Speaker pro tempore of the Senate of Canada

The Speaker pro tempore () is an officer and second-highest ranking member of the Senate of Canada. The Speaker Pro Tempore ("acting Speaker") is a member of the Senate who is first nominated by a selection committee. The nomination is then confirmed through a vote in the Senate. The Speaker Pro Tempore serves whenever the Speaker of the Senate of Canada, who is appointed by the government, is unable to attend a sitting of the Senate.

List of speakers pro tempore of the Senate The following is the list of speakers pro tempore of the Senate of Canada. No. Portrait Name Term of officeParty1Renaude LapointeSenator for Mille Isles, Quebec(1912–2002)June 9,1982November 30,1983Liberal2Gildas MolgatSenator for Saint Rose, Manitoba(1927–2001)December 19,1983July 9,1984Liberal3Martial AsselinSenator for Stadacona, Quebec(1924–2013)November 13,1984October 1,1988Progressive Conservative(2)Gildas MolgatSenator for Saint Rose, Manitoba(1927–2001)December 29,1988May 12,1991Liberal4Rhéal BélisleSenator for Sudbury, Ontario(1919–1992)May 28,1991November 3,1992Progressive Conservative5Gerry OttenheimerSenator for Waterford-Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador(1934–1998)December 7,1992January 18,1998Progressive Conservative6Rose-Marie Losier-CoolSenator for Tracadie, New Brunswick(born 1937)November 17,1999October 2,2002Liberal7Lucie PépinSenator for Shawinegan, Quebec(born 1936)October 8,2002October 5,2004Liberal8Shirley MaheuSenator for Rougemont, Quebec(1931–2006)October 6,2004February 1,2006Liberal(6)Rose-Marie Losier-CoolSenator for Tracadie, New Brunswick(born 1937)April 6,2006March 3,2010Liberal9Donald OliverSenator for South Shore, Nova Scotia(born 1938)March 4,2010November 16,2013Conservative10Pierre Claude NolinSenator for De Salaberry, Quebec(1950–2015)November 20,2013November 26,2014Conservative11Leo HousakosSenator for Wellington, Quebec(born 1968)December 2,2014May 3,2015Conservative12Nicole EatonSenator for Ontario(born 1945)December 9,2015September 11,2019Conservative13Pierrette RinguetteSenator for New Brunswick(born 1955)May 1,2020June 5,2025Independent Senators Group14René CormierSenator for New Brunswick(born 1956)June 5,2025IncumbentIndependent Senators Group

See also

President pro tempore of the United States Senate President of the Senate (Australia) Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)

References

External links Officers and members of the Senate (official site) List of Speakers Pro Tempore (official site)