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This title is used in Canada and other Commonwealth nations to describe members of the lower house of Parliament only. The Senate of Canada is part of Parliament, but its members are not called MPs. MPP: Member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly after 1938: Letters are short for "Member of Provincial Parliament". Before 1938, members used MLA. MNA
Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour. An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters. Honours are listed first in descending order of precedence, followed by degrees and memberships of learned societies in ascending order.
Name Post-nominal Abbreviation Agency or Description Juris Doctor: J.D. An academic, not a professional designation. Identifies a person who has obtained the academic degree Juris Doctor or Doctor of Jurisprudence, which are different names for the same professional degree in law.
Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials, post-nominal titles, designatory letters, or simply post-nominals, are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that the individual holds a position, an academic degree, accreditation, an office, a military decoration, or honour, or is a member of a religious institute or fraternity.
Advanced Care Paramedic (Canada) ACR: American College of Radiology: ACR: American College of Rheumatology: ACS: American Cancer Society: ACP: American College of Physicians: ACS: American College of Surgeons: ADA: American Dental Association: ADA: American Diabetes Association: AGD: Academy of General Dentistry: AHA: American Heart Association ...
Professional titles are used to signify a person's professional role or to designate membership in a professional society. Professional titles in the anglophone world are usually used as a suffix following the person's name, such as John Smith, Esq. , and are thus termed post-nominal letters .
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Tupper was appointed after he was no longer Prime Minister. Lord Byng was not a member, but was entitled to be styled as such by nature of being a viscount. The following Canadians were granted the right to be styled the Right Honourable without having been prime minister, chief justice or governor general of Canada, or minister in the UK ...