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BERMUDA |
Senate Alfred T.
Oughton -
Chaiman of the Senate (Chaiman of the Senate
since November 1998) Rev.
Dr.Stanley
Wilbur Lowe
- Chairman of the House of
Assembly Born :
in Bailey's Bay in
1945 Education/Profession :
Attended Francis
Patton School and St. George's Secondary School. He
followed that with two years at Rhodes Preparatory
School in New York City. In 1967, while attending
Poole Technical College in Poole, England, Rev.
Lowe decided to enter the Christian ministry.Rev.
Lowe earned a Master of Divinity Degree from Payne
Theological Seminary in Ohio. He graduated at the
top of his class and later worked on a second
Masters Degree in Educational Psychology. Rev. Lowe
earned his Doctorate of Ministry from United
Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio in 1992, and
was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree
from Monrovia College in Africa. Rev. Lowe returned
to Bermuda in 1997, as pastor of Richard Allen AME
Church, St. George's. Party : PLP
(Progressive Labour
Party) (Chairman of the House of
Assembly since November 1998) Last elections : 9 November 1998 (next to be held NA November 2003) Last election results : seats by party : PLP 26 (Progressive Labour Party, social-democratic) ; UBP 14 (United Bermuda Party, conservative) |
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CANADA |
Senate - Sénat Daniel Philip
Hays -
Speaker of the Senate Born :
April 24, 1939
Calgary, Alberta, Canada Education/Profession
: Received his B.A. in
History from the University of Alberta in 1962. He
graduated from the University of Toronto Law School
in 1965 and was admitted to the Bar of Alberta in
1966. At the time of his appointment to the Senate,
he chaired the Executive Committee of Macleod
Dixon, making him responsible for the management of
one of Western Canada's largest law firms.
Party :
LPC (Liberal Party of
Canada / Parti Libéral du Canada)
Political career :
Liberal Party of
Canada (June 1984 - ). President of Liberal Party
of Canada (May 1994 - March 1998). Deputy Leader of
the Government (October 1999 - January
2001). (Speaker of the Senate
since January 2001) Appointed by Governor
General on advise of the Prime Minister Elections - not applicable
Peter Andrew
Stewart
Milliken-Speaker
of the House of Commons Born
: November 12, 1946
Kingston, Ontario, Canada Education/Profession
: Educated at Queen's
University, Oxford University and Dalhousie
University. Barrister and solicitor, Lawyer. Lawyer
and partner, Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little and
Bonham, 1973 until 1989 before his election to
Parliament. Party :
LPC (Liberal Party of
Canada / Parti Libéral du Canada)
Political career :
Member of Liberal
Party of Canada since November 1988. 1988, Kingston
and the Islands, Ontario. Re-Elected in 1993, 1997
and 2000. Speaker of the House of
Commons. (Speaker of the House of
Commons since January 2001) Last elections : November 27, 2000 (next to be held by NA June 2005) Last election results : seats by party : LPC 172 (Liberal Party of Canada / Parti Libéral du Canada) ; CA 66 (Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance / Alliance Réformiste Conservatrice Canadien) ; BQ 38 (Bloc Québécois / Quebecers Bloc, separatist) ; NDP 13 (New Democratic Party / Nouveau PartiDémocratique, social-democratic) ; PCP 12 (Progressive Conservative Party / Parti Progressiste-Conservateur) ; WEB site - http://www.parl.gc.ca/ |
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GREENLAND |
Mr. Ole
Lynge -
Chairman of the Parliament Born :
1956 Education/Profession
: Specialist
teacher Party :
S (Siumut /
Forward) Political career :
Member of the
municipal council in Aasiaat 1991. Member of the
Parliament 1989 - 95. Member of the Parliament
since 1999. Chairman of the Parliament
1999. (Chairman of the
Parliament since February 1999) Last elections : 17 February 1999 (next to be held by NA 2003) Last election results : seats by party : S 11 (Siumut / Forward, social-democratic) ; A 8 (Atássut / Feeling of Community, liberal) ; IA 7 (Inuit Ataqatigiit / Eskimo Community, communist) ; K 4 (Katusseqatigiit / Independents) ; Per Rosing-Petersen 1 WEB site - http://www.gh.gl/uk/parlia/frameset.htm |
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MEXICO
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Cámara de Senadores / Senate
Last elections : 2 July 2000 for one-quarter of the seats. (the next elections in August 2003) Last election results : percent of seats by party : AC (Alianza por cambio / Alliance for Change) composed by : PAN 46 (Partido Acción Nacional / National Action Party, conservative) and PVEM 5 (Partido Verde Ecologista de México / Ecologist Green Party of Mexico) ; PRI 60 (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) ; AM (Alianza por México / Alliance for Mexico) composed by : PRD 15 ; PR 1 and CD 1 WEB site
- http://www.senado.gob.mx/
Last elections : 2 July 2000 (the next elections in August 2003) Last election results : percent of seats by party : AC (Alianza por cambio / Alliance for Change) composed by : PAN 208 (Partido Acción Nacional / National Action Party, conservative) and PVEM 5 (Partido Verde Ecologista de México / Ecologist Green Party of Mexico) ; PRI 209 (Partido Revolucionario Institucional /Institutional Revolutionary Party, authoritarian centrist) ; AM (Alianza por México / Alliance for Mexico) composed by : PRD 53 (Partido de la Revolución Democrática / Party of the Democratic Revolution, social-democratic) ; PT 9 (Partido del Trabajo (Labour Party, socialist) ; CD 2 (Convergencia por la Democracia / Convergence for the Democracy) ; PAS 2 (Partido Alianza Social / Social Alliance Party) and PSN 2 (Partido de la Sociedad Nacionalista / Nationalist Society Party) WEB site - http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/ |
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UNITED STATES
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Senate
Last elections : 7 November 2000 (next to be held 7 November 2006) Last election results : percent of seats by party : Dem 50 (Republican Party, conservative) ; Rep 50 (Democratic Party, liberal and centrist) WEB site - http://www.senate.gov/
Last elections : 7 November 2000 (next to be held 7 November 2002) Last election results : percent of seats by party : Rep 221 (Republican Party, conservative) ; Dem 212 (Democratic Party, liberal and centrist) ; Non-partisans 2 WEB site - http://www.house.gov/ |
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