to 1982 and was leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1980 to 1982.
By 1842, he was manager for the firm's operations in Twillingate. Slade was elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly at the age of 23, the youngest person ever elected to that assembly. He died in Poole at the age of 28.
Laurence (Laurie) Edward Montgomery (August 17, 1936 – May 4, 2019) was a Canadian politician, who served as a Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 1999, representing the electoral district of Annapolis.
Eric James Ogilvie (9 October 1892 - 3 April 1962) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1928 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Wilmot. He served until his resignation in 1940.
Gerald A. Lawrence (born July 26, 1939) is a Canadian radio broadcaster and politician. He was the MLA for Halifax St. Margarets in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1993, and served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia.
John A. "Jack" MacIsaac (born June 23, 1939) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1977 to 1993. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
He subsequently returned to cabinet in the same portfolios. He resigned as Government House Leader in the House of Assembly in November 2019. On August 19, 2020, he was appointed Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology, and Attorney General in the Furey government.
He studied medicine and qualified to practice in 1828. Noël married Marguerite Ryan in 1831. Noël voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions.Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, from the 7th January to the 18th March, 1834 p.
McKenzie served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1929 to 1933. He was party leader for the United Farmers of Nova Scotia and leader of the opposition in 1920. McKenzie died in Malagash at the age of 79.
He was member of the House of Assembly for Port Adelaide from April 1870 to December 1871 and February 1875 to July 1880. He was forced to retire due to ill health and died of tuberculosis. He was buried in the Woodville Cemetery.
He campaigned for the Colony of Natal to join the Union of South Africa, and was elected as a Unionist member of the House of Assembly in the first Parliament of South Africa in 1910, defeating Frederick Robert Moor, Prime Minister of Natal.
Jennifer Louise Houston (born April 1971) is an Australian politician of Aboriginal Tasmanian heritage. She has represented Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 3 March 2018, when she was elected at the 2018 state election. She represents the Labor Party.
Manning MacDonald CD, ECNS (born September 18, 1942) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from May 25, 1993 to May 29, 2013. He is a member of the Liberals.
William Gilbert (23 February 1829 – 4 February 1919) was a politician and philanthropist in South Australia. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1881 to 1906, representing the electorates of Yatala (1881-1902) and Barossa (1902-1906).
Sterling William Wallace Belliveau (born August 5, 1953) is a Canadian politician. Belliveau represented the electoral district of Shelburne (now Queens-Shelburne) in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006-2017 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
After returning to Newfoundland, he proposed to Mary's daughter, also Mary, and she and her mother moved to St. John's. He educated William J. Higgins, who would later be his law partner, Speaker of the Newfoundland House of Assembly and a judge.
Born in Barbados, he was the only child of Henry Eudolphus Boyle, estate manager and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Law Gaskin, a member of the House of Assembly. He moved to England in 1894 after schooling at Harrison College, Bridgetown.
George Hugh Tinkham (born April 8, 1946) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Yarmouth County, and Argyle in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1984. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Neil J. GillisNeil Joseph Gillis (December 8, 1869 – March 15, 1939) was a merchant, insurance broker and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1900 to 1911 as a Liberal member.
There were some additional qualifications and disqualifications which varied between provinces. The voters in the Orange Free State, Transvaal and South-West Africa had to be qualified white people, throughout the whole period when those areas were represented in the House of Assembly.
John Bartlett (c. 1841 - July 15, 1925) was a mariner and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Port de Grave in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1873 to 1874 and from 1882 to 1886. He was born in Brigus.
The 1981 Nova Scotia general election was held on October 6, 1981, to elect members of the 53rd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada.Nova Scotia General Election, 1981 Elections Nova Scotia It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.
Barry Hynes (born c. 1945) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Trinity North in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1989 to 1991. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.
William Andersen III is a former politician in Labrador. He represented Torngat Mountains in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1993 to 1996. The son of Andrew Andersen and Christiana Lampe, he was born in Okkak Bay, Labrador. Andersen married Jan Woodford.
Kevin Patrick Sean Corby (23 November 1928 – 14 September 2006) was an Australian politician in Tasmania. In 1972 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Denison. He served until his resignation two years later in 1974.
George Frederick Martin (9 June 1876 - 28 November 1946) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hayes Siding in Tasmania. In 1912 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Franklin. He was defeated in 1916.
George Leatham (16 August 1849 - 7 August 1916) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1891 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for New Norfolk. He was defeated in 1903 but returned in 1906.
Sam Slade is a Canadian former politician. Slade was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in a by-election on November 26, 2013 and sworn in on December 11, 2013."Liberals reclaim Carbonear-Harbour Grace". CBC News, November 26, 2013.
Henry Arthur Dumbleton (16 November 1857 - 17 March 1930) was an Australian politician. He was born in Shimla, India. In 1903 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Devonport. He served until his defeat in 1906.
He was an elected member of the First Commons House of Assembly in 1692, representing the Colleton County. In 1698, he was appointed a Proprietor's Deputy and a member of the Grand Council, as well as Chief Justice later the same year.
The Ukelle people are linked to the constitutional government by two local councils and four wards of Yala local government and two wards of Ishielu local government in Ebonyi. Ukelle also has a representative in the Cross River State House of Assembly.
Lunenburg West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from the riding of Lunenburg County. The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, LaHave, and Hebbville.
Norman H. Phinney (August 7, 1860 - December 11, 1919Death, Nova Scotia historical vital statistics) was a businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1911 to 1916 as a Liberal member.
He served as president of the provincial medical society in 1904 and 1905 and was vice-president of the British Medical Society in 1906. He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1906 and served until his resignation in 1909.
He is a cousin of Charles Hawker, who was a member of the House of Representatives from South Australia from 1929 to 1938. His great-grandfather, George Charles Hawker, was Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1860 to 1865.
Albert Agapit Pothier (July 31, 1862 – December 31, 1931)Death Record Nova Scotia Archives was a Canadian political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1894 to 1897 as a Liberal-Conservative member.
Robert Shorthouse Robertson (31 December 1887 - 26 August 1960) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hamilton. In 1946 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Wilmot. He served until his defeat in 1950.
Charles Norman Atkins (29 January 1885 - 25 October 1960) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1941 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Denison. He served until his retirement in 1948.
Arthur Reginald Fisher (15 June 1901 - 29 December 1958) was an Australian politician. He was born in Oatlands, Tasmania. In 1956 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Wilmot. He served until his death in 1958.
John Elkanah Morton (1793 - April 20, 1835) was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Digby in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1827 to 1830. He was the son of Elkanah Morton. Morton married a Miss Beckwith.
The prime minister advises the crown, appoints ministers, controls a majority in the House of Assembly, and appoints 12 senators. Although the prime minister is appointed by the governor-general of Barbados, they are almost always the leader of the majority party.
Robert Murphy (8 July 1876 - 27 May 1966) was an Australian politician. He was born in Scottsdale. In 1931 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Bass. He held the seat until his defeat in 1934.
Victor James Shaw (10 March 1875 - 14 June 1936) was an Australian politician. He was born in Cressy. In 1925 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Bass. He was appointed Labor whip in 1929.
Arthur Anderson (1860 - 5 May 1915) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney. In 1913 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Bass. He held the seat until his death in Launceston in 1915.
John Keith McCarthy (20 January 1905 – 29 October 1976) was an Australian public servant in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. He rose to become Director of Agriculture, also serving as a member of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly.
Croydon lies in the state electoral district of Croydon and the federal electoral division of Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by leader of the South Australian opposition, Labor member Peter Malinauskas and federally by Steve Georganas.
Robert Pack (1786 in Dorset, England – 1860 in Carbonear, Newfoundland) was a merchant, politician and justice of the peace was elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly representing the district of Conception Bay on the first general election held in Newfoundland in 1832.
Archibald W. Piccott (August 21, 1869 - March 16, 1926) was a politician in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Grace in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1908 to 1919 as a member of the People's Party and from 1923 to 1924 as a Liberal.
Russell Vincent MacKinnon (born October 4, 1953) is a Canadian politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Cape Breton West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1995 and then from 1998 to 2006 as a Liberal and then Independent member.
Bulawayo South is a parliamentary constituency of the Zimbabwean National Assembly in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The current member of the House of Assembly for Bulawayo South is Raj Modi, a member of ZANU–PF. Notable former members include Eddie Cross and David Coltart.
His Echo won a number of flat races. He was for many years a steward and judge of the Narracoorte Racing Club. He died at the Naracoorte hospital, at 82 years, the then oldest ex-member of the South Australian House of Assembly.
General elections were held in Barbados on 13 December 1948.Gary Lewis (1999) White Rebel: The Life and Times of TT Lewis, p124 The Barbados Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 12 of the 24 seats in the House of Assembly.
François-Lambert Bourneuf (October 20, 1787 - May 16, 1871) was a sailor, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1843 to 1859. His first name sometimes appears as Francis.
He was Chairman of the Alexandrina District Council for many years, and represented the electorate of Mount Barker in the House of Assembly from 1865 to 1868, and was elected to the Legislative Council in February 1881 and retired in April 1888.
Dr. Adeyemi Olayemi ‌was born in Kano on 6 April 1979. He is currently a member and chief whip of the Ondo State House of Assembly. He is also the President/Founder of The West African Union University and Pecox Global Limited.
Stephen Peter Murray (born 5 February 1963) is an Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Davenport for the Liberal Party since the 2018 state election. Murray won the seat with 58.8% of the two-party-preferred vote.
David Keith Bernard Basham is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2018 state election, representing Finniss. Basham was the president of Australian Dairy Farmers before his preselection to run for Finniss.
2001 stamp honouring Britannia Gumbs Britannia Idalia Gumbs (née Carter; 17 June 1933 – 11 September 2000)Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Social Security Administration. was an Anguillan politician. She was the first woman to sit in the Anguilla House of Assembly.
On 4 March 1980, the elections resulted in a majority for Mugabe and ZANU. The UANC won only three out of 80 seats reserved for Africans in the House of Assembly. Under Mugabe, "Zimbabwe Rhodesia" became the Republic of Zimbabwe, or "Zimbabwe".
This does not change the fact that such authority may also be exercised through the Deputy Governor or Commissioners. Legislative power is vested in a 32-member unicameral House of Assembly. Judicial power is exercised solely by the judiciary of Rivers State.
A.M. "Sandy" Cameron (December 16, 1938 – December 25, 2004) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1973 to 1984. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
In the ACT House of Assembly mid-1982 election, up to 40% of voters wrote "No Dams" on their ballot paper. In the federal Flinders by-election in Victoria in December 1982, 40% of voters wrote "No Dams" on their ballot papers.
Northfield is in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield local government area, and is in both the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of Florey and Enfield. It is also in both the Australian House of Representatives Divisions of Adelaide and Makin.
Harare East is a constituency of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe, located in Harare. It has been represented since 2000 by Tendai Biti, the Secretary- General of the Movement for Democratic Change, and he retained this constituency in the March 2008 election.
Charles MacDonald is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 1999. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. MacDonald is a businessman in Port Hood, Nova Scotia.
Change was also happening within the government of South Carolina as the Commons House of Assembly was becoming more influential. Bull responded by creating a close working relationship with Charles Pinckney who was the Speaker of the Assembly and was Bull's protege.
Russell Francis MacNeil (February 24, 1931 – June 16, 2018) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1989 to 1998. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
His son, Hercules, was a civil commissioner and magistrate for Uitenhage and wrote Tennant's Notary's Manual for the Cape of Good Hope. His grandson, Sir David Tennant, son of Hercules, was the Speaker of the Cape House of Assembly from 1874-1895.
Whyalla was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1956 to 1993. The district was based on the town of Whyalla. The district was abolished at the 1993 state election and replaced by Giles.
Murray K. Scott (born January 18, 1953) is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2010. He served as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
MHA Tom Hedderson represents the town in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, and is currently the Provincial Minister of Transportation and Works. Famous residents of Colliers include former Lt. Gov. James A. McGrath, actor John Ryan and musician Terry McDonald.
The Rest of the World is Watching Us. Pan Macmillan Sydney 1990. pp258-266 This agreement, however, broke down over forestry issues in 1992. In 1993 Brown resigned from the House of Assembly and stood unsuccessfully for the federal House of Representatives.
Everett Keith Potter (September 27, 1911 – February 20, 1980) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Digby in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1953. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
Russell was speaker for the House of Assembly from 1972 to 1975 and from 1982 to 1985. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Consumer Affairs and Communications and as Minister of the Environment. Russell retired from politics in 1989.
Martyns Ibipulo Mannah , (born 11 February 1975) is a Nigerian state-level politician. He was elected into the Rivers State House of Assembly in 2015, and represents the constituency of Ahoada East I as a member of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party.
It was published weekly in Port Royal Street, but soon afterward in Harbour Street. Alexander's older brother William operated a book and stationery store on King Street. In 1780 Douglass and Aikman became printers to the House of Assembly and the King's Printer.
Henry Yeomans (c. March 24, 1805–?) was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1874 as a Liberal member. He was born in Halifax, the son of Henry Yeomans.
Members elected to the First House of Assembly of Vancouver Island which sat from August 12, 1856, to December 7, 1859. The election was two years before the first newspaper started so there is no known record of the actual vote totals.
The principal power of the House of Assembly is as a legislature. The House is vested with power to enact laws for the Territory.Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007, article 71. The House also, by implication, has power to amend and revoke existing laws.
Brendan Oliver Maguire (born August 29, 1975) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represents the electoral district of Halifax Atlantic.
Ben T. Jessome (born October 22, 1986) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represents the electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Lucasville.
Jane Stopford Purves (July 22, 1949 – June 1, 2013) was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1999 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Halifax Citadel as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
Harold Piercey (born 1935) is an educator and former politician in Newfoundland. He represented Hermitage in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1971 to 1972. He was born in Pass Island. He taught high school for 34 years, serving 15 as principal.
William L. Linegar (1871 - 1951) was a cooper, union leader and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1924 to 1928. Linegar was born in St. John's. Sometime after 1906, he became president of the Cooper's Union.
Robert "Robbie" Harrison is a Canadian politician and educator. He represented Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1999 as a Liberal member. Harrison was educated at Acadia University. He was a school teacher and principal of the Coldbrook School.
Canberra: ANU. P. 5 The 1972 House of Assembly had many new members Of the 73 members who sought re-election in 1972, 39 succeeded, and only nine of them were expatriates.Griffin, Nelson, and Firth (1979) Papua New Guinea: A Political History. Richmond, Vic.
James Alfred Barkhouse (born May 3, 1940) is a former hardware store owner and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg East and then Chester-St. Margaret's in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1984 to 1998 as a Liberal member.
Dame Jennifer was elected to the House of Assembly of Bermuda in 1989 as a member of the Progressive Labour Party. She was elected deputy party leader in 1994, and succeeded to the leadership two years later upon the death of L. Frederick Wade.
He was largely blamed for the diggers rebellion in Griqualand West in 1875 ("Black Flag Rebellion"), and was consequently dismissed. Currey's eldest son, Henry Latham Currey became Secretary to Cecil Rhodes and later a politician who sat in the House of Assembly of South Africa..
Joan Marie Aylward was a Canadian politician, who sat in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1996 to 2003 as a member of the Liberals. She represented the electoral district of St. John's Centre.Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2011: St. John's Centre. CBC News.
Roy Harrigan is a former speaker of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands. He was elected to the position on 14 September 2007 following the 2007 general election and stepped down when the House was dissolved for the 2011 general election.
For many years he was the chairman of the District Council of Macclesfield, as well of the District Council of Strathalbyn. He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for Mount Barker on 9 March 1857, but resigned on 12 March 1858.
Dunstan agreed, but Hall's own party split on the issue. The bill passed the House of Assembly with Labor support, but failed in the Legislative Council where the LCL's rural conservatives dominated its restricted electoral base.Dunstan (1981), pp. 161–162Jaensch and Bullock (1978), pp.
However, the project was cancelled in 1975 with very little accomplished. Remnants of this operation, including discarded boring equipment, remain on site to this day. In 1996, Savage Cove and Sandy Cove were officially consolidated as per the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.
Executive power is exercised by the Premier and the Executive Council. Legislative power is vested in both the Executive Council and the House of Assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.
William G. "Bill" Patterson (1923 - July 7, 2000) was a welder and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Placentia in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1975 to 1989. The son of William Patterson and Annie Greene, he was born in Placentia. Patterson married Mary Collins.
Prior to his election to the House of Assembly, Mercer served as mayor of Pasadena from 1993 to 1996."Mayor Bob Mercer not running in next election". The Western Star, August 28, 2009. He subsequently served a second term as mayor from 2005 to 2009.
In 1882 he edited Admiralty Decisions. Oxley was a reporter at the House of Assembly from 1881–83. He became a manager for the Sun Life Assurance Company in 1891. During his leisure moments, he began writing a series of juvenile fiction books for boys.
He served in cabinet with his sister Michelle O'Byrne, one of a very few pairs of siblings serving in cabinet together anywhere in the world. In 2018 O'Byrne was re-elected to the House of Assembly with a strong personal vote topping the Labor ticket.
Dale Kirby (born May 19, 1971) is a former Canadian politician and academic who served in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2011 to 2019. He served as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development in the Ball government from 2015 to 2018.
Allan Rupert Moreash (January 29, 1857 - May 17, 1928) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1896 to 1897 as a Liberal member. His surname also appears as Morash.
Walter Baine Jennings (March 16, 1864 - November 1, 1942) was a fisherman and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1913 to 1924. Jennings was the first member of the Salvation Army to sit in the Newfoundland assembly.
Graeme Reginald Page (born 14 February 1943) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania. In 1976, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Wilmot for the Liberal Party. He was Speaker of the House from 1992 to 1996.
Pictou West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2013 has been Karla MacFarlane of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia (PC).
In Natal and the Orange Free State, which each elected less than twenty-five members of the House of Assembly, the provincial councils consisted of twenty-five members. The provincial council elected four members who, with the Administrator, formed an Executive Council for the province.
Hugh Bell (1780 – 16 May 1860) was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He had portraits painted of himself and his wife by William Valentine (painter). He founded the Nova Scotia Hospital. He was also vice- president of the Royal Acadian School.
Sylva was born in Brass, Bayelsa (formerly Rivers State, of which Bayelsa State was split off from in 1996), and was educated there and in Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria. He was a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly in the 1990s.
William Ebenezer Shoobridge (7 January 1846 - 17 May 1940) was an Australian politician. He was born in Richmond, Tasmania. In 1916 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Franklin. He served until he was defeated in 1919.
William Dickson (c. 1779–1834) was a politician in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Truro in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1826. He was born in nearby Onslow, the son of Charles Dickson and Amelia Bishop, emigrants from Connecticut.
It was never completed, however, after the House of Assembly of Jamaica refused financial support due to a downturn in the plantation economy with the abolition of slavery looming. He owned Bull Park plantationBull Park. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
Edward Mortimer, c 1815 by Robert Field. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Edward Mortimer (1768 - October 10, 1819) was a Scottish-born businessman, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1799 to 1820.
Gerald Earle Sheehy (June 24, 1924 – June 1, 2009) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Annapolis East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1988. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
Croydon Park lies in the state electoral district of Croydon and the federal electoral division of Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by leader of South Australian opposition, Labor party member Peter Malinauskas and federally by Steve Georganas.
Sir Robert Eccles Snowden (22 March 1880 - 30 June 1934) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1919 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Denison. He held the seat until his resignation in 1924.

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