STILL IN OFFICE
SPEAKER OF HOUSE The office of Speaker of the House of Representatives is one to which the holder is elected for the full lifetime of a Parliament and which is rendered vacant only by death, resigtion or by the disqualification of its occupant from holding office as a member of Parliament. The House of Representatives continues in office until Parliament is dissolved, pending a general election, but even then the Speaker is deemed to continue in office and his remuneration is extended until the first meeting of the next Parliament, when the Clerk of the House conducts a fresh election for the office. The payment of the Speaker of the House of Representatives is fixed by Act at £IOOO a year, with travelling allowances and expenses in respect of visits to Wellington on an official business during any Parliamentary recess. There is an additional secretarial allowance of £IOO a year. The Speaker also has the use of a large and well-appointed residential suite in Parliament Buildings while the House is in session. Unless Mr Barnard resigns from the office of Speaker, he will normally continue to act until the first meeting of a new Parliament after the next general election.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21082, 8 April 1940, Page 9
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203STILL IN OFFICE Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21082, 8 April 1940, Page 9
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