Pursuant to the Standing Orders, the House will now proceed to elect a Speaker.
After the Clerk has opened the envelope containing the ballots, I will suggest a method of proceeding that will help accelerate the voting process.
We will now begin to vote pursuant to Standing Order 4.
Please allow me to outline the procedure for all hon. members.
The names of the candidates for the election are listed on the ballot in alphabetical order. To vote, you must rank the candidates in order of preference, placing the number “1” in the space next to your first-choice candidate, the number “2” next to your second-choice candidate, and so on, until you have ranked all candidates for whom you wish to vote. Please note that it is not necessary to rank all candidates.
Members can vote for a single candidate, if they so desire. In order to vote, I will ask that members leave their desks, exit through the curtains and come to the table using the doors behind me on the left and right sides of the chair on their respective sides of the House. The clerk will issue a ballot paper to each member. After casting their ballots, members are asked to leave the voting area.
The polling booths on both sides are now open for voting.
(Members were issued ballots and marked their ballots in secret at voting stations)