2023 Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada election information
2023 Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada election
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October 3, 2023
Majority party
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Candidate
Greg Fergus
Sean Casey
Chris d'Entremont
Party
Liberal
Liberal
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Constituency
Hull—Aylmer
Charlottetown
West Nova
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Carol Hughes
Elizabeth May
Alexandra Mendès
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Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Saanich—Gulf Islands
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Seventh party
Candidate
Peter Schiefke
Party
Liberal
Constituency
Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Speaker before election
Anthony Rota
Liberal
Elected Speaker
Greg Fergus
Liberal
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The 2023 election for Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada took place on October 3, 2023, to elect the 38th speaker of the House of Commons, following the resignation of Speaker Anthony Rota. This was held during the 44th Canadian Parliament.
On September 22, 2023, Speaker Rota invited a former member of the Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary organization, to attend an address from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, triggering his resignation as speaker. Yaroslav Hunka, who fought with the Waffen-SS during World War II was honoured by Rota and received a standing ovation from attendees. Rota apologized for the oversight and announced he would step down on September 26, resigning as speaker the following day.[1]
Greg Fergus, the member of Parliament (MP) for Hull—Aylmer was elected speaker in the election. He is the first person of colour to be elected as speaker,[2] and is the third speaker to be elected during a session of Parliament, joining Thomas Bain and Lloyd Francis.[3]
^"Anthony Rota resigns as Speaker after honouring Ukrainian veteran who fought with Nazi unit". September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
^"CP NewsAlert: House of Commons elects Greg Fergus as next Speaker". Toronto Star. October 3, 2023. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^Bosc, Marc; Gagnon, André (December 14, 2017). "Chapter 7: The Speaker and Other Presiding Officers of the House". House of Commons Procedure and Practice (3rd ed.). Éditions Yvon Blais. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
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