Sentence examples for had prorogued from inspiring English sources

The government had refused to countenance any of the substantive changes proposed by the Senate crossbench to its bill to re-establish the ABCC and Turnbull had prorogued parliament on the basis that if did not pass the industrial bills he would call an election for the House of Representatives and the full Senate after the 3 May budget, to be held on 2 July.

Charles assented to the petition on 7 June, but by the end of the month he had prorogued Parliament and re-asserted his right to collect customs duties without authorisation from Parliament.

No previous prime minister has prorogued the legislature "in order to avoid the kind of things that Harper apparently wants to avoid," says Ned Franks, a veteran political scientist and historian of Parliament.

Meanwhile in Canada, Harper has prorogued parliament four times in the last six years for some pretty sketchy reasons.

In January 1629 Charles opened the second session of the English Parliament, which had been prorogued in June 1628, with a moderate speech on the tonnage and poundage issue.

On 7 July 1604, James had angrily prorogued Parliament after failing to win its support either for full union or financial subsidies.

Since the previous election he has twice prorogued parliament for disgracefully lengthy periods, the second time to avoid awkward questions about whether his officials lied to the house about the treatment of detainees in Afghanistan.

Since this did create problems for some magistrates (in particular, consuls and praetors), these magistrates occasionally had their imperium "prorogued" (prorogare), which allowed them to retain the powers of the office as a Promagistrate.

The Parliament that Mr Harper prorogued still had 36 government bills before it, including measures that form part of the prime minister's much-vaunted crackdown on crime.

Left-leaning Canadian voters saw Trudeau as a charismatic young leader, with the best chance of beating Harper, whose had been criticized for proroguing parliament, gutting environmental legislation, and passing the Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act, among other policy decisions.

"Following my advice, the Governor General has agreed to prorogue Parliament," Harper said outside Rideau Hall after a 2.5-hour meeting with Jean.