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whole sample of legislators. Numbers change when I consider all provincial executive
posts. Between 1983 and 2007, 324 positions for governor and vice-governor were
elected. Given that some officers died, quit or have been impeached, the number of
occupants33 of the positions reaches 345. However, since people have been repeatedly
reelected, the real number of individuals that have been governors or vice-governors
equals 242. Depending on what denominator is chosen, the percentage of former
provincial executives that have become Deputies ranges between 18% and 24%, as
showed in Table 5.2.
Table 5.1: Percentage of Legislators that have previously been Provincial
Executives -1983-2007
|
PreviousGovernor |
N. ,∙ |
o/ '. -, /o |
|
0____________ |
1,444 |
96.2 |
|
__________1 ____________ |
57 |
3.8 |
|
Total |
1,501 |
100 |
Table 5.2: Percentage of Provincial Executives that jumped to the House
of Deputies-1983-2007 (N=56)
|
Denominator |
ζ ,. ;,N .,ʃ |
o/ /o .∙. ∙.... |
|
Spots |
324 |
0.18 |
|
Spots with Turnover |
345 |
0.17 |
|
Individuals |
242 |
0.24 |
In as much, it was stated that former governors facing term limits might behave
different from those that did not face term limits. Thus, the relative proportion of these
still (expected) active politicians over the whole sample is likely to make a difference for
legislative activity. Looking at the distribution in Table 5.3, former governors who faced
33 Each position i is a subject in one period.