backbencher's Usage Examples:

Although the salary and benefits paid from the public treasury to shadow ministers remain the same as for a backbencher, some opposition.

Unlike most Liberal-Progressive backbenchers, Halldorson supported the CCF's proposals for pension reform in 1955.

The Social Credit backbenchers" revolt was a rebellion against Premier William Aberhart by a group of.

He served as a backbencher with the Liberal government for all four terms it was in power.

While the Labour Party formed a coalition government with Fianna Fáil, Bhamjee was a backbencher.

He again served as a government backbencher, and died in office the following year.

In Westminster parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a member of parliament (MP) or a legislator who occupies no governmental office and is not a frontbench.

He was also a critic of David Cameron calling on him to smell the coffee after the Conservatives faced a terrible defeat in the 2012 local elections and even criticised Number 10 more widely and their attitude towards Conservative backbenchers.

The Senior Whip also acts as an intermediary between the backbenchers and the party leadership.

He served as a government backbencher throughout his entire career in the legislature.

After serving twenty-eight years as a backbencher, he was appointed Speaker of Legislature by Premier Douglas Campbell on November 7, 1950.

opposition parties (frontbencher or backbencher), or by independents or crossbenchers.

1990 and Labour prime minister Tony Blair received dissent from his backbenchers (including cries of "Thatcher!") in 2004 when, after the Iraq War he.

Synonyms:

legislator,