Mr. Speaker, I rise on a very important question of privilege that touches on my ability to represent my riding in this House.
Yesterday all hon. members received, I believe from Your Honour, a book entitled The Prime Ministers of Canada . It is a green book presented by the House of Commons and the National Archives of Canada.
I was appalled when I opened the book and read on the page describing my distinguished predecessor, Sir John A. Macdonald, that he represented three constituencies at various times: Marquette, Manitoba; Victoria, British Columbia; Carleton and Lennox, Ontario.
Everybody knows that Sir John A. Macdonald was the member for Kingston. He was first elected as the member for Kingston in 1844 and he served in the legislature of the United Canadas until Confederation. From 1867 until 1891 he was a member for Kingston in this House except-