Officers and Officials of Parliament

Officers and Officials of Parliament Political Officers - House of Commons - Deputy Speakers and Chairs of Committees of the Whole
1885 to Date

The position of Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole was created through amendments to the Standing Orders adopted on February 10, 1885, and through the adoption of legislation which was assented to on May 1, 1885. The Statute was entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment of a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons” (S.C. 1885, c.1). The Standing Orders require the House to elect, from among its Members, a Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole at the commencement of every Parliament. The same person performs the duties of both offices and must have full and practical knowledge of the official language which is not that of the current Speaker. The Deputy Speaker is vested with all the powers of the Speaker when the latter is absent from the House, presides over the proceedings of the House, and is responsible for chairing Committees of the Whole House.
(Source: House of Commons Procedure and Practice. Edited by Robert Marleau and Camille Montpetit. 2000 Edition.)

Name	Political Affiliation during Tenure	Term (year)
Comartin, Joe	New Democratic Party	2012 -
Savoie, Denise	New Democratic Party	2011 - 2012
Scheer, Andrew	Conservative	2008 - 2011
Blaikie, William Alexander (Bill) First new democrat to hold this position.	New Democratic Party	2006 - 2008
Strahl, Charles (Chuck)	Conservative	2004 - 2006
Kilger, Robert (Bob)	Liberal	2001 - 2004
Milliken, Peter Andrew Stewart	Liberal	1997 - 2000
Kilgour, David	Liberal	1994 - 1997
Champagne, Andrée	Progressive Conservative	1990 - 1993
Danis, Marcel	Progressive Conservative	1984 - 1990
Corbin, Eymard G.	Liberal	1984 - 1984
Francis, Cyril Lloyd	Liberal	1980 - 1984
Laniel, Gérald	Liberal	1974 - 1979
McCleave, Robert Jardine	Progressive Conservative	1973 - 1974
Honey, Russell Clayton	Liberal	1970 - 1972
Faulkner, James Hugh	Liberal	1968 - 1970
Batten, Herman Maxwell	Liberal	1966 - 1968
Lamoureux, Lucien	Liberal	1963 - 1965
Chown, Gordon Campbell	Progressive Conservative	1962 - 1963
Martineau, Paul Raymond	Progressive Conservative	1962 - 1962
Flynn, Jacques	Progressive Conservative	1960 - 1961
Sévigny, Joseph Pierre Albert	Progressive Conservative	1958 - 1959
Courtemanche, Henri	Independent Progressive Conservative	1957 - 1958
Robinson, William Alfred	Liberal	1953 - 1957
Beaudoin, Louis-René	Liberal	1952 - 1953
Dion, Joseph-Alfred	Liberal	1949 - 1952
Macdonald, William Ross	Liberal	1945 - 1949
Bradette, Joseph-Arthur	Liberal	1943 - 1945
Vien, Thomas	Liberal	1940 - 1942
Sanderson, Frederick George	Liberal	1936 - 1940
Morand, Raymond Ducharme	Conservative (1867-1942)	1935 - 1935
La Vergne, Armand Renaud	Conservative (1867-1942)	1930 - 1935
Johnston, John Frederick	Liberal	1926 - 1930
Duff, William	Liberal	1926 - 1926
Gordon, George Newcombe	Liberal	1922 - 1925
Boivin, Georges Henri	Laurier Liberal	1918 - 1921
Rainville, Joseph Hormisdas	Conservative (1867-1942)	1917 - 1917
Rhodes, Edgar Nelson	Conservative (1867-1942)	1916 - 1917
Sévigny, Albert	Conservative (1867-1942)	1915 - 1916
Blondin, Pierre Édouard	Conservative (1867-1942)	1911 - 1914
McIntyre, Gilbert Howard	Liberal	1909 - 1911
Marcil, Charles	Liberal	1905 - 1908
Macdonald, Peter	Liberal	1901 - 1904
Brodeur, Louis-Philippe	Liberal	1896 - 1900
Bergeron, Joseph Gédéon Horace	Conservative (1867-1942)	1891 - 1896
Wood, John Fisher	Liberal-Conservative	1890 - 1891
Colby, Charles Carroll	Liberal-Conservative	1887 - 1889
Daly, Malachy Bowes	Liberal-Conservative	1885 - 1887

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