Difference between revisions of "Parliament of the United Federation of Jenlom"
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| houses = Senate<br />House of Commons | | houses = Senate<br />House of Commons | ||
| − | | leader1_type = Prime Minister of the United Federation of Jenlom | + | | leader1_type = [[Lennon Tolstoy|Prime Minister of the United Federation of Jenlom]] |
| − | | leader1 = Lennon Tolstoy | + | | leader1 = [[Lennon Tolstoy]] |
| party1 = ([[Conservative Party (United Federation of Jenlom)|C]]) | | party1 = ([[Conservative Party (United Federation of Jenlom)|C]]) | ||
| election1 = June 7, 2011 | | election1 = June 7, 2011 | ||
Revision as of 20:11, 24 February 2014
| Parliament of the United Federation of Jenlom | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | Bicameral |
| Houses |
Senate House of Commons |
| Leadership | |
| Prime Minister of the United Federation of Jenlom |
Lennon Tolstoy, (C) Since June 7, 2011 |
| President pro tempore of the Senate of the United Federation of Jenlom |
Graham Patrick Duffell, (L) Since December 17, 2012 |
| Speaker of the House of Commons |
Machiavelli Beginnagen MP, (C) Since January 5, 2011 |
| Structure | |
| Seats |
517 voting members: 10 senators 527 representatives |
| Senate political groups |
Majority (7)
Minority
|
| House of Commons political groups |
Conservative (347) Liberal (171) |
| Meeting place | |
 | |
|
Brooke Building Tomdon, Jenlom | |
The Parliament of the United Federation of Jenlom is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the Template:Country data United Federation of Jenlom consisting of two houses: the House of Commons and the Senate. Parliament meets in the Brooke Building in the Federal District of Tomdon. Members of Parliament (members of the House of Commons) are chosen through direct election, with Senators (members of the senate) being indirectly elected as an corollary of the election to the House of Commons (with whichever party holding a plurality of seats in a given province having its Senator represent that province in the Senate).
Members of the House of Commons serve 4 year terms representing the people of a constituency. Parliamentary consitituencies are apportioned to provinces by population by the Jenlom Electoral Agency using the results of the Census of the United Federation. Each province has a single Senator: at present there are 10 senators representing each of the 9 provinces and the Federal District of Tomdon. Like members of Parliament, each Senator serves a four year term. The ten senators act as advisors to the Prime Minister of the United Federation of Jenlom.
