Example sentences of "election to the house of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been sufficiently interested in imperial issues to drift into the Round Table orbit some time after his election to the House of Commons in 1910 ; and by 1916 his claims to employment were being urged on Milner at the War Office by the Round Table guru F.S. Oliver , who put him unambiguously in a class by himself , above Amery , Brand and Kerr , at the top of his list for preferment . |
| 2 | Anthony Wedgwood-Benn renounced his peerage in order to stand for election to the House of Commons . |
| 3 | Mr. Michael Latham presented a Bill to abolish the General Synod of the Church of England , on a date to be appointed ; to provide for the creation of a Church of England Assembly , consisting of a house of all diocesan , suffragan and assistant bishops , and a joint house of clergy and laity , to be directly elected by all Church of England clergy and lay persons on parochial electoral rolls ; to make provision for the Diocese of Sodor and Man ; to empower the Assembly to decide on all appropriate matters , except those within the legal responsibilities of the Church Commissioners , without further reference to Parliament ; to provide for the election of new bishops by members of the house of bishops , saving the right of final approval of the chosen candidate by the Crown ; to abolish the Ecclesiastical Committee ; to abolish the automatic places of bishops in the House of Lords ; to permit ordained clergy of the Church of England , with the consent of a diocesan bishop , to seek election to the House of Commons ; and for connected purposes : |
| 4 | The last election to the House of Assembly was in February 1989 , when Gumbs ' ANA won three of the seven elected seats and the support of an independent member [ see p. 36457 ] . |
| 5 | Republican candidate Thomas Ewing on July 2 secure election to the House of Representatives seat for Illinois which had been left vacant by the appointment , confirmed in March , of Edward Madigan as Secretary for Agriculture . |
| 6 | A fresh general election to the House of Representatives was held on Sept. 13 . |
| 7 | Any citizen aged 21 years or over is eligible to be a candidate for election to the House of Commons . |
| 8 | That system was both perceived and expected to perform three related functions : through election to the House of Commons it was expected to produce a government ; through a purportedly democratic franchise and mode of election , it was expected to confer legitimacy upon the government to govern , subject to the approval of Parliament ; and , through facilitating a choice between parties propounding specific programs , it was expected to influence public policy , the party in government carrying through the promises embodies in its election manifesto . |