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{{Short description|Presiding officer of the House of Commons of Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}}
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| incumbent = [[Francis Scarpaleggia]]
| incumbentsince = May 26, 2025
| style = [[The Honourable]] (while in office)<br />Mr. Speaker (in the Commons)
| residence = [[The Farm (Canada)|The Farm]]
| appointer = Elected by the members of the House of Commons
| termlength = Elected at the start of each Parliament
| salary = CA$309,700
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| inaugural = [[James Cockburn (politician, born 1819)|James Cockburn]]
| website = {{Officialsite|https://www.ourcommons.ca/speaker}}
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{{Canadian politics}}

The '''speaker of the House of Commons''' ({{langx|fr|président de la Chambre des communes}}) is the presiding officer of the [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of Canada]]. A [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|member of Parliament]] (MP), a speaker is elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow MPs. The speaker's role in presiding over the [[House of Commons of Canada]] is similar to that of speakers elsewhere in other countries that use the [[Westminster system]].

The 40th speaker of the House of Commons is [[Francis Scarpaleggia]], who assumed the role on May 26, 2025. The speaker with the longest tenure is [[Peter Milliken]] who was elected for four consecutive terms lasting 10 years, 124 days.

==Role==
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 [[Senate of Canada|Senate]] and [[Monarchy of Canada|the Crown]]. 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 [[Canadian dollar|CA$]]309,700 ($209,800 as an MP in addition to $99,900 as speaker)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Salaries|access-date=2024-09-13|website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref> and has use of a small apartment, in the House of Commons, and an [[official residence]], [[The Farm (Canada)|The Farm]], an estate located at [[Kingsmere]] in [[Gatineau Park]], [[Quebec]], across the river from [[Ottawa]].<ref name=Ottawa2011-03-25/><ref name=Huff2015-11-27/><ref name=TorSun2018-12-16/><ref name=CPressYoutube/> 

Along with the Senate speaker, the speaker of the House is responsible for the [[Parliamentary Protective Service]], which provides security to [[Parliament Hill]] with the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Parliamentary Protective Service Directors|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/Parliament/OfficersParliament/ParliamentaryProtectiveServiceDirectors|access-date=2020-06-08|website=lop.parl.ca|archive-date=January 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122213049/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/Parliament/OfficersParliament/ParliamentaryProtectiveServiceDirectors|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The term "speaker" originates from the British parliamentary tradition. The French term now used in Canada is {{langx|fr|président|label=none}} (president, chairperson, or presiding officer); the term {{langx|fr|orateur|label=none}}, a [[calque]] (literal translation) of "speaker" and formerly the term used in France for the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom]], was used until the early 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050416003412/http://www.parl.gc.ca/infoparl/english/issue.htm?param=107&art=563|archive-date=16 April 2005|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/Infoparl/english/issue.htm?param=107&art=563|title=What's in a Name: Speaker/Orateur/Président|access-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref>

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 [[point of order|points of order]] and [[point of privilege|points of privilege]]. 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.

By convention, speakers are normally addressed in Parliament as "Mr. Speaker" (''monsieur le président'') for a man, and "Madam Speaker" (''madame la présidente'') for a woman; the speaker has also been addressed using the [[Inuktitut]] term ᐅᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ ''(Uqaqtittiji)''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Idlout |first1=Lori |title=Thank you for acknowledging the indigenous territory and languages in your acceptance. I will be calling you Uqaqtittiji, this is what is used in the Nunavut legislature for Speaker |url=https://twitter.com/LoriIdlout/status/1463133401280565253 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |access-date=27 September 2023 |language=en |date=23 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=House of Commons Debates Official Record (Hansard) |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/house/sitting-2/hansard#Int-11426995 |website=Parliament of Canada |access-date=27 September 2023 |location=1515 |date=23 November 2021 |quote=Uqaqtittiji, first, it was incredible to hear a part of the throne speech delivered in Inuktitut. Canada is richer for it and my sincere congratulations to Her Excellency Mary May Simon. I love that a qulliq was lit beside her and that I could smell it from where I stood. (Lori Idlout)}}</ref> Deputies of the speaker who are presiding at a given time are also addressed as "Mr./Madam Speaker."

==Election==
[[Image:Commons-chamber.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The chamber of the House of Commons; the Speaker's chair is front and centre in the room.]]
[[Image:Speaker Plaque.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Plaque at the western entrance of the [[Centre Block]] of [[Parliament Hill]]]]
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 [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]].<ref name=PeterMilikenYoutube/> However, 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.

All MPs except for [[Canadian Cabinet|Cabinet]] 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 6:00 p.m. 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.

The [[Dean of the House (Canada)|dean of the House]] supervises the election of the speaker. The current dean is [[Louis Plamondon]], who is also the longest continuously serving MP who is not in Cabinet.

All candidates who receive less than 5 per cent 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 per cent of the vote. In the event of a tie on the final ballot, the ballot is taken again. This happened once, in 1993, when [[Gilbert Parent]] won over [[Jean-Robert Gauthier]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&template_id=1428&hl=e#tip1|title=CPAC|author=CPAC|access-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref>

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<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Speaker+chair+cushy/4884949/story.html]{{dead link|date=October 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> in a practice dating from the days when British speakers risked execution if the news they reported to the king was displeasing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/traditions/ |title=About Parliament: Traditions of Parliament |publisher=parliament.co.uk |access-date=May 16, 2011}}</ref>

On June 2, 2011, [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] [[Andrew Scheer]] ([[Regina—Qu'Appelle]]) was elected speaker, defeating the following MPs over the course of six ballots: [[New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] [[Denise Savoie]] ([[Victoria (British Columbia federal electoral district)|Victoria]]) and Conservatives [[Dean Allison]] ([[Niagara West—Glanbrook]]), [[Barry Devolin]] ([[Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (federal electoral district)|Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock]]), [[Ed Holder]] ([[London West (federal electoral district)|London West]]), [[Lee Richardson (politician)|Lee Richardson]] ([[Calgary Centre]]), [[Bruce Stanton]] ([[Simcoe North (federal electoral district)|Simcoe North]]), and [[Merv Tweed]] ([[Brandon—Souris]]). At the age of {{ayd|1979|5|20|2011|6|2}}, Scheer was the youngest Speaker in Canadian history.

On December 2, 2015, [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Geoff Regan]] was elected speaker by members of the [[42nd Canadian Parliament|42nd Parliament]] over fellow Liberal candidates [[Denis Paradis]], [[Yasmin Ratansi]] and Conservative [[Bruce Stanton]].<ref>{{cite news|title = Meet Geoff Regan, the new Speaker of the House of Commons|url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/speaker-house-geoff-regan-liberal-mp-1.3349744|website = www.cbc.ca|access-date = December 4, 2015}}</ref> He was the first speaker from Atlantic Canada or Nova Scotia in nearly a hundred years<ref>{{cite news|title = Geoff Regan elected House Speaker as 42nd Parliament opens|url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/parliament-opens-speaker-election-1.3348640|website = www.cbc.ca|access-date = December 4, 2015}}</ref> since [[Edgar Nelson Rhodes]] [[#List of Speakers of the House of Commons|in 1922]].

[[Anthony Rota]] was elected as 37th speaker on December 5, 2019, by winning a ranked ballot between himself, [[Joël Godin]], [[Carol Hughes (politician)|Carol Hughes]], [[Geoff Regan]] (the speaker during the previous Parliament), and [[Bruce Stanton]].<ref name="speaker">{{cite news |last1=Tunney |first1=Catharine |last2=Zimonjic |first2=Peter |last3=Harris |first3=Kathleen |title=Liberal MP Anthony Rota elected Speaker of the House of Commons |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/speaker-house-of-commons-rota-1.5384728 |access-date=16 December 2019 |publisher=CBC News |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> 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 [[minority government]] that had obtained from [[2019 Canadian federal election|the election that October 21]]. They did so by ranking Regan lower on the ranked ballot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/speech-from-the-throne-liberals-seek-common-ground-with-opposition-parties|title=Liberal MP Anthony Rota elected Speaker. You're welcome, Conservatives say|date=December 5, 2019|website=National Post|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.burnabynow.com/liberal-mp-anthony-rota-upsets-regan-to-become-speaker-in-minority-parliament-1.24028433|title=Liberal MP Anthony Rota upsets Regan to become Speaker in minority Parliament|date=December 5, 2019|website=Burnaby Now|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205222807/https://www.burnabynow.com/liberal-mp-anthony-rota-upsets-regan-to-become-speaker-in-minority-parliament-1.24028433|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Opposition speakers===
The speaker usually comes from among MPs of the governing party. But because they cannot vote unless their vote would break a tie and [[Speaker Denison's rule|by convention]] must vote to maintain the [[status quo]] (which includes voting confidence in the government), a minority government can slightly weaken the opposition's power by electing an opposition speaker.

Speakers have been elected from opposition parties during the 1926 tenure of [[Arthur Meighen]]'s Conservative ministry, the 1979 ministry of [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Joe Clark]], and [[Stephen Harper]]'s Conservative Ministry from 2006 to 2011. In the [[39th Canadian Parliament|39th Parliament]], opposition members [[Peter Milliken]], [[Diane Marleau]], and [[Marcel Proulx]] ran for speaker. In 1957, when [[John Diefenbaker]] took power with a minority Progressive Conservative government, he offered the speaker's chair to [[Stanley Knowles]] of the opposition [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] (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 served as interim speaker from September 28, 2023 to October 3, 2023 following the resignation of [[Anthony Rota]], was a member of the [[Bloc Québécois]].

==Impartiality==
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 [[Lucien Lamoureux]], the 27th holder, decided to follow the custom of the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|speaker of the British House of Commons]] and ran in the [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968 election]] as an [[independent politician|independent]]. 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 [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972 election]], 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.

==Tie-breaking votes==
On May 19, 2005, Speaker [[Peter Milliken]] was required to cast the tie-breaking vote during a confidence measure for the first time in Canadian history. Faced with the defeat of [[Paul Martin]]'s minority government, Milliken voted in favour of the [[2005 Canadian federal budget#Changes following the Liberal-NDP deal|NDP budget amendment]]. 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 [[Speaker Denison's rule]] practiced in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons]]. Thus, the speaker voted in favour of [[second reading]], "to allow the House time for further debate so that it can make its own decision at some future time."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Canadian Press|title=Speaker's vote breaks first no-confidence tie|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/speakers-vote-breaks-first-no-confidence-tie/article18227589/|website=theglobeandmail.com|publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc|access-date=November 3, 2015|date=May 20, 2005}}</ref> The bill would later pass third reading without the need for Milliken's vote.

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1147275.html |access-date=October 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015022914/http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1147275.html|title=3,178 days and counting |archive-date=October 15, 2009 }}</ref>

==Deputy speaker==
In addition to the speaker, a deputy speaker, also known as the '''Chair of Committees''' (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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/House/Speaker/deputy_speakers/index_e.html|title=The Speaker of the House of Commons|access-date=July 6, 2020}}</ref>

The deputy speaker of the [[45th Canadian Parliament]] (current) is [[Tom Kmiec]] (Conservative).<ref name=pco45>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/tom-kmiec(89136)|title=Tom Kmiec - Member of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada|website=www.ourcommons.ca}}</ref>

The Chair of Committees is vested by Subsection 43(1) of the [[Parliament of Canada Act]] 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."<ref name="hbs45">{{cite news |last1=Brassard |first1=John |title=44TH PARLIAMENT, 1ST SESSION EDITED HANSARD • No. 045 CONTENTS THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022 |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/house/sitting-45/hansard |agency=Hansard |publisher=Parliament of Canada |date=24 March 2022}}</ref>

==Retirement==
Most former speakers retire from Parliament after their tenure as speaker, sometimes after returning to the [[backbench]] for a period. Several have been appointed to diplomatic positions, summoned to the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]], or appointed to a vice-regal position such as [[lieutenant-governor]] of a province or, in two cases, [[Governor General of Canada|governor general of Canada]] ([[Roland Michener]] and [[Jeanne Sauvé]]). While several former Cabinet ministers have served as speaker or stood for the position, no former speakers have subsequently been appointed to Cabinet.

One former Speaker, [[Andrew Scheer]], has gone on to assume a [[front bench]] position in the House of Commons: Scheer became leader of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]] in [[2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election|2017]] and served as [[Leader of the Opposition (Canada)|Leader of the Opposition]] from 2017 to 2020.  Scheer later returned to the position of Opposition leader starting in 2025 when the Conservatives' ''de jure'' leader, [[Pierre Poilievre]], was left without a seat in the House of Commons.

==Interim speaker==

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 [[unanimous consent]] on September 26 to name [[Louis Plamondon]] of the [[Bloc Québécois]] as interim Speaker until the election. He was chosen as interim speaker by virtue of his status as [[Dean of the House (Canada)|Dean of the House]], 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.<ref name="AB">{{Cite news |last=Lévesque |first=Catherine |date=September 28, 2023 |title=A Bloc MP is about to be the shortest-lived Speaker of the House in Canadian history |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/bloc-mp-interim-speaker-for-five-days |access-date=May 31, 2025 |work=[[National Post]]}}</ref><ref name="BH">{{Cite Hansard|title=Business of the House|jurisdiction=Parliament of Canada|house=House of Commons|date=September 26, 2023|volume=151|url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/documentviewer/en/44-1/house/sitting-224/hansard#Int-12338038|page=17002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Marquis |first1=Mélanie |last2=Bellavance |first2=Joël-Denis |title=Ex-soldat nazi applaudi aux Communes: Le président Anthony Rota démissionne |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2023-09-26/ex-soldat-nazi-applaudi-aux-communes/le-president-anthony-rota-demissionne.php |access-date=September 28, 2023 |work=La Presse |date=September 26, 2023 |language=fr-CA}}</ref>

==Honorary Speaker==

On March 9, 2016 Liberal MP [[Mauril Bélanger]] served as honorary speaker for about an hour to honour his years of service.<ref name="ipolitics1">{{cite web|author=The Canadian Press Politics |url=https://ipolitics.ca/2016/03/08/mauril-belanger-to-take-speakers-chair-though-als-has-robbed-him-of-speech/ |title=Mauril Belanger to take Speaker's chair, though ALS has robbed him of speech |publisher=Ipolitics.ca |date=March 8, 2016 |access-date=July 8, 2017}}</ref> Speaker Regan resumed his duties for the remainder of the sitting of the House.

Bélanger had initially been considered a front runner to be speaker in the previous year, but had withdrawn due to his being diagnosed with [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]]. Bélanger died on August 15, 2016, five months after being named honorary speaker.<ref name="ipolitics1"/>

==Counterparts==
The speaker's counterpart in the [[Senate of Canada|upper house]] is the [[speaker of the Senate of Canada]]. Canadian provincial and territorial [[legislature]]s also have speakers with much the same roles. The position was preceded by the [[speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada]].

==List of speakers of the House of Commons==

'''Key:'''

{{legend|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|[[Liberal Party of Canada]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}|Historical conservative parties: [[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]], [[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservative]], [[Unionist Party (Canada)|Unionist]], [[National Liberal and Conservative Party|National Liberal and Conservative]], [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|[[Conservative Party of Canada]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|[[Bloc Québécois]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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|-
! rowspan="2" |No.
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" scope="col" width="200px" | Name<br><small>Electoral district<br>(Birth–Death)</small>
! colspan="2" scope="col" width="100px" | Term of office
! rowspan="2" width="80px" |Term length
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party
! rowspan="2" |Parliament
|-
!width="95px" |Term start
!width="95px" |Term end
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''1'''
| rowspan="2" |[[File:James_Cockburn.jpg|102x102px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[James Cockburn (Ontario politician)|'''James Cockburn''']]<br><small>MP for [[Northumberland West]]</small><br><small>(1818–1883)</small>
| rowspan="2" |November 6,<br>1867
| rowspan="2" |March 25,<br>1874
| rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1867|11|26|1874|3|5}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; |
| rowspan="2" |[[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservative]]
|[[1st Canadian Parliament|1st]]
|-
|[[2nd Canadian Parliament|2nd]]
|-
|'''2'''
|[[File:Honorable_Timothy_Warren_Anglin_BAnQ_Vieux-Montréal_06M_P750S1P105.tiff|118x118px]]
|'''[[Timothy Anglin]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Gloucester (federal electoral district)|Gloucester]]</small><br><small>(1822–1896)</small>
|March 26,<br>1874
|February 12,<br>1879
|{{ayd|1874|3|26|1879|2|12}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[3rd Canadian Parliament|3rd]]
|-
|'''3'''
|[[File:JosephGodricBlanchet23.jpg|80x80px]]
|'''[[Joseph-Goderic Blanchet]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Lévis (federal electoral district)|Lévis]]</small><br><small>(1829–1890)</small>
|February 13,<br>1879
|February 7,<br>1883
|{{ayd|1879|2|13|1883|2|7}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal-Conservative}}; |
|[[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]
|[[4th Canadian Parliament|4th]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''4'''
| rowspan="2" |[[File:GeorgeAireyKirkpatrick23.jpg|80x80px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[George Airey Kirkpatrick]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Frontenac (Ontario federal electoral district)|Frontenac]]</small><br><small>(1841–1899)</small>
| rowspan="2" |February 8,<br>1883
| rowspan="2" |July 12,<br>1887
| rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1883|2|8|1887|7|12}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; |
| rowspan="2" |[[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservative]]
|[[5th Canadian Parliament|5th]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[6th Canadian Parliament|6th]]
|-style="height:55px"
| rowspan="2" |'''5'''
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Joseph-Aldric_Ouimet.png|110x110px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Joseph-Aldric Ouimet]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Laval (federal electoral district)|Laval]]</small><br><small>(1848–1916)</small>
| rowspan="2" |July 13,<br>1887
| rowspan="2" |July 28,<br>1891
| rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1887|7|13|1891|7|28}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal-Conservative}}; |
| rowspan="2" |[[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[7th Canadian Parliament|7th]]
|-
|'''6'''
|[[File:PeterWhite23.jpg|80x80px]]
|[[Peter White (Canadian politician)|'''Peter White''']]<br><small>MP for [[Renfrew North (federal electoral district)|Renfrew North]]</small><br><small>(1838–1906)</small>
|July 29,<br>1891
|August 18,<br>1896
|{{ayd|1891|7|28|1896|8|18}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; |
|[[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservative]]
|-
|'''7'''
|[[File:James_David_Edgar.jpg|93x93px]]
|'''[[James David Edgar]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Ontario West]]</small><br><small>(1841–1899)</small>
|August 19,<br>1896
|July 31,<br>1899
|{{ayd|1896|8|19|1899|7|31}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| rowspan="2" |[[8th Canadian Parliament|8th]]
|-
|'''8'''
|[[File:Thomas_Bain.jpg|112x112px]]
|'''[[Thomas Bain]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Wentworth South (federal electoral district)|Wentworth South]]</small><br><small>(1834–1915)</small>
|August 1,<br>1899
|February 5,<br>1901
|{{ayd|1899|8|1|1901|2|5}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|-
|'''9'''
|[[File:Louis_Philippe_Brodeur.jpg|111x111px]]
|'''[[Louis-Philippe Brodeur]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Rouville (federal electoral district)|Rouville]]</small><br><small>(1862–1924)</small>
|February 6,<br>1901
|January 18,<br>1904
|{{ayd|1901|2|6|1904|1|18}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| rowspan="2" |[[9th Canadian Parliament|9th]]
|-
|'''10'''
|[[File:H.A._Belcourt_LCCN2014717892.jpg|108x108px]]
|'''[[Napoléon Belcourt]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Ottawa (City of) (electoral district)|Ottawa (City of)]]</small><br><small>(1860–1932)</small>
|March 10,<br>1904
|January 10,<br>1905
|{{ayd|1904|3|10|1905|1|10}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|-
|'''11'''
|[[File:RobertFranklinSutherland23.jpg|80x80px]]
|'''[[Robert Franklin Sutherland]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Essex North (federal electoral district)|Essex North]]</small><br><small>(1859–1922)</small>
|January 11,<br>1905
|January 19,<br>1909
|{{ayd|1905|1|11|1909|1|19}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[10th Canadian Parliament|10th]]
|-
|'''12'''
|[[File:Charles_Marcil.jpg|91x91px]]
|'''[[Charles Marcil]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Bonaventure (federal electoral district)|Bonaventure]]</small><br><small>(1860–1937)</small>
|January 20,<br>1909
|November 14,<br>1911
|{{ayd|1909|1|20|1911|11|14}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[11th Canadian Parliament|11th]]
|-
|'''13'''
|[[File:Thomas_Simpson_Sproule.jpg|94x94px]]
|'''[[Thomas Simpson Sproule]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Grey East (federal electoral district)|Grey East]]</small><br><small>(1843–1917)</small>
|November 15,<br>1911
|December 2,<br>1915
|{{ayd|1911|11|15|1915|12|2}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; |
|[[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservative]]
| rowspan="3" |[[12th Canadian Parliament|12th]]
|-
|'''14'''
|[[File:Albert_Sévigny.jpg|107x107px]]
|'''[[Albert Sévigny]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Dorchester (federal electoral district)|Dorchester]]</small><br><small>(1881–1961)</small>
|January 12,<br>1916
|January 7,<br>1917
|{{ayd|1916|1|12|1917|1|7}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; |
|[[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservative]]
|-style="height:54px"
| rowspan="2" |'''15'''
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Edgar_Nelson_Rhodes_(cropped).jpg|107x107px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Edgar Nelson Rhodes]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Cumberland (federal electoral district)|Cumberland]]</small><br><small>(1877–1942)</small>
| rowspan="2" |January 18,<br>1917
| rowspan="2" |March 5,<br>1922
| rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1917|1|18|1922|3|5}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; |
| rowspan="2" |[[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservative]]
|-
|[[13th Canadian Parliament|13th]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''16'''
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Rodolphe_Lemieux.jpg|101x101px]]
| rowspan="3" |'''[[Rodolphe Lemieux]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Gaspé (federal electoral district)|Gaspé]]</small><br><small>(1866–1937)</small>
| rowspan="3" |March 8,<br>1922
| rowspan="3" |June 2,<br>1930
| rowspan="3" |{{ayd|1922|3|8|1930|6|2}}
| rowspan="3" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
| rowspan="3" |[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[14th Canadian Parliament|14th]]
|-
|[[15th Canadian Parliament|15th]]
|-
|[[16th Canadian Parliament|16th]]
|-
|'''17'''
|[[File:George_Black,_Commissioner_of_the_Yukon.jpg|105x105px]]
|[[George Black (Canadian politician)|'''George Black''']]<br><small>MP for [[Yukon (electoral district)|Yukon]]</small><br><small>(1873–1965)</small>
|September 8,<br>1930
|January 16,<br>1935
|{{ayd|1930|9|8|1935|1|16}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; |
|[[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservative]]
| rowspan="2" |[[17th Canadian Parliament|17th]]
|-
|'''18'''
|
|'''[[James Langstaff Bowman]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette|Dauphin]]</small><br><small>(1879–1951)</small>
|January 17,<br>1935
|February 5,<br>1936
|{{ayd|1935|1|17|1936|2|5}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; |
|[[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservative]]
|-
|'''19'''
|[[File:Pierre-François_Casgrain.png|123x123px]]
|'''[[Pierre-François Casgrain]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Charlevoix—Saguenay (federal electoral district)|Charlevoix—Saguenay]]</small><br><small>(1886–1950)</small>
|February 6,<br>1936
|May 10,<br>1940
|{{ayd|1936|2|6|1940|5|10}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[18th Canadian Parliament|18th]]
|-
|'''20'''
|[[File:James_Allison_Glen.jpg|103x103px]]
|'''[[James Allison Glen]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Marquette (federal electoral district)|Marquette]]</small><br><small>(1877–1950)</small>
|May 16,<br>1940
|September 5,<br>1945
|{{ayd|1940|5|16|1945|9|5}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[19th Canadian Parliament|19th]]
|-
|'''21'''
|
|'''[[Gaspard Fauteux]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Sainte-Marie (federal electoral district)|St. Mary]]</small><br><small>(1898–1963)</small>
|September 6,<br>1945
|September 14,<br>1949
|{{ayd|1945|9|6|1949|11|14}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[20th Canadian Parliament|20th]]
|-
|'''22'''
|[[File:William_Ross_Macdonald.jpg|118x118px]]
|'''[[William Ross Macdonald]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Brantford (federal electoral district)|Brantford]]</small><br><small>(1891–1976)</small>
|September 15,<br>1949
|June 11,<br>1953
|{{ayd|1949|9|15|1953|6|11}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[21st Canadian Parliament|21st]]
|-
|'''23'''
|
|'''[[Louis-René Beaudoin]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Vaudreuil—Soulanges (federal electoral district)|Vaudreuil—Soulanges]]</small><br><small>(1912–1970)</small>
|November 12,<br>1953
|October 13,<br>1957
|{{ayd|1953|11|12|1957|10|13}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[22nd Canadian Parliament|22nd]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''24'''
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Governor_General_Roland_Michener_at_Alma_College_graduation_ceremonies_1972_(crop).jpg|96x96px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Roland Michener]]'''<br><small>MP for [[St. Paul's (electoral district)|St. Paul's]]</small><br><small>(1900–1991)</small>
| rowspan="2" |October 14,<br>1957
| rowspan="2" |September 26,<br>1962
| rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1957|10|14|1962|9|26}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Progressive Conservative}}; |
| rowspan="2" |[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[23rd Canadian Parliament|23rd]]
|-
|[[24th Canadian Parliament|24th]]
|-
|'''25'''
|
|'''[[Marcel Lambert]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Edmonton West]]</small><br><small>(1919–2000)</small>
|September 27,<br>1962
|May 15,<br>1963
|{{ayd|1962|9|27|1963|5|15}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Progressive Conservative}}; |
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[25th Canadian Parliament|25th]]
|-
|'''26'''
|
|'''[[Alan Macnaughton]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Mount Royal (electoral district)|Mount Royal]]</small><br><small>(1903–1999)</small>
|May 16,<br>1963
|January 17,<br>1966
|{{ayd|1963|5|16|1966|1|17}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[26th Canadian Parliament|26th]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''27'''
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Lucien_Lamoureux.jpg|120x120px]]
| rowspan="3" |'''[[Lucien Lamoureux]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry (federal electoral district)|Stormont—Dundas]]</small><br><small>(1920–1998)</small>
| rowspan="3" |January 18,<br>1966
| rowspan="3" |September 29,<br>1974
| rowspan="3" |{{ayd|1966|1|19|1974|9|29}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[27th Canadian Parliament|27th]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; |
| rowspan="2" |Independent
|[[28th Canadian Parliament|28th]]
|-
|[[29th Canadian Parliament|29th]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''28'''
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |'''[[James Jerome]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Sudbury (federal electoral district)|Sudbury]]</small><br><small>(1933–2005)</small>
| rowspan="2" |September 30,<br>1974
| rowspan="2" |December 14,<br>1979
| rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1974|9|30|1979|12|14}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
| rowspan="2" |[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[30th Canadian Parliament|30th]]
|-
|[[31st Canadian Parliament|31st]]
|-
|'''29'''
|[[File:Jeanne_Sauvé_1984_Ottawa_Canada_(crop).jpg|96x96px]]
|'''[[Jeanne Sauvé]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Laval Centre|Laval-des-Rapides]]</small><br><small>(1922–1993)</small>
|April 14,<br>1980
|January 15,<br>1984
|{{ayd|1980|4|14|1984|1|15}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| rowspan="2" |[[32nd Canadian Parliament|32nd]]
|-
|'''30'''
|
|'''[[Lloyd Francis]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Ottawa West]]</small><br><small>(1920–2007)</small>
|January 16,<br>1984
|November 4,<br>1984
|{{ayd|1984|1|16|1984|11|4}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|-
|'''31'''
|[[File:John_Bosley_-_2017_(38244233971)_(cropped).jpg|98x98px]]
|[[John Bosley (politician)|'''John Bosley''']]<br><small>MP for [[Don Valley West (federal electoral district)|Don Valley West]]</small><br><small>(1947–2022)</small>
|November 5,<br>1984
|September 29,<br>1986
|{{ayd|1984|11|5|1986|9|29}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Progressive Conservative}}; |
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
| rowspan="2" |[[33rd Canadian Parliament|33rd]]
|-style="height:30px"
| rowspan="2" |'''32'''
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |'''[[John Allen Fraser]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Vancouver South (federal electoral district)|Vancouver South]]</small><br><small>(1931–2024)</small>
| rowspan="2" |September 30,<br>1986
| rowspan="2" |January 16,<br>1994
| rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1986|9|30|1994|1|16}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Progressive Conservative}}; |
| rowspan="2" |[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
|-
|[[34th Canadian Parliament|34th]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''33'''
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Gilbert_Parent.jpg|96x96px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Gilbert Parent]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold]] (until 1997)<br>MP for [[Niagara Centre]] (from 1997)</small><br><small>(1935–2009)</small>
| rowspan="2" |January 17,<br>1994
| rowspan="2" |January 28,<br>2001
| rowspan="2" |{{ayd|1994|1|17|2001|1|28}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
| rowspan="2" |[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[35th Canadian Parliament|35th]]
|-
|[[36th Canadian Parliament|36th]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |'''34'''
| rowspan="4" |[[File:Chopin_at_the_Embassy_of_Poland_(05)_cropped.jpg|114x114px]]
| rowspan="4" |'''[[Peter Milliken]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Kingston and the Islands (federal electoral district)|Kingston and the Islands]]</small><br><small>(born 1946)</small>
| rowspan="4" |January 29,<br>2001
| rowspan="4" |June 2,<br>2011
| rowspan="4" |{{ayd|2001|1|29|2011|6|2}}
| rowspan="4" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
| rowspan="4" |[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[37th Canadian Parliament|37th]]
|-
|[[38th Canadian Parliament|38th]]
|-
|[[39th Canadian Parliament|39th]]
|-
|[[40th Canadian Parliament|40th]]
|-
|'''35'''
|[[File:Andrew_Scheer_2019_(3x4_cropped).jpg|107x107px]]
|'''[[Andrew Scheer]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Regina—Qu'Appelle]]</small><br><small>(born 1979)</small>
|June 2,<br>2011
|December 2,<br>2015
|{{ayd|2011|6|2|2015|12|2}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; |
|[[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
|[[41st Canadian Parliament|41st]]
|-
|'''36'''
|[[File:Geoff_Regan_MP.jpg|101x101px]]
|'''[[Geoff Regan]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Halifax West]]</small><br><small>(born 1959)</small>
|December 3,<br>2015
|December 5,<br>2019
|{{ayd|2015|12|3|2019|12|5}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[42nd Canadian Parliament|42nd]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''37'''
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Anthony_Rota_-_2023_P060471-316758_(cropped).jpg|120x120px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Anthony Rota]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Nipissing—Timiskaming]]</small><br><small>(born 1961)</small>
| rowspan="2" |December 5,<br>2019
| rowspan="2" |September 27,<br>2023
| rowspan="2" |{{ayd|2019|12|5|2023|9|27}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
| rowspan="2" |[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[43rd Canadian Parliament|43rd]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[44th Canadian Parliament|44th]]
|-
|''' 38 (interim)'''{{Efn|Plamondon, the [[Dean of the House|Dean of the House (Canada)]], was selected by unanimous motion as acting Speaker after Rota's unprecedented resignation in the middle of the parliamentary session because of the [[Yaroslav Hunka scandal]]. Plamondon's short tenure allowed Parliamentary business to continue until a new Speaker was elected.<ref name="AB" /><ref name="BH" />}}
|
|'''[[Louis Plamondon]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel]]</small><br><small>(born 1943)</small>
|September 27,<br>2023
|October 3,<br>2023
|{{ayd|2023|9|27|2023|10|3}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; |
|[[Bloc Québécois]]
|-
|'''39'''
|[[File:Greg Fergus in 2024.jpg|107x107px]]
|'''[[Greg Fergus]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Hull—Aylmer]]</small><br><small>(born 1969)</small>
|[[2023 Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada election|October 3,<br>2023]]
|May 26, 2025
|{{ayd|2023|10|3|2025|05|26}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|-
|'''40'''
|[[File:Francis Scarpaleggia (52830462525) (cropped).jpg|107x107px]]
|'''[[Francis Scarpaleggia]]'''<br><small>MP for [[Lac-Saint-Louis]]</small><br><small>(born 1957)</small>
|May 26,<br>2025
|Incumbent
|{{ayd|2025|05|26}}
|style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; |
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[45th Canadian Parliament|45th]]
|}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name=TorSun2018-12-16>
{{cite news
| url         = https://torontosun.com/news/national/speaker-geoff-regan-opens-door-to-secret-apartment-in-parliament/wcm/421da828-ee47-4228-9266-cdd1384f09ee
| title       = Speaker Geoff Regan opens door to secret apartment in Parliament
| newspaper        = [[Toronto Sun]]
| date        = December 16, 2018
| access-date  = December 16, 2018
| quote       = One of the best-kept secrets inside the main building on Parliament Hill — known as Centre Block — is what’s inside room 202N.  <!--
Major renovations are about to begin on Centre Block, and just before the storied building is shut for at least the next 10 years, the Speaker has decided to take out his key and shed some light on the mystery.
Speaker Geoff Regan says he passed by the door hundreds of times without knowing what was on the other side.
“Let’s find out,” Regan said during a recent tour.
The door opened to a sparsely furnished, minuscule room. Another room beside it is just as cramped. -->
}}
</ref>

<ref name=Ottawa2011-03-25>{{cite news
 |url          = https://ottawamagazine.com/people-and-places/society/farewell-peter-milliken/
 |title        = Farewell to Peter Milliken
 |work         = [[Ottawa magazine]]
 |date         = March 25, 2011
 |access-date  = December 16, 2018
 |quote        = There are benefits for the 61-year-old bachelor to being Speaker: he has a small apartment just down the hall from his spacious offices and a grand official residence in Gatineau Park (the Farm), across the Ottawa River in Quebec.
 |archive-date = December 17, 2018
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20181217154718/https://ottawamagazine.com/people-and-places/society/farewell-peter-milliken/
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name=Huff2015-11-27>
{{cite news
| url         = https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/11/27/andrew-scheer-speaker-house-commons_n_8665202.html
| title       = Andrew Scheer, Outgoing House Speaker, Reflects On Pressures, Perks Of Coveted Job
| work        = [[Huffington Post]]
| author      = Althia Raj
| author-link      = Althia Raj
| date        = November 27, 2015
| access-date  = December 16, 2018
| quote       = He or she is responsible for the administration of the Commons, the staff, the precinct's security, printing and postal services, and providing MPs funds and resources to do their job — an office that comes with an approximately $414 million budget.
}}
</ref>

<ref name=CPressYoutube>
{{cite news
| url         = https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=67&v=Y_3Z0U6XdBo
| title       = Take a look at the Speakers secret Parliament apartment...
| work        = [[YouTube]]
| author      = Melanie Marquis, Ben Singer
| date        = December 16, 2018
| access-date  = December 16, 2018
}}
</ref>

<ref name=PeterMilikenYoutube>
{{cite news
| url         = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TETZ6bYG5Hc
| title       = Peter Miliken Speaker Of The House Canada Parliament Ottawa Brent Holland Show
| work        = [[YouTube]]
| author      = Brent Holland
| date        = October 17, 2014
| access-date  = December 16, 2018
}}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040115222624/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/SP-BL/hoc-cdc/sp_hoc-e.htm Parliamentary Library of Canada] - contains biographies of all of Canada's speakers and information on the historical development and current role of the position.

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