New Zealand Government - Representation for Everyone
To be elected to power in Canada; if you carry
The Provinces of Quebec and Ontario that's about
all the Party needs. The rest of Canada - little or
no representation. Same for the Senate.
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Note the NZ Representation in the above Posts
for New Zealand. 17 by my count.
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New Zealand’s Parliament consists of the
Sovereign and the House of Representatives.
The Sovereign’s role in Parliament includes
opening and dissolving Parliament, and giving
the Royal assent to bills passed in the House
of Representatives. Almost all bills are
referred to a select committee at which the
public can make submissions. Most bills
emerge from this process considerably better
for the public input.
New Zealand’s Parliament has only one
chamber (the House of Representatives) and
there is no upper house such as a senate.
They also have a Governor General similar to
any Commonwealth Country.
The House of Representatives consists of
members of Parliament who are elected as
the people’s representatives for a term of up
to 3 years. The usual number of members of
Parliament is 120, but there are electoral
circumstances when this could vary.The Prime
Minister is regarded by convention as "first
among equals". He or she does indeed hold
the most senior post in the administration, but
is also required to adhere to any decisions
taken by Cabinet.
New Zealand’s House of Representatives is
elected using the mixed member proportional
representation (MMP) voting system. Each
elector has two votes — one for a local
member of Parliament and one for a preferred
political party. Political parties are represented
in Parliament in proportion to the share of
votes each party won in the party vote in the
general election.
New laws begin as documents called bills.
Bills are drafts of proposed new laws.
Parliament considers several different types
of bill in formal stages. If they pass through all
those stages they become new laws, called
Acts of Parliament. This Year they could see a
decrease in the top rate of personal income
tax and a jump in goods and services tax
(levied on everything) from 12.5% to 15%.
General elections NZ usually see turnouts of
more than 80%. That is a big difference from
Canada 2008(Only 59.1% -- or 13.8 million out
of 23.4 million)
USA 2008 Only(56.8% -- or 132,618,580 out
of 231,229,580)
Credits:Stephanie and Martyn from NZ
The Provinces of Quebec and Ontario that's about
all the Party needs. The rest of Canada - little or
no representation. Same for the Senate.
********************************
Note the NZ Representation in the above Posts
for New Zealand. 17 by my count.
********************************
New Zealand’s Parliament consists of the
Sovereign and the House of Representatives.
The Sovereign’s role in Parliament includes
opening and dissolving Parliament, and giving
the Royal assent to bills passed in the House
of Representatives. Almost all bills are
referred to a select committee at which the
public can make submissions. Most bills
emerge from this process considerably better
for the public input.
New Zealand’s Parliament has only one
chamber (the House of Representatives) and
there is no upper house such as a senate.
They also have a Governor General similar to
any Commonwealth Country.
The House of Representatives consists of
members of Parliament who are elected as
the people’s representatives for a term of up
to 3 years. The usual number of members of
Parliament is 120, but there are electoral
circumstances when this could vary.The Prime
Minister is regarded by convention as "first
among equals". He or she does indeed hold
the most senior post in the administration, but
is also required to adhere to any decisions
taken by Cabinet.
New Zealand’s House of Representatives is
elected using the mixed member proportional
representation (MMP) voting system. Each
elector has two votes — one for a local
member of Parliament and one for a preferred
political party. Political parties are represented
in Parliament in proportion to the share of
votes each party won in the party vote in the
general election.
New laws begin as documents called bills.
Bills are drafts of proposed new laws.
Parliament considers several different types
of bill in formal stages. If they pass through all
those stages they become new laws, called
Acts of Parliament. This Year they could see a
decrease in the top rate of personal income
tax and a jump in goods and services tax
(levied on everything) from 12.5% to 15%.
General elections NZ usually see turnouts of
more than 80%. That is a big difference from
Canada 2008(Only 59.1% -- or 13.8 million out
of 23.4 million)
USA 2008 Only(56.8% -- or 132,618,580 out
of 231,229,580)
Credits:Stephanie and Martyn from NZ
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