Appendix 5: Assistant Deputy Speakers and Assistant Deputy Chairs of Committees of the Whole Since 1967*

On April 26, 1967, the Standing Orders of the House of Commons were amended to provide for the appointment of an Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole. The tenure of this office is for a single session rather than for a Parliament. Whenever the Chair of Committees of the Whole or the Deputy Chair is absent, the Assistant Deputy Chair is entitled to exercise all the powers vested in the Chair of Committees of the Whole, including the powers as Deputy Speaker.

Assistant Deputy Speaker and Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole House (Party) Date(s) of Appointment Parliament(s) (Years)
1. Paul Tardif (Liberal)
June 22, 1967
2nd Session, 27th Parliament (1967–68)
2. Prosper Boulanger1 (Liberal)
September 30, 1971
February 17, 1972
January 4, 1973
February 27, 1974
3rd Session, 28th Parliament (1971–72)
4th Session, 28th Parliament (1972)
1st Session, 29th Parliament (1973–74)
2nd Session, 29th Parliament (1974)
3. Albanie Morin2 (Liberal)
September 30, 1974
1st Session, 30th Parliament (1974–76)
4. Denis Ethier3 (Liberal)
October 12, 1976
October 18, 1977
October 11, 1978
2nd Session, 30th Parliament (1976–77)
3rd Session, 30th Parliament (1977–78)
4th Session, 30th Parliament (1978–79)
5. William C. Scott (Progressive Conservative)
October 9, 1979
31st Parliament (1979)
6. Rod Blaker4 (Liberal)
April 14, 1980
1st Session, 32nd Parliament (1980–82)
7. Eymard Corbin5 (Liberal)
July 27, 1982
December 7, 1983
1st Session, 32nd Parliament (1982–83)
2nd Session, 32nd Parliament (1983–84)
8. Jacques Guilbault (Liberal)
January 16, 1984
2nd Session, 32nd Parliament (1984)
9. Jean Charest6 (Progressive Conservative)
November 5, 1984
1st Session, 33rd Parliament (1984–86)
10. Andrée Champagne7(Progressive Conservative)
October 1, 1986
December 12, 1988
April 3, 1989
2nd Session, 33rd Parliament (1986–88)
1st Session, 34th Parliament (1988–89)
2nd Session, 34th Parliament (1989–90)
11. Denis Pronovost8 (Progressive Conservative)
May 15, 1990
2nd Session, 34th Parliament (1990)
12. Charles DeBlois9 (Progressive Conservative)
October 2, 1990
May 13, 1991
2nd Session, 34th Parliament (1990–91)
3rd Session, 34th Parliament (1991–93)
13. Robert (Bob) Kilger (Liberal)
January 18, 1994
1st Session, 35th Parliament (1994–96)
14. Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais10(Liberal)
February 28, 1996
2nd Session, 35th Parliament (1996–97)
15. Yolande Thibeault (Liberal)
September 23, 1997
October 12, 1999
1st Session, 36th Parliament (1997–99)
2nd Session, 36th Parliament (1999–2000)
16. Eleni Bakopanos (Liberal)
January 30, 2001
September 30, 2002
1st Session, 37th Parliament (2001–02)
2nd Session, 37th Parliament (2002–03)
17. Betty Hinton (Conservative)
February 2, 2004
3rd Session, 37th Parliament (2004)
18. Jean Augustine11(Liberal)
October 7, 2004
38th Parliament (2004–05)
19. Andrew Scheer (Conservative)
April 5, 2006
October 18, 2007
1st Session, 39th Parliament (2006–07)
2nd Session, 39th Parliament (2007–08)
20. Barry Devolin (Conservative)
November 21, 2008
January 26, 2009
March 3, 2010
1st Session, 40th Parliament (2008)
2nd Session, 40th Parliament (2009)
3rd Session, 40th Parliament (2010–11)
21. Bruce Stanton12(Conservative)
June 6, 2011
October 16, 2013
1st Session, 41st Parliament (2011–13)
2nd Session, 41st Parliament (2013–15)
22. Anthony Rota (Liberal)
December 9, 2015
1st Session, 42nd Parliament (2015– )

* Effective March 2003, the term “Chair” replaced the term “Chairman” in the Standing Orders of the House of Commons and, effective at the beginning of the 42nd Parliament, the term “Assistant Deputy Speaker and Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole” replaced the term “Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole”.