| 单词 | university member |
| 释义 | > as lemmasuniversity member university member n. British Parliament (now historical) a member of the House of Commons representing a university or group of universities and elected by all graduates of the university or universities concerned.The parliamentary representation of universities originated in Scotland and was introduced into England and Ireland under James I. University seats were abolished in the United Kingdom under the Representation of the People Act 1948. The number of university members varied over time with the number and political power of the universities. Upon abolition there were 12, with Oxford and Cambridge electing two each. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > other types of member burgessc1425 private member1606 recruiter1648 university member1774 unofficial member1822 labour member1871 Labour-Liberal1890 service member1890 front-bencher1907 back-bencher1910 shire-member1910 1774 J. Burgh Polit. Disquis. I. v. iii. 350 No qualification required for eldest sons, and heirs of peers, or lords of parliament, or heirs of gentlemen of 600l. and 300l. a year, nor for university members. 1832 Times 14 July 1/6 The University members, save one or two brilliant exceptions, [were not] remarkable for either the brilliance or the profundity of their scholarship. 1867 Hansard Commons 18 June 29 I share the opinion of my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, that we are already overstocked with University Members. 1949 A. P. Herbert in Punch 27 Apr. 453/3 Mr. Haddock, by the way, complains rather bitterly that the University Members are being flung out of Parliament in the sacred name of ‘One-Man-One-Vote’. 1991 E. D. Steele Palmerston & Liberalism 1855–1865 vii. 171 The opposition of the two last [sc. Walpole and Gladstone], prominent University members representing distinctively clerical constituencies, was eloquent of the Evangelicals' unpopularity. < as lemmas |
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