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 Date: 2014-05-26 11:25:38Parliament of the United Kingdom Legislatures Speaker William Lenthall House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament of Singapore Parliament of Canada Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Lord Speaker Westminster system Government Politics |
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Information Sheet No. 1: The Speaker The position of Speaker is almost as old as parliamentary government itself. Sir Thomas Hungerford became the first Speaker in the House of Commons in England when he was appointed in