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Regional Executive Committee, CPA* Members of the Regional Council* Regional Executive Committee, CPA* president regional representatives Linda Reid, British Columbia Vacant, Federal Branch David Laxton, Yukon first vice-president Wade Verge, Newfoundland and Labrador Wade Verge, Newfoundland and Labrador chair of the cwp, canadian section second vice-president (Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians) Vacant, Federal Branch Linda Reid, British Columbia past president executive secretary-treasurer Chris Collins, New Brunswick Blair Armitage Members of the Regional Council* house of commons senate Geoff Regan, Speaker George Furey, Speaker Audrey O’Brien, Clerk Charles Robert, Clerk alberta nova scotia Robert Wanner, Speaker Kevin Murphy, Speaker David McNeil, Secretary Neil Ferguson, Secretary british columbia ontario Linda Reid, Speaker Dave Levac, Speaker Craig James, Secretary Deborah Deller, Secretary canadian federal branch prince edward island Vacant, Chair Francis Watts, Speaker Elizabeth Kingston, Secretary Charles MacKay, Secretary manitoba québec Daryl Reid, Speaker Jacques Chagnon, Speaker Patricia Chaychuk, Secretary Émilie Bevan, Secretary new brunswick saskatchewan Chris Collins, Speaker Dan D’Autremont, Speaker Donald Forestell, Secretary Gregory Putz, Secretary newfoundland and labrador northwest territories Wade Verge, Speaker Jackie Jacobson, Speaker Sandra Barnes, Secretary Tim Mercer, Secretary nunavut yukon George Qulaut, Speaker David Laxton, Speaker John Quirke, Secretary Floyd McCormick, Secretary *As of December 15, 2015 2 CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW/WINTER 2015 CPA Activities The Canadian Scene New Senate Speaker New House of Commons Speaker On December 3, Governor General David Johnston Also on December 3, Members of Parliament elected appointed George Furey as Speaker of the Senate, Halifax West Liberal MP Geoff Regan as the new replacing Conservative Senator Leo Housakos. Speaker of the House of Commons and Chair of the Board of Internal Furey, who sits Economy. Liberal as an independent MPs Denis Paradis Senate Liberal, and Yasmin is a lawyer from Ratansi, and St. John’s who Conservative MP was appointed Bruce Stanton also to the Senate in stood for election, 1999 to represent which was the first Newfoundland to use a ranked and Labrador ballot over the on the advice of previous system of Prime Minister rounds of voting. Jean Chretien. Regan replaces Conservative MP Earning a Andrew Scheer in B.A., a B.Ed. the role. and a Masters of Education Prior to his from Memorial, parliamentary George Furey he became a career, Regan Geoff Regan school teacher completed a B.A. and administrator before attending Dalhousie Law at St. Francis Xavier University and a law degree at School. A respected community leader and frequent Dalhousie University. In addition to practicing law, he volunteer, Furey has also been a member of many volunteered within his community and held leadership professional boards and provincial commissions, roles at the Bedford Board of Trade, the Metro Food including Newfoundland and Labrador’s Provincial Bank and Beacon House. Police Complaints Commission. First elected as an MP in 1993, Regan lost his bid Furey has served on many Senate committees during for re-election in 1997, before returning to the House his tenure in the upper chamber and is a past chair of the of Commons in 2000. He has been re-elected in Budget Sub-committee of Internal Economy, the Senate each subsequent general election and has served as Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Parliamentary Secretary to the Government House Affairs and the Senate Standing Committee of Internal Leader, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Regional Economy, Budgets and Administration. Minister for Nova Scotia. Addressing his colleagues, Furey noted the Senate “My role as your Speaker is to be fair,” Regan said was “entering uncharted waters, in which we are upon taking the Speaker’s Chair. “I want to tell you invited by the government to reinvent ourselves in I will be fair, and I will be firm.” Regan also spoke a less partisan way and fulfil our roles as envisioned of the Canadians who lost their lives in two World under the constitution as an independent chamber Wars defending a system that allows parliamentarians of sober second thought. I know uncertainty can be and all Canadians to “speak freely and express our unsettling, but I have confidence that working together, different opinions.” with respect and commitment to this institution, we can meet the challenges ahead.” CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW/WINTER 2015 3 Canadian Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Alberta Newfoundland & Labrador Ontario Office of the Clerk Office of the Clerk Office of the Clerk Legislative Building Confederation Building Room 104, 801 Legislature Annex P.O. Box 8700 Legislative Bldg. Edmonton, AB T5K 1E4 St John’s, NL A1B 4J6 Toronto, ON M7A 1A2 780 427-2478 (tel) 709 729-3405 (tel) 416 325-7341 (tel) 780 427-5688 (fax) 707 729-4820 (fax) 416 325-7344 (fax) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Prince Edward Island British Columbia Northwest Territories Office of the Clerk Office of the Clerk Office of the Clerk Province House Parliament Buildings P.O. Box 1320 P.O. Box 2000 Room 221 Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9 Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 867 669-2299 (tel) 902 368-5970 (tel) 250 387-3785 (tel) 867 873-0432 (fax) 902 368-5175 (fax) 250 387-0942 (fax) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Québec Federal Branch Direction des relations inter- Executive Secretary parlementaires 131 Queen Street, 5th Floor Assemblée nationale House of Commons Québec, QC G1A 1A3 Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 418 643-7391 (tel) 613 993-0330 (tel) 418 643-1865 (fax) 613 995-0212 (fax) [email protected] [email protected] Nova Scotia Saskatchewan Manitoba Office of the Clerk Office of the Clerk Office of the Clerk Province House Legislative Building Legislative Building P.O. Box 1617 Room 239 Room 237 Halifax, NS B3J 2Y3 Regina, SK S4S 0B3 Winnipeg, MB R3C 0V8 902 424-5707 (tel) 306 787-2377 (tel) 204 945-3636 (tel) 902 424-0526 (fax) 306 787-0408 (fax) 204 948-2507 (fax) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Yukon New Brunswick Nunavut Office of the Clerk Office of the Clerk Office of the Clerk Legislative Building Legislative Building Legislative Assembly of Nunavut P.O. Box 2703 P.O. Box 6000 P.O. Box 1200 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6 Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 867 667-5494 (tel) 506 453-2506 (tel) 867 975-5100 (tel) 867 393-6280 (fax) 506 453-7154 (fax) 867 975-5190 (fax) [email protected] [email protected] 4 CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW/WINTER 2015 .
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