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In Australia, the term Member of Parliament refers specifically to a member of the Australian House of Representatives.
See also: List of members of the Australian House of Representatives
In Canada, the term Member of Parliament refers specifically to a member of the Canadian House of Commons.
See also: Members of the Canadian House of Commons
The father of the house, the longest-serving MP, is Jonathan Hunt.
See also: New Zealand Parliament, New Zealand elections
The British ParliamentThe Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty) legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. At its head is the Sovereign; it also includ is divided into the House of CommonsThe House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 659 members, who are known as "Members of Parliamen and the House of LordsThis article is about the British House of Lords. See also the historical Irish House of Lords. The House of Lords is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the British House of Commons. The House of Lor; though it is often assumed that an MP is a member of Commons, they can be a member of either house. Nonetheless, the letters "MP" are appended as a post-nominalPost-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of an individual to indicate that that individual holds a position, office, or honour. An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters. Honours are listed first in descending orde to an individual's name only if that person is a member of the House of Commons; that House currently has 659 members.
MPs in the House of Commons are electedUnited Kingdom general elections are the times when the Members of Parliament forming the House of Commons are elected. Terms last for a maximum of five years. Candidates aim to win an election in a particular geographic constituency in the UK, and almost for a period of five years or until Parliament is dissolved. The members of the House of Lords are officially appointed by the King or QueenThe British monarch or Sovereign is the head of state of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, and is the source of all executive, judicial and (as the Queen-in-Parliament legislative power. The monarch is also Supreme Governor of the Church of, but the selection is done by the British Prime MinisterIn the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. According to custom, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet (which he or she heads) are re.
There are several special members of Parliament, including the Prime Minister, other government ministers, the Chief Whip of each party, Privy Counsellors, and the Speaker of the House.
Members of Parliament are technically forbidden to resign their seats. However, appointment to a "paid office under the Crown" disqualifies an MP from sitting in the Commons, and two nominally paid offices - the Chiltern Hundreds and the Manor of Northstead - exist to allow members to resign from the House.
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