Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada

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The Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada is the non-partisan presiding officer responsible for maintaining order and overseeing debates in the elected lower chamber of the Canadian Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
position in the Parliament of Canada ⓘ
position of authority ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
appointedBy Governor General of Canada ⓘ
appointmentFormallyOnAdviceOf House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Canada ⓘ
canBeReelected true ⓘ
chairs Board of Internal Economy ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
createdBy Constitutional and parliamentary conventions of Canada ⓘ
dateEstablished 1867 ⓘ
doesNot participate in debates ⓘ
electedBy members of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
electionMethod secret ballot ⓘ
hasResidence The Farm, official residence of the Speaker ⓘ
jurisdiction Canada ⓘ
languageRequirement must be able to function in English and French in the House ⓘ
legislativeChamber House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
mustBe sitting member of the House of Commons ⓘ
nonPartisan true ⓘ
officeType officer of Parliament ⓘ
officialResidenceLocation Kingsmere, Gatineau Park, Quebec ⓘ
oversees House of Commons administration and services to Members of Parliament ⓘ
partOf House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Canada ⓘ
politicalNeutralityRequired true ⓘ
positionHeldBy member of Parliament ⓘ
precedenceInStateCeremony high-ranking officer of Parliament ⓘ
requiredMajority simple majority of members present and voting ⓘ
responsibleFor calling members to order ⓘ
deciding who has the floor to speak ⓘ
ensuring that parliamentary rules and practices are followed ⓘ
interpreting and applying the rules of procedure ⓘ
maintaining order in the House of Commons ⓘ
overseeing the administration of the House of Commons ⓘ
presiding over debates ⓘ
protecting the rights and privileges of all Members of Parliament ⓘ
representing the House of Commons in its relations with external bodies ⓘ
representing the House of Commons in its relations with the Crown ⓘ
representing the House of Commons in its relations with the Senate ⓘ
ruling on points of order ⓘ
ruling on questions of privilege ⓘ
roleIn federal government of Canada ⓘ
styleOfAddress Madam Speaker ⓘ
Mr. Speaker ⓘ
linked to: Mister Speaker

The Honourable ⓘ
linked to: The Honorable
symbol Mace of the House of Commons ⓘ
Speaker’s Chair in the House of Commons chamber ⓘ
termLength until dissolution of Parliament or resignation ⓘ
tieBreakingVoteConvention to allow further debate or maintain the status quo ⓘ
votesOnly to break a tie ⓘ
worksAt Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa (when in use) ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Black (Canadian politician) → positionHeld → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: George Black
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → distinctFrom → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: Speaker of the Senate
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → relatedOffice → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
44th Canadian Parliament → commonsSpeaker → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Andrew Scheer → positionHeld → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
George Black (Canadian politician) → positionHeld → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Dean of the House of Commons (Canada) → distinctFrom → Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
Anthony Rota → positionHeld → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Peter Milliken → positionHeld → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Geoff Regan → positionHeld → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Board of Internal Economy → compositionIncludes → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Board of Internal Economy → headedBy → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
The Farm → officialResidenceOf → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Mace of the House of Commons → associatedWith → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Official Opposition (Canada) → recognizedBy → Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ