Sentence examples for was appointed speaker from inspiring English sources

* When former tennis prodigy John Bercow was appointed Speaker, Nadine Dorries, honourable-ish member for Mid-Beds, was one of his staunchest opponents.

Labor needed the support of only one of the independents to make its leader, Frank Walsh, premier, while the LCL needed them both for a 10th term in government They swung their support behind Playford and allowed his government to continue for another term; in return Quirke joined the LCL and was appointed to cabinet, while Stott was appointed speaker.

Lepper was appointed deputy speaker in October that year, but was removed from the post only a month later after he called Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz a "scoundrel", unworthy of being Poland's minister of foreign affairs.

"I think the time has come to have an independent entity," said Representative Michael Capuano, Democrat of Massachusetts, who was appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to head the bipartisan task force on the creation of an independent panel.

Eve, who had been chairperson of the Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus in 1975 and 1976, was appointed Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly during the 1979 legislative session.

In 1987 he was appointed to the Speaker's Panel of Chairmen.

The move is unusual because Mr. Bulgaro was appointed by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, who is often at odds with the governor, and would have Pataki appointees as both chairman and co-chairman.

These qualities won her respect in all parts of the House, and in 1971 she was appointed to the Speaker's panel of chairmen, a position she held until she lost her seat, in 1979.

On November 14, 2008 Mr. Neiman was appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve on the five-member Congressional Oversight Panel created to oversee the implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.

Most recently, English was appointed by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to represent the public as a member of the Board of Governors of the California State Bar.

He was appointed by former Speaker Bob Hertzberg to serve on a blue ribbon panel on Initiative Reform as well as the Voting Modernization Board.