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backbench::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | seat |
| Derivation | backbencher |
Examples of backbench
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At the moment, the Prime Minister and the backbench MP are in a game of chicken.
From the nzherald.co.nz
In over two decades as an MP, Crean has not spent a single day on the backbench.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A campaign by backbench MPs forced the introduction of the Clean Air Act in 1956.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
I was embarrassed for them, for myself and for the people around the backbench.
From the guardian.co.uk
The married father of three will remain on the backbench until the next election.
From the smh.com.au
Harris also broke with tradition to place backbench MPPs on Cabinet committees.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In each session, twenty backbench MPs are selected by ballot to introduce a bill.
From the en.wikipedia.org
But after a threat of a Labour backbench revolt, MPs were offered a free vote.
From the metro.co.uk
December 1991 After six months on the backbench, Keating mounts another challenge.
From the smh.com.au
- Any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- In Westminster parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a Member of Parliament (MP) or a legislator who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition. ...
- Backbench is a panel cartoon appearing in The Globe and Mail. The strip is written and drawn by Graham Harrop. It consists of multiple- and single-panel jokes, generally drawn from and satirizing Canadian politics. ...
- (Backbencher (radio drama)) Backbencher is an eight episode Canadian radio situation comedy on CBC Radio One. The series was created by and is primarily written by Wendy Lill. ...
- (backbenches) The rear benches in the House of Commons where junior Members of Parliament sit, behind government ministers and their counterparts in the opposition; The rear benches in the House of Representatives where junior Members of Parliament sit, behind government ministers and their ...
- (backbencher) Members of Parliament on the government side who sit on the backbenches and are not in cabinet, or those similarly distant from shadow cabinet posts in opposition parties.
- (Backbenchers) Members of the Legislative Assembly who are not the members of the Ministry or the Shadow Ministry.
- (Backbenchers) the members other than Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Advisor and Special Assistants;
- Senior editorial production staff such as the night editor.
