Many of them were appointed to their position of leadership or elected to it.

他们中有许多人被分配给领导的位置或者通过竞选上台。

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Debate on whether senators should be elected or named by the prime minister began even before the first senators took their appointed seats in 1867.

关于参议员应该被选举出还是被提名的争论自第一批参议员1867年获得他们的席位前就开始了。

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Some were officials elected or appointed to serve in the federal government.

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Or is it going to be the elected officials and the appointed officials of that democracy?"

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So I certainly have no hopes for a policymaker, elected or appointed, to embrace my individual worldview enough to fulfill my dreams for me.

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The royal commission examining the future of the Lords is bound to concentrate on the higher-profile questions of what powers the second legislative chamber should have, and whether its members should be elected or appointed.

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And there are some high-powered issues to chew over - the balance of power between the Commons and the new Senate (or whatever it is to be called), the proportion to be elected or appointed, the presence of the Church of England bishops (excluding them would come close to disestablishment of the state church, so antidisestablishmentarianism may become a factor) and much, much more.

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