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Originally Posted by djtestudo
Doesn't the Prime Minister PRESIDE over the House of Commons?
That would make him a president, and his time a presidency, even if that isn't an official title.
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Nope that would be the Speaker of the House of Commons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_house
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The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a country's lower house of parliament or congress (i.e., the House of Commons or House of Representatives).
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker...use_of_Commons
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In Canada the Speaker of the House of Commons (French: Président de la Chambre des communes) is the presiding officer of the lower house and is elected by fellow MPs. The Speaker's role in Canada is similar to that of Speakers elsewhere in other countries that use the Westminster system (see Speaker of the House of Commons).
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