Speaker

• Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia elected as House of Commons Speaker

  The last Speaker, Mark Fergus, will face off against half a dozen contenders when Parliament returns Monday to vote on who will take the job.

  Canada

  May 26, 2025
  
• Who could be the next Speaker? MPs make pitches ahead of vote

  At least six MPs are asking their colleagues for support in their bid to become Speaker, with many speaking about the need to improve decorum in the House of Commons.

  Canada

  May 23, 2025
  
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• Poilievre allowed back in House of Commons after getting kicked out Tuesday

  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will be allowed back in the House of Commons from question period Wednesday after being ejected for calling the prime minister a 'wacko.'

  Canada

  May 1, 2024
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• House of Commons votes to have committee review Speaker’s video controversy

  Fergus apologized for the video, in which he appeared in his ceremonial robes and thanked the former interim leader of the Ontario Liberals, at the party's convention last weekend.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2023
• 3rd Republican nominee for U.S. House speaker drops out as infighting drags on

  Republicans chose Tom Emmer as their nominee for speaker but ran headlong into the same internal divisions that have prevented them from filling the role for three weeks.

  U.S. News

  Oct 24, 2023
• Republicans restart search for new speaker candidate to lead U.S. House

  The leadership vacuum has stymied congressional action as it faces a Nov. 17 deadline to avoid a government shutdown by extending federal agency funding.

  U.S. News

  Oct 23, 2023
• Invitation withdrawn for ethnic nationalist set to testify at Quebec legislature

  Alexandre Cormier-Denis has suggested that immigration will lead to the "replacement'' of the Québécois people and the acceptance of multiculturalism in Canada is "disgusting.''

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2023
• Ontario legislature re-elects Ted Arnott as Speaker

  Arnott, a Progressive Conservative who represents Wellington-Halton Hills, served as Speaker for the previous four years.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2022
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• Former clerk Craig James charged in connection with B.C. Legislature spending scandal

  Craig James has been charged with four counts of breach of trust by a public officer and two counts of fraud.

  Crime

  Dec 18, 2020
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• MLA Raj Chouhan becomes B.C.’s first South Asian speaker of the house

  The election of a speaker takes place on the first sitting day of the legislature after a provincial general election or when the position is vacated.

  Politics

  Dec 7, 2020