Speaker pro tempore of the Senate of Canada
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| Speaker pro tempore of the Senate of Canada | |
|---|---|
| Président(e) intérimaire du Sénat du Canada | |
since June 5, 2025 | |
| Senate of Canada | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | The governor general |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Salary | $207,000 (2024)[1] |
| Website | sencanada |
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.
List of speakers pro tempore of the Senate
[edit]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 |
June 5, 2025 |
Independent Senators Group | ||
| 14 | René Cormier Senator for New Brunswick (born 1956) |
June 5, 2025 |
Incumbent | Independent Senators Group | ||
See also
[edit]- President pro tempore of the United States Senate
- President of the Senate (Australia)
- Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)
References
[edit]- ^ "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Library of Parliament.
- ^ "Note de procédure du Sénat no 9". Sénat du Canada. Le président du Sénat. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Speakers Pro Tempore". Parlinfo.
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