Sentence examples for election of a speaker from inspiring English sources
Representatives then turned their attention to the election of a speaker.
Prime Minister Giuliano Amato formally resigned after the election of a speaker for the lower house of Parliament.
The election of a speaker is usually a humdrum affair here, with votes following strict party lines and incumbents handily winning re-election.
Some Democrats said they opposed Mr. Bragman's coup effort for that reason alone, saying he should have waited until the biennial election of a speaker this December.
Also on Thursday, Zimbabwe's Supreme Court — viewed by many as partial to Mr. Mugabe, 87 — invalidated the 2008 election of a speaker of Parliament from the Movement for Democratic Change.
For this reason, I was one of 14 MPs who gave him a vote in the long, drawn-out procedure for the election of a Speaker after Lady Boothroyd went to the House of Lords.
Instead, the Prime Minister is selected by members of Parliament elected in smaller legislative districts (similar to the election of a U.S. Speaker of the House).
Gordon Brown stands up to say the Queen has approved the election of a new Speaker.
Today in Politics: Read Andrew Grice's blog Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the election of a new Speaker was an "important step" in the "process of change".
Instead, the debacle over the election of a new Speaker has demonstrated that Republicans are unable to govern themselves, let alone the country.
