Speaker pro tempore of the Senate of Canada

Speaker pro tempore of the Senate of Canada
Président(e) intérimaire du Sénat du Canada
since May 1, 2020
Senate of Canada
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerThe governor general
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Salary$27,700[1]
Websitesencanada.ca/en/senators/ringuette-pierrette/

The Speaker pro tempore (French: Président(e) intérimaire)[2] is an officer and second-highest ranking member of the Senate of Canada. The Speaker Pro Tempore ("acting Speaker") is a member of the Senate who is first nominated by a selection committee. The nomination is then confirmed through a vote in the Senate. The Speaker Pro Tempore serves whenever the Speaker of the Senate of Canada, who is appointed by the government, is unable to attend a sitting of the Senate.

The current of Speaker Pro Tempore is Pierrette Ringuette, who is serving in the position from May 1, 2020.

List of speakers pro tempore of the Senate

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The following is the list of speakers pro tempore of the Senate of Canada.[3]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party
Took office Left office
1 Renaude Lapointe
Senator for Mille Isles, Quebec
(1912–2002)
June 9,
1982
November 30,
1983
Liberal
2 Gildas Molgat
Senator for Saint Rose, Manitoba
(1927–2001)
December 19,
1983
July 9,
1984
Liberal
3 Martial Asselin
Senator for Stadacona, Quebec
(1924–2013)
November 13,
1984
October 1,
1988
Progressive Conservative
(2) Gildas Molgat
Senator for Saint Rose, Manitoba
(1927–2001)
December 29,
1988
May 12,
1991
Liberal
4 Rhéal Bélisle
Senator for Sudbury, Ontario
(1919–1992)
May 28,
1991
November 3,
1992
Progressive Conservative
5 Gerry Ottenheimer
Senator for Waterford-Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador
(1934–1998)
December 7,
1992
January 18,
1998
Progressive Conservative
6 Rose-Marie Losier-Cool
Senator for Tracadie, New Brunswick
(born 1937)
November 17,
1999
October 2,
2002
Liberal
7 Lucie Pépin
Senator for Shawinegan, Quebec
(born 1936)
October 8,
2002
October 5,
2004
Liberal
8 Shirley Maheu
Senator for Rougemont, Quebec
(1931–2006)
October 6,
2004
February 1,
2006
Liberal
(6) Rose-Marie Losier-Cool
Senator for Tracadie, New Brunswick
(born 1937)
April 6,
2006
March 3,
2010
Liberal
9 Donald Oliver
Senator for South Shore, Nova Scotia
(born 1938)
March 4,
2010
November 16,
2013
Conservative
10 Pierre Claude Nolin
Senator for De Salaberry, Quebec
(1950–2015)
November 20,
2013
November 26,
2014
Conservative
11 Leo Housakos
Senator for Wellington, Quebec
(born 1968)
December 2,
2014
May 3,
2015
Conservative
12 Nicole Eaton
Senator for Ontario
(born 1945)
December 9,
2015
September 11,
2019
Conservative
13 Pierrette Ringuette
Senator for New Brunswick
(born 1955)
May 1,
2020
Incumbent Independent Senators Group

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Library of Parliament.
  2. ^ "Note de procédure du Sénat no 9". Sénat du Canada. Le président du Sénat. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Speakers Pro Tempore". Parlinfo.
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