President of the New South Wales Legislative Council

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parliamentary office political position presiding officer role

The President of the New South Wales Legislative Council is the principal presiding officer of the upper house of the New South Wales Parliament, responsible for maintaining order and overseeing its proceedings.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
President of the New South Wales Legislative Council canonical	2
President of the Legislative Council (New South Wales)	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ political position ⓘ presiding officer role ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	President of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ surface form: President of the Legislative Council (New South Wales)
appointedBy	members of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
belongsTo	Westminster system ⓘ surface form: Westminster-style parliamentary system
category	New South Wales parliamentary titles ⓘ Politics of New South Wales ⓘ Presiding officers of legislatures ⓘ
chamber	New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
comparedWith	President of the Australian Senate ⓘ Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of New South Wales ⓘ
hasPower	to decide on the admissibility of motions and amendments ⓘ to direct a member to discontinue speaking ⓘ to interpret standing orders ⓘ to maintain order in the chamber ⓘ to name or suspend a member for disorderly conduct ⓘ to rule on points of order ⓘ
inception	19th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	New South Wales ⓘ
legalBasis	New South Wales Constitution and standing orders of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ surface form: New South Wales Constitution and standing orders of the Legislative Council
locatedIn	Parliament House, Sydney ⓘ
mayHaveCastingVote	in the event of a tied vote (subject to standing orders) ⓘ
officeHolders	various members of the New South Wales Legislative Council over time ⓘ
officeType	elected office within the Legislative Council ⓘ
partOf	New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
presidesOver	proceedings of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
protocolStatus	senior parliamentary office in New South Wales ⓘ
rank	principal presiding officer of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
reportsTo	New South Wales Legislative Council as a whole ⓘ
responsibleFor	announcing the results of divisions ⓘ calling members to speak ⓘ enforcing the rules and standing orders of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ maintaining order in the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ overseeing debates in the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ putting questions to a vote ⓘ
seat	Parliament House, Sydney ⓘ
selectionMethod	elected by the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
style	The Honourable ⓘ
symbol	Coat of arms of New South Wales ⓘ surface form: coat of arms of New South Wales (used in official insignia)
termLength	serves while holding the confidence of the Council ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of New South Wales → hasPresidingOfficer → President of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ

President of the New South Wales Legislative Council → alsoKnownAs → President of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the Legislative Council (New South Wales)

parliament house → associatedWith → President of the New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Parliament House, Sydney