Debates of Nov. 18th, 2008

(The House resumed at 12:20 p.m.)

Sitting Resumed

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

Order, please. Pursuant to the Standing Orders, the House will now proceed to elect a Speaker.

A revised list of those members who are eligible as candidates has been placed in each polling station and at the table.

I would like the Sergeant-at-Arms to bring the ballot box to the Chair for inspection and to allow the Clerk of the House to inspect and secure the ballot box.

After the Clerk has unsealed the ballots, I will suggest a method of proceeding which will help to accelerate the voting process.

As we are about to begin the voting procedure, may I remind all members to print the first and last name of their candidate on their ballot paper.

I would suggest that members leave their desk, exit through the curtains and come to the table using the doors on the left or right side of the Chair on their respective side of the House. A clerk will issue a ballot paper to each member.

After casting their ballots, hon. members are asked to leave the voting area.

The polling booths are now open to vote.

(Members were issued ballots and marked their ballots in secret at voting stations.)

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

If there are any hon. members who have not voted and wish to do so, will they please vote now.

All members having voted, I do now instruct the Clerk to proceed with the counting of the ballots after I have cast my ballot.

Suspension of Sitting

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

Before I suspend the sitting may I bring to the attention of hon. members that, when the counting of ballots has been completed, the bells to call the members back to the House will be sounded for not more than five minutes.

The sitting is suspended to the call of the Chair.

(The sitting of the House was suspended at 12:47 p.m.)

(The House resumed at 1:18 p.m.)

Sitting Resumed

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

Order. It is my duty to inform the House that a second ballot will be necessary.

The names of members eligible for the second ballot are as follows:

Mauril Bélanger

Joe Comartin

Barry Devolin

Peter Milliken

Andrew Scheer

Mervin Tweed

If any members whose names I have just read wish to withdraw as a candidate for the second ballot, would they please rise in their places and state their reasons.

For the benefit of hon. members, the revised alphabetical list of candidates for the second ballot will be placed in each polling station.

May I please have the ballot box, Sergeant-at-Arms?

Before asking the hon. members to vote and while the Clerk is unsealing the ballots, I would like to point out that the second ballot will be a different colour and that the list of candidates for this ballot has been placed in the polling stations.

The polling stations are now open. The members may now vote.

(Members were issued ballots and marked their ballots in secret at voting stations.)

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

If there are any hon. members who have not voted and wish to do so, will they please vote now.

All members having voted, I do now instruct the Clerk to proceed with the counting of the ballots after I have cast my ballot.

Suspension of Sitting

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

Before I suspend the sitting, may I bring to the attention of hon. members that when the counting of the ballots has been completed, the bells to call the members back to the House will be sounded for not more than five minutes.

The sitting is suspended to the call of the Chair.

(The sitting of the House was suspended at 1:31 p.m.)

(The House resumed at 2:08 p.m.)

Sitting Resumed

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

Order, please. It is my duty to inform the House that another ballot will be necessary.

The names of members eligible for the next ballot are as follows:

Joe Comartin

Barry Devolin

Peter Milliken

Andrew Scheer

Mervin Tweed

If any members whose names I have just read wish to withdraw as a candidate for the next ballot, would they please rise in their places and do so. Do any candidates wish to withdraw?

For the benefit of hon. members a revised alphabetical list of candidates for the next ballot will be placed in each polling station.

While the clerk is unsealing the ballots, may I once again indicate that this ballot will be in a different colour and the list of names of candidates on this ballot has been placed in each polling station.

The members may now vote.

(Members were issued ballots and marked their ballots in secret at voting stations.)

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

If there are any hon. members who have not yet voted and who wish to do so, will they please vote now.

All members having voted I do now instruct the Clerk to proceed with the counting of the ballots after I have cast my ballot.

Suspension of Sitting

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

Before suspending the sitting, may I bring to the attention of members that when the counting of the ballots has been completed, the bells to call the members back to the House will be sounded for not more than five minutes.

The House is suspended to the call of the Chair.

(The sitting of the House was suspended at 2:29 p.m.)

(The House resumed at 2:54 p.m.)

Sitting Resumed

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

Order, please. It is my duty to inform the House that another ballot will be necessary.

The names of members eligible for the next ballot are as follows:

Joe Comartin

Peter Milliken

Andrew Scheer

Mervin Tweed

If any members whose names I have just read wish to withdraw as candidates for the next ballot, will they please rise in their places and do so.

For the benefit of hon. members, a revised alphabetical list of candidates for the next ballot will be placed in each polling station.

Can the ballot box be brought in?

While the clerk is unsealing the ballots, may I once again indicate that this ballot will be in a different colour and the list of names of candidates on this ballot has been placed in each polling station.

The polling booths are now open.

(Members were issued ballots and marked their ballots in secret at voting stations.)

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

If there are any hon. members who have not voted and wish to do so, will they please vote now?

All members having voted, I do now instruct the Clerk to proceed with the counting of the ballots after I have cast my ballot.

Suspension of Sitting

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

The sitting is suspended to the call of the Chair.

(The sitting of the House was suspended at 3:15 p.m.)

(The House resumed at 3:36 p.m.)

Sitting Resumed

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

It is my duty to inform the House that another ballot will be necessary.

The names of members eligible for the next ballot are as follows:

Peter Milliken

Andrew Scheer

Mervin Tweed

For the benefit of hon. members, a revised alphabetical list of candidates for the next ballot will be placed in each polling station.

While the clerk is unsealing the ballots, may I once again indicate that this ballot will be a different colour and a list of the names of the candidates on the ballot has been placed at each polling station.

The polling booths are now open.

The polling booths are now open.

(Members were issued ballots and marked their ballots in secret at voting stations)

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

Order, please. If any hon. members have not voted and wish to do so, will they please vote now.

All members having voted, I do now instruct the Clerk to proceed with the counting of the ballots, after I have cast my ballot.

Suspension of Sitting

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

The sitting is suspended to the call of the Chair.

(The sitting of the House was suspended at 3:56 p.m.)

(The House resumed at 4:16 p.m.)

(The Clerk of the House having provided the Presiding Officer with the name of the member having received a majority of the votes cast:)

Sitting Resumed

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

Order, please. It is my duty to inform the House that a Speaker of the House has been duly elected.

It is with great pleasure that I invite the hon. member for the electoral district of Kingston and the Islands to take the chair now.

[Some hon. members]

Hear, hear!

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

I now invite the right hon. Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition to escort the hon. Peter Milliken to the chair.

(The Presiding Officer having vacated the chair, and the mace having been laid under the table, the right hon. Prime Minister and the hon. Leader of the Opposition conducted Mr. Peter Milliken from his seat in the House to the chair)

[The Presiding Officer, Bloc, Louis Plamondon]

I now invite the right hon. Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition to escort to the Hon. Peter Milliken to the chair.