Talk:Member of Parliament

Member of Congress

As in Kennedy was elected a member of Congress in 1947 --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:25, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

RFV discussion: November–December 2020

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Member of Parliament

Rfv-sense "A representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the lower house of a parliament." It is certainly used for members of unicameral legislatures, but even in bi- (or even poly-) -cameral systems, does it invariably refer to the "lower house", such as that may be understood?__Gamren (talk) 18:56, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

• I had to check Wikipedia; I didn't even know Canada had a Senate. The use is correct for Australia, Canada, and the UK, with members of the upper branch being called senators or lords. New Zealand is unicameral. USA and South Africa don't use the label parliament. To be sure you'd want to look at all the member states of the Commonwealth of Nations. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 19:11, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Our current definition doesn't restrict this term to Commonwealth countries.__Gamren (talk) 20:31, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Incidentally I don't think this should be capitalised. It can be, but cf. previous discussions about e.g. "New" in "New York" not truly separate from everyday new. Equinox ◑ 00:55, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

• According to Wikipedia at Parliament of India, "Those elected or nominated (by the President) to either house of Parliament are referred to as Members of Parliament (MP)". I have not researched this any further than just copying from Wikipedia, though. Mihia (talk) 20:54, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

RFV-resolved. Removed the "lower" house. Kiwima (talk) 21:57, 5 December 2020 (UTC)