joint sitting in a sentence
Examples
- At Whitlam's request, on 30 July Sir John Kerr issued a proclamation convening the joint sitting.
- A joint sitting of the Parliament of South Australia officially nominated Fisher as a senator on 6 June 2007.
- O'Brien was appointed to replace Hall at a joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament on 26 March.
- The queen alluded to South Africa's years of isolation in a speech to a joint sitting of Parliament:
- There was opposition to the system from the Liberal-Country Party joint sitting of Parliament on 7 August 1974.
- During the Joint Sitting of 1974 the Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Jim Cope was the presiding officer.
- Under the constitution, the new President was elected by members of both houses of Parliament in a joint sitting.
- The speech from the throne upon the State Opening of Parliament is made before a joint sitting of both Houses.
- The next day, Di?m addressed a joint sitting of the US Congress, with both the Senate in attendance.
- On 6 May 2015, McAllister was elected by a joint sitting of the NSW Parliament to fill the vacancy.