OfficeHolderTenure

Use OfficeHolderTenure to define the specific seat and tenure of an officeholder.

If a person occupies more than one ongoing position at the same time, the feed must provide information about each of these tenures. For example, if someone is both Chancellor of Germany and Member of the Bundestag then they must have one tenure per position.

When a person is designated as an officeholder for a new district or a new position, link this person to the new office. Make sure to not reuse an outdated office.

Attributes

The following table describes the attributes for OfficeHolderTenure:

Attribute Required? Type Description
objectId Required ID Unique internal identifier that's used by other elements to reference this element.

Elements

The following table describes the elements for OfficeHolderTenure:

Element Multiplicity Type Description
ContactInformation 0 or more ContactInformation Associates contact information with the officeholder. If this element is included, only specify information that's related to the officeholder, not the candidate or office.
ElectoralDistrictId 1 IDREF

Provide the objectId of the GpUnit that represents the electoral district. For example, give a state, like "Alaska," for a US Senator, or a district, like "New York's 14th congressional district," for a US Representative.

For the officeholder feed, we expect one OfficeHolderTenure per seat and the ElectoralDistrictId set to the district that elected that person into office.

Example: The Taiwan legislative election

  • Give each member of the Legislative Yuan a different OfficeHolderTenure, based on their district.

Another example: US senate officeholder feed

  • Provide 100 OfficeHolderTenure objects for the US Senate.
ExternalIdentifiers 1 ExternalIdentifiers

Associates an ID with the officeholder tenure. A stable identifier is required. Stable identifiers for officeholder tenure must be unique across tenures. For example, each of the following need a distinct officeholder tenure stable identifier:

  • Grover Cleveland's presidency from 1885 to 1889
  • Grover Cleveland's presidency from 1893 to 1897
  • Franklin Roosevelt's presidency from 1933 to 1945
OfficeHolderPersonIds 1 IDREF

Provide the objectId of the Person that holds this office tenure.
OfficeId 1 IDREF

Provide the objectId of the Office that this tenure references.
SeatStatus 0 or 1 SeatStatus The enumerated type of the officeholder's SeatStatus, such as active or on-leave. The default value is active if no SeatStatus is specified.
OfficeSelectionMethod 1 OfficeSelectionMethod Information on how the officeholder is selected or placed into office for this tenure.
StartDate 1 PartialDate

Represents the start date for the current tenure of the office. Provide the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD. If the precise date isn't needed, provide the date in the form YYYY-01-01. Set StartDate based on when the politician started their current office tenure. Consider the following examples:

  • Suppose a current member of the European parliament (MEP) held the following offices:

    • From 1999 to 2007, they were an MEP.
    • From 2007 to 2018, they weren't in Parliament.
    • From 2018-12-12 until now, they've been an MEP.

    In this case, the 2018-to-present term is their current office tenure, so set StartDate to 2018-12-12.

  • Suppose a member of parliament held the following offices:

    • From 2007 to 2013, they were a representative from a party list.
    • From 2013 to the present, they've represented an individual district.

    The 2013-to-present term is their current office tenure, so set StartDate to 2013-01-01.

  • Suppose a current member of parliament held the following offices:

    • From 2007 to 2018, they were an MEP.
    • From 2018 until now, they've been re-elected in the same electoral district as an MEP.

    In this case, the tenure for the office of the MEP starts from 2007, so set StartDate to 2007.
EndDate 0 or 1 PartialDate

Represents the end date of a person's tenure in a particular office. Don't include EndDate when the officeholder continues in their existing position but under a new term.

Only include EndDate in the feed if it's known with certainty that the officeholder will leave office due to one of the following:

  • Losing an election
  • End of office eligibility
  • Resignation or removal
  • Death while in office

Two months (60 days) after the specified EndDate, the associated Person and OfficeholderId can be removed from the feed. If the Person is elected to another office, they need to be added back to the feed with the same stable ID.

In the case of a dissolved government prior to an election: Don't include the EndDate until the election occurs and the official results have been released. For members that weren't re-elected in the election, include the EndDate set to the date where the government body was dissolved. Members that are re- elected will continue to not have an EndDate.
OfficeTermType 0 or 1 OfficeTermType The enumerated type of the officeholder's OfficeTermType. See the reference for available options.

Examples

XML

    <OfficeHolderTenure objectId="offh0">
      <ElectoralDistrictId>ru-gpu0</ElectoralDistrictId>
      <ExternalIdentifiers>
        <ExternalIdentifier>
          <Type>other</Type>
          <OtherType>stable</OtherType>
          <Value>stable-offh0</Value>
        </ExternalIdentifier>
      </ExternalIdentifiers>
      <OfficeHolderPersonIds>per0</OfficeHolderPersonIds>
      <OfficeSelectionMethod>directly-elected</OfficeSelectionMethod>
      <SeatStatus>active</SeatStatus>
      <StartDate>2019-01-02</StartDate>
    </OfficeHolderTenure>