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style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Greg_Fergus" title="Greg Fergus">Greg Fergus</a><br /></div>since October 3, 2023</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">The Honourable</a> (while in office)<br />Mr. Speaker (in the Commons)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data">Parliament</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Farm_(Canada)" title="The Farm (Canada)">The Farm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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href="/wiki/Template:Politics_of_Canada" title="Template:Politics of Canada"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_Canada" title="Template talk:Politics of Canada"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_Canada" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Canada"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>speaker of the House of Commons</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">président de la Chambre des communes</i>) is the presiding officer of the <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">lower house</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada" title="Parliament of Canada">Parliament of Canada</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">member of Parliament</a> (MP), they are elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow MPs. The <a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">speaker</a>'s role in presiding over <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>'s <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons</a> is similar to that of speakers elsewhere in other countries that use the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_system" title="Westminster system">Westminster system</a>. </p><p>The 38th Speaker of the House of Commons is <a href="/wiki/Greg_Fergus" title="Greg Fergus">Greg Fergus</a>, who <a href="/wiki/2023_Speaker_of_the_Canadian_House_of_Commons_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons election">assumed</a> the role on October 3, 2023, following the resignation of the 37th speaker, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Rota" title="Anthony Rota">Anthony Rota</a>. He is the first person of colour to be elected speaker. The speaker with the longest tenure is <a href="/wiki/Peter_Milliken" title="Peter Milliken">Peter Milliken</a> who was elected for four consecutive terms lasting 10 years, 124 days. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role">Role</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Canada it is the speaker's responsibility to manage the House of Commons and supervise its staff. It is also the speaker's duty to act as a liaison with the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">Senate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Canada" title="Monarchy of Canada">the Crown</a>. They are to rule over the house and have the government answer questions during the question period as well as keep decorum with the house. The speaker receives a salary of <a href="/wiki/Canadian_dollar" title="Canadian dollar">CA$</a>299,900 ($203,100 as an MP in addition to $96,800 as speaker)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has use of a small apartment, in the House of Commons, and an <a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">official residence</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Farm_(Canada)" title="The Farm (Canada)">The Farm</a>, an estate located at <a href="/wiki/Kingsmere" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsmere">Kingsmere</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gatineau_Park" title="Gatineau Park">Gatineau Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, across the river from <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ottawa2011-03-25_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ottawa2011-03-25-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Huff2015-11-27_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huff2015-11-27-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TorSun2018-12-16_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TorSun2018-12-16-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CPressYoutube_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPressYoutube-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015 the speaker managed a budget of $414 million. </p><p>Along with the Senate speaker, the speaker of the House is responsible for the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Protective_Service" title="Parliamentary Protective Service">Parliamentary Protective Service</a>, which provides security to <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Hill" title="Parliament Hill">Parliament Hill</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police" title="Royal Canadian Mounted Police">Royal Canadian Mounted Police</a> (RCMP).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term "speaker" originates from the British parliamentary tradition. The French term now used in Canada is <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">président</i></span> (president, chairperson, or presiding officer); the term <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">orateur</i></span>, a <a href="/wiki/Calque" title="Calque">calque</a> (literal translation) of "speaker" and formerly the term used in France for the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a>, was used until the early 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The speaker and their deputies preside over debates of the House of Commons, invite particular members to speak, maintain order and decorum (including reproving members who misbehave), and make rulings on <a href="/wiki/Point_of_order" title="Point of order">points of order</a> and <a href="/wiki/Point_of_privilege" class="mw-redirect" title="Point of privilege">points of privilege</a>. By parliamentary rule and tradition, all statements in the House are addressed to the speaker, never to another member. For example, one does not say, "Prime Minister, will you explain to this House...", or "Thank you for the question." Instead, one would say, "Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister explain to this House..." or "Madam Speaker, I thank the honourable member for her question." Members are not allowed to speak while the speaker is speaking, and must sit down when the speaker rises to speak. </p><p>By convention, speakers are normally addressed in Parliament as "Mr. Speaker" (<i>monsieur le président</i>) for a man, and "Madam Speaker" (<i>madame la présidente</i>) for a woman; the speaker has also been addressed using the <a href="/wiki/Inuktitut" title="Inuktitut">Inuktitut</a> term ᐅᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ <i>(Uqaqtittiji)</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deputies of the speaker who are presiding at a given time are also addressed as "Mr./Madam Speaker." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election">Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-chamber.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Commons-chamber.jpg/250px-Commons-chamber.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Commons-chamber.jpg/375px-Commons-chamber.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Commons-chamber.jpg/500px-Commons-chamber.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3781" data-file-height="2805" /></a><figcaption>The chamber of the House of Commons; the Speaker's chair is front and centre in the room.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Speaker_Plaque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Speaker_Plaque.jpg/250px-Speaker_Plaque.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Speaker_Plaque.jpg/375px-Speaker_Plaque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Speaker_Plaque.jpg/500px-Speaker_Plaque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="496" /></a><figcaption>Plaque at the western entrance of the <a href="/wiki/Centre_Block" title="Centre Block">Centre Block</a> of <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Hill" title="Parliament Hill">Parliament Hill</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Although the Constitution requires that the speaker be elected by the House of Commons, traditionally this amounted to the rubber-stamp approval of an MP nominated by the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">prime minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PeterMilikenYoutube_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeterMilikenYoutube-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in 1986 this was changed and they are now selected by <a href="/wiki/Secret_ballot" title="Secret ballot">secret ballot</a>. The speaker remains a sitting MP, but only votes on matters in the case of a tie. </p><p>All MPs except for <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Cabinet">Cabinet</a> ministers and party leaders are eligible to run for speaker. Any MP who does not wish to put their name forward must issue a letter withdrawing from the ballot by the day before the vote. All MPs who do not remove their name from the ballot as of 6pm the day before the election are listed as candidates on the ballot and are allowed a five-minute speech to persuade their colleagues as to why they should be elected. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_the_House_(Canada)" title="Dean of the House (Canada)">dean of the House</a> supervises the election of the speaker. The current dean is <a href="/wiki/Louis_Plamondon" title="Louis Plamondon">Louis Plamondon</a>, who is also the longest continuously serving MP who is not in Cabinet. </p><p>All candidates who receive less than 5% of the vote are removed from the ballot. If no candidate received less than 5% of the vote then the MP with the fewest vote drops off. This continues, with a one-hour break between ballots, until one candidate receives more than 50% of the vote. In the event of a tie on the final ballot, the ballot is taken again. This happened once, in 1993, when <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Parent" title="Gilbert Parent">Gilbert Parent</a> won over <a href="/wiki/Jean-Robert_Gauthier" title="Jean-Robert Gauthier">Jean-Robert Gauthier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The winner is escorted to the speaker's chair by the prime minister and leader of the Official Opposition. The newly elected speaker, by tradition, feigns reluctance as they are "dragged" to the chair<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a practice dating from the days when British speakers risked execution if the news they reported to the king was displeasing.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 2, 2011, <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Scheer" title="Andrew Scheer">Andrew Scheer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Regina%E2%80%94Qu%27Appelle" title="Regina—Qu'Appelle">Regina—Qu'Appelle</a>) was elected speaker, defeating the following MPs over the course of six ballots: <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Denise_Savoie" title="Denise Savoie">Denise Savoie</a> (<a href="/wiki/Victoria_(British_Columbia_federal_electoral_district)" title="Victoria (British Columbia federal electoral district)">Victoria</a>) and Conservatives <a href="/wiki/Dean_Allison" title="Dean Allison">Dean Allison</a> (<a href="/wiki/Niagara_West%E2%80%94Glanbrook" title="Niagara West—Glanbrook">Niagara West—Glanbrook</a>), <a href="/wiki/Barry_Devolin" title="Barry Devolin">Barry Devolin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Haliburton%E2%80%94Kawartha_Lakes%E2%80%94Brock_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (federal electoral district)">Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ed_Holder" title="Ed Holder">Ed Holder</a> (<a href="/wiki/London_West_(federal_electoral_district)" title="London West (federal electoral district)">London West</a>), <a href="/wiki/Lee_Richardson_(politician)" title="Lee Richardson (politician)">Lee Richardson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Calgary_Centre" title="Calgary Centre">Calgary Centre</a>), <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Stanton" title="Bruce Stanton">Bruce Stanton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Simcoe_North_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Simcoe North (federal electoral district)">Simcoe North</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Merv_Tweed" title="Merv Tweed">Merv Tweed</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brandon%E2%80%94Souris" title="Brandon—Souris">Brandon—Souris</a>). At the age of <span data-sort-value="7004117010000000000♠"></span>32 years, 13 days, Scheer was the youngest Speaker in Canadian history. </p><p>On December 2, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Regan" title="Geoff Regan">Geoff Regan</a> was elected speaker by members of the <a href="/wiki/42nd_Canadian_Parliament" title="42nd Canadian Parliament">42nd Parliament</a> over fellow Liberal candidates <a href="/wiki/Denis_Paradis" title="Denis Paradis">Denis Paradis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yasmin_Ratansi" title="Yasmin Ratansi">Yasmin Ratansi</a> and Conservative <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Stanton" title="Bruce Stanton">Bruce Stanton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the first speaker from Atlantic Canada or Nova Scotia in nearly a hundred years<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> since <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Nelson_Rhodes" title="Edgar Nelson Rhodes">Edgar Nelson Rhodes</a> <a href="#List_of_Speakers_of_the_House_of_Commons">in 1922</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Rota" title="Anthony Rota">Anthony Rota</a> was elected as 37th speaker on December 5, 2019, by winning a ranked ballot between himself, <a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%ABl_Godin" title="Joël Godin">Joël Godin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Hughes_(politician)" title="Carol Hughes (politician)">Carol Hughes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Regan" title="Geoff Regan">Geoff Regan</a> (the speaker during the previous Parliament), and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Stanton" title="Bruce Stanton">Bruce Stanton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-speaker_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-speaker-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Rota's win, the Conservatives said that he had them to thank for his new election, after they decided in a Conservative caucus meeting to unseat Regan as a show of strength to the Liberal <a href="/wiki/Minority_government" title="Minority government">minority government</a> that had obtained from <a href="/wiki/2019_Canadian_federal_election" title="2019 Canadian federal election">the election that October 21</a>. They did so by ranking Regan lower on the ranked ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opposition_speakers">Opposition speakers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Opposition speakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The speaker usually comes from among MPs of the governing party. But because they cannot vote unless their vote would break a tie and <a href="/wiki/Speaker_Denison%27s_rule" title="Speaker Denison's rule">by convention</a> must vote to maintain the <a href="/wiki/Status_quo" title="Status quo">status quo</a> (which includes voting confidence in the government), a minority government can slightly weaken the opposition's power by electing an opposition speaker. </p><p>Speakers have been elected from opposition parties during the 1926 tenure of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Meighen" title="Arthur Meighen">Arthur Meighen</a>'s Conservative ministry, the 1979 ministry of <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Clark" title="Joe Clark">Joe Clark</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a>'s Conservative Ministry from 2006 to 2011. In the <a href="/wiki/39th_Canadian_Parliament" title="39th Canadian Parliament">39th Parliament</a>, opposition members <a href="/wiki/Peter_Milliken" title="Peter Milliken">Peter Milliken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diane_Marleau" title="Diane Marleau">Diane Marleau</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Proulx" title="Marcel Proulx">Marcel Proulx</a> ran for speaker. In 1957, when <a href="/wiki/John_Diefenbaker" title="John Diefenbaker">John Diefenbaker</a> took power with a minority Progressive Conservative government, he offered the speaker's chair to <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Knowles" title="Stanley Knowles">Stanley Knowles</a> of the opposition <a href="/wiki/Co-operative_Commonwealth_Federation" title="Co-operative Commonwealth Federation">Co-operative Commonwealth Federation</a> (the precursor to the New Democratic Party, or NDP) who declined. So far, every speaker from an opposition party has been a Liberal. Louis Plamondon, who became interim speaker on September 28, 2023 following the resignation of Anthony Rota and will serve until the election of a new speaker in early October, is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Bloc_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois" title="Bloc Québécois">Bloc Québécois</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impartiality">Impartiality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Impartiality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The speaker is required to perform their office impartially, but does not resign from their party membership upon taking office, as is done in the United Kingdom. Speaker <a href="/wiki/Lucien_Lamoureux" title="Lucien Lamoureux">Lucien Lamoureux</a>, the 27th holder, decided to follow the custom of the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a> of the United Kingdom and ran in the <a href="/wiki/1968_Canadian_federal_election" title="1968 Canadian federal election">1968 election</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">independent</a>. Both the Liberal Party and the Progressive Conservative Party agreed not to run candidates against him. The New Democratic Party, however, declined to withdraw their candidate. Lamoureux was re-elected and continued to serve as speaker. However, in the <a href="/wiki/1972_Canadian_federal_election" title="1972 Canadian federal election">1972 election</a>, the opposition parties did not come to an agreement and ran candidates against him. Lamoureux was again returned but no subsequent speakers have repeated his attempt to run as an independent. The opposition parties may have chosen not to follow the 1968 precedent because of how close the election was: it produced a Liberal minority government with just two more seats than the Conservatives. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tie-breaking_votes">Tie-breaking votes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tie-breaking votes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 19, 2005, Speaker <a href="/wiki/Peter_Milliken" title="Peter Milliken">Peter Milliken</a> was required to cast the tie-breaking vote during a confidence measure for the first time in Canadian history. Faced with the defeat of <a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin" title="Paul Martin">Paul Martin</a>'s minority government, Milliken voted in favour of the <a href="/wiki/2005_Canadian_federal_budget#Changes_following_the_Liberal-NDP_deal" title="2005 Canadian federal budget">NDP budget amendment</a>. Despite popular belief that the speaker, as a Liberal MP, would automatically support the government, his vote was pre-determined by other factors. As speaker, Milliken's vote must be cast to allow the continuation of debate, or to maintain the status quo, a reflection of <a href="/wiki/Speaker_Denison%27s_rule" title="Speaker Denison's rule">Speaker Denison's rule</a> practiced in the British House of Commons. Thus, the speaker voted in favour of <a href="/wiki/Second_reading" class="mw-redirect" title="Second reading">second reading</a>, "to allow the House time for further debate so that it can make its own decision at some future time."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill would later pass third reading without the need for Milliken's vote. </p><p>Speakers have only needed to vote in order to break a tie 11 times in Canadian parliamentary history. Milliken did so on five occasions, almost as many as all previous speakers combined.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deputy_speaker">Deputy speaker</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Deputy speaker"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the speaker, a deputy speaker, also known as the <b>Chair of Committees</b> (of the whole), is elected at the beginning of each parliament to act in place of the speaker when the latter is unavailable. Under the Standing Orders, the speaker, after consulting with each of the party leaders, nominates a candidate for deputy speaker to the House, which then votes on that nomination. The deputy speaker presides over daily sessions of the House when the speaker is not in the chair. The deputy speaker also chairs the House when it sits as a Committee of the Whole. Other presiding officers, the deputy chair of committees and the assistant deputy chair of committees, are chosen each session to occupy the chair when the speaker and deputy speaker are not available. The deputy speaker and the other presiding officers are members of the Panel of Chairs, and can therefore be selected by the speaker to chair legislative committees. Like the speaker, the deputy speaker has a role in administering the House.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The deputy speaker of the <a href="/wiki/44th_Canadian_Parliament" title="44th Canadian Parliament">44th Canadian Parliament</a> was <a href="/wiki/Chris_d%27Entremont" title="Chris d'Entremont">Chris d'Entremont</a> (Conservative); and the assistant deputy speaker was <a href="/wiki/Carol_Hughes_(politician)" title="Carol Hughes (politician)">Carol Hughes</a> (NDP).<sup id="cite_ref-pco44_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pco44-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Chair of Committees is vested by Subsection 43(1) of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada_Act" title="Parliament of Canada Act">Parliament of Canada Act</a> with full and adequate authority to address matters in the titular Speaker's absence: "Whenever the House of Commons is informed of the unavoidable absence of the Speaker thereof by the Clerk at the table, the Chairman of Committees, if present, shall take the chair and perform the duties and exercise the authority of Speaker in relation to all the proceedings of the House, as Deputy Speaker."<sup id="cite_ref-hbs45_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hbs45-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement">Retirement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most former speakers retire from Parliament after their tenure as speaker, sometimes after returning to the <a href="/wiki/Backbench" class="mw-redirect" title="Backbench">backbench</a> for a period. Several have been appointed to diplomatic positions, summoned to the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">Senate</a>, or appointed to a vice-regal position such as <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-governor">lieutenant-governor</a> of a province or, in two cases, <a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada" title="Governor General of Canada">governor general of Canada</a> (<a href="/wiki/Roland_Michener" title="Roland Michener">Roland Michener</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Sauv%C3%A9" title="Jeanne Sauvé">Jeanne Sauvé</a>). While several former Cabinet ministers have served as speaker or stood for the position, no former speakers have subsequently been appointed to Cabinet. One speaker, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Scheer" title="Andrew Scheer">Andrew Scheer</a>, has gone on to assume a <a href="/wiki/Front_bench" class="mw-redirect" title="Front bench">front bench</a> position in the House of Commons: Scheer became leader of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party of Canada</a> in <a href="/wiki/2017_Conservative_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election" title="2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election">2017</a> and served as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Opposition (Canada)">leader of the Opposition</a> from 2017 to 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interim_speaker">Interim speaker</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Interim speaker"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The resignation of Speaker Anthony Rota on September 27, 2023, led to an unprecedented situation in which there was no Speaker while the House had several sitting days already planned. To give time for the election of a new Speaker to be organized, the House agreed by <a href="/wiki/Unanimous_consent" title="Unanimous consent">unanimous consent</a> on September 26 to name <a href="/wiki/Louis_Plamondon" title="Louis Plamondon">Louis Plamondon</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bloc_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois" title="Bloc Québécois">Bloc Québécois</a> as interim Speaker until the election. He was chosen as interim speaker by virtue of his status as <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_the_House_(Canada)" title="Dean of the House (Canada)">Dean of the House</a>, the longest-serving MP who is not a cabinet member or party leader; the Dean of the House is in any event in charge of presiding over the election of a Speaker at the beginning of a new Parliament. <sup id="cite_ref-Hansard_UNA_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hansard_UNA-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honorary_Speaker">Honorary Speaker</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Honorary Speaker"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 9, 2016 Liberal MP <a href="/wiki/Mauril_B%C3%A9langer" title="Mauril Bélanger">Mauril Bélanger</a> served as honorary speaker for about an hour to honour his years of service.<sup id="cite_ref-ipolitics1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ipolitics1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speaker Regan resumed his duties for the remainder of the sitting of the House. </p><p>Mauril Bélanger had initially been considered a front runner for the post of Speaker the previous year, but had withdrawn due to his being diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis" class="mw-redirect" title="Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis">amyotrophic lateral sclerosis</a>. Bélanger died on August 15, 2016, five months after being named honorary speaker.<sup id="cite_ref-ipolitics1_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ipolitics1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Counterparts">Counterparts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Counterparts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The speaker's counterpart in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">upper house</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Senate_of_Canada" title="Speaker of the Senate of Canada">speaker of the Senate of Canada</a>. Canadian provincial and territorial <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislatures</a> also have speakers with much the same roles. The position was preceded by the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada">speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_speakers_of_the_House_of_Commons">List of speakers of the House of Commons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(Canada)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: List of speakers of the House of Commons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Key:</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#EA6D6A; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal Party of Canada</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#9999FF; color:black;"> </span> Historical conservative parties: <a href="/wiki/Liberal-Conservative_Party" title="Liberal-Conservative Party">Liberal-Conservative</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Canada)" title="Unionist Party (Canada)">Unionist</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_and_Conservative_Party" title="National Liberal and Conservative Party">National Liberal and Conservative</a>, <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#6495ED; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party of Canada</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#87CEFA; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bloc_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois" title="Bloc Québécois">Bloc Québécois</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" scope="col">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" scope="col" width="200px">Name<br /><small>Electoral district<br />(Birth–Death)</small> </th> <th colspan="2" scope="col" width="100px">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" width="80px">Term length </th> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Party </th> <th rowspan="2">Parliament </th></tr> <tr> <th width="95px">Term start </th> <th width="95px">Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>1</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Cockburn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/James_Cockburn.jpg/80px-James_Cockburn.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/James_Cockburn.jpg/119px-James_Cockburn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/James_Cockburn.jpg/159px-James_Cockburn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="421" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Cockburn_(Ontario_politician)" title="James Cockburn (Ontario politician)"><b>James Cockburn</b></a><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Northumberland_West" title="Northumberland West">Northumberland West</a></small><br /><small>(1818–1883)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">November 6,<br />1867 </td> <td rowspan="2">March 5,<br />1874 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003229100000000000♠"></span>6 years, 99 days </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_Canadian_Parliament" title="1st Canadian Parliament">1st</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_Canadian_Parliament" title="2nd Canadian Parliament">2nd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Honorable_Timothy_Warren_Anglin_BAnQ_Vieux-Montr%C3%A9al_06M_P750S1P105.tiff" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Honorable_Timothy_Warren_Anglin_BAnQ_Vieux-Montr%C3%A9al_06M_P750S1P105.tiff/lossy-page1-80px-Honorable_Timothy_Warren_Anglin_BAnQ_Vieux-Montr%C3%A9al_06M_P750S1P105.tiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Honorable_Timothy_Warren_Anglin_BAnQ_Vieux-Montr%C3%A9al_06M_P750S1P105.tiff/lossy-page1-120px-Honorable_Timothy_Warren_Anglin_BAnQ_Vieux-Montr%C3%A9al_06M_P750S1P105.tiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Honorable_Timothy_Warren_Anglin_BAnQ_Vieux-Montr%C3%A9al_06M_P750S1P105.tiff/lossy-page1-160px-Honorable_Timothy_Warren_Anglin_BAnQ_Vieux-Montr%C3%A9al_06M_P750S1P105.tiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1882" data-file-height="2772" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Anglin" title="Timothy Anglin">Timothy Anglin</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_(federal_electoral_district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gloucester (federal electoral district)">Gloucester</a></small><br /><small>(1822–1896)</small> </td> <td>March 26,<br />1874 </td> <td>February 12,<br />1879 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003178400000000000♠"></span>4 years, 323 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_Canadian_Parliament" title="3rd Canadian Parliament">3rd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>3</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JosephGodricBlanchet23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/JosephGodricBlanchet23.jpg/80px-JosephGodricBlanchet23.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/JosephGodricBlanchet23.jpg/120px-JosephGodricBlanchet23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/JosephGodricBlanchet23.jpg/160px-JosephGodricBlanchet23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="284" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph-Goderic_Blanchet" title="Joseph-Goderic Blanchet">Joseph-Goderic Blanchet</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9vis_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Lévis (federal electoral district)">Lévis</a></small><br /><small>(1829–1890)</small> </td> <td>February 13,<br />1879 </td> <td>February 7,<br />1883 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003145500000000000♠"></span>3 years, 359 days </td> <td style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal-Conservative_Party" title="Liberal-Conservative Party">Liberal-Conservative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/4th_Canadian_Parliament" title="4th Canadian Parliament">4th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>4</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GeorgeAireyKirkpatrick23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/GeorgeAireyKirkpatrick23.jpg/80px-GeorgeAireyKirkpatrick23.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/GeorgeAireyKirkpatrick23.jpg/120px-GeorgeAireyKirkpatrick23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/GeorgeAireyKirkpatrick23.jpg/160px-GeorgeAireyKirkpatrick23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="284" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Airey_Kirkpatrick" title="George Airey Kirkpatrick">George Airey Kirkpatrick</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Frontenac_(Ontario_federal_electoral_district)" title="Frontenac (Ontario federal electoral district)">Frontenac</a></small><br /><small>(1841–1899)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">February 8,<br />1883 </td> <td rowspan="2">July 12,<br />1887 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003161500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 154 days </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5th_Canadian_Parliament" title="5th Canadian Parliament">5th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/6th_Canadian_Parliament" title="6th Canadian Parliament">6th</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:55px"> <td rowspan="2"><b>5</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph-Aldric_Ouimet.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Joseph-Aldric_Ouimet.png/80px-Joseph-Aldric_Ouimet.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Joseph-Aldric_Ouimet.png/120px-Joseph-Aldric_Ouimet.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Joseph-Aldric_Ouimet.png/160px-Joseph-Aldric_Ouimet.png 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="652" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph-Aldric_Ouimet" title="Joseph-Aldric Ouimet">Joseph-Aldric Ouimet</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Laval_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Laval (federal electoral district)">Laval</a></small><br /><small>(1848–1916)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">July 13,<br />1887 </td> <td rowspan="2">July 28,<br />1891 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003147600000000000♠"></span>4 years, 15 days </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal-Conservative_Party" title="Liberal-Conservative Party">Liberal-Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/7th_Canadian_Parliament" title="7th Canadian Parliament">7th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>6</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PeterWhite23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/PeterWhite23.jpg/80px-PeterWhite23.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/PeterWhite23.jpg/120px-PeterWhite23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/PeterWhite23.jpg/160px-PeterWhite23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="271" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_White_(Canadian_politician)" title="Peter White (Canadian politician)"><b>Peter White</b></a><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Renfrew_North_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Renfrew North (federal electoral district)">Renfrew North</a></small><br /><small>(1838–1906)</small> </td> <td>July 29,<br />1891 </td> <td>August 18,<br />1896 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003184800000000000♠"></span>5 years, 21 days </td> <td style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>7</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_David_Edgar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/James_David_Edgar.jpg/80px-James_David_Edgar.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/James_David_Edgar.jpg/120px-James_David_Edgar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/James_David_Edgar.jpg/159px-James_David_Edgar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/James_David_Edgar" title="James David Edgar">James David Edgar</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Ontario_West" title="Ontario West">Ontario West</a></small><br /><small>(1841–1899)</small> </td> <td>August 19,<br />1896 </td> <td>July 31,<br />1899 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003107600000000000♠"></span>2 years, 346 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/8th_Canadian_Parliament" title="8th Canadian Parliament">8th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>8</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Bain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Thomas_Bain.jpg/80px-Thomas_Bain.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Thomas_Bain.jpg/120px-Thomas_Bain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Thomas_Bain.jpg/161px-Thomas_Bain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="416" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bain" title="Thomas Bain">Thomas Bain</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Wentworth_South_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Wentworth South (federal electoral district)">Wentworth South</a></small><br /><small>(1834–1915)</small> </td> <td>August 1,<br />1899 </td> <td>February 5,<br />1901 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002553000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 188 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>9</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis_Philippe_Brodeur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Louis_Philippe_Brodeur.jpg/80px-Louis_Philippe_Brodeur.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Louis_Philippe_Brodeur.jpg/120px-Louis_Philippe_Brodeur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Louis_Philippe_Brodeur.jpg/160px-Louis_Philippe_Brodeur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="346" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Brodeur" title="Louis-Philippe Brodeur">Louis-Philippe Brodeur</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Rouville_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Rouville (federal electoral district)">Rouville</a></small><br /><small>(1862–1924)</small> </td> <td>February 6,<br />1901 </td> <td>January 18,<br />1904 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003107600000000000♠"></span>2 years, 346 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/9th_Canadian_Parliament" title="9th Canadian Parliament">9th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>10</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H.A._Belcourt_LCCN2014717892.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/H.A._Belcourt_LCCN2014717892.jpg/80px-H.A._Belcourt_LCCN2014717892.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/H.A._Belcourt_LCCN2014717892.jpg/120px-H.A._Belcourt_LCCN2014717892.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/H.A._Belcourt_LCCN2014717892.jpg/159px-H.A._Belcourt_LCCN2014717892.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3709" data-file-height="5022" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Napol%C3%A9on_Belcourt" title="Napoléon Belcourt">Napoléon Belcourt</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_(City_of)_(electoral_district)" title="Ottawa (City of) (electoral district)">Ottawa (City of)</a></small><br /><small>(1860–1932)</small> </td> <td>March 10,<br />1904 </td> <td>January 10,<br />1905 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002306000000000000♠"></span>306 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>11</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RobertFranklinSutherland23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/RobertFranklinSutherland23.jpg/80px-RobertFranklinSutherland23.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/RobertFranklinSutherland23.jpg/120px-RobertFranklinSutherland23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/RobertFranklinSutherland23.jpg/160px-RobertFranklinSutherland23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="272" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Franklin_Sutherland" title="Robert Franklin Sutherland">Robert Franklin Sutherland</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Essex_North_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Essex North (federal electoral district)">Essex North</a></small><br /><small>(1859–1922)</small> </td> <td>January 11,<br />1905 </td> <td>January 19,<br />1909 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003146900000000000♠"></span>4 years, 8 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/10th_Canadian_Parliament" title="10th Canadian Parliament">10th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>12</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Marcil.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Charles_Marcil.jpg/80px-Charles_Marcil.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Charles_Marcil.jpg/120px-Charles_Marcil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Charles_Marcil.jpg/159px-Charles_Marcil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="197" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Marcil" title="Charles Marcil">Charles Marcil</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Bonaventure_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Bonaventure (federal electoral district)">Bonaventure</a></small><br /><small>(1860–1937)</small> </td> <td>January 20,<br />1909 </td> <td>November 14,<br />1911 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003102800000000000♠"></span>2 years, 298 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_Canadian_Parliament" title="11th Canadian Parliament">11th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>13</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Simpson_Sproule.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Thomas_Simpson_Sproule.jpg/80px-Thomas_Simpson_Sproule.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Thomas_Simpson_Sproule.jpg/120px-Thomas_Simpson_Sproule.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Thomas_Simpson_Sproule.jpg/160px-Thomas_Simpson_Sproule.jpg 2x" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="238" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Simpson_Sproule" title="Thomas Simpson Sproule">Thomas Simpson Sproule</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Grey_East_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Grey East (federal electoral district)">Grey East</a></small><br /><small>(1843–1917)</small> </td> <td>November 15,<br />1911 </td> <td>December 2,<br />1915 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003147800000000000♠"></span>4 years, 17 days </td> <td style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/12th_Canadian_Parliament" title="12th Canadian Parliament">12th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>14</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_S%C3%A9vigny.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Albert_S%C3%A9vigny.jpg/80px-Albert_S%C3%A9vigny.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Albert_S%C3%A9vigny.jpg/120px-Albert_S%C3%A9vigny.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Albert_S%C3%A9vigny.jpg/160px-Albert_S%C3%A9vigny.jpg 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="434" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Albert_S%C3%A9vigny" title="Albert Sévigny">Albert Sévigny</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Dorchester (federal electoral district)">Dorchester</a></small><br /><small>(1881–1961)</small> </td> <td>January 12,<br />1916 </td> <td>January 7,<br />1917 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002361000000000000♠"></span>361 days </td> <td style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:54px"> <td rowspan="2"><b>15</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edgar_Nelson_Rhodes_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Edgar_Nelson_Rhodes_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Edgar_Nelson_Rhodes_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Edgar_Nelson_Rhodes_%28cropped%29.jpg/121px-Edgar_Nelson_Rhodes_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Edgar_Nelson_Rhodes_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Edgar_Nelson_Rhodes_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="201" data-file-height="268" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Nelson_Rhodes" title="Edgar Nelson Rhodes">Edgar Nelson Rhodes</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Cumberland (federal electoral district)">Cumberland</a></small><br /><small>(1877–1942)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">January 18,<br />1917 </td> <td rowspan="2">March 5,<br />1922 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003187200000000000♠"></span>5 years, 46 days </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_Canadian_Parliament" title="13th Canadian Parliament">13th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>16</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rodolphe_Lemieux.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Rodolphe_Lemieux.jpg/80px-Rodolphe_Lemieux.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Rodolphe_Lemieux.jpg/120px-Rodolphe_Lemieux.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Rodolphe_Lemieux.jpg/160px-Rodolphe_Lemieux.jpg 2x" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Rodolphe_Lemieux" title="Rodolphe Lemieux">Rodolphe Lemieux</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Gaspé (federal electoral district)">Gaspé</a></small><br /><small>(1866–1937)</small> </td> <td rowspan="3">March 8,<br />1922 </td> <td rowspan="3">June 2,<br />1930 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="7003300800000000000♠"></span>8 years, 86 days </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Canadian_Parliament" title="14th Canadian Parliament">14th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_Canadian_Parliament" title="15th Canadian Parliament">15th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_Canadian_Parliament" title="16th Canadian Parliament">16th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>17</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Black,_Commissioner_of_the_Yukon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/George_Black%2C_Commissioner_of_the_Yukon.jpg/80px-George_Black%2C_Commissioner_of_the_Yukon.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/George_Black%2C_Commissioner_of_the_Yukon.jpg/120px-George_Black%2C_Commissioner_of_the_Yukon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/George_Black%2C_Commissioner_of_the_Yukon.jpg/159px-George_Black%2C_Commissioner_of_the_Yukon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="674" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Black_(Canadian_politician)" title="George Black (Canadian politician)"><b>George Black</b></a><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Yukon_(electoral_district)" title="Yukon (electoral district)">Yukon</a></small><br /><small>(1873–1965)</small> </td> <td>September 8,<br />1930 </td> <td>January 16,<br />1935 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003159100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 130 days </td> <td style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/17th_Canadian_Parliament" title="17th Canadian Parliament">17th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>18</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/James_Langstaff_Bowman" title="James Langstaff Bowman">James Langstaff Bowman</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Dauphin-Swan_River-Marquette" class="mw-redirect" title="Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette">Dauphin</a></small><br /><small>(1879–1951)</small> </td> <td>January 17,<br />1935 </td> <td>February 5,<br />1936 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002384000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 19 days </td> <td style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>19</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Casgrain.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Casgrain.png/85px-Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Casgrain.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Casgrain.png/127px-Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Casgrain.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Casgrain.png/170px-Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Casgrain.png 2x" data-file-width="569" data-file-height="825" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Casgrain" title="Pierre-François Casgrain">Pierre-François Casgrain</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Charlevoix%E2%80%94Saguenay_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Charlevoix—Saguenay (federal electoral district)">Charlevoix—Saguenay</a></small><br /><small>(1886–1950)</small> </td> <td>February 6,<br />1936 </td> <td>May 10,<br />1940 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003155500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 94 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/18th_Canadian_Parliament" title="18th Canadian Parliament">18th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>20</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Allison_Glen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/James_Allison_Glen.jpg/80px-James_Allison_Glen.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/James_Allison_Glen.jpg/120px-James_Allison_Glen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/James_Allison_Glen.jpg/160px-James_Allison_Glen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="772" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/James_Allison_Glen" title="James Allison Glen">James Allison Glen</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Marquette_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Marquette (federal electoral district)">Marquette</a></small><br /><small>(1877–1950)</small> </td> <td>May 16,<br />1940 </td> <td>September 5,<br />1945 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003193800000000000♠"></span>5 years, 112 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/19th_Canadian_Parliament" title="19th Canadian Parliament">19th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>21</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gaspard_Fauteux" title="Gaspard Fauteux">Gaspard Fauteux</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Sainte-Marie_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Sainte-Marie (federal electoral district)">St. Mary</a></small><br /><small>(1898–1963)</small> </td> <td>September 6,<br />1945 </td> <td>September 14,<br />1949 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003153000000000000♠"></span>4 years, 69 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/20th_Canadian_Parliament" title="20th Canadian Parliament">20th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>22</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Ross_Macdonald.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/William_Ross_Macdonald.jpg/80px-William_Ross_Macdonald.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/William_Ross_Macdonald.jpg/120px-William_Ross_Macdonald.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/William_Ross_Macdonald.jpg/159px-William_Ross_Macdonald.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="887" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/William_Ross_Macdonald" title="William Ross Macdonald">William Ross Macdonald</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Brantford_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Brantford (federal electoral district)">Brantford</a></small><br /><small>(1891–1976)</small> </td> <td>September 15,<br />1949 </td> <td>June 11,<br />1953 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003136500000000000♠"></span>3 years, 269 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/21st_Canadian_Parliament" title="21st Canadian Parliament">21st</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>23</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Louis-Ren%C3%A9_Beaudoin" title="Louis-René Beaudoin">Louis-René Beaudoin</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Vaudreuil%E2%80%94Soulanges_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Vaudreuil—Soulanges (federal electoral district)">Vaudreuil—Soulanges</a></small><br /><small>(1912–1970)</small> </td> <td>November 12,<br />1953 </td> <td>October 13,<br />1957 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003143100000000000♠"></span>3 years, 335 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/22nd_Canadian_Parliament" title="22nd Canadian Parliament">22nd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>24</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_General_Roland_Michener_at_Alma_College_graduation_ceremonies_1972_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Governor_General_Roland_Michener_at_Alma_College_graduation_ceremonies_1972_%28crop%29.jpg/80px-Governor_General_Roland_Michener_at_Alma_College_graduation_ceremonies_1972_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Governor_General_Roland_Michener_at_Alma_College_graduation_ceremonies_1972_%28crop%29.jpg/120px-Governor_General_Roland_Michener_at_Alma_College_graduation_ceremonies_1972_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Governor_General_Roland_Michener_at_Alma_College_graduation_ceremonies_1972_%28crop%29.jpg/160px-Governor_General_Roland_Michener_at_Alma_College_graduation_ceremonies_1972_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Roland_Michener" title="Roland Michener">Roland Michener</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_(electoral_district)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's (electoral district)">St. Paul's</a></small><br /><small>(1900–1991)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">October 14,<br />1957 </td> <td rowspan="2">September 26,<br />1962 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003180800000000000♠"></span>4 years, 347 days </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/23rd_Canadian_Parliament" title="23rd Canadian Parliament">23rd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/24th_Canadian_Parliament" title="24th Canadian Parliament">24th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>25</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Lambert" title="Marcel Lambert">Marcel Lambert</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_West" title="Edmonton West">Edmonton West</a></small><br /><small>(1919–2000)</small> </td> <td>September 27,<br />1962 </td> <td>May 15,<br />1963 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002230000000000000♠"></span>230 days </td> <td style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/25th_Canadian_Parliament" title="25th Canadian Parliament">25th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>26</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alan_Macnaughton" title="Alan Macnaughton">Alan Macnaughton</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Mount_Royal_(electoral_district)" title="Mount Royal (electoral district)">Mount Royal</a></small><br /><small>(1903–1999)</small> </td> <td>May 16,<br />1963 </td> <td>January 17,<br />1966 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002977000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 246 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/26th_Canadian_Parliament" title="26th Canadian Parliament">26th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>27</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lucien_Lamoureux.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Lucien_Lamoureux.jpg/80px-Lucien_Lamoureux.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Lucien_Lamoureux.jpg/120px-Lucien_Lamoureux.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Lucien_Lamoureux.jpg/160px-Lucien_Lamoureux.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1714" data-file-height="2569" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Lucien_Lamoureux" title="Lucien Lamoureux">Lucien Lamoureux</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Stormont%E2%80%94Dundas%E2%80%94South_Glengarry_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry (federal electoral district)">Stormont—Dundas</a></small><br /><small>(1920–1998)</small> </td> <td rowspan="3">January 18,<br />1966 </td> <td rowspan="3">September 29,<br />1974 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="7003317500000000000♠"></span>8 years, 253 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/27th_Canadian_Parliament" title="27th Canadian Parliament">27th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#DCDCDC;"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Independent </td> <td><a href="/wiki/28th_Canadian_Parliament" title="28th Canadian Parliament">28th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/29th_Canadian_Parliament" title="29th Canadian Parliament">29th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>28</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/James_Jerome" title="James Jerome">James Jerome</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Sudbury_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Sudbury (federal electoral district)">Sudbury</a></small><br /><small>(1933–2005)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">September 30,<br />1974 </td> <td rowspan="2">December 14,<br />1979 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003190100000000000♠"></span>5 years, 75 days </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/30th_Canadian_Parliament" title="30th Canadian Parliament">30th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/31st_Canadian_Parliament" title="31st Canadian Parliament">31st</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>29</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeanne_Sauv%C3%A9_1984_Ottawa_Canada_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Jeanne_Sauv%C3%A9_1984_Ottawa_Canada_%28crop%29.jpg/80px-Jeanne_Sauv%C3%A9_1984_Ottawa_Canada_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Jeanne_Sauv%C3%A9_1984_Ottawa_Canada_%28crop%29.jpg/120px-Jeanne_Sauv%C3%A9_1984_Ottawa_Canada_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Jeanne_Sauv%C3%A9_1984_Ottawa_Canada_%28crop%29.jpg/160px-Jeanne_Sauv%C3%A9_1984_Ottawa_Canada_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Sauv%C3%A9" title="Jeanne Sauvé">Jeanne Sauvé</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Laval_Centre" title="Laval Centre">Laval-des-Rapides</a></small><br /><small>(1922–1993)</small> </td> <td>April 14,<br />1980 </td> <td>January 15,<br />1984 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003137100000000000♠"></span>3 years, 276 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/32nd_Canadian_Parliament" title="32nd Canadian Parliament">32nd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>30</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Francis" title="Lloyd Francis">Lloyd Francis</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_West" title="Ottawa West">Ottawa West</a></small><br /><small>(1920–2007)</small> </td> <td>January 16,<br />1984 </td> <td>November 4,<br />1984 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002293000000000000♠"></span>293 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>31</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Bosley_-_2017_(38244233971)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/John_Bosley_-_2017_%2838244233971%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-John_Bosley_-_2017_%2838244233971%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/John_Bosley_-_2017_%2838244233971%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-John_Bosley_-_2017_%2838244233971%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/John_Bosley_-_2017_%2838244233971%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-John_Bosley_-_2017_%2838244233971%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="466" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Bosley_(politician)" title="John Bosley (politician)"><b>John Bosley</b></a><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Don_Valley_West_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Don Valley West (federal electoral district)">Don Valley West</a></small><br /><small>(1947–2022)</small> </td> <td>November 5,<br />1984 </td> <td>September 29,<br />1986 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002693000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 328 days </td> <td style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/33rd_Canadian_Parliament" title="33rd Canadian Parliament">33rd</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:30px"> <td rowspan="2"><b>32</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Fraser" title="John Allen Fraser">John Allen Fraser</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_South_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Vancouver South (federal electoral district)">Vancouver South</a></small><br /><small>(1931–2024)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">September 30,<br />1986 </td> <td rowspan="2">January 16,<br />1994 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003266500000000000♠"></span>7 years, 108 days </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#9999FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/34th_Canadian_Parliament" title="34th Canadian Parliament">34th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>33</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gilbert_Parent.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Gilbert_Parent.jpg/80px-Gilbert_Parent.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Gilbert_Parent.jpg/120px-Gilbert_Parent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Gilbert_Parent.jpg/161px-Gilbert_Parent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="241" data-file-height="288" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Parent" title="Gilbert Parent">Gilbert Parent</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Welland%E2%80%94St._Catharines%E2%80%94Thorold" title="Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold">Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold</a> (until 1997)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Niagara Centre">Niagara Centre</a> (from 1997)</small><br /><small>(1935–2009)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">January 17,<br />1994 </td> <td rowspan="2">January 28,<br />2001 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003256800000000000♠"></span>7 years, 11 days </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/35th_Canadian_Parliament" title="35th Canadian Parliament">35th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/36th_Canadian_Parliament" title="36th Canadian Parliament">36th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><b>34</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chopin_at_the_Embassy_of_Poland_(05)_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Chopin_at_the_Embassy_of_Poland_%2805%29_cropped.jpg/80px-Chopin_at_the_Embassy_of_Poland_%2805%29_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Chopin_at_the_Embassy_of_Poland_%2805%29_cropped.jpg/120px-Chopin_at_the_Embassy_of_Poland_%2805%29_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Chopin_at_the_Embassy_of_Poland_%2805%29_cropped.jpg/160px-Chopin_at_the_Embassy_of_Poland_%2805%29_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="876" data-file-height="1251" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Milliken" title="Peter Milliken">Peter Milliken</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Kingston_and_the_Islands_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Kingston and the Islands (federal electoral district)">Kingston and the Islands</a></small><br /><small>(born 1946)</small> </td> <td rowspan="4">January 29,<br />2001 </td> <td rowspan="4">June 2,<br />2011 </td> <td rowspan="4"><span data-sort-value="7003377600000000000♠"></span>10 years, 124 days </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/37th_Canadian_Parliament" title="37th Canadian Parliament">37th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/38th_Canadian_Parliament" title="38th Canadian Parliament">38th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/39th_Canadian_Parliament" title="39th Canadian Parliament">39th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/40th_Canadian_Parliament" title="40th Canadian Parliament">40th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>35</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrew_Scheer_2019_(3x4_cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Andrew_Scheer_2019_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg/80px-Andrew_Scheer_2019_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Andrew_Scheer_2019_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg/121px-Andrew_Scheer_2019_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Andrew_Scheer_2019_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg/160px-Andrew_Scheer_2019_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1302" data-file-height="1735" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Scheer" title="Andrew Scheer">Andrew Scheer</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Regina%E2%80%94Qu%27Appelle" title="Regina—Qu'Appelle">Regina—Qu'Appelle</a></small><br /><small>(born 1979)</small> </td> <td>June 2,<br />2011 </td> <td>December 2,<br />2015 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003164400000000000♠"></span>4 years, 183 days </td> <td style="background:#6495ED;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/41st_Canadian_Parliament" title="41st Canadian Parliament">41st</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>36</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Geoff_Regan_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Geoff_Regan_MP.jpg/80px-Geoff_Regan_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Geoff_Regan_MP.jpg/121px-Geoff_Regan_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Geoff_Regan_MP.jpg/160px-Geoff_Regan_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1192" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Regan" title="Geoff Regan">Geoff Regan</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Halifax_West" title="Halifax West">Halifax West</a></small><br /><small>(born 1959)</small> </td> <td>December 3,<br />2015 </td> <td>December 5,<br />2019 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003146300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 2 days </td> <td style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/42nd_Canadian_Parliament" title="42nd Canadian Parliament">42nd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>37</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anthony_Rota_-_2023_P060471-316758_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Anthony_Rota_-_2023_P060471-316758_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Anthony_Rota_-_2023_P060471-316758_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Anthony_Rota_-_2023_P060471-316758_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Anthony_Rota_-_2023_P060471-316758_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Anthony_Rota_-_2023_P060471-316758_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Anthony_Rota_-_2023_P060471-316758_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Rota" title="Anthony Rota">Anthony Rota</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/Nipissing%E2%80%94Timiskaming" title="Nipissing—Timiskaming">Nipissing—Timiskaming</a></small><br /><small>(born 1961)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">December 5,<br />2019 </td> <td rowspan="2">September 27,<br />2023 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003139200000000000♠"></span>3 years, 296 days </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#EA6D6A;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/43rd_Canadian_Parliament" title="43rd Canadian Parliament">43rd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/44th_Canadian_Parliament" title="44th Canadian Parliament">44th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>–</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Louis_Plamondon" title="Louis Plamondon">Louis Plamondon</a></b><br /><small>MP for <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9cancour%E2%80%94Nicolet%E2%80%94Saurel" title="Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel">Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel</a></small><br /><small>(born 1943)</small><br /><small>(Interim)</small> </td> <td>September 27,<br />2023 </td> <td>October 3,<br />2023 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠"></span>6 days </td> <td style="background:#87CEFA;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bloc_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois" title="Bloc Québécois">Bloc Québécois</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>38</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greg_Fergus_in_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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