President of the Legislative Council

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The President of the Legislative Council is the chief parliamentary officer who chairs debates, maintains order, and represents the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
President of the Legislative Council canonical 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
analogousTo President of the Australian Senate ⓘ
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria ⓘ
appointedBy Legislative Council of Victoria ⓘ
associatedWith Standing Orders of the Legislative Council ⓘ
Victorian Constitution ⓘ
belongsTo Westminster-style parliamentary system ⓘ
chambersPresidedOver Legislative Council of Victoria ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
createdFor Legislative Council of the Colony of Victoria ⓘ
governmentBranch legislature ⓘ
hasDeputy Deputy President of the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasStyle The Honourable ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Victoria ⓘ
mayExercise casting vote in the event of a tie ⓘ
power to order a member to withdraw from the chamber ⓘ
officeLocation Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ
parliamentaryHouse upper house ⓘ
partOf Legislative Council of Victoria ⓘ
Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
residence Melbourne ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of the Legislative Council chamber ⓘ
discipline of members in the chamber ⓘ
role announces the results of divisions ⓘ
calls on members to speak ⓘ
chairs debates in the Legislative Council ⓘ
enforces the rules and standing orders of the Legislative Council ⓘ
ensures proceedings comply with standing orders ⓘ
maintains order in the Legislative Council ⓘ
presides over sittings of the Legislative Council ⓘ
protects the rights of all members of the Legislative Council ⓘ
puts questions to a vote ⓘ
represents the Council in its relations with the Crown ⓘ
represents the Council in its relations with the Executive Government ⓘ
represents the Council in its relations with the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
represents the Council on ceremonial occasions ⓘ
represents the Legislative Council ⓘ
rules on points of order ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by members of the Legislative Council ⓘ
termLength coextensive with membership of the Legislative Council unless removed or resigned ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Legislative Council of Victoria → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Legislative Council ⓘ
subject linked to: Legislative Council
Victorian Legislative Council → hasPresidingOfficer → President of the Legislative Council ⓘ