House of Commons (Themiclesia)
House of Commons 羣姓之省 gjun-sjêngh-st′ja-srêng′ | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | unlimited |
| History | |
| Founded | January 2, 1845 |
| Preceded by | Council of Protonotaries |
| Leadership | |
Speaker | Kaw Rjem MP, Conservative since Mar. 15, 2009 |
Deputy Speaker | Lord P.rjang MP, Liberal since Jan. 4, 2017 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 225 |
Political groups | Government
Liberals: 132 seats
Opposition Conservatives: 82 seats
Progressives: 14 seats
Independents: 7 seats
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| Committees | Whole Appropriations Foreign Affairs Defence Industry & Commerce Transport Education Administration Rural Human Rights Minorities |
Length of term | Up to 5 years |
| Elections | |
| first-past-the-post | |
Last election | Dec. 27, 2019 |
Next election | Dec. 27, 2024 latest |
| Redistricting | itself; super-majority required per convention |
| Meeting place | |
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| House of Commons Chamber | |
The House of Commons or Council of Protonotaries (or Prothonotaries in some Tyrannian sources) is the elected chamber of Themiclesia's bicameral legislature, the other being the House of Lords. This house is the one to which the executive branch is responsible and where most government legislation is tabled; in political practice, it is the dominant chamber of the two.
Originally a writing office for drafting decrees and proclamations, historians have emphasized its representative character as the place where those elected by the gentry worked. This character has been exploited by both the crown and court potentates to bolster their political clout. In the Great Settlement of 1801, it was reformed as a representative chamber, with limited legislative powers, to check the crown and its ministers, in conjunction with the Council of Peers. The growing demand for public participation culminated in the Revolution of 1845 that transformed it as the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature.
Name
The House of Commons has several names reflecting the evolution of the organization which is notionally connected with the royal secretariat that first appeared in the historical record in the 5th century. The term "house of the lineages" (群姓之省) is often used in the media and members of the public when it is contrasted with the House of Lords.
History
Predecessor