win a seat

He won a seat and later took over as president for a while.

She used it to win a seat on the city's school board in 1977.

She won a seat on the board and served for six years.

The party failed to win a seat from the county in 1997.

The same year, he won a seat on the company's board and became chairman.

It has never won a seat in a federal election.

At the 1967 election he won a seat in the Senate.

He was beaten but won a seat the next year.

The party did not win a seat in either house of Parliament.

He also failed to win a seat at the 2002 general election.

These electoral results were far too low to win a seat.

He later won a seat in the state senate, serving from 1845 to 1848.

It returned in 1998, but failed to win a seat.

For the first time a woman won a seat in the executive committee election.

He ran again in 1998 and took 502,712, just 8,000 short of winning a seat.

He would not make another attempt at winning a seat for almost 25 years.

They again failed to win a seat in the upper house.

He stood for Parliament four times before winning a seat.

She was third on the party list in the 2000 election and won a seat due to this.

However, the party ran alone in the 2003 elections, but failed to win a seat.

Only one of the eighteen women running in this election won a seat.

He ran again at the 2000 general elections, winning a seat for the next four years.

He was third on the list for the 1984 elections, but again failed to win a seat.

For the first time women could vote and stand as candidates, but failed to win a seat.

It was unable to win a seat in the 1937 elections.