Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons

In Canada the Speaker of the House of Commons is elected by fellow MPs and performs the same duties as in other nations (see Speaker of the House of Commons). Traditionally in Canada the speaker was appointed by the Prime Minister, but in 1986 this was changed and they are now selected by secret ballot. The speaker remains a sitting MP, but only votes on matters in the case of a tie. In Canada it is also 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 liason with the Senate and the Crown. The Speaker of the House of Commons has an official residence just outside Gatineau, Quebec, just across the river from Ottawa. The current speaker is Ontario Liberal MP Peter Milliken.

All of Canada's province's also have a Speaker of the House of Commons with much the same roles.

List of Federal Speakers

• James Cockburn June 11, 1867 - March 5, 1874 Conservative
• Timothy Warren Anglin March 26, 1874 - February 12, 1879 Liberal
• Joseph Godéric Blanchet February 13, 1879 - February 7, 1883 Liberal-Conservative
• George Airey Kirkpatrick, February 8, 1883 - July 12, 1887 Conservative
• Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet July 13, 1887 - July 28, 1891 Conservative
• Peter White July 29, 1891 - August 18, 1896 Conservative
• James David Edgar August 19, 1896 - July 31, 1899 Liberal
• Thomas Bain August 1, 1899 - February 5, 1901 Liberal
• Louis Philippe Brodeur February 6, 1901 - January 18, 1904 Liberal
• Napoléon Antoine Belcourte March 10, 1904 - January 10, 1905 Liberal
• Robert Franklin Sutherland January 11, 1905 - January 19, 1909 Liberal
• Charles Marcil January 20, 1909 - November 14, 1911 Liberal
• Thomas Simpson Sproule November 15, 1911 - December 2, 1915
• Albert Sévigny January 12, 1916 - January 7, 1917 Conservative
• Edgar Nelson Rhodes January 18, 1917 - March 5, 1922 Conservative
• Rodolphe Lemieux March 8, 1922 - June 2, 1930 Liberal
• George Black September 8, 1930 - January 16, 1935 Conservative
• James Langstaff Bowman January 17, 1935 - February 5, 1936 Conservative
• Pierre-François Casgrain February 6, 1936 - May 10, 1945 Liberal
• James Allison Glen May 16, 1940 - September 5, 1945 Liberal
• Gaspard Fauteux September 6, 1945 - September 14, 1949 Liberal
• William Ross Macdonald September 15, 1949 - June 11, 1953 Liberal
• Louis-René Beaudoin November 12, 1953 - October 13, 1957 Liberal
• Roland Michener October 14, 1957 - September 26, 1962 Progressive Conservative
• Marcel Lambert September 27, 1962 - May 15, 1963 Progressive Conservative
• Alan MacNaughton May 16, 1963 - January 17, 1966 Liberal
• Lucien Lamoureux January 18, 1966 - September 29, 1974 Liberal
• James Alexander Jerome September 30, 1974 - December 14, 1979 Liberal
• Jeanne Sauvé April 14, 1980 - January 15, 1985 Liberal
• Cyril Lloyd Francis January 16, 1984 - November 4, 1984 Liberal
• John William Bosley November 5, 1984 - September 29, 1986 Progressive Conservative
• John Allen, Fraser September 30, 1986 - January 16, 1994 Progressive Conservative
• Gilbert Parent January 17, 1994 - January 28, 2001 Liberal
• Peter Milliken January 29, 2001 - present Liberal

External Link

• Parliamentary Library of Canada - contains biograhpies of all of Canada's speakers and information on the historical developmetn and curretn role of the position.