A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title such as Senate and thus unique titles for its members ("Senators" etc). Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here:This article is about the legislative institution. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...

Australia

In Australia, the term Member of Parliament refers the Australian House of Representatives, and in some jurisdictions it also refers to members of the State Parliament. Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ...

• Queensland Members of the Legislative Assembly, the unicameral (single house) Parliament of Queensland were known as Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) until 2001 and are now known as Members of Parliament (MPs) ^[1].

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Canada

In Canada, the term Member of Parliament refers specifically to a member of the Canadian House of Commons. The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ...

Members of the House of Commons in the 38th Parliament of Canada, as of November 10, 2005. ...

India

In India, the term Member of Parliament refers to the Sansad or the Indian Parliament chambers of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha MPs to the Lok Sabha are elected popularly by constentuencies in the Indian states and union territories, while MPs to the Rajya Sabha are elected by State legislatures. Central government is formed by the party having maximum number of MPs in Lok Sabha. Each state has a fixed number to MPs to be selected. The Indian state, Uttar Pradesh represents maximum number of MPs in the Lok Sabha. Categories: Move to Wiktionary | India-related stubs | Government of India ... The Parliament of India is bicameral. ... Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... Executive President Vice-President Prime Minister Dy. ... Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... Executive President Vice-President Prime Minister Dy. ... Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its abbreviation UP, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ...

Malaysia

The Malaysian Parliament is modeled after the Parliament of the United Kingdom and consists of two houses, known as the Dewan Rakyat which is the House of Representatives and Dewan Negara or the Senate. The Houses of Parliament in Kuala Lumpur. ... The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... The Parliament of Malaysia consists of the lower house (Dewan Rakyat or literally Peoples Hall, in Malay) and upper house (Dewan Negara or Nations Hall in Malay). ... House of Representatives is a name used for legislative bodies in many countries. ... The Dewan Negara is the Malaysian Senate. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...

The members of the Dewan Rakyat are elected in general elections or by-elections, whereas the members of the Dewan Negara are appointed by the king, in recognition of outstanding service to their country, or chosen by the states. Each state appoints a number of senators proportionate to its size. A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ...

Currently, the Dewan Negara has 70 seats while the Dewan Rakyat has 219. Of the 219 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, as of 2006, 199 are held by the ruling Barisan Nasional and 20 by opposition parties. Barisan Nasional (National Front or BN) is a political coalition in Malaysia. ... Parliamentary Opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ...

Members of Parliament are styled Yang Berhormat ("Honourable") with the initials Y.B. appended prenominally. A prince who is a Member of Parliament is Yang Berhormat Mulia. Pre-nominal letters are a title which is placed before the name of a person as distinct from a post-nominal title which is placed after the name. ... The term prince (the female form is princess), from the Latin root princeps, when used for a member of the highest aristocracy, has several fundamentally different meanings - one generic, and several types of titles. ...

New Zealand

New Zealand has a single-chambered (unicameral) parliament. In New Zealand Member of Parliament is the term for a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, although parliament technically consists of both the House and the Queen. The New Zealand House of Representatives normally has 120 MPs, elected every three years. There are 69 electorate (constituency) MPs, 7 of whom are elected by Māori who have chosen to vote in special Māori seats. The remaining 51 MPs are elected from party lists. The speaker of the house is Margaret Wilson. Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. ... The New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. ... Queen Elizabeth IIs personal flag for New Zealand New Zealands Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand. ... -1... Māori Seats giving positions for Māori in the New Zealand Parliament were not created until 1867 even though Westminster-style Parliamentary Government was established in New Zealand in 1852. ... Margaret Wilson (20th May 1947 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ...

Before 1951 New Zealand had a two-chambered (bicameral) parliament, and there were two designations — MHR (Member of the House of Representatives, the body which survives today) and MLC (Member of the Legislative Council). 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The bicameral legislature of the United States is housed in a capitol building with two wings. ... The Legislative Council of New Zealand was the upper house of the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 until 1951. ...

The New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. ... Members of New Zealands House of Representatives, commonly called Parliament, normally gain their seats in nationwide general elections, or, less frequently, in by-elections. ...

Singapore

In Singapore, the Members of Parliament refers to either the elected members of the Parliament of Singapore, the appointed Non-Constituency Members of Parliament from the opposition, as well as the Nominated Members of Parliament, who may be appointed from members of the public who have no connection to any political party in Singapore. The unicameral Parliament of Singapore is the legislature of Singapore with the President as its head . ... Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) are members of the opposition parties who were appointed as members of the Parliament of Singapore even though they had lost in the parliamentary election. ... A Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) is an unelected MP that does not represent any electoral district in the Parliament of Singapore. ...

The cabinet of Singapore forms the executive and it is headed by the prime minister, who is the head of government. ... The following is a historical list of members for the current and past nine Parliaments of Singapore External references Members of Parliament Categories: Singaporean Members of Parliament | Government of Singapore | Politics of Singapore | Singaporean politicians | Singapore-related lists ...

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has members of three different parliaments:

• Members of Parliament (MPs) refers to members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
• Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) (Elected members of the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland were called Commissioners.)

MPs in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are elected in general elections and by-elections to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system of election, and may remain MPs until Parliament is dissolved. (Parliaments can last up to five years.) The members of the House of Lords are officially appointed by the Monarch, but the selection is actually done by Prime Minister. The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. ... ... The Acts of Union were twin Acts of Parliament passed in 1707 (taking effect on 26 March) by the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. ... The parliament of Scotland, officially the Estates of Parliament, was the legislature of the independent Kingdom of Scotland. ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... United Kingdom general elections are the elections held when the Members of Parliament (MPs) forming the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are elected. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... This article describes the British monarchy from the perspective of the United Kingdom. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the head of government and so exercises many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ...

There are several special members of Parliament, including the Prime Minister, other government ministers, the Chief Whip of each party, Privy Counsellors, and the Speaker of the House. The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ... In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. ...

Members of Parliament are technically forbidden to resign their seats. However, appointment to a "paid office under the Crown" disqualifies an MP from sitting in the Commons, and two nominally paid offices - the Chiltern Hundreds and the Manor of Northstead - exist to allow members to resign from the House. For more information, see the article Resignation from the British House of Commons. The Chiltern Hundreds date back to the 13th century. ... The Manor of Northstead was once a collection of fields and farms in the parish of Scalby in the North Riding of Yorkshire. ... Members of Parliament of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. ...

Following is a (currently incomplete) list of past and present Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom in alphabetical order. ... This is a listing of sessions of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, tabulated with the elections to the House of Commons for each session, and the list of members of the House. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Number of British MPs Over the history of the House of Commons, the number of Members of Parliament (MPs) has varied for various reasons, with increases in recent years due to increases in the population of the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. ...

Notes

1. ↑  It was resolved at a meeting (19/10/2000) of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Qld branch) that Members of the Legislative Assembly should be known as MP rather than MLA..

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