House of Commons Procedure and Practice
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25. Appendices

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Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole House Since 1967

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.

	Assistant Deputy Chair (Party)	Date of Appointment	Parliament (Years)

1.	Paul Tardif (Liberal)	June 22, 1967	2nd Session, 27th Parliament (1967-68)
2.	Prosper Boulanger (Liberal)	September 30, 1971	3rd Session, 28th Parliament (1971-72)
		February 17, 1972	4th Session, 28th Parliament (1972)
		January 4, 1973	1st Session, 29th Parliament (1973-74)
		February 27, 1974	2nd Session, 29th Parliament (1974)
3.	Albanie Morin ^[1] (Liberal)	September 30, 1974	1st Session, 30th Parliament (1974-76)
4.	Denis Ethier ^[2] (Liberal)	October 12, 1976	2nd Session, 30th Parliament (1976-77)
		October 18, 1977	3rd Session, 30th Parliament (1977-78)
		October 11, 1978	4th Session, 30th Parliament (1978-79)
5.	William C. Scott (Progressive Conservative)	October 9, 1979	31st Parliament (1979)
6.	Rod Blaker ^[3] (Liberal)	April 14, 1980	1st Session, 32nd Parliament (1980-82)
7.	Eymard Corbin ^[4] (Liberal)	July 27, 1982	1st Session, 32nd Parliament (1982-83)
7.	Eymard Corbin ^[4] (Liberal)	December 7, 1983	2nd Session, 32nd Parliament (1983-84)
8.	Jacques Guilbault (Liberal)	January 16, 1984	2nd Session, 32nd Parliament (1984)
9.	Jean Charest ^[5] (Progressive Conservative)	November 5, 1984	1st Session, 33rd Parliament (1984-86)
10.	Andrée Champagne ^[6] (Progressive Conservative)	October 1, 1986	2nd Session, 33rd Parliament (1986-88)
		December 12, 1988	1st Session, 34th Parliament (1988-89)
		April 3, 1989	2nd Session, 34th Parliament (1989-90)
11.	Denis Pronovost ^[7] (Progressive Conservative)	May 15, 1990	2nd Session, 34th Parliament (1990)
12.	Charles DeBlois ^[8] (Progressive Conservative)	October 2, 1990	2nd Session, 34th Parliament (1990-91)
12.	Charles DeBlois ^[8] (Progressive Conservative)	May 13, 1991	3rd Session, 34th Parliament (1991-93)
13.	Robert Kilger (Liberal)	January 18, 1994	1st Session, 35th Parliament (1994-96)
14.	Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais ^[9] (Liberal)	February 28, 1996	2nd Session, 35th Parliament (1996-97)
15.	Yolande Thibeault (Liberal)	September 23, 1997	1st Session, 36th Parliament (1997-99)
15.	Yolande Thibeault (Liberal)	October 12, 1999	2nd Session, 36th Parliament (1999-2000)
16.	Eleni Bakopanos (Liberal)	January 30, 2001	1st Session, 37th Parliament (2001-02)
16.	Eleni Bakopanos (Liberal)	September 30, 2002	2nd Session, 37th Parliament (2002-03)
17.	Betty Hinton (Conservative)	February 2, 2004	3rd Session, 37th Parliament (2004)
18.	Jean Augustine ^[10] (Liberal)	October 7, 2004	1st Session, 38th Parliament (2004-05)

[1]: Albanie Morin died on September 30, 1976. She was the first woman in Canadian history to officially occupy the Chair of the House of Commons.
[2]: Denis Ethier was selected as Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole on April 14, 1980.
[3]: Rod Blaker was selected as Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole on July 27, 1982.
[4]: Eymard Corbin was appointed Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole on January 16, 1984.
[5]: Jean Charest was appointed Minister of State (Youth) on June 30, 1986.
[6]: Andrée Champagne was appointed Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole on May 15, 1990.
[7]: Denis Pronovost resigned the position of Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole on May 31, 1990.
[8]: 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.
[9]: The motion to appoint Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais was agreed to on a recorded division.
[10]: Changes to the process for electing the Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole were implemented at the start of the 38th Parliament. The Speaker of the House, after consultation with the leaders of each of the officially recognized parties, announces the name of the Member he or she considers to be qualified for the position. The House then votes on the Speaker’s designation without debate or amendment.