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A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected or appointed member ... For example, the maiden speeches of Pauline Hanson in the Australian House of ...
The first gavel, which had been used since at least 1789, cracked during the 1954 Senate session when then Vice President Richard Nixon (acting as President of the Senate) used it during a heated debate. Prior to this, an attempt to further prevent damage to the old gavel was done by adding silver plates to both ends.
She is both the first woman and the first Liberal Democrat to ever represent the constituency. [ 4 ] In her maiden speech, Brewer delivered a narrative tour of North East Hampshire ; individually mentioning several towns and villages by name, noting features and characteristics of the local area and community, and describing the key issues ...
Steve Witherden, a teacher since 2005, made his maiden speech during a debate on education and opportunity.
Liz Truss gave her maiden speech as Prime Minister beneath stormy skies after torrential downpours over Downing Street threatened to delay her address to the nation.
The nation's first African-American president promised 'hope and change' during his campaign and his address focused on a 'new era of responsibility.' President Barack Obama's first inauguration ...
In Deeming's maiden speech in the Legislative Council Deeming said that she was "born and bred on the political left coming from a long line of union leaders, card-carrying Labor Party members, and Labor MPs". [9] Her great-grandfather was John Joseph Holland, a Labor MP for over thirty-five years and a councillor for the City of Melbourne. [9]
The days event's included speeches from the likes of John Lewis, a civil rights activist who currently serves as a U.S. congressman more than 50 years later, Mrs. Medgar Evers, whose husband had ...