of the Monarch. All members of both houses are elected for fixed four-year terms. General elections are held on the last Saturday in November every four years with the parliament expiring on the Tuesday twenty-five days before the election. The most recent general election was held on 24 November 2018. Parliament can be dissolved earlier by the Governor, and a general election called, in two exceptional circumstances: the Legislative Assembly passes a motion of no confidence in the Government or its ministers, or the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly are deadlocked and cannot agree to pass a Bill. Anyone enrolled to vote in Victoria can stand for election as a candidate for either House, except for: a judge of the Victorian Courts, a member of the Commonwealth Parliament, an undischarged bankrupt, or someone convicted of a serious criminal offence. It is also not permitted to be a member of both houses or a candidate for election to both houses of Parliament. Members of Parliament may be addressed by their name or by using their electorate, for example "The Member for Hawthorn" or "Member for Southern Metropolitan Region", and are entitled to the postnominal letters MLC if a Member of the Legislative Council, and MLA or MP if a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Ministers and former ministers are entitled to the style "The Honourable" (abbreviated to "The Hon") although some choose not to use it. The government of the day sits on benches to the right of the presiding officer within each chamber, while the opposition sits to the left. Members of a house who are not part of either the official government or opposition sit on the benches in between them, called the cross bench. This arrangement is used in the Legislative Council even though the governing parties rarely command a majority within it. The Government and Opposition appoint members as Managers of Government and Opposition Business in each house. These members are not within the control of the house in the same way that the President and Speaker are, they are appointed by the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition respectively. Each party represented in each house appoints a member as their Party Whip. The whip's main duty is to ensure that all of the members of their party are present within a chamber when a formal vote takes place. Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly is the