Sentences with phrase «elected chairs»

Regional Councillors then elected the Chairs of the Regional Councils, as well as Commissioners on the national board (with Regional Councils grouped together into zones for the purpose of electing a Commissioner).

Of the 26 committees with elected chairs, seven are either new committees or have changed party — preventing an incumbent from standing again.

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There is little evidence that this has materialised so far, with many elected Chairs standing down after serving one parliament — cynics might say to boost their pension with the additional pay that comes with chairing a Select Committee.

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Our own research, and that of Diana O'Brien, has shown that the shift to a system of elected chairs has been advantageous for women, who have a strong record of winning when they stand.

The average lifetime rebellion rate for Wright committee chairs is 1.5 %, with 10 elected chairs having a rebellion rate over 2 %, a rate which if compared to the current parliament, would put them comfortably in the top 50 most rebellious MPs.

This continues a pattern that has held since the introduction of elected chairs: women tend to win when they stand.

11 of the 47 elected Chairs were previously, or subsequently, members of the Cabinet or shadow Cabinet which suggests they may not be quite the maverick outsiders that some analyses of the select committee system have suggested.

13 of the 47 elected chairs had also previously served as Select Committee chairs under the old, unelected system.

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Leroux's list of accomplishments is impressive — she's the first woman elected chair and the first one to hold the title of president and CEO at her company.

No sooner had the provincial government appointed Belkin to a vacant seat on the board in December than he was elected chair, replacing interim chair Alice Laberge.

Not only is she responsible for the leadership, oversight, and governance of brand and marketing strategy worldwide, but she is also a sponsor of the LGBT employee network Aviva Pride and was elected chair of trustees of Stonewall in May of last year.

When I was elected the chair of the board of directors and CEO of Desjardins in 2008, we were looking at the business in the context of the financial crisis.

The accolades have not stopped flowing since Monique Leroux was elected chair, president and CEO of Desjardins Group in 2008.

About Laura Taylor: Laura Taylor is the newly - elected Chair of the Board of WBENC.

«We are proud to have Pamela Prince - Eason bring her distinctive knowledge and experience spanning procurement, women's business leadership and non-profit organizations,» said Laura Taylor, newly elected Chair of WBENC's Board of Directors.

Dan Moss of Declo, Idaho, was elected chair of Potatoes USA at the organization's 46th Annual Meeting in...

The son of two Labour MPs, his popularity among colleagues was underlined earlier this year when he was elected chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

It was one of the proudest days of my life when I was elected Chair of Labour's National Executive Committee at Conference in September 2014.

Hilary Benn has been elected chair of the new parliamentary committee that will scrutinise government policy on the UK's exit from the EU.

It takes a majority of the legislature to elect a chair; Republicans have exactly 12 of 23.

Albany, NY — Host Alan Chartock is joined by Jay Jacobs, the newly - elected chair of the state Democratic party.

[52] Becoming active in the politics of the London Borough of Camden, Livingstone was elected Chair of Camden's Housing Committee; putting forward radical reforms, he democratised council housing meetings by welcoming local people, froze rents for a year, reformed the rate collection system, changed rent arrears procedures and implemented further compulsory purchase orders to increase council housing.

Gigi Li Elected Chair of Community Board 3; High Praise For Outgoing Chair Dominic Berg The Lo - Down: News from the Lower East Side

[11] On 1 July 2015, Blackman was elected Chair of the All Party Political Group on Smoking and Health, after serving as its Secretary for several years.

The election for vice chair will take place next February among around 450 voting members of the DNC, who will collectively elect the chair, five vice chairs, a treasurer, a secretary and a national finance chair.

Jack Connors was elected chair for a one year term.

In September 2017, Blunt was elected chair of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group, the cross-party group which represents humanists in Parliament.

Second, Sarah Wollaston joins Rory Stewart MP, recently elected Chair of the defence committee, as the second member of the 2010 intake of MPs to become Chair of a departmental committee.

Morgan & Morgan is proud to announce its own Domenico «Nico» Minerva has been elected Chair of the New York County Democratic Committee.

The election for vice chair will occur this month among 450 DNC voting members, who elect the chair, five vice chairs, a treasurer, a secretary and a national finance chair.

The election for vice chair will take place this month among 450 DNC voting members, who elect the chair, five vice chairs, a treasurer, a secretary and a national finance chair.

The UK would be «rather better» at regulating fracking for gas than the US has been, the elected chair of the climate change select committee says.

Mark was a founding member of the steering committee to elect me Chair in 2002, and his election as County Executive was the culmination of 10 years of change that has swept across Erie County Politics.

If neither is available, the Council members in attendance shall elect a chair for that session.

He has also been elected chair of the European Molecular Biology Organization.

The Division of Plasma Physics was established in 1959, with its first elected chair the late Melvin B. Gottlieb, a former director of PPPL.

DPP was established in 1959, with its first elected chair the late Melvin B. Gottlieb, a former director of PPPL.

She served as the elected chair of the US Pharmacopoeia Dietary Supplements and Botanical Expert Panel.

As a former teacher in a diverse public high school, a community activist, and independent scholar on GLBT youth in schools and communities, I joined the Massachusetts Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Youth in 2006, when it was newly established, and was elected chair in 2009.

Jacobs, CUBE's newly elected Chair, is a steadfast advocate for public education and has served as an elected member of the Prince George's County Board of Education since 2006.

Micah Ali of Compton Unified School District, California was elected Chair of CUBE's Steering Committee; Rhonda Skillern - Jones of Houston Independent School District (HISD), Texas, Vice Chair; and Ruth Veales of District 5, Oklahoma City Schools Board of Education, Oklahoma, Secretary.

He also served on the NCSA legislative committee and was elected chair.

Jeff Weldon, a Billings attorney who specializes in school law, has been elected chair of the Board of Directors of Education Northwest.

-- Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has been elected chair of the Southern Regional Education Board.

In 2013 she was elected Chair of the Council of the Great City Schools where she led the charge on the Council's commitment to address racial equity issues.