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"Speaker" is treated like a party in places #1452

Closed MarkWhybird closed 8 months ago

MarkWhybird commented 1 year ago

The position text for the speaker is written as "Speaker Representative for ", in the same way and context as if "Speaker" were a political party. If Milton Dick were not speaker right now, his tag would be written as "Australian Labor Party Representative for Oxley", for example. This appears in numerous places, including their personal page and the table comparing the percentage of voting agreement.

I realise that they only vote in case of a tie, but they are nonetheless still a member of a party.

Wouldn't it be better to say "Speaker and [party] Representative for [electorate]"?

MarkWhybird commented 1 year ago

See also #1433

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