Election of The Speaker
The Speaker is always a Member of Parliament, and is elected by the House at the beginning of a parliamentary term. By convention, the Speaker is elected unopposed—any party able to form a government is presumably able to have its candidate installed as Speaker whether there is opposition or not. Recently this has not been the case. In March 2005, several MPs challenged for the Speakership following the resignation of Rt. Hon. Jonathan Hunt.
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