57th Parliament of New Ingrea

57th Parliament of New Ingrea
Duration: 4 April 2016 — Present
Parliamentary leaders
Prime Minister	Matthew Jones (13 March 2012 — Present)
Opposition Leader	Kristine Dawkins (17 March 2012 — Present)
Party standings in the Assembly
Government	Democratic Party
Opposition	National Party
Third party	Labour Workers Party
House of Assembly
Members	128
Speaker	Helen-Carter Jones
Leader	Sebastian Vincent
Senate
Senators	68
Lord Chancellor	The Baroness Fairfax
Senate Leader	Jasmine Cassidy
Opposition Leader	Toby Lewis
Ministries
Cabinet ministries of the 57th Parliament Matthew Jones 16 March 2016 — Present
Sessions
1st: 4 April 2016 — Present
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The 57th Parliament of New Ingrea is the current meeting of the Parliament of New Ingrea. The Senators and Members of the House of Assembly were elected at the 2016 general election on 5 March 2016 and first assembled at midday on 4 April 2016.

Key events

• 27 January 2016: Writs were issued by the Sovereign for a general election, and the 56th Parliament was dissolved.
• 5 March 2016: Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm, results in the Democratic Party being returned with a diminished majority in the House of Assembly.
• 18 March 2016: The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
• 4 April 2016: 57th Parliament assembled.
• 5 April 2016: State Opening of Parliament (1st session).

Party summary

House of Assembly

	Party (Shading indicates governing party)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic	National	Labour Workers	Independent	The Speaker
End of last parliament	72	40	10	4	1	128	1
Begin	68	51	4	4	1	128	0
Latest voting share	53.13%	39.84%	3.13%	3.13%	0.78%