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Speaker (politics)
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The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer. The title was first used in 1399 in England, the speakers official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to members who break the procedures of the chamber or house. The speaker often also represents the body in person, as the voice of the body in ceremonial, the title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerford in the Parliament of England. By convention, speakers are normally addressed in Parliament as Mister Speaker, if a man, or Madam Speaker, in other cultures other styles are used, mainly being equivalents of English chairman or president. Many bodies also have a pro tempore, designated to fill in when the speaker is not available. The Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives is the officer of the Australian House of Representatives. The President of the Australian Senate is the officer of the Australian Senate. Now constitutional community highlights changes also in this role, in Canada, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the individual elected to preside over the House of Commons, the elected lower house. The speaker is a Member of Parliament and is elected at the beginning of new parliament by fellow MPs. The Speakers role in presiding over Canadas House of Commons is similar to that of speakers elsewhere in countries that use the Westminster system. The Speaker does not vote except in the case of a tie, by convention, if required to vote, the Speaker will vote in favour of continuing debate on a matter, but will not ultimately vote for a measure to be approved. The Speaker of the Senate of Canada is the officer of the Senate of Canada. The Speaker represents the Senate at official functions, rules on questions of procedure and parliamentary privilege. The Speaker of the Senate is appointed by the Governor General of Canada from amongst sitting senators upon the advice of the Prime Minister, the Speaker has a vote on all matters. In the event of a tie, the matter fails, at the provincial level, the presiding officer of the provincial legislatures is called the Speaker in all provinces except Quebec, where the term President is used. The presiding officer fulfills the role as the Speaker of the House of Commons. In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the elected to preside over the elected House of Commons
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Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the Lieutenant Governor form the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in general elections. The Manitoba Legislative Building is located in central Winnipeg, at the point of the Wolseley. The Premier of Manitoba is Brian Pallister and the current Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is Myrna Driedger, both of whom belong to the Progressive Conservative Party. Historically, the Legislature of Manitoba had another chamber, the Legislative Council of Manitoba, members in bold are in the Cabinet of Manitoba † Speaker of the Assembly The seating arrangement is viewable at the official website
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Joseph Royal
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Joseph Royal was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, businessman, and Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories. Royal studied at St. Marys Jesuit college in Montreal and his early publishing career included a term as editor of Montreals Minerve from 1857 to 1859. He then founded and published other Montreal-based publications such as LOrdre, La Revue Canadienne, soon after moving to Manitoba, Royal founded Le Metis and operated that publication from 1871 to 1882 after which its new owner changed its title to Le Manitoba. His legal career began in Lower Canada where he was called to that provinces bar in 1864 and he joined the Manitoba bar in 1871 after moving to that province. In 1880, Royal left legal practice, in the 1870 Manitoba provincial elections, he was acclaimed to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding St François Xavier West, and in 1871 he was unanimously chosen speaker. From 1874 to 1876, he was the Provincial Secretary and Minister of Public Works, from 1876 to 1878, he was the Attorney General. In 1878, he was the Minister of Public Works, in an 1879 by-election, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Manitoba riding of Provencher. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1882 and 1887, Royal was appointed to, and served as a member on the Temporary North-West Council, the first legislature of the Northwest Territories from 1872 to 1876. He would later serve as the Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1893, in December 1894, Royal returned to La Minerve where he became editor-in-chief. After publishing other books, he died in Montreal in 1902, vie Politique de Sir Louis H Lafontaine La Vallée de la Mantawa Le Canada, république ou colonie. Histoire du Canada 1841 à1867 – published after death Joseph Royal, Joseph Royal – Parliament of Canada biography
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Joseph Dubuc
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Sir Joseph Dubuc, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge who was born in Lower Canada and became an important political figure from Manitoba. Dubuc was from a family and was irregularly in school because of family responsibilities. He spent some time in the United States and learned English while working in a factory, upon returning to Quebec, he completed military school in Montreal in November 1866. He further engaged in studies, latterly at the Petit Séminaire de Montreal. This connection would shape his life in the future. He received a Bachelor of Common Law degree from McGill College in 1869 and was called to the Lower Canada bar the same year, in January 1870, Riel called on him to help with the new provisional government that had been established as part of the Red River Rebellion. Dubuc left for Manitoba in June and, upon his arrival in the Red River area and he wrote articles for the Montreal newspaper La Minerve explaining the position of the Métis and encouraging francophones to settle in the Canadian West. In 1871, he was accepted into the Manitoba bar, following the end of the rebellion Dubuc established a law practice in Winnipeg and was editor a French-language weekly, Le Métis, aimed at the Métis population. He had a son Lucien Dubuc who went on to become a famous Judge and he was acclaimed to the first provincial legislature when elections were held in 1870 at the Baie St-Paul riding. He persuaded Riel to run for the Canadian House of Commons in 1872 and was almost beaten to death in the ensuing riots, Dubuc worked to preserve the alliance between French Canadians and Métis. Politically he was a Conservative and ultramontane and he also served on the Council of the North-West Territories from 1872 to 1876. He grew estranged from Riel calling him a dangerous maniac following the Second Riel Rebellion, city of Winnipeg where the majority of the court ruled that the government had a right to establish a public school system to the detriment of French-language Catholic schools. In 1903, he became justice of Manitoba and retired from the bench in 1909. In 1912 he was knighted, the first western French Canadian to be so designated, Dubuc died unexpectedly in Los Angeles on 7 January 1914. Dubuc Street in Winnipeg was named in his honour, Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Manitoba Heritage Council
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John Wright Sifton
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John Wright Sifton was a 19th-century Manitoba politician and the founder of an important political family in Western Canada. Sifton was the son of Bamlet Sifton and his wife Mary, members of the Anglo-Irish gentry who arrived in Upper Canada in 1832 from County Tipperary, Ireland. Members of the Sifton family, including Siftons grandparents, Charles Sifton and his wife, Rebecca, had established themselves in around present-day London, Ontario. Born in London Township, Ontario, he was educated at local schools and he married Kate Watkins, third daughter of James Watkins, of Parsonstown, Kings County, Ireland in October 1853. and became a farmer and oil producer in Lambton County. Following the birth of his son, Clifford, in 1861, the Siftons went on to have five children in all. In religion, Sifton was a Wesleyan Methodist, and in politics he was a Reformer, in 1875, Sifton relocated to Manitoba, settling in Selkirk, and became involved in the new provinces political life. He was elected again as MLA in 1881 representing the new constituency of Brandon, however and he attempted to regain a seat in the 1886 election, but was defeated once again. Sifton moved to Brandon, Manitoba to take part in the land boom. He operated a farm there and served two terms as reeve for the Rural Municipality of Cornwallis. After his 1886 defeat he moved to California for two years, in 1902, Sifton became vice-president of the Manitoba Free Press Company and subsequently served as its president. He was also a supporter of prohibition and advocated passage of the Canada Temperance Act. Another son, Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton, would serve as Premier of Alberta, henry Morgan, Canadian Men and Women of the Time, p.1023, col.1 RootsWeb, UPPER-CANADA-L Early settlers at archiver. rootsweb. com
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Manitoba Liberal Party
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The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the creation in 1870. Originally, there were no political parties in Manitoba, although many leading politicians were affiliated with parties that existed at the national level. In Manitobas first Legislative Assembly, the leader of the opposition was Edward Hay, not a party leader as such, he was still a leading voice for the newly transplanted Ontario Grit tradition. In 1874, Hay served as Minister of Public Works in the government of Marc-Amable Girard, during the 1870s, a Liberal network began to emerge in the city of Winnipeg. One of the key figures in this network was William Luxton, owner of the Manitoba Free Press newspaper, Luxton was not initially supportive of Premier Robert A. Davis, but endorsed the Davis ministry after brought John Norquay into cabinet. Luxton subsequently supported Davis and Norquay against Conservative Orangeman Thomas Scott, although the Davis administration was on favourable terms with federal Liberal Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie, his successor Norquay was more closely aligned with the federal Conservatives. This was partly a matter of necessity, as a small province, Manitoba needed to be on favourable terms with whatever party was in power at the federal level. As such, when John A. Macdonalds Conservatives were returned to power in 1878, luxtons Liberal network supported Norquay against Scott in 1878 and 1879, but was subsequently marginalized by the Norquay government. In 1882, Norquay forged a new alliance with the provinces Conservatives, also in 1882, Thomas Greenway formed a new organization known as the Provincial Rights Party. Based in the rural areas, this group soon surpassed the Winnipeg Liberals as the dominant opposition to Norquay. After the election of 1883, Greenway united the opposition MLAs into the Manitoba Liberals, for the next 21 years, Greenways control over the party would be unchallenged. Greenways Liberals took power in 1888 and ended the Canadian Pacific Railways monopoly in the province, the Greenway governments most notable feat in office was curtailing the rights of Manitobas French Canadian population. English became the sole official language. Greenway was able to win large majorities in 1892 and 1896, after this was resolved in 1897, his government became increasingly directionless. The Liberals were defeated by the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party in 1899, the Liberals were unable to regain their previous support base in the decade that followed. Greenway continued to lead the party through a disastrous 1903 campaign and he resigned in 1904 to run for federal office. Charles Mickle was chosen parliamentary leader on December 5,1904 and that convention acclaimed Edward Brown as the partys new leader
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Gilbert McMicken
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Gilbert McMicken was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He served on the Council of Keewatin the governing body of the District of Keewatin from 1876 to 1877 and he was born in England or Scotland in 1813 and came to Upper Canada in 1832. He entered the business of forwarding goods at Chippawa in the Niagara region and he later moved to Queenston where he became a customs collector and a notary public. He formed a company there in partnership with James Hamilton. He was elected to the council for the Niagara District and then to the council for Niagara Township and he moved to Clifton in 1851 where he served several terms as postmaster and became the towns first mayor. In 1857, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Welland and he was appointed excise officer in Windsor in 1864. Later that year, he was named stipendiary magistrate and justice of the peace throughout Canada West, McMicken was charged with collecting intelligence for the government during the period leading up to the Fenian raids. His injection of spies into the Fenian organization helped defuse this threat, in 1869, he was named commissioner for the Dominion Police, later merged into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In 1871, he went to Winnipeg to help establish government offices there, McMicken took on the role of lands agent and had to deal with the thorny problem of distributing land in Manitoba. He later lobbied for the incorporation of Winnipeg as a town, McMicken was appointed to the Council of Keewatin serving as one of six members appointed on November 25,1876. He served on the council until he was asked to resign along with the rest of the council April 16,1877 In 1879 and he served as speaker for the provincial assembly from 1880 to 1882. He also served on the council for the University of Manitoba and he supplemented his pension income by working as an insurance agent in Winnipeg. Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
