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Wu Lin
Wu Lin ( zh, 伍璘, born 1909) was a Chinese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948. Biography Originally from Huili County Huili ( zh, s=会理市, p=Huìlǐ Shì; Yi: or ''nyi ddix shyp'' or ''hop li shyp'') is a county-level city of far southern Sichuan province, China. It is under the administration of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Formerly Huili C ..., Wu became a member of the Second Provisional Senate of Xikang Province in 1943. She was a candidate in Xikang in the 1948 parliamentary elections and was elected to the Legislative Yuan, while her husband Ma Yuquan was a substitute member. In the first session of the Legislative Yuan she joined the Border Affairs Committee, the Political and Local Autonomy Committee and the Education and Culture Committee. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel voting system. Originally located in Nanjing, the Legislative Yuan, along with the National Assembly (electoral college) and the Control Yuan (upper house), formed the tricameral parliament under the original 1947 Constitution. The Legislative Yuan previously had 760 members representing constituencies in all of China (includes provinces, municipalities, Tibet Area, and various professions in Mainland China). Until democratization, the Republic of China was an authoritarian state under the '' Dang Guo'' system. At the time, the Legislative Yuan functioned as a rubber stamp for the ruling regime of the Kuomintang. Like parliaments or congresses of other countries, the Legislative Yuan is responsible for the passage of leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huili County
Huili ( zh, s=会理市, p=Huìlǐ Shì; Yi: or ''nyi ddix shyp'' or ''hop li shyp'') is a county-level city of far southern Sichuan province, China. It is under the administration of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Formerly Huili County (, ), it was upgraded to a county-level city in May 2022. Administrative divisions Huili comprises 7 subdistricts, 11 towns, 6 townships and 2 ethnic townships. Geography and climate Huili is situated in southern Sichuan and is the southernmost division of the Liangshan Prefecture, bordering Sichuan's Panzhihua City and Yunnan. The county-level city seat has an elevation of about , although elevations range from along the Jinsha River to at Mount Beimu (). Huili was severely affected by the 2008 Panzhihua earthquake. Due to its southerly location in Sichuan and high elevation, Huili has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (1951–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Chinese Legislative Election
The 1st Legislative Yuan election was held in Republic of China (1912–1949), China between 21 and 23 January 1948. This election, and the preceding 1947 Chinese National Assembly election, 1947 National Assembly election are the first elections of under the newly ratified 1947 Constitution of the Republic of China. Under this constitution, the Legislative Yuan is a standing legislature when the National Assembly (Republic of China), National Assembly is not in session. At the time most of Chinese territory was under the control of the government of the Republic of China, using a direct voting system elected 759 Legislative Representatives. Using the Republic's then 461 million population to calculate, on average 600,000 people elected one representative in the Legislative Yuan. The election along with the one held for the National Assembly (Republic of China), National Assembly also made China the largest democracy at the time. The newly elected Legislative Yuan met for the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Births
Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across drift ice, ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * January 9 – The British Nimrod Expedition, ''Nimrod'' Expedition to the South Pole, led by Ernest Shackleton, arrives at the Farthest South, farthest south reached by any prior expedition, at 88°23' S, prior to turning back due to diminishing supplies. * January 11 – The International Joint Commission on US-Canada boundary waters is established. * January 16 – Members of the ''Nimrod'' Expedition claim to have found the magnetic South Pole (but the location recorded may be incorrect). * January 24 – The White Star Liner RMS Republic (1903), RMS ''Republic'' sinks the day after a collision with ''SS Florida'' off Nantucket. Almost all of the 1,500 passengers are rescued. * January 28 – The last United States t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The 1st Legislative Yuan
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
