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Black Rod
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Black Rod
1. (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
2. a similar officer in any of certain other legislatures


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Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of 1994- the Parliaments Audcent, Mark Law Clerk 1996- MacLeod, Kevin Usher of the Black Rod 2008- Fournier, Jean T.
 
 
 
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