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backbencher 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
  2. (backbench) any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
  3. In Westminster parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a Member of Parliament (MP) or a legislator who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition. ...
  4. Backbencher is an eight episode Canadian radio situation comedy on CBC Radio One. The series was created by and is primarily written by Wendy Lill. ...
  5. (Backbench (comic strip)) Backbench is a panel cartoon appearing in The Globe and Mail. The strip is written and drawn by Graham Harrop. It consists of multiple- and single-panel jokes, generally drawn from and satirizing Canadian politics. ...
  6. A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature
  7. (Backbenchers) Members of the Legislative Assembly who are not the members of the Ministry or the Shadow Ministry.
  8. (Backbenchers) the members other than Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Advisor and Special Assistants;
  9. (Backbench) Senior editorial production staff such as the night editor.
  10. (Backbench) The seats occupied in Dáil Eireann by any member of the Irish Government who is not a minister or junior minister (See also Dáil Éireann, Minister and Junior Minister)
  11. Those Members of Parliament that are not part of the government, but are member of the party in government. They are supposed to support the government. They do not sit in the front seats of the Houses of Parliament (these are reserved for ministers and the PM) and that's how they got their name.
  12. An ordinary Member who does not sit on the Government front bench or is not a Member of the Shadow Cabinet.
  13. An MP (Member of Parliament) holding no governmental or shadow ministerial position.