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unusual facts about Parliamentary seat



Chaviva Hošek

In the 1987 Ontario election, Hošek sought and won a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for the Toronto constituency of Oakwood, defeating Ontario New Democratic Party incumbent Tony Grande by 1,331 votes.

Miklós Hagyó

Due to the social unrest of a 2006 scandal involving former Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, many thought that opposing Fidesz representatives would oust the socialists from their seats in Budapest.

Paul Bonwick

In the subsequent 2004 general election, Bonwick, having benefitted in the past by vote-splitting between the Progressive Conservatives and the Reform Party, fell victim to the new Conservative Party of Canada, losing his seat to Conservative candidate Helena Guergis by 100 votes.


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Badrul Hisham Shaharin

In the 2008 general election, he contested the Rembau parliamentary seat in Negeri Sembilan against UMNO youth leader, Khairy Jamaluddin but was subsequently defeated.

Cyril Buraman

In March 2008 David Adeang was appointed Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru and Buraman was regarded as tactically close to Adeang and to former President of Nauru René Harris, who was at the time still retained his Parliamentary seat and exercised a role as a leading member of the Opposition.

Daniel Musyoka Mutinda

Mutinda worked with Kaplan and Stratton Advocates, Nairobi, before contesting the Kitui Central parliamentary seat in 1974.

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Asili

In 2007, Ford-Asili supported Mwai Kibaki again as presidential candidate this time under the Party of National Unity banner and won a single parliamentary seat in its own right (Kirinyaga Central - John Kariuki).

Hanlon Ministry

On 10 May 1950, following the state election, the Governor, Sir John Lavarack, designated 10 principal executive offices of the Government, appointed Paul Hilton to the Executive Council to fill the vacancy left by Bruce's loss of his parliamentary seat, and appointed the following Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland to the Ministry as follows.

Hasan Mohamed Ali

In the 1999 general elections, Hasan contested two seats: the Sungai Burung state seat in Selangor and the Parit Buntar parliamentary seat in Perak, and won both.

John Koech

He was minister for the East African Community in Kenya and a member of parliament for the constituency of Chepalungu until December 2007 when he lost his parliamentary seat to Isaac Ruto.

Malaysian Democratic Party

Wee, who was party secretary-general, even lost his deposit after contesting the Bukit Bintang parliamentary seat in 2004.

Noor Ehsanuddin Mohd Harun Narrashid

Noor Ehsanuddin Mohd Harun Narrashid is chosen by the Barisan Nasional to contest in the parliamentary seat of Kota Tinggi, Johor Malaysia.

Ong Tee Keat

He went on to hold the seat for four terms before contesting and winning the newly created Pandan parliamentary seat in the 2004 general election.

Richard Garth

His period as an MP ended at the 1868 general election when, as a consequence of the 1867 Reform Act, Guildford's second parliamentary seat was abolished.

Sam Akoitai

In the 2002 general reelection, Akoitai retained his parliamentary seat, and was appointed Minister responsible for Mining, Environment, Conservation and Correctional Institution Services by Prime Minister Michael Somare.

Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet

An early ally of William of Orange, he inherited large holdings of land but no great ability from his father, Sir Thomas Clarges, and largely used his Parliamentary seat to advance his own business and financial interests.

Tan Koon Swan

In 1982 he cinched a landslide victory for the parliamentary seat in the opposition stronghold of Damansara.

United Kingdom general election, 1935

The Independent Labour Party stood separately from Labour for the first time since 1895, while the Scottish National Party contested their first election, and the Communist Party gained their first parliamentary seat in almost ten years, West Fife.

Victor Goodhew

He contested the parliamentary seat of Paddington North for the Conservative Party in the 1955 general election, but was unable to unseat the Labour incumbent, Ben Parkin.

Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad

Currently Datuk Wan is the state legislative member for Bukit Chandan, however he will be contesting the Kuala Kangsar, Perak Parliamentary seat.

Wong Ho Leng

On 23 February, he announced that he would not defend for the Sibu parliamentary seat in 2013 Malaysian general elections on doctors' advice.

Yap Pian Hon

He is the candidate for the Serdang Parliamentary Seat for the 13th Malaysia's General Election.

Even before Serdang was a parliamentary seat Yap Pian Hon was the state seat holder for three terms since 1974.

Zaid Ibrahim

Zaid contested and won the Parliamentary seat of Kota Bharu in the 2004 general election.