Who is the speaker of the house in canada?

Question

I need to know who is the speaker of the house in the house of commons

I need to know who is the speaker of the house in canada and I need to know some info about.

Answer 1

Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken...

Answer 2

On January 29, 2001, my colleagues in the House of Commons elected me to be their Speaker, the 34th person to hold the office in Canada. Having already served as a Member of Parliament for 13 years, I was honoured to be chosen for such an important and challenging role. In June 2004, I was re-elected Member for Kingston and the Islands, and on October 4th, acclaimed Speaker of the House of Commons. In February 2006, I had the honour of once again being re-elected as Member of Parliament and on April 3rd, 2006 I was chosen to be the Speaker for the 39th Parliament.

The Speakership is rooted in history, stretching back hundreds of years in Great Britain. In Canada today, the Speaker maintains order in Chamber proceedings and protects the rights and privileges of the House.

In a place where important decisions are made by people who hold strong opinions and are themselves charged with representing the interests of those who elected them, my job is not always an easy one. However, it is a role I respect and cherish and am proud to play.

This Website answers questions most asked of me about the role. In so doing, it also offers key insights into the work of the House of Commons and of Parliament.


Peter Milliken, M.P.
Kingston and the Islands

Answer 3

Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken, Liberal Party

His title is Speaker of the house of commons

Answer 4

Peter Milliken, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons

In Canada the Speaker of the House of Commons (French: Président de la Chambre des communes) is the presiding officer of the lower house and is elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow MPs. The Speaker's role in Canada is similar to that of Speakers elsewhere in other countries that use the Westminster system (see Speaker of the House of Commons). The current Speaker is Ontario Liberal MP Peter Milliken. The longest-serving occupant of the office was Lucien Lamoureux who served for eight years, nine months and eleven days.

The Speaker usually comes from among MPs of the governing party. However, when there has been a minority government Speakers have occasionally been members of opposition parties such as during the 1926 tenure of Arthur Meighen's Conservative ministry, during the 1979 ministry of Progressive Conservative Joe Clark, or the present 39th Parliament of Conservative Stephen Harper when, in each case, the Speaker was a Liberal MP. Because the speaker is not able to vote, the minority government can slightly weaken the opposition's power this way. In 1957, when John George 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 NDP), who declined the appointment.

The Job
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 and the Crown. The Speaker of the House of Commons receives a salary of about $209,000 CAD and has use of the official residence, the Kingsmere estate outside Gatineau, Quebec, across the river from Ottawa.


[edit] Election
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.

All MPs except for Cabinet ministers and party leaders are eligible to run for the Speakership. Any MP who does not wish to put his or her 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.

The election is presided over by the Dean of the House, currently Bill Blaikie, who is the longest continuously serving MP who is not in Cabinet.

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.

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 he or she is "dragged" to the chair in a practice dating from the days when British Speakers risked execution if the news they reported to the King was displeasing.

There were three candidates for the position at the beginning of the current parliament, Milliken who was seeking re-election and Liberal MPs Marcel Proulx and Diane Marleau[1]. Milliken won on the first ballot.


[edit] Deputy Speaker
In addition to the Speaker, Deputy Speakers are nominated to act on behalf of the Speaker when he or she is unavailable. From the Speaker of the House of Commons website:

The primary roles of the Deputy Speaker and the other Presiding Officers are to support the Speaker in the Chamber in presiding over the business of the House, to take the Chair when the House sits as a Committee of the Whole and, on occasion, to chair legislative committees. In addition, the Deputy Speaker has certain administrative responsibilities. The Deputy Speaker usually serves on the Board of Internal Economy and is a member of the Executive Committee. When the House forms itself into a Committee of the Whole, it is the duty of the Chairman of Committees of the Whole to take the Chair.
The Deputy Speaker in the 39th Parliament is Bill Blaikie (NDP), and the other two presiding officers are Royal Galipeau (Conservative) and Andrew Scheer (Conservative).

The Deputy Speaker is named for the duration of a parliament, while the other presiding officers are named for the duration of a session only.