Wizengamot

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Tonks wrote:
>
> I am confused. Nothing new here, I know.
> 
> Who are the members of the Wizengamot?  Is Fudge, and that awful 
woman 
> Umbridge both memebers?
> 
> I thought that they wore plum color robes, but the picture that I see 
> shows Fudge and a few others with black robes. Are they just some 
> other observers or are they part of the Wizengamot???  Have we ever 
> seen the members in the films?
> 
> Tonks_op
>

Secca answers: (formerly known as Argus Pyrites)

(First off, sorry about the name change, but as I am now on staff at 
Potter's Keys as "Secca", thought I'd reflect that here as well.)

Yes, the Wizengamot's robes are described as "Plum-colored robes with 
an elaborately worked silve W on the left hand side of the chest."
These robes seem to be worn only by members when they are actually 
sitting in court.

In Ootp, Harry is tried by the 'full court' which numbers about 50 
members... we are given the names of only a few of those present

"Interrogators:
Cornelius Oswald Fudge, Minister of Magic, 
Amelia Susan Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, 
Dolores Jane Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary to the Minister 
and Percy Ignatius Weasley as Court Scribe"

Percy is most likely not a member of the Wizengamot.

The only only other member that we knew for certain, was Dumbledore. 
(As far as I remember)

As far as the films... well the pensieve memory from GoF might be 
occuring in the court before the Wizengamot (?) but it was referred to 
as the books as just the 'Ministry of Magic' when Karkaroff gave his 
testimony; And as the 'Council of Magical Law' during the scenes with 
Ludo & Barty Jr.

All the above info is from the books... 

Of course, they are filming OotP right now, so there could be some 
Wizengamot pics floating around (?)

Hope I unconfused you a little...

Secca