With the Canada, the President of the House of Commons (English: Speaker off the House off Commons ) is the officer who chairs in the Lower House and is elected by the deputies of the Room at the beginning of each new legislature. The President of the House of Commons of Canada is similar qu role of president of the Lower Houses in the Parliaments which use the Système of Westminster. The current President is the Ontarian deputy liberal Peter Milliken. The president who occupied the station longest was Lucien Lamoureux, which was useful during eight years, nine months and eleven days.

The President is generally a deputy of the party in power. However, when there is a Minority government, the President comes sometimes from a party of the opposition, which is the case at present. There are other examples where the President came from the opposition as in the government of Arthur Meighen in 1926 or during the mandate of Joe Clark in 1979; in both cases, the President was a liberal deputy . In 1957, when John Diefenbaker seized the power with a minority government progressist-conservative, it offered the position of president to Stanley Knowles of the democratic social Parti, which declined the nomination.

Responsibilities

In Canada, the responsibility for the President is of administer the House of Commons and to supervise the employees of them. It is also the duty of the President to act as bond with the Sénat and the Couronne. The President of the House of Commons receives wages from approximately 209.000 $ and is entitled to the use of the official residence, the Kingsmere field close to Gatineau (Quebec).

Election

The constitution envisages the election of the President. However, before 1986, the President was chosen by the Prime Minister and its nomination was subjected to the Room by means of a motion. This practice changed into 1986 whereas one decided to choose a secret vote, chosen among the Député S of the House of Commons. The president remains a deputy like the others, but can vote only in the event of equality of the voices.

All the deputies except the ministers and heads of party are eligible to aspire to the presidency. Very appointed which does not wish to put its name of before must produce a letter withdrawing bulletin before the day preceding the vote. Very appointed which does not withdraw its name before 18:00 the preceding day the election are listed like candidates on the bulletin and one right to speech a five minutes to persuade their colleagues to vote for them.

The election was chaired by the senior of the Room, currently Bill Blaikie, the deputy who has the longest uninterrupted states of service to the Room (it sits since 1979).

All the candidates who receive less than 5% of the votes are withdrawn from the bulletin. If no candidate receives less than 5%, the candidate with less votes is eliminated. This process continues, with a one hour pause between the turns of vote, until a candidate receives more than 50% of the voices.

The winner is escorted with the armchair of the President by the Prime Minister and the chief of the Official opposition. The President lately elected, by tradition, pretends a certain resistance when one trails it towards the armchair; this practice dates from the time when the British Presidents risked the execution if the news which they reported to the King did not like this one.

There were three candidates declared for the station in the current legislature: Milliken which sought the re-election, Marcel Proulx, and Diane Marleau (both liberal deputies). Milliken gained the vote over the first turn.

Vice-president

In addition to the President, vice-presidents are named to act in the name of the President if it or it is not available. Internet site of the President of the House of Commons:

the main role of the vice-president and other Chairmen consists in supporting the President of the Room to take the presidency of the meetings, to occupy the armchair when the Room is constituted in plenary committee and, on the occasion, to chair the legislative committees. The vice-president of the Room assumes moreover certain administrative responsibilities. He is usually member of the Executive committee. When the Room is constituted in plenary committee, it is the president of the plenary committees who takes the armchair.

The vice-presidents in the 38e legislature were Chuck Strahl (Conservateur), and the two other Chairmen were Marcel Proulx (Libéral) and Jean Augustine (Libéral).

The vice-president and named for all the duration of a legislature, whereas the other Chairmen are named for the duration of a session only.

List Presidents of the Room

++ Lucien Lamoureux became independent while following the tradition of the Presidents of the British House of Commons. It was made re-elect like independent in the elections of 1968 and 1972.

Counterparts

The counterpart of the President to the Upper House is the President of the Senate of Canada. The Canadian legislatures provincial and territorial have also Presidents with very similar roles.

External bonds

• the opening of the legislature - Card of information, House of Commons
• Parliamentary Library of Canada - Biographies of each president of the House of Commons and information on the role and the history of the presidency.

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