List of Clerks of the Canadian House of Commons
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The Clerk of the House of Commons is the senior administrative officer in the Canadian House of Commons
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The Clerk of the House of Commons advises the Speaker of the House of Commons and Members of Parliament on matters of parliamentary procedure
. As well, the Clerk is involved in the management of the House of Commons. The office is modelled on the Clerk of the House of Commons
of the United Kingdom. The Clerk of the Senate fulfills a similar role in the Senate of Canada.
The current Clerk is Audrey Elizabeth O'Brien, the first woman to hold the office.
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
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The Clerk of the House of Commons advises the Speaker of the House of Commons and Members of Parliament on matters of parliamentary procedure
Parliamentary procedure
Parliamentary procedure is the body of rules, ethics, and customs governing meetings and other operations of clubs, organizations, legislative bodies, and other deliberative assemblies...
. As well, the Clerk is involved in the management of the House of Commons. The office is modelled on the Clerk of the House of Commons
Clerk of the House of Commons
The Clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 of the House of Commons of England...
of the United Kingdom. The Clerk of the Senate fulfills a similar role in the Senate of Canada.
The current Clerk is Audrey Elizabeth O'Brien, the first woman to hold the office.
List of Clerks of the House of Commons
- 1867–1872 William Burns Lindsay
- 1873–1880 Alfred Patrick
- 1880-1880 Trevor Trevoire
- 1880–1902 Sir John George BourinotJohn George Bourinot (younger)Sir John George Bourinot, KCMG was a Canadian journalist, historian, and civil servant, widely regarded and remembered as an expert of parliamentary procedure and constitutional law....
- 1902–1917 Thomas Barnard FlintThomas Barnard FlintThomas Barnard Flint was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Yarmouth in the Canadian House of Commons from 1891 to 1902 as a Liberal member....
- 1918–1924 William Barton NorthrupWilliam Barton NorthrupWilliam Barton Northrup was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Belleville, Canada West, the son of Anson Gilbert Northrup and Jane C. Balster, Northrup was educated at the Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1877 and a Master of...
- 1925–1949 Arthur BeauchesneArthur BeauchesneArthur Beauchesne was a Canadian civil servant who was Clerk of the House of Commons from 1925 to 1949. He is the author of the procedural manual, Rules and Forms of the House of Commons of Canada, which is used by Canadian Members of Parliament during parliamentary debates.Born in Carleton,...
- 1949–1967 Léon-Joseph Raymond
- 1967–1979 Alistair FraserAlistair FraserAlistair Fraser was the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1952 to 1958.Fraser was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. His father, Duncan Cameron Fraser, served as Nova Scotia's lieutenant-governor from 1906 to 1910 and had also been a Member of Parliament and a judge on the province's...
- 1979–1987 C. Beverly Koester
- 1987–2000 Robert MarleauRobert MarleauRobert Marleau is a former Canadian federal public servant and Information Commissioner of Canada.Beginning in 1970, Marleau served 31 years in the Parliament of Canada, 13 of which were as the Clerk of the House of Commons from July 1987 to July 2000....
- 2000–2005 William C. Corbett
- 2005— Audrey Elizabeth O'Brien (Acting Clerk from 20 May to 10 October)