Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica is the presiding officer and highest authority of Jamaica’s lower parliamentary chamber, responsible for maintaining order, overseeing debates, and ensuring adherence to legislative rules and procedures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
appointedBy House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
associatedWith Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy resolution of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
ensures impartial conduct of parliamentary proceedings ⓘ
observance of parliamentary privileges ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Jamaica ⓘ
hasDeputy Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
jurisdiction Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Jamaica ⓘ
Standing Orders of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
mayExerciseCastingVote yes, in the event of a tie ⓘ
mustBe member of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
officeLocation Gordon House, Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
parliamentaryChamber lower house of the Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
participatesIn ceremonial functions of the Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
positionInParliament highest authority in the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
presiding officer of the lower house ⓘ
rankInProtocol senior parliamentary officer in Jamaica ⓘ
relatedPosition President of the Senate of Jamaica ⓘ
reportsTo House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
responsibility announcing results of votes in the House of Representatives ⓘ
calling members to speak during debates ⓘ
ensuring adherence to parliamentary rules and procedures ⓘ
ensuring adherence to the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives ⓘ
ensuring fair opportunity for debate ⓘ
interpreting the rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ
maintaining decorum in the chamber ⓘ
maintaining order during sittings of the House of Representatives ⓘ
managing the business of the House during sittings ⓘ
overseeing debates in the House of Representatives ⓘ
presiding over joint sittings when required by law or standing orders ⓘ
protecting the rights of all members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
putting questions to the House for decision ⓘ
ruling on points of order ⓘ
roleInGovernment head of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
style Madam Speaker ⓘ
Mr Speaker ⓘ
linked to: Mister Speaker
symbolOf authority of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
termLength serves at the pleasure of the House of Representatives ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Jamaica → hasSpeaker → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
Chamber of the House of Representatives (Jamaica) → hasPresidingOfficerSeatFor → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
Standing Orders of the House of Representatives of Jamaica → usedBy → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ