House of Commons (Australis)
House of Commons Huis van Gemeentes | |
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Australissian Government | |
Type | |
Term limits | None |
History | |
Founded | 2 December 2020 |
Leadership | |
Speaker of the House | |
Prime Minister | Rory Leonard |
Leader of Opposition | |
Structure | |
Seats | 7 |
Length of term | Six months |
Elections | |
Preferential voting | |
First election | 23 January 2021 |
Next election | 23 July 2021 |
Meeting place | |
Discord |
The House of Commons is the one of the two chambers in Australis. It uses the Westminster system where the leader of the party or coalition with the most seats is the Prime Minister. Each state is granted two seats in the House of Commons and there is a national seat. All the seats are elected using preferential voting.
Composition
Members
MP | Party | State/Province | |
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Rory Leonard (Prime Minister) | Australissian Loyalist Front | Integritas | |
Isaiah David (Leader of Opposition) | Conservative Party | ||
Matt G (Speaker) | Independent | New Eiffel | |
Cristian Dobrev | Liberal Democratic Party | ||
James Bornstein | Australissian Loyalist Front | Amicitia | |
Tucker Gladden | Conservative Party | ||
ALF Majority | |||
Conservative Opposition |
Procedures
The House of Common's is presided over by the Speaker of the House, Matt G. The Speaker of the House is nominated by the House at the beginning of the legislative term. The procedures that the house is run by were laid out by the first speaker TRH Daniel I in "The Rules of the House". This document can be expanded and revised by the current Speaker to fit current practices, as well as implement new regulations.
Members are required to request the floor from the Speaker if they wish to address the House (unless the Speaker has left the floor open for discussion).