High-taxpaying politicians

Japanese: 多額納税議員 - たがくのうぜいぎいん

One member of the House of Peers is elected by mutual vote of the top 15 direct national tax payers from each prefecture. There are 45 in total. Hokkaido and Okinawa Prefecture implemented this from the 5th general election (1918). The term of office is seven years. Eligibility to be elected is male aged 30 or over. The election method is by writing a single ballot and signing one's name. They are the members with the weakest voice within the House of Peers, and the Choyoukai, an in-house group consisting of members from large taxpayers formed in 1897, was dissolved in 1904 due to pressure from Imperially appointed members. With the revision of the House of Peers Act (1925) under the Kato Takaaki cabinet, two members were elected from each of the three prefectures and one province and large prefectures, and the number of members elected by mutual vote was expanded to the top 100 taxpayers per member, but there was no major change in their status within the House of Peers.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

各道府県上位15人の直接国税納入者の互選によって1名選出された貴族院議員。総計45名。北海道，沖縄県は第5回総選挙(1918)から施行。任期7年。被選挙資格は満30歳以上の男子。選出方法は単記，記名。貴族院内ではもっとも発言力の弱い議員で，1897年に結成された多額納税議員だけの院内団体丁酉会も，勅選議員らの圧力で1904年には解散させられた。加藤高明内閣の下での貴族院令改正(1925)で三府一道と大県は2名選出となり，互選者も議員1名につき上位100人の納税者と拡大したが，院内における地位には大きな変化はなかった。

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