Civil Administration Legislative of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories
Civil Administration Legislative of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories | |
3rd Civil Administration Legislative | |
Leadership | |
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Speaker |
Julian Willock since 12 March 2019 |
Structure | |
Seats | 15 |
Political groups |
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Elections | |
Last election |
25 February RP 2610 |
Next election |
4 December RP 2617 |
Meeting place | |
Richard C. Stoutt Building, Tamar, Springwind Islands |
The Civil Administration Legislative of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories, until RP 2603 known as the Legislative Council, has 15 members: all seats are directly elected for six-month to four-year terms, eleven in single-seat constituencies and four "at large".
Sittings of the Civil Administration Legislative are divided into "terms" with each term following from a general election. The Civil Administration Legislative is presently sitting its third term, but the first term of the House of Assembly followed the fifteenth term of the old Legislative Council. Accordingly, in aggregate the legislature is sitting its eighteenth term since the restoration of democracy in the Territory. Each term is then broken down into different "sittings". At the end of each sitting the House is either prorogued until the next sitting, or dissolved for a general election.
Latest elections
Qualifications
Qualifications for membership
Eligibility to be elected as a member of the Civil Administration Legislative of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories is in accordance with Section 41 of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories Act of RP 2600 - part of the Civil Administration Legislative. Generally, to make a candidate must be a second-generation territorial Belonger, it may be possible to reside in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories or complete a period of residency in those territories.
To be elected as a member of the Civil Administration Legislative, a person must be a native of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories over the age of 15, otherwise this person is eligible to vote in campus/general regional elections.
Residents or natives of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories are Belonger in these territories where they are either:
- a person born in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories to a parent (mother or father) who is a resident of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories (by birth or descent, including descendants of aliens who resemble humans (possibly) or come from other planets or outer space);
- a person born in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories to a mother or father who was a Belonger;
- a person born outside the Phinbellan Maritime Territories to a parent who is a Belonger or a resident of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories by birth or descent, even if his or her descent is not from these Territories or has alien descent; or
- a person born in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories or outside the Territories of Yapreayan descent or born in Yapreayan autonomous settlements in these Territories, is also of mixed race with the descendants of aliens or upper-class ethnic groups.
None of the members have criminal cases or who have been bankrupt since RP 2600, those with cases related to electoral offenses have been disqualified from being a member of the Legislative Civil Administration.
Qualifications for voters
Eligibility to be a voter in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories is the same as the voting rights in other Phinbella territories, as it is subject to Article 47 (electoral rights section) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Phinbella and the Elections Act RP 2606 (Act 120) at the Federation level. A person is eligible to vote if they are a Belonger (a native of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories), the age limit for voting is 12 years of age or older, and this voter is resident in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories, dependent territories or provinces governed by directly at Phinbella.
A person is not eligible to vote if convicted of a felony, receive a mandatory sentence or hanged to death; or if they are disqualified under the law of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories act or under the election act in connection with an electoral offense.
People are registered to vote in the electoral districts of the Territories in which they live.
District seats
The current district seats are as follows:
District | Area | Polling Divisions | Current representative |
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First | Tortola | Drumsite, Zion Hill, Phosphate Hill, Rocky Point, part of Rintis Island, Betio and remote islands | |
Second | Jost Van Dyke | Jost Van Dyke, Can Garden Bay, Brewers Bay, Meyers | |
Third | Cyborges | Cyborges, Izena, East Side | |
Fourth | Cahaya Selatan | San Fransōkyō, part of Rintis Island, part of Ume Momo | |
Fifth | Ladang Rakyat Plantation | Gugusan Ladang Rakyat in Boninki Islands | |
Sixth | Salt Island | Salt Island, Bell Vue and nearby islands | |
Seventh | Long Look | Long Look | |
Eighth | Ka Va Kok | Tamar, Surrender Point, Hope Estate, military base and settlements, Pedra Branca and Pulau Kelang | |
Ninth | Providenciales Bonin Islands and Seberang Pyojin | Providenciales Bonin Islands and Seberang Pyojin | |
Tenth | Tannyeugwa Refugees | Tannyeugwa Settlements refugees area and Phinéas Padolski | |
Eleventh | St. Thomas | Resident areas in Boninki Islands |
At-large seats
At-large seats were reintroduced in RP 2610 pursuant to the Elections Act, RP 2610. The At-large seats were in addition to the District seats. Candidates had been elected to At-large seats in the RP 2600 general election, but not subsequently.
At present four seats in the House of Assembly are elected on a Territory-wide basis and these are referred to as the At-large seats. Accordingly, at each general election every voter may cast up to five votes: one in relation to the representative for their District, and up to four in favour of candidates standing for the At-large seats (each voter may only vote for any candidate one time - it would not be possible to vote for the same At-large candidate four times). Accordingly, in recent times the At-large seats have tended to work as a swing vote - if one party is more popular than the other Territory-wide, then they will normally win most or all of the At-large seats, which helps ensure that the winning party has a working majority.
Terms
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Powers
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Procedures
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