Trickery of member, dear me, surprisingly elected (11)
I believe the answer is:
legerdemain
'trickery' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'member dear me surprisingly elected' is the wordplay.
'member' becomes 'leg' (I've seen this before**).
'surprisingly' is an anagram indicator.
'elected' becomes 'in'.
'dear'+'me'='dearme'
'dearme' is an anagram of 'erdema'.
'leg'+'erdema'+'in'='LEGERDEMAIN'
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for legerdemain that I've seen before include "Sleight of hand" , "Manipulation" , "Find the lady will require this skill" , "Skill with hand" , "sleight-of-hand" .)