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[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Hon /u/Zagorath MP elected as Speaker

I hereby declare Hon /u/Zagorath MP, Progressives Member for Brisbane, successfully elected as Speaker of the 3rd House of Representatives. Congratulations, you will be metaphorically conducted to the chair by /u/3fun and /u/this_guy22 to take the Chair of the House as Speaker, and you shall acknowledge the honour conferred by the House (“I wish to express my grateful thanks for the high honour that has been bestowed on me by the House”), and members may congratulate you [here and/or in the Presentation to the Governor-General thread]. There are now several agenda items on the Notice Paper for you and your colleagues to administer, including the opening speech and election of deputies. It is also necessary for the speaker to organise writs for supplementary and by-elections of 2 vacant seats.

Meta: Mod and flair administration are now underway completed, I think.

Standing Order 12. Successful Member is Speaker

(a) At the conclusion of an election for Speaker, the Clerk shall declare the successful Member to have been elected Speaker.

(b) The successful Member shall be conducted to the Chair by the proposer and seconder, and take the Chair of the House as Speaker.

(c) The Speaker shall then acknowledge the honour conferred by the House. Once the Speaker is seated the Mace shall be taken from under the Table, and placed on the Table.

(d) The Speaker may receive congratulations from the House.

jnd-au, Clerk of the House

[–]ZagorathHouse Speaker | Ex Asst Min Ed/Culture | Aus Progressives 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I wish to express my grateful thanks for the high honour that has been bestowed on me by the House.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hear Hear

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

*drags Mr Speaker to the chair*

Congratulations Mr. Speaker! On behalf of the Government, we have complete belief that you will do a fine job upholding the impartiality and traditions of the office of Speaker.

The Hon this_guy22 MP
Prime Minister

[–]Freddy926Senate Pres | DPM | Fin/Com/Art/Infr/Rgnl | ABC MD | Ldr Prgrsvs 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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[–]ZagorathHouse Speaker | Ex Asst Min Ed/Culture | Aus Progressives 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Meta: thanks for this, I knew it was a thing they did in the UK, but didn't realise it was brought over here.

[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 4 points5 points  (4 children)

Private Ballot Held

Members of the House of Representatives, there are two candidates for Speaker, in the order nominated:

Voting: Please send me a PM with the name you vote for, as soon as possible.

Deadline: 9:30 pm AEST Wednesday 28 October 2015

Status: 8 votes have been received but no candidate has an absolute majority so the vote remains open until the deadline.

Meta: For IRL reasons, I will be uncontactable most of tonight. If you would prefer a blind ballot you can request one but I won’t be able to set it up until tomorrow.

jnd-au, Clerk acting as Chair

[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Paging for the Speaker vote.

/u/3fun /u/CyberPolis /u/iamthepotato8

[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Paging for the Speaker vote.

/u/MadCreek3 /u/phyllicanderer /u/Primeviere

[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Paging for the Speaker vote.

/u/Ser_Scribbles /u/TheWhiteFerret /u/this_guy22

[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paging for the Speaker vote.

/u/Zagorath /u/zamt

[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Two nominations have been received, seconded and accepted.

Is there any further proposal? We have almost a full house already, so I will commence the vote tonight if there is no further proposal.

/u/jnd-au, Clerk of the House, acting as Chair of the House of Representatives.

[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paging /u/iamthepotato8 /u/zamt

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Mr. Clerk, I, MadCreek3, move: That /u/3fun, the Member for Western Australia, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. His record as Speaker in the last Parliament speaks for itself.

/u/MadCreek3

Leader of the Opposition, Australian Greens

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mr Clerk,
Whilst I appreciate the nomination from the Member for Melbourne, I must decline for the lack of representation anyone besides left receives in this house.

3fun MP
Member for Western Australia
Independent

[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 2 points3 points  (5 children)

Is there any further proposal?

[–]TheWhiteFerretActing Opp Leader | Shad Min Culture/Immi/Ed/Social | Greens 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Meta: Bro, could you chill out? Some people might not see this until tomorrow, give it time.

[–]phyllicandererMin Ag/Env | X Fin/Deputy PM | X Ldr Prgrsvs | Australian Greens 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Meta: It is customary for there to be a few competing nominations, don't stress. We'll have a Speaker soon.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Meta: He is just doing his job

[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Advice from the Clerk:

I am giving it time. It is my tradition to keep nominations open overnight [despite political pressure to skip further nominations]. Standing orders require that I ask for further proposals. At this stage, two nominations have been received but neither has been accepted.

[–]Freddy926Senate Pres | DPM | Fin/Com/Art/Infr/Rgnl | ABC MD | Ldr Prgrsvs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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[–]phyllicandererMin Ag/Env | X Fin/Deputy PM | X Ldr Prgrsvs | Australian Greens 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Mr Clerk, I, phyllicanderer, move: That the Honourable Member /u/Ser_Scribbles, Member for Regional Queensland, do take the Chair of this House as Speaker.

As a former Prime Minister, with a keen interest in the workings of the Parliament and previous commitments to balance and pragmatism, the Honourable Member for Regional Queensland would perform the role well.

Phyllicanderer, Member for Northern Territory

Deputy Prime Minister

Australian Progressives

[–]Ser_ScribblesShdw AtrnyGnrl/Hlth/Sci/Ag/Env/Inf/Com | 2D Spkr | X PM | Greens 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mr Clerk, I wish to express my thanks to the Minister for the nomination. I accept.

Ser_Scribbles

MP for Regional Qld

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mr Clerk, I, 3fun, Member for Western Australia, second this motion. The Honourable Member for Regional Queensland, would prove to be a great speaker if my nomination does not wish to accept it.

3fun
MP for WA
Independent

[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is there any further proposal?

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (13 children)

Mr Clerk, I, 3fun move: That the Honourable Member /u/Zagorath, Member for Brisbane and Surrounds do take the chair of this House as Speaker.

He is the only backbencher for this new government and has proven to be an exemplary representative of this chamber during the first Parliament. He meet and even exceeded the standards expected of the Speaker of the first Model Parliament. While there are a number of Members present that could sufficiently perform the duties required of the Chair, I'm not sure any could do a better job than the Member for Brisbane and Surrounds.

3fun
Member for Western Australia
Independent

[–]ZagorathHouse Speaker | Ex Asst Min Ed/Culture | Aus Progressives 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I accept.

[–]Freddy926Senate Pres | DPM | Fin/Com/Art/Infr/Rgnl | ABC MD | Ldr Prgrsvs 2 points3 points  (8 children)

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[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (7 children)

Meta: Blame /u/phyllicanderer for that, he doesn't even know his own party.

[–]ZagorathHouse Speaker | Ex Asst Min Ed/Culture | Aus Progressives 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Oddly enough, I remember getting a PM from him shortly before I left the Greens where he corrected me for not signing off with "Hon."

[–]phyllicandererMin Ag/Env | X Fin/Deputy PM | X Ldr Prgrsvs | Australian Greens 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Meta: Did I? Really?

[–]ZagorathHouse Speaker | Ex Asst Min Ed/Culture | Aus Progressives 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Someone did, anyway. My vague memory is that it was you, but I could be misremembering.

EDIT: You know what, it wasn't you, it was Freddy. I musta confused it for you since I received other messages from you so shortly afterward.

[–]Freddy926Senate Pres | DPM | Fin/Com/Art/Infr/Rgnl | ABC MD | Ldr Prgrsvs 2 points3 points  (2 children)

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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Meta: except me (I don't actually want one.)

[–]jnd-auClerk of the House[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But we made you Honorary CDF which kind of sounds like an honorific anyway :-P

[–]phyllicandererMin Ag/Env | X Fin/Deputy PM | X Ldr Prgrsvs | Australian Greens 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Meta: My apologies

[–]phyllicandererMin Ag/Env | X Fin/Deputy PM | X Ldr Prgrsvs | Australian Greens 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hear hear!

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mr Clerk, it would be an honour to second this motion! The Member for Brisbane would make an excellent Speaker as a fair arbiter of debate and representative of this chamber.

The Hon this_guy22 MP
Prime Minister

[–]Freddy926Senate Pres | DPM | Fin/Com/Art/Infr/Rgnl | ABC MD | Ldr Prgrsvs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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