Introductory Pages

List of Abbreviations

References to certain procedural authorities and other frequently cited sources are abbreviated in the notes as follow:

Beauchesne

Beauchesne, A., Rules and Forms of the House of Commons of Canada, 1^st ed., Toronto: Canada Law Book Company, 1922; 2^nd ed., 1927; 3^rd ed., 1943; 4^th ed., Toronto: Carswell, 1958.

Beauchesne, A., Beauchesne’s Rules and Forms of the House of Commons of Canada, 5^th ed., edited by A. Fraser, G.A. Birch and W.F. Dawson, Toronto: Carswell, 1978; 6^th ed., edited by A. Fraser, W.F. Dawson, and J.A. Holtby, 1989.

Bourinot

Bourinot, J.G., Parliamentary Procedure and Practice in the Dominion of Canada, South Hackensack: Rothman Reprints Inc., 1971 (reprint of 1^st ed., 1884); 2^nd ed., Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1892; 3^rd ed., edited by T.B. Flint, Toronto: Canada Law Book Company, 1903; 4^th ed., edited by T.B. Flint, 1916.

Dawson

Dawson, W.F., Procedure in the Canadian House of Commons, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962.

Dawson’s The Government
of Canada

Dawson, R.M., Dawson’s The Government of Canada, 6^th ed., edited by N. Ward, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987.

Debates

Canada, Parliament, House of Commons, House of Commons Debates: Official Report.

Franks

Franks, C.E.S., The Parliament of Canada, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987.

Fraser

Fraser, J.A., The House of Commons at Work, Montreal: Les Éditions de la Chenelière inc., 1993.

Griffith and Ryle

Griffith, J.A.G., and M. Ryle, Parliament: Functions, Practice and Procedure, London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1989.

Hatsell

Hatsell, J., Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, 4 vols., South Hackensack: Rothman Reprints Inc., 1971 (reprint of 4^th ed., 1818).

Hogg

Hogg, P. W., Constitutional Law of Canada, 4^th ed., Toronto: Carswell, 1997.

House of Representatives
Practice

House of Representatives Practice, 1^st ed., edited by J.A. Pettifer, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1981; 2^nd ed., edited by A.R. Browning, 1989; 3^rd ed., edited by L.M. Barlin, 1997.

Jackson and Jackson

Jackson, R. J., and D. Jackson, Politics in Canada: Culture, Institutions, Behaviour and Public Policy, 4^th ed., Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Allyn and Bacon Canada, 1998.

Jerome

Jerome, J., Mr. Speaker, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1985.

Journals

Canada, Parliament, House of Commons, Journals of the House of Commons.

Kaul and Shakdher

Kaul, M.N., and S.L. Shakdher, Practice and Procedure of Parliament (with particular reference to Lok Sabha), 4^th ed., edited by S.C. Kashyap, New Delhi: Metropolitan, 1991, reprinted 1995.

Laundy

Laundy, P., The Office of Speaker in Parliaments of the Commonwealth, London: Quiller, 1984.

Maingot

Maingot, J.P. Joseph, Parliamentary Privilege in Canada, 1^st ed., Toronto: Butterworths, 1982; 2^nd ed., House of Commons and McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1997.

May

May, T.E., Erskine May’s Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament, South Hackensack: Rothman Reprints Inc., 1971 (reprint of 1^st ed., 1844); 2^nd ed., 1851; 3^rd ed., 1855; 4^th ed., 1859; 5^th ed., London: Butterworths, 1863; 6^th ed., 1868; 7^th ed., 1873; 8^th ed., 1879; 9^th ed., 1883. Beginning with the 10^th edition, it has been edited by officers of the United Kingdom House of Commons: 10^th ed., 1893; 11^th ed., 1906; 12^th ed., 1917; 13^th ed., 1924; 14^th ed., 1946; 15^th ed., 1950; 16^th ed., 1957; 17^th ed., 1964; 18^th ed., 1971; 19^th ed., 1976; 20^th ed., 1983; 21^st ed., 1989; 22^nd ed., 1997.

McGee

McGee, D., Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand, 1st ed., Wellington: Government Printer, 1985; 2^nd ed., GP Publications, 1994.

McMenemy

McMenemy, J., The Language of Canadian Politics: A Guide to Important Terms and Concepts, rev. ed., Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1995.

O’Brien

O’Brien, G., “Pre-Confederation Parliamentary Procedure: The Evolution of Legislative Practice in the Lower Houses of Central Canada 1792-1866”, Ph.D. dissertation, Carleton University, 1988.

Odgers

Odgers, J.R., Australian Senate Practice, 1^st ed., Canberra: 1953; 2^nd ed., 1959; 3^rd ed., 1967; 4^th ed., 1972; 5^th ed., 1976; 6^th ed., 1991. Beginning with the 7^th edition, it has been edited by H. Evans: 7^th ed., 1995; 8^th ed., Australian Government Publishing Service, 1997.

Redlich

Redlich, J., The Procedure of the House of Commons, 3 vols., translated by A. Steinhal, New York: AMS Press, 1969 (reprint of 1908 edition).

R.S.C.

Canada, Revised Statutes of Canada, Ottawa, 1985.

S.C.

Canada, Statutes of Canada, Ottawa.

Stewart

Stewart, J.B., The Canadian House of Commons: Procedure and Reform, Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1977.

Wilding and Laundy

Wilding, N., and P. Laundy, Encyclopaedia of Parliament, 4^th ed., London: Cassell, 1972.