President of the Legislative Council

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parliamentary office position in the Parliament of South Australia presiding officer

The President of the Legislative Council is the principal presiding officer who oversees debates, maintains order, and represents the upper house of the Parliament of South Australia.

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Label	Occurrences
President of the Legislative Council canonical	2

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ position in the Parliament of South Australia ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ
analogousTo	President of the Australian Senate ⓘ surface form: President of the Senate of Australia Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly ⓘ surface form: Speaker of the House of Assembly of South Australia
appointedBy	Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ
belongsTo	Westminster-style parliamentary system ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
electedBy	members of the Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ
ensures	compliance with standing orders of the Legislative Council ⓘ
governmentalBody	Parliament of South Australia ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	conduct of business in the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasSeatIn	Legislative Council chamber ⓘ
jurisdiction	South Australia ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of South Australia ⓘ surface form: Constitution Act 1934 (South Australia) standing orders of the Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ
legislativeHouse	upper house of the Parliament of South Australia ⓘ
locatedIn	Adelaide ⓘ South Australia ⓘ
officeHolderType	member of the Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ
officeInauguratedIn	19th century ⓘ
officeType	parliamentary presiding officer ⓘ speaker-like role ⓘ
parliamentaryChamber	Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of South Australia ⓘ
represents	Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ upper house of the Parliament of South Australia ⓘ
requires	membership of the Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ
role	announces results of divisions and votes ⓘ calls on members to speak during debates ⓘ can order members to withdraw for disorderly conduct ⓘ ensures observance of parliamentary rules and procedures ⓘ maintains order in the Legislative Council ⓘ may suspend sittings in cases of serious disorder ⓘ oversees debates in the Legislative Council ⓘ principal presiding officer of the Legislative Council of South Australia ⓘ puts questions to a vote ⓘ represents the Legislative Council ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by members of the Legislative Council ⓘ
styleOfAddress	Madam President ⓘ Mr President ⓘ
symbolizes	authority of the Legislative Council ⓘ

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

Legislative Council of South Australia → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Legislative Council ⓘ

Legislative Council → hasSpeakerTitle → President of the Legislative Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Legislative Council of South Australia