Senate of Mediolaurentia

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Senate of the Realm
1st Senate
State arms
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
Founded27 July 2022
New session started
1 August 2022
Leadership
Countess Jordan Silva, Rosetta Party
since 13 August 2022
Structure
Seats21 (16 filled & 5 vacant)
Political groups
By country
  •   NWO (10)
  •   HUM (5)
  •   ATI (5)
By party
  •   IND (9)
  •   PMP (2)
  •   RP (1)
  •   WTV (1)
  •   CCF (1)
  •   BSP (1)
  •   NAP (1)
Length of term
1 year
Elections
Ranked choice voting
Last election
Exempt
Next election
1 August 2023
Constitution
Constitution of the Circumstances of Union

The Senate of the Realm or simply the Senate is the central legislature of the High Kingdom of Mediolaurentia. It was established as unicameral in the constitution of Mediolaurentia, making up its entire legislative branch. The Senate is lead by the President of the Senate, currently Jordan Silva, Countess of Pickleton. The President is in theory deputised by the First Senator – the most senior, or longest serving Senator – except when the First Senator is also the President of the Senate, which is currently the case.

The Senate is currently composed of 21 seats, representing all of Mediolaurentia's three constituent countries, of which 16 seats are filled; however the composition of the Senate is not lawfully set at a specified number barring the minimum of three, rather being proportional to the amount of citizenry the constituent country has. The Kingdom of Atiera currently has three seats, the Kingdom of Northwood-Oregon has thirteen seats, and the Grand Kingdom of Humberlea has five.

Eligibility and election

To be eligible for candidacy and a seat in the Senate, the individual must be of the age of political majority, currently sixteen years of age, and be a citizen of a constituent country entitled to Senate seats. The constitution allows for laws of the Realm to create additional eligiblity requirements, though none have been made yet.

Senators are elected by the eligible citizenry of their constituent country through the process of ranked choice voting, specifically single transferable vote due to the multi-winner nature of elections.

As seats in the Senate are distributed based on the citizenry of constitutent countries, a constituency may gain a seat within the Senate during the active session. Conversly, a constituency may not be have a candidate for every seat afforded to them, leaving a seat or multiple seats vacant when the session of the Senate begins. These situations, and many others, do not warrant a special election to fill new seats or vacant seats. The inability to hold a special election to fill a seat that was afforded to a constituency that couldn't be filled at the time was an intentional choice by the Unification Commission while writing the constitution, justified by the idea that it would help encourage constituencies to have consistently politically active citizens if they couldn't fill seats as the session of the Senate continued.

Current senate

The current senate, that being the 1st Senate, began on 1 August 2022 and will serve until 1 August 2023. The members of the 1st Senate were not elected, rather they were appointed by the monarchs of their respective states. This was due to a constitutional exemption discussed by the Consistorium and written by Carson I of Northwood-Oregon on 27 July 2022 which suspended articles within the constitution relating to the election of senators and enabled state monarchs to appoint their state's senators.[1]

Notable actions

The following is a list of notable actions taken by the 1st Senate. Such actions may be votes on legislation, acts, confirmations, or otherwise.

List of Senators

No. Image Name Assumed Party Polity
(Country)
Notes
1
Their Excellency the Honourable
Jordan Silva, Countess of Pickleton
1 August 2022
(Appointed)
Rosetta Party
(Chairperson)
County of Pickleton
(Northwood-Oregon)
2
His Royal Highness the Honourable
Grant Bruns, Duke of Aeolia
1 August 2022
(Appointed)
Independent
Duchy of Aeolia
(Northwood-Oregon)
3
His Royal Highness the Honourable
Nicholas Abbott, Duke of Clay
1 August 2022
(Appointed)
Whatever Party
(Chairman)
Duchy of Clay
(Northwood-Oregon)
4
His Royal Highness the Honourable
Andrew Stuller, Prince of Curtice
1 August 2022
(Appointed)
Independent
Principality of Curtice
(Northwood-Oregon)
5
Their Excellency the Honourable
Clara "JJ" Steele, Countess of Eastmoreland
1 August 2022
(Appointed)
Beehive
Social Party
(Chairperson)
County of Eastmoreland
(Northwood-Oregon)
6
The Honourable
Sir Charles Burgardt
1 August 2022
(Appointed)
Independent
Mark of Wildwood
(Northwood-Oregon)
7
The Honourable
Lady Jerzee Martin
1 October 2022
(Appointed)
Independent
Barony of Clay
(Northwood-Oregon)
8
The Honourable
Emmalee Guy, Viscountess of Guy
10 January 2023
(Appointed)
Neko-Anarchist Party
Viscounty of Guy
(Northwood-Oregon)
9
The Honourable
Alexander Maple
27 January 2023
(Appointed)
Independent
Emery City
(Humberlea)
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The Honourable
Christina Nowell
27 January 2023
(Appointed)
Progressivist-Monarchist Party
Global
(Humberlea)
11
His Excellency the Honourable
Philip Johannason
27 January 2023
(Appointed)
Progressivist-Monarchist Party
Emery City
(Humberlea)
12
The Honourable
Brandon Smith
27 January 2023
(Appointed)
Independent
Emery City
(Humberlea)
13
His Majesty
King Nicholas of Humberlea
27 January 2023
(Appointed)
Independent
Emery City
(Humberlea)
14
The Honourable
Evan Nixon
27 January 2023
(Appointed)
Independent
Mark of
Bowling Green
(Northwood-Oregon)
15
The Honourable
Eli Deputy
27 January 2023
(Appointed)
Independent
Mark of
Bowling Green
(Northwood-Oregon)

List of former Senators

No.[a] Image Name Assumed Dismissed Party Polity
(Country)
Notes
4
The Honourable
William Cooper
1 August 2022
(Appointed)
14 April 2023
(Dissolved)
Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation
(Party leader)
County of Riviere
(Atiera)

References

Footnotes
  1. At dismissal
Citations