Sentences with phrase «appointed by the party leader»

Before the 2012 election Calgary - Greenway was known as Calgary - Montrose, and the MLA this by - election is being held to replace, Manmeet Bhullar, was appointed by the party leader as a candidate.

The structure of the committee consists, essentially, of the Chairperson (who according to current Democratic Caucus rules is a fellow member of the Caucus appointed by the party leader in the House), their staff, and other Democratic members of Congress that serve in roles supporting the functions of the committee (candidate recruitment, fundraising, etc.).

Mr Straw's proposals suggest a reduction in the overall number of members from 746 to 540 with 50 % elected, 30 % appointed by party leaders and 20 % by an independent commission.

Not exact matches

In NY, Board of Elections personnel are often appointed by party and political leaders.

In 1998, he was appointed the Treasurer of the party by the then leader, William Hague, and served in that capacity until 2001.

That is why a Labour leader who made OMOV a central plank of his campaign for the party leadership, is now drastically curtailing its scope — by restricting the choice of candidates for the European parliament, Scottish and Welsh Assemblies, to those previously approved by leadership appointed vetting panels.

The groups say one possible solution is to have five commissioners, appointed by the four majority and minority party legislative leaders, and the governor.

As the International Trade Union Confederation has phrased it, «The trade union movement is controlled by the Cuban state, and the leaders of the single union CTC are not elected by the workers but appointed by the state and the Communist Party of Cuba».

In appointing Alan Johnson as Shadow Chancellor the new Labour leader has eschewed the full ostrich position recommended by Ed Balls but it looks unlikely that he will join Cameron's «national interest» party.

Eight of the 14 members are appointed by the four major legislative leaders, with each political party getting four apiece.

Northern Ireland party leaders had been warned the assembly would still be dissolved unless a power - sharing executive was appointed by midnight last night.

The fifteen member board will be dominated by gubernatorial appointees, but the majority party legislative leaders will each get to appoint two members each to the board.

The group will appoint their own whips in parliament to co-ordinate rebellions where they disagree with Mr Corbyn's policy and look to change the rules to appoint an elected Shadow Cabinet, as previously called for by the party's deputy leader Tom Watson.

Following the Conservative Party's defeat in 1997, Young was appointed Shadow Defence Secretary by the new party leader, William HParty's defeat in 1997, Young was appointed Shadow Defence Secretary by the new party leader, William Hparty leader, William Hague.

The Leader of the Party will also be First Minister so too busy for marathon NEC sessions in London but they will appoint a representative from Labour's assembly group (something that itself was hotly contested by Corbyn supporters in Wales).

First elected to the Legislature in 2011, Majority Leader Lorigo was the first Conservative Party member to hold the position when he was appointed by the Republican - aligned Majority Caucus in 2014.

But Seeber was apparently weighed down by her party leaders» attempt to get a non-candidate elected and have him resign so they could appoint someone of their choice, a move revealed by an investigation by Democrats and strongly criticized by local media.

In September 2001, he was appointed Shadow Home Secretary by the new Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith.

The Committee is made up of the chair, five independent members appointed by the Prime Minister following open competition, and three political members appointed by the Prime Minister on the recommendation of the leaders of the Labour Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat Party.

To this end, I have appointed a committee, headed by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a leader of the party, to reconcile differences in various states.

The commission comprises seven members: the governor, state auditor, secretary of state, one person appointed by the speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, one person appointed by the House leader of the largest political party of which the speaker is not a member, one person appointed by the President of the Ohio State Senate, and one person appointed by the Senate leader of the largest political party of which the president is not a member.

India has a British - style parliamentary system in which the leader of the political party with the highest share of the vote in the lower house of parliament is appointed as prime minister by the president (the President of India is a mostly ceremonial role; the prime minister is the head of government).

... (7) The person appointed as the Interim Leader may exercise all the powers of the Leader under this Constitution until a new Leader is elected by the supporters members of the Party.