President of the Legislative Council

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The President of the Legislative Council is the presiding officer and principal representative of Tasmania’s upper house of Parliament, responsible for maintaining order and overseeing its proceedings.

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Label Occurrences
President of the Legislative Council canonical 2

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
presiding officer role ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Tasmania ⓘ
associatedWith Tasmanian Constitution and standing orders of the Legislative Council ⓘ
belongsTo Westminster-style parliamentary system in Tasmania ⓘ
category Australian presiding officers of upper houses ⓘ
Tasmanian parliamentary titles ⓘ
chamber Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
electedBy members of the Legislative Council ⓘ
ensures members follow rules of debate ⓘ
proceedings comply with the standing orders ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Tasmania ⓘ
hasJurisdiction internal proceedings of the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasStyle The Honourable ⓘ
linked to: The Honorable
legislativeChamberType upper house ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity State of Tasmania ⓘ
linked to: Tasmania
mayExercise casting vote in the Legislative Council (subject to council’s rules) ⓘ
officeHeldBy member of the Legislative Council ⓘ
officeType non-executive parliamentary office ⓘ
oversees administration of the Legislative Council chamber ⓘ
partOf Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
Parliament of Tasmania ⓘ
positionInHierarchy presiding member of the Legislative Council ⓘ
presidesOver Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
represents Legislative Council in official and ceremonial functions ⓘ
Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
responsibleFor calling members to speak ⓘ
enforcing the standing orders of the Legislative Council ⓘ
maintaining decorum in the chamber ⓘ
maintaining order in the Legislative Council ⓘ
overseeing proceedings of the Legislative Council ⓘ
putting questions to the vote ⓘ
ruling on points of order ⓘ
roleInGovernment presiding officer of the upper house ⓘ
principal representative of the Legislative Council ⓘ
selectionMethod election by the Legislative Council ⓘ
typeOf speaker-type role in an upper house ⓘ
worksWith Clerk of the Legislative Council ⓘ

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

Parliament of Tasmania → hasPresident → President of the Legislative Council ⓘ
Legislative Council of Tasmania → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Legislative Council ⓘ