President of the New South Wales Legislative Council

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parliamentary office political position presiding officer role

The President of the New South Wales Legislative Council is the principal presiding officer of the upper house of the New South Wales Parliament, responsible for maintaining order and overseeing its proceedings.

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Label	Occurrences
President of the New South Wales Legislative Council canonical	2
President of the Legislative Council (New South Wales)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T116305 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: President of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Context triple: [Parliament of New South Wales, hasPresidingOfficer, President of the New South Wales Legislative Council]

A. Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer responsible for maintaining order, overseeing debates, and representing the lower house of the New South Wales Parliament.
B. Premier of Queensland
The Premier of Queensland is the head of the state government in Queensland, Australia, responsible for leading the executive branch and setting policy direction.
C. New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of New South Wales, responsible for reviewing legislation and representing the state's electorate through a system of proportional representation.
D. New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the elected lower house of the Parliament of New South Wales, responsible for initiating legislation and representing the state's voters.
E. Parliament of New South Wales
The Parliament of New South Wales is the bicameral state legislature of New South Wales, Australia, comprising the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: President of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Target entity description: The President of the New South Wales Legislative Council is the principal presiding officer of the upper house of the New South Wales Parliament, responsible for maintaining order and overseeing its proceedings.

A. Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer responsible for maintaining order, overseeing debates, and representing the lower house of the New South Wales Parliament.
B. Premier of Queensland
The Premier of Queensland is the head of the state government in Queensland, Australia, responsible for leading the executive branch and setting policy direction.
C. New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of New South Wales, responsible for reviewing legislation and representing the state's electorate through a system of proportional representation.
D. New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the elected lower house of the Parliament of New South Wales, responsible for initiating legislation and representing the state's voters.
E. Parliament of New South Wales
The Parliament of New South Wales is the bicameral state legislature of New South Wales, Australia, comprising the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ political position ⓘ presiding officer role ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	President of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ surface form: President of the Legislative Council (New South Wales)
appointedBy	members of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
belongsTo	Westminster system ⓘ surface form: Westminster-style parliamentary system
category	New South Wales parliamentary titles ⓘ Politics of New South Wales ⓘ Presiding officers of legislatures ⓘ
chamber	New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
comparedWith	President of the Australian Senate ⓘ Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of New South Wales ⓘ
hasPower	to decide on the admissibility of motions and amendments ⓘ to direct a member to discontinue speaking ⓘ to interpret standing orders ⓘ to maintain order in the chamber ⓘ to name or suspend a member for disorderly conduct ⓘ to rule on points of order ⓘ
inception	19th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	New South Wales ⓘ
legalBasis	New South Wales Constitution and standing orders of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ surface form: New South Wales Constitution and standing orders of the Legislative Council
locatedIn	Parliament House, Sydney ⓘ
mayHaveCastingVote	in the event of a tied vote (subject to standing orders) ⓘ
officeHolders	various members of the New South Wales Legislative Council over time ⓘ
officeType	elected office within the Legislative Council ⓘ
partOf	New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
presidesOver	proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
protocolStatus	senior parliamentary office in New South Wales ⓘ
rank	principal presiding officer of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
reportsTo	New South Wales Legislative Council as a whole ⓘ
responsibleFor	announcing the results of divisions ⓘ calling members to speak ⓘ enforcing the rules and standing orders of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ maintaining order in the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ overseeing debates in the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ putting questions to a vote ⓘ
seat	Parliament House, Sydney ⓘ
selectionMethod	elected by the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
style	The Honourable ⓘ
symbol	Coat of arms of New South Wales ⓘ surface form: coat of arms of New South Wales (used in official insignia)
termLength	serves while holding the confidence of the Council ⓘ

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

Parliament of New South Wales → hasPresidingOfficer → President of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ

President of the New South Wales Legislative Council → alsoKnownAs → President of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the Legislative Council (New South Wales)

parliament house → associatedWith → President of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Parliament House, Sydney

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