Officers and Officials of Parliament

Assistant Deputy Chairs of Committees of the Whole

Officers and Officials of Parliament Political Officers - House of Commons - Assistant Deputy Chairs of Committees of the Whole
1967 to Date

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, however, is for a single session rather than for a Parliament. Whenever the Chairman of Committees of the Whole or the Deputy Chairman are absent, the Assistant Deputy Chairman is entitled to exercise all the powers vested in the Chairman 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.
(Source: House of Commons Procedure and Practice. Edited by Robert Marleau and Camille Montpetit. 2000 Edition.)

Name	Political Affiliation during Tenure	Term (year)
Stanton, Bruce	Conservative	2011 -
Devolin, Barry	Conservative	2008 - 2011
Scheer, Andrew	Conservative	2006 - 2008
Augustine, Jean	Liberal	2004 - 2006
Hinton, Betty	Conservative	2004 - 2004
Bakopanos, Eleni	Liberal	2001 - 2004
Thibeault, Yolande	Liberal	1997 - 2000
Ringuette, Pierrette	Liberal	1996 - 1997
Kilger, Robert (Bob)	Liberal	1994 - 1996
Deblois, Charles The motion to appoint Mr. DeBlois was agreed to, on a recorded division. This appears to be the first occasion of a recorded division on the appointment of an Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole. (Canada. Parliament. House of Commons House of Commons procedure and practice Ottawa : House of Commons, c2000)	Progressive Conservative	1990 - 1993
Pronovost, Denis	Progressive Conservative	1990 - 1990
Champagne, Andrée	Progressive Conservative	1986 - 1990
Charest, Jean J.	Progressive Conservative	1984 - 1986
Guilbault, Jacques	Liberal	1984 - 1984
Corbin, Eymard G.	Liberal	1982 - 1984
Blaker, Roderick	Liberal	1980 - 1982
Scott, William C.	Progressive Conservative	1979 - 1979
Éthier, Denis	Liberal	1976 - 1979
Morin, Albanie She was the first woman in Canadian history to officially occupy the Chair of the House of Commons. (Canada. Parliament. House of Commons House of Commons procedure and practice Ottawa : House of Commons, c2000.)	Liberal	1974 - 1976
Boulanger, Prosper	Liberal	1971 - 1974
Tardif, Paul	Liberal	1967 - 1968

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