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Member of Parliament : Member of parliamentA Member of Parliament, also known as an MP is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house, or House of Commons.
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The British Houses of Parliament are divided into the House of Commons and the House of Lords and it is often assumed that an MP is a member of Commons, but they can be a member of either house. There are 659 members of the House of Commons.
MPs in the House of Commons are elected for a period of five years or until Parliament is dissolved. The members of the House of Lords are appointed by the Queen or King. In actual fact, the selection is done by the British Prime Minister.
There are several special members of Parliament, including the Prime Minister, other government ministers, the Chief Whip[?] of each party, Privy Councilors, and the Speaker of the House.
Members of Parliament are technically forbidden to resign their seats. However, appointment to a "paid office under the Crown" disqualifies an MP from sitting in the Commons, and two nominally paid offices - the Chiltern Hundreds and the Manor of Northstead - exist to allow members to resign from the House.
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In Canada, the term Member of Parliament refers specifically and only to a member of the Canadian House of Commons (q.v.).
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deflecting rudder? Here he is," Ned added, as the giant came
must see what is the matter with our balancer." As he spoke the
sideways. The next moment it was on a level keel again, scudding
would again nearly capsize.
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terrific wind was responsible for it.
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right. This is the worst blow we've been in since we were in
can get."
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it. Give me all the gas you can, Ned!"
The vapor hissed as it rushed into the big bag overhead. Tom
powerful lifting gas, of which he alone had the secret. It was
the Flyer was now being distended.
Meanwhile Tom, with Koku, Mr. Damon and Mr. Nestor to help him,
mechanism. But they could not get either to operate.
Ned stood by the gas machine, and worked it to the limit.html">limit. But
Flyer rose slowly, the gale actually holding her down as a
gas machine set at its limit the craft would have shot up
it would be pitched and tossed about, until it was all the
blessing everything he could remember.
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of the airship above the earth.
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lifting gas, under pressure, the Flyer was beginning to get.
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