Article 10 –
The House of Commons
Section 1 How Chosen
The
House of Commons shall be composed of Members chosen from multiple member
districts. The citizens in each district elect two members on a first and
second past the post basis for a term not to exceed seven years. One member
shall be chosen by lot from among the citizens in the district for a term of
five years.
Section 2 Requirements
for Representatives
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of eighteen Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the Commonwealth Federation, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that Realm in which s/he shall be chosen.
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of eighteen Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the Commonwealth Federation, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that Realm in which s/he shall be chosen.
Section 3 Apportionment
of Districts
Districts shall be apportioned among the Realms within this Federation, according to their respective number of citizens, which shall be determined by an actual Enumeration which shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Parliament of the Commonwealth Federation, and within every subsequent Term of twenty Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Districts shall be one for every 500,000 persons, but each Realm shall have at Least one District, except that Realms with less than 166,000 residents shall elect one member and shall be joined with one or two other such Realms for the purpose of choosing a member by lot.
Districts shall be apportioned among the Realms within this Federation, according to their respective number of citizens, which shall be determined by an actual Enumeration which shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Parliament of the Commonwealth Federation, and within every subsequent Term of twenty Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Districts shall be one for every 500,000 persons, but each Realm shall have at Least one District, except that Realms with less than 166,000 residents shall elect one member and shall be joined with one or two other such Realms for the purpose of choosing a member by lot.
Section
4 Initial Apportionment
Until
such enumeration shall be made: Antigua and Barbuda shall elect one member and with Grenada
which shall elect one member shall have one member chosen by lot from among
both, the Commonwealth of Australia shall have 48
districts, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas shall have 1 district, Barbados 1,
Belize 1, England 108, Jamaica 5, the Maritime Confederation 4, New Zealand 9,
Northern Ireland 3, the Independent State of Papua New Guinea 14, Quebec 16,
Saint Kitts and Nevis shall elect one member and with, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines which shall elect one member and Tuvalu which shall elect one member
shall have one member chosen by lot from among the three, Saint
Lucia shall have 1 district, Scotland 10, the Solomon Islands 1, Wales 6, and
Western Canada 50 districts.
Section 5 Vacancies
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any Realm, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any Realm, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
Section 6 Officers and
Impeachment
The House of Commons shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
The House of Commons shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
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