- House of Representatives of Liberia
The House of Representatives is the
lower chamber of thebicameral Liberian Legislature. Legislative elections took place on11 October 2005 , and the elected members took office in January2006 .Candidate eligibility
Citizens of Liberia who have attained the age of 25 years are eligible to contest elections and become members of the House of Representatives.
Electoral system
The simple majority (or
First Past the Post )voting system is used in electing members to both chambers of the Liberian Legislature. In House elections, the candidate with aplurality of votes (not necessarily anabsolute majority ) wins. House members serve a six-year term.County representation
The 64 House seats are distributed among Liberia's fifteen counties based on its total number of registered voters. Each county is guaranteed by law to have at least two seats. The current seat distribution among the counties is as follows:
*Bomi - 3
*Bong - 6
*Gbarpolu - 3
*Grand Bassa - 4
*Grand Cape Mount - 3
*Grand Gedeh - 3
*Grand Kru - 2
*Lofa - 4
*Margibi - 4
*Maryland - 3
*Montserrado - 14
*Nimba - 7
*River Cess - 2
*River Gee - 3
*Sinoe - 32005 election results
:"More info:
Liberia elections, 2005 "Partial List of Representatives (29 of 64)
The Speaker, Deputy Speaker, and other officers may be removed from office by resolution of a two-thirds majority of House members.
Snowe resigned in February 2007, and on
April 6 2007 Alex Tyler was elected Speaker, receiving 32 votes against 27 votes for Edward Ford. ["Apr 2007 - New speaker", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 53, April, 2007 Liberia, Page 47849.] [ [http://www.liberiabroadcastingsystem.net/news/article_2007_04_6_4522.html "Tyler Is New Speaker Of The House"] , Liberia Broadcasting System, April 6, 2007.]ee also
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Liberia
*Senate of Liberia
*Legislature of Liberia
*National Transitional Legislative Assembly of Liberia - the country's unicameral legislative body during the transition period (October2003 -January2006 )
*Legislative Branch
*List of national legislatures References
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