Chief Whip

The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.

Read more about Chief Whip:  India, United Kingdom, Other Jurisdictions

Other articles related to "whips, chief whip, whip, chief whips, chief":

Labour Government 2007-2010 - List of Ministers - Whips
... Whips Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Commons Chief Whip Nick Brown Treasurer of the Household Deputy Chief Whip Thomas McAvoy Comptroller of the Household Whip John ...
Chief Whip - Other Jurisdictions
... There are also Chief Whips in Australia Bangladesh Canada – Chief Government Whip (Canada) Ghana Ireland Malaysia – Chief Whip (Malaysia) Namibia New Zealand Pakistan Scotland ...
Members Of The 3rd Western Cape Provincial Parliament
... Mziwonke Jacobs ANC MEC for Housing Sipho Kroma ANC Government Whip Ntombizodwa Pauline Magwaza ANC MEC for Social Development Mzwandile Manjiya UIF MPP Anroux JoHanna du Toit ...
Donald Wade, Baron Wade - Chief Whip
... He became Liberal Chief Whip in November 1956 after his predecessor Jo Grimond was elected Leader of the party ...
Vivian Phillipps - Politics - Liberal Whip
... Thorne, the MP for Wolverhampton East as his Chief Whip ... independent Liberals wanted James Myles Hogge as Whip, so Asquith appointed him to be Thorne’s colleague ... opportunity to replace Hogge as well, immediately appointing Phillipps to the post of Chief Whip, even though as a newly elected MP he was inexperienced in Parliamentary terms ...

Famous quotes containing the words whip and/or chief:

    “It does not matter what the whip is; it is none the less a whip, because you have cut thongs for it out of your own souls.”
    —John Ruskin (1819–1900)

    “The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)