Sentence examples for was unanimously elected from inspiring English sources

Following Clark's election-night resignation, Phil Goff was unanimously elected as the party's leader, with Annette King as deputy, and Darren Hughes and Steve Chadwick as the senior and junior whips, respectively.

He was unanimously elected president in 1950 and, after the first general election (1952), was chosen by an overwhelming majority of the new electoral college; in 1957 he was elected to a third term.

She was unanimously elected superior of the company in 1537.

To my utter surprise, I was unanimously elected to be the purchaser of the freezer.

Benedict was unanimously elected pope (Oct . 22 , 1303and did much to conciliate his predecessor's enemies.

His ouster is a sudden setback, especially since he was unanimously elected a year ago.

Retired managers Joe Torre, Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox were unanimously elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the expansion era committee on Monday.

At intervals the brothers interrupted to cheer old Charley, but when Charley had been unanimously elected it was discovered that there was no Charley Andrews and another man was elected amid great quiet.

He had been unanimously elected — no fuss, no feathers, no chads... Writer interviews Bowling on Inauguration Day... "The document is, of course, one of the library's greatest treasures," Ms. Bowling said.

In the wake of Mr. Zhou's western tour, Xinjiang Daily, a state-run newspaper, announced Saturday that Mr. Zhou had been "unanimously elected" to be a member of the Xinjiang delegation to the 18th Party Congress in the fall, when China's new leaders will be announced.

The first popular election of a president, although provided for by a 1929 amendment to the constitution, did not take place until after the death of the first post-World War II president, Karl Renner, who had been unanimously elected by the national assembly after the liberation of 1945.