House of Commons Procedure and Practice

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House of Commons Procedure and Practice - Assistant Deputy Chairs of Committees of the Whole House Since 1967 - Appendix 5. Assistant Deputy Chairs of Committees of the Whole Houses Since 1967

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Appendix 5

Assistant Deputy Chairs of Committees of the
Whole House Since 1967*

On April 26, 1967, the Standing Orders of the House 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. Mr. Paul Tardif was the first such appointee. No Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole was appointed during the First and Second Sessions of the Twenty-Eighth Parliament.

 

 

Assistant Deputy Chair

(Party)

Date of Appointment

Parliament (Years)

1.

Paul Tardif

(Liberal)

June 22, 1967

2nd Session, 27th Parliament (1967-68)

2.

Prosper Boulanger

(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 Morin[1] 

(Liberal)

September 30, 1974

1st Session, 30th Parliament (1974-76)

4.

Denis Ethier[2]

(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 Blaker[3]

(Liberal)

April 14, 1980

1st Session, 32nd Parliament (1980-82)

7.

Eymard Corbin[4]

(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 Charest[5]

(Progressive Conservative)

November 5, 1984

1st Session, 33rd Parliament (1984-86)

10.

Andrée Champagne[6]

(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 Pronovost[7]

(Progressive Conservative)

May 15, 1990

2nd Session, 34th Parliament (1990)

12.

Charles DeBlois[8]

(Progressive Conservative)

October 2, 1990

May 13, 1991

2nd Session, 34th Parliament (1990-91)

3rd Session, 34th Parliament (1991-93)

13.

Robert Kilger

(Liberal)

January 18, 1994

1st Session, 35th Parliament (1994-96)

14.

Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais[9]

(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 Augustine[10]

(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

1st Session, 40th Parliament (2008)

 

 



* Effective March 2003, the term “Chair” replaced the term “Chairman” in the Standing Orders of the House of Commons.

[1] Albanie Morin died on September 30, 1976. She was the first woman in Canadian history to officially occupy the Chair of the House of Commons.

[2] Denis Ethier was selected as Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole on April 14, 1980.      

[3] Rod Blaker was selected as Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole on July 27, 1982.

[4] Eymard Corbin was appointed Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole on January 16, 1984.

[5] Jean Charest was appointed Minister of State (Youth) on June 30, 1986.

[6] Andrée Champagne was appointed Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole on May 15, 1990.

[7] Denis Pronovost resigned from the position of Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole on May 31, 1990.

[8] The motion to appoint Charles DeBlois was agreed to on a recorded division. This marked the first occasion of a recorded division on the appointment of an Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole.

[9] The motion to appoint Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais was agreed to on a recorded division.

[10] Changes to the process for electing the Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole were implemented at the start of the Thirty-Eighth Parliament. The Speaker of the House, after consultation with the leaders of each of the officially recognized parties, announces the name of the Member he or she considers to be qualified for the position. The House then votes on the Speaker’s designation without debate or amendment.

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