Today being the first day of the meeting of the First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Parliament for the despatch of business, Mr. Robert Marleau, B.A., Clerk of the House of Commons, Mrs. Mary Anne Griffith, B.A., Deputy Clerk of the House of Commons, and Major General Maurice Gaston Cloutier, CMM, C.D., O.St.J., B.A., Sergeant-At-Arms of the House of Commons, Commissioners appointed per Dedimus Potestatem for the purpose of administering the oath to Members of the House of Commons, attending according to their duty, Mr. Robert Marleau laid upon the Table a list of the Members returned to serve in this Parliament received by him as Clerk of the House of Commons from and certified under the hand of Mr. Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Chief Electoral Officer.

The certificate and list were as follows:

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that following dissolution of the Thirty-fifth Parliament on the twenty-seventh day of April 1997, writs of election were issued on the same date by command of His Excellency the Governor General of Canada for the election of a member to serve in the House of Commons for every electoral district in Canada, such writs being severally addressed to the returning officers mentioned in the attached list and directing that the nomination of candidates be held on the twelfth day of May 1997, and the poll, if required, on the second day of June 1997.

AND THAT an election was accordingly held in every electoral district in Canada on the second day of June 1997.

AND THAT the persons named in the attached list have from time to time been returned as elected members to serve in the House of Commons pursuant to the said writs; their names having been duly entered in the order in which the returns were received in the book kept for that purpose, pursuant to the provisions of the Canada Elections Act, and notice of such returns having from time to time been duly published in the Canada Gazette.

Given under my hand at Ottawa, this twenty-second day of September 1997.

JEAN-PIERRE KINGSLEY
Chief Electoral Officer -- Electoral Districts/Circonscriptions électorales -- Members Elected/Députés élus -- Returning Officers/Directeurs du scrutin -- Newfoundland/Terre-Neuve -- Bonavista -- Trinity -- Conception -- Fred J. Mifflin -- Walter Brown -- Burin -- St. George's -- Bill Matthews -- Allan M. MacNeil -- Gander -- Grand Falls -- George S. Baker -- Winnie Roebothan -- Humber -- St. Barbe -- Baie Verte -- Gerry Byrne -- Robert Green -- Labrador -- Lawrence D. O'Brien -- Barbara Roberts -- St. John's East/St. John's-Est -- Norman Doyle -- Gerald Tilley -- St. John's West/St. John's-Ouest -- Charlie Power -- Larry V. Edison -- Prince Edward Island/Île-du-Prince-Édouard -- Cardigan -- Lawrence MacAulay -- Mary Dick -- Egmont -- Joe McGuire -- Pauline Deighan -- Hillsborough -- George Proud -- Sharon Know -- Malpeque -- Wayne Easter -- Cecil E. Macphail -- Nova Scotia/Nouvelle-Écosse -- Bras d'Or -- Michelle Dockrill -- Norman Smith Carmichael -- Cumberland -- Colchester -- Bill Casey -- H. Kenneth Starratt -- Dartmouth -- Wendy Lill -- William J. Clair -- Halifax -- Alexa McDonough -- Jack Armitage -- Halifax West/Halifax-Ouest -- Gordon Earle -- Terry Tingley -- Kings -- Hants -- Scott Brison -- Alfred G. McPherson -- Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough -- Peter MacKay -- Mary D. Daley -- Sackville -- Eastern Shore -- Peter Stoffer -- Paul Hyland -- South Shore -- Gerald Keddy -- Karen Lynn Logan -- Sydney -- Victoria -- Peter Mancini -- Peggy MacAdam -- West Nova -- Mark Muise -- Rose-Aline Gawn -- New Brunswick/Nouveau-Brunswick -- Acadie -- Bathurst -- Yvon Godin -- Norbert J. Sivret -- Beauséjour -- Petitcodiac -- Angela Vautour -- Valmon Thibodeau -- Charlotte -- Greg Thompson -- W. Robert Brown -- Fredericton -- Andy Scott -- John M. Landry -- Fundy -- Royal -- John Herron -- Lynda Jean Chappell -- Madawaska -- Restigouche -- Jean Dubé -- Laurier Lévesque -- Miramichi -- Charles Hubbard -- Fred Hamilton -- Moncton -- Claudette Bradshaw -- Ghislaine Ringuette Crawford -- Saint John -- Elsie Wayne -- Fred Fuller -- Tobique -- Mactaquac -- Gilles Bernier -- Jean-Guy Beaulieu -- Quebec/Québec -- Abitibi -- Guy St-Julien -- Claire Gilbert -- Ahuntsic -- Eleni Bakopanos -- Jacques Pelletier -- Anjou -- Rivière-des-Prairies -- Yvon Charbonneau -- Pauline Hamel -- Argenteuil -- Papineau -- Maurice Dumas -- Lisette Lévesque -- Beauce -- Claude Drouin -- Patrick Rodrigue -- Beauharnois -- Salaberry -- Daniel Turp -- André Comeau -- Beauport -- Montmorency -- Orléans -- Michel Guimond -- Paul-André Beaubien -- Bellechasse -- Etchemins-Montmagny -- L'Islet -- Gilbert Normand -- Marthe Pelletier -- Berthier -- Montcalm -- Michel Bellehumeur -- Colette Laferrière -- Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine-Pabok -- Yvan Bernier -- Jean-Pierre Henry -- Bourassa -- Denis Coderre -- André Ouimet -- Brome -- Missisquoi -- Denis Paradis -- Denis Leclerc -- Brossard -- La Prairie -- Jacques Saada -- Pierre Robitaille -- Chambly -- Ghislain Lebel -- Guy Lafontaine -- Champlain -- Réjean Lefebvre -- Guy Éthier -- Charlesbourg -- Richard Marceau -- Sophie Ouellet -- Charlevoix -- Gérard Asselin -- Blondin Moreau -- Châteauguay -- Maurice Godin -- Bernard Renaud -- Chicoutimi -- André Harvey -- Ghislain Harvey -- Compton -- Stanstead -- David Price -- Debra Martin -- Drummond -- Pauline Picard -- André Lepage -- Frontenac -- Mégantic -- Jean-Guy Chrétien -- André Pomerleau -- Gatineau -- Mark Assad -- Gilles Trahan -- Hochelaga -- Maisonneuve -- Réal Ménard -- Jules Léger -- Hull -- Aylmer -- Marcel Massé -- Suzanne Carrière -- Joliette -- René Laurin -- Bernard Lajeunesse -- Jonquière -- Jocelyne Girard Bujold -- Danielle Godin -- Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup -- Témiscouata-Les Basques -- Paul Crête -- Pierrette Couillard -- Lac-Saint-Jean -- Stéphan Tremblay -- Noël Girard -- Lac-Saint-Louis -- Clifford Lincoln -- Lorraine H. Proctor-Singh -- LaSalle -- Émard -- Paul Martin -- Gérald Rémy -- Laurentides -- Monique Guay -- Denise Lavoie -- Laurier -- Sainte-Marie -- Gilles Duceppe -- Isabelle Hontebeyrie -- Laval-Centre/Laval Centre -- Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral -- Michel Marchand -- Laval-Est/Laval East -- Maud Debien -- Jean-François Longpré -- Laval-Ouest/Laval West *Raymonde Folco -- Jocelyne Lavoie -- Lévis -- Antoine Dubé -- Monique Garcia -- Longueuil -- Caroline St-Hilaire -- Yvon Verrier -- Lotbinière -- Odina Desrochers -- Véronique Larochelle -- Louis-Hébert -- Hélène Alarie -- Jacques Charpentier -- Manicouagan -- Ghislaine Fournier -- Nicole Blouin -- Matapédia -- Matane -- René Canuel -- Jocelyne Lévesque -- Mercier -- Francine Lalonde -- André Laverdure -- Mont-Royal/Mount Royal -- Sheila Finestone -- Eiran Harris -- Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Lachine -- Marlene Jennings -- Rollande C. Sentenne -- Outremont -- Martin M. Cauchon -- Henriette Guérin -- Papineau -- Saint-Denis -- Pierre S. Pettigrew -- Sylvie Jacmain -- Pierrefonds -- Dollard -- Bernard Patry -- Renée Desmarais -- Pontiac -- Gatineau -- Labelle -- Robert Bertrand -- Don L. Laporte -- Portneuf -- Pierre de Savoye -- Gertrude F. Renaud -- Québec -- Ghristiane Gagnon -- Claude Doré -- Québec-Est/Québec East -- Jean-Paul Marchand -- Claude Berthelot -- Repentigny -- Benoît Sauvageau -- Claude Martel -- Richelieu -- Louis Plamondon -- Michel Longval -- Richmond -- Arthabaska -- André Bachand -- Denis Dufour -- Rimouski -- Mitis -- Suzanne Tremblay -- Jacques H. Roy -- Roberval -- Michel Gauthier -- Suzanne K. Côté -- Rosemont -- Bernard Bigras -- Ginette Dufresne -- Saint-Eustache -- Sainte-Thérèse -- Gilles-A. Perron -- Michel Binette -- Saint-Bruno-Saint-Hubert -- Pierrette Venne -- André Nadeau -- Saint-Hyacinthe -- Bagot -- Yvan Loubier -- Suzie Guilmain -- Saint-Jean -- Claude Bachand -- Claude Denault -- Saint-Lambert -- Yolande Thibeault -- Celeste Nardella -- Saint-Laurent -- Cartierville -- Stéphane Dion -- André Jobin -- Saint-Léonard -- Saint-Michel -- Alfonso Gagliano -- Tina Mignacca -- Saint-Maurice -- Jean Chrétien -- Gilles Leboeuf -- Shefford -- Diane St-Jacques -- Christine Fournier -- Sherbrooke -- Jean Charest -- Jean-Claude Boutin -- Témiscamingue -- Pierre Brien -- Jeannine Beaulieu -- Terrebonne -- Blainville -- Paul Mercier -- Anick Champagne -- Trois-Rivières -- Yves Rocheleau -- Michelle Rocheleau -- Vaudreuil-Soulanges -- Nick Niscepola -- Gildor E. Roy -- Verchères -- Stéphane Bergeron -- Andrée Lamoureux -- Verdun -- Saint-Henri -- Raymond Lavigne -- Marcel Henley -- Westmount -- Ville-Marie -- Lucienne Robillard -- Claude Longpré -- Ontario -- Algoma-Manitoulin -- Brent St. Denis -- Craege McQuarrie -- Barrie -- Simcoe-Bradford -- Aileen Carrol -- Carol Forde -- Beaches -- East York -- Maria Minna -- Lois C. Forrest -- Bramalea -- Gore -- Malton -- Gurbax Singh Malhi -- Judith A. McArthur -- Brampton Centre/Brampton-Centre -- Sarkis Assadourian -- Terry Rosehart -- Brampton West -- Mississauga/Brampton-Ouest-Mississauga -- Colleen Beaumier -- Mary Lou Brown -- Brant -- Janko Peric -- Ines Sousa-Batista -- Broadview -- Greenwood -- Dennis J. Mills -- Barbara Diakopoulou -- Bruce -- Grey -- Ovid L. Jackson -- William A. Twaddle -- Burlington -- Paddy Torsney -- Gordon H. Goodrow -- Cambridge -- Janko Peric -- Ines Sousa-Batista -- Carleton-Gloucester -- Eugène Bellemare -- Maurice Villeneuve -- Davenport -- Charles Caccia -- Heather Kilgour -- Don Valley East/Don Valley-Est -- David Michael Collenette -- Urma Ellis -- Don Valley West/Don Valley-Ouest -- John Godfrey -- Azim Ramji -- Dufferin -- Peel -- Wellington -- Grey -- Murray Calder -- Hilda M. Pincoe -- Durham -- Alex Shepherd -- Ted M.J. Rytwinski -- Eglinton -- Lawrence -- Joseph Volpe -- Mary Ann Calabretta -- Elgin -- Middlesex -- London -- Gar Knutson -- Tom Nesbitt -- Erie -- Lincoln -- John Maloney -- Thomas W. Christoff -- Essex -- Susan Whelan -- Margaret Wotlz -- Etobicoke Centre/Etobicoke-Centre -- Allan Rock -- Crawford Murphy -- Etobicoke -- Lakeshore -- Jean Augustine -- Lorenzo D. Policelli -- Etobicoke North/Etobicoke-Nord -- Roy Cullen -- Micky Mahabir -- Glengarry -- Prescott -- Russell -- Don Boudria -- Murielle T. Lanthier -- Guelph -- Wellington -- Brenda Chamberlain -- Jeff B. Kane -- Haldimand -- Norfolk -- Brant -- Bob Speller -- M. Cynthia Stuart -- Halton -- Julian Reed -- Kenneth Frey -- Hamilton East/Hamilton-Est -- Sheila Copps -- Irene Stayshyn -- Hamilton Mountain -- Beth Phinney -- William L. McDiarmid -- Hamilton West/Hamilton-Ouest -- Stan Keyes -- Georgina Lupton -- Hastings -- Frontenac -- Lennox and Addington -- Larry McCormick -- Irene M. Backholm -- Huron -- Bruce -- Paul Steckle -- Arthur S. Bolton -- Kenora -- Rainy River -- Robert D. Nault -- Gerry Ouellette -- Kent -- Essex -- Jerry Pickard -- Jim Stokes -- Kingston and the Islands/Kingston et les Îles -- Peter Milliken -- James Louis Keenleyside -- Kitchener Centre/Kitchener-Centre -- Karen Redman -- A.J. Weiss -- Kitchener -- Waterloo -- Andrew Telegdi -- Beverley Adams -- Lambton -- Kent -- Middlesex -- Rose-Marie Ur -- Keith M. Campbell -- Lanark -- Carleton -- Ian Murray -- Pam Armstrong -- Leeds -- Grenville -- Joe Jordan -- Barbara M. Mills -- London -- Fanshawe -- Pat O'Brien -- Tom Lawson -- London North Centre/London-Centre-Nord -- Joe Fontana -- Mary Luty -- London West/London-Ouest -- Sue Barnes -- Gordon O'Wainman -- Markham -- Jim Jones -- Javed Akbar -- Mississauga Centre/Mississauga-Centre -- Carolyn Parrish -- Helen Pogor -- Mississauga East/Mississauga-Est -- Albina Guarnieri -- Anna M. Abbruscato -- Mississauga South/Mississauga-Sud -- Paul Szabo -- Maragret Bernadette Dunn -- Mississauga West/Mississauga-Ouest -- Steve Mahoney -- Louis P. Robitaille -- Nepean -- Carleton -- David Pratt -- Marion Mayman -- Niagara Centre/Niagara-Centre -- Gilbert Parent -- Jackie Burwell -- Niagara Falls -- Gary Pillitteri -- Mike Montagano -- Nickel Belt -- Raymond Bonin -- Elizabeth Rutchinski -- Nipissing -- Bob Wood -- Cliff Dunn -- Northumberland -- Christine Stewart -- Winnifred A. Platt -- Oak Ridges -- Bryon Wilfert -- Michael Kennedy -- Oakville -- Bonnie Brown -- Robert Hitchcox -- Oshawa -- Ivan Grose -- Moira C. Ste. Marie -- Ottawa Centre/Ottawa-Centre -- Mac Harb -- Marjorie Goodfellow-Hansen -- Ottawa South/Ottawa-Sud -- John Manley -- Barbara R. Reinhardus -- Ottawa -- Vanier -- Mauril Bélanger -- Jean C. Coughlan -- Ottawa West -- Nepean/Ottawa-Ouest -- Nepean -- Marlene Catterall -- Marjorie J. Daechsel -- Oxford -- John Finlay -- Audrey E. Schultz -- Parkdale -- High Park -- Sarmite Bulte -- Michel Choma -- Parry Sound -- Muskoka -- Andy Mitchell -- Michael L. Greaves -- Perth -- Middlesex -- John Richardson -- Robert Jones -- Peterborough -- Peter Adams -- Amy G. Milburn -- Pickering -- Ajax -- Uxbridge -- Dan McTeague -- Joseph A. Birungi -- Prince Edward -- Hastings -- Lyle Vanclief -- Joan A. Guthrie -- Renfrew -- Nipissing -- Pembroke -- Hec Clouthier -- John W. Bromley -- Sarnia -- Lambton -- Roger Gallaway -- Mary O'Bradovic -- Sault Ste. Marie -- Carmen Provenzano -- Phil Lemay -- Scarborough -- Agincourt -- Jim Karygiannis -- Jean Pamenter -- Scarborough Centre/Scarborough-Centre -- John Cannis -- Ivor Gonsalves -- Scarborough East/Scarborough-Est -- John McKay -- Heather Howes -- Scarborough -- Rouge River -- Derek Lee -- Sheila E. Churchmuch -- Scarborough Southwest/Scarborough-Sud-Ouest -- Tom Wappel -- Mary Ellen Pimblett -- Simcoe -- Grey -- Paul Bonwick -- Don Kelly -- Simcoe North/Simcoe-Nord -- Paul DeVillers -- Ronald Stanton -- St. Catharines -- Walt Lastewka -- Donna M. Cole -- St. Paul's -- Carolyn Bennett -- Marsha Slivka -- Stoney Creek -- Tony Valeri -- Barbara Jones -- Stormont -- Dundas -- Bob Kilger -- Gérard G. Samson -- Sudbury -- Diane Marleau -- J.A. Welsh -- Thornhill -- Elinor Caplan -- Frances Romano -- Thunder Bay -- Atikokan -- Stan Dromisky -- Thompson George McCuaig -- Thunder Bay -- Nipigon -- Joe Comuzzi -- Paul Deighton -- Timiskaming -- Cochrane -- Benoît Serré -- Rolly Forget -- Timmins -- James Bay/Timmins -- Baie James -- Réginald Bélair -- Michelle Momy -- Toronto Centre -- Rosedale/Toronto-Centre -- Rosedale -- Bill Graham -- Megan Armstrong -- Trinity -- Spadina -- Tony Ianno -- Jo Ann Darnell -- Vaughan -- King-Aurora -- Maurizio Bevilacqua -- Marilyn Iafrate -- Victoria -- Haliburton -- John O'Reilly -- William Somerton -- Waterloo -- Wellington -- Lynn Myers -- Barbara Quickfall -- Wentworth -- Burlington -- John Bryden 18Phyllis Rose Marie Morelli -- Whitby -- Ajax -- Judi Longfield -- Elizabeth Wiseman -- Willowdale -- Jim Peterson -- Shirley Scaife -- Windsor -- St. Clair -- Shaughnessy Cohen -- Donna E. Marcotte -- Windsor West/Windsor-Ouest -- Herb Gray -- Thomas S. Toth -- York Centre/York-Centre -- Arthur Eggleton -- Nina Cameron -- York North/York-Nord -- Karen Kraft Sloan -- Alice Keenan -- York South -- Weston/York-Sud -- Weston -- John Nunziata -- Shirley Rothery -- York West/York-Ouest -- Sergio Marchi -- Gilbert F. Parrotta -- Manitoba -- Brandon -- Souris -- Rick Borotsik -- Stewart Brandon -- Charleswood -- Assiniboine -- John Harvard -- Aihlin Walker -- Churchill -- Bev Desjarlais -- Theresa McDonald -- Dauphin -- Swan River -- Inky Mark -- Conrad Alexander Artibise -- Portage -- Lisgar -- Jake E. Hoeppner -- John J. Harrison -- Provencher -- David Iftody -- Wally Rempel -- Saint Boniface/Saint-Boniface -- Ronald J. Duhamel -- Raymonde L. Doyle -- Selkirk -- Interlake -- Howard Hilstrom -- Lise Pinsonneault -- Winnipeg Centre/Winnipeg-Centre -- Pat Martin -- Beverley Barringer -- Winnipeg North Centre/Winnipeg-Centre-Nord -- Judy Wasylycia-Leis -- Myroslaw Tracz -- Winnipeg North -- St. Paul/Winnipeg-Nord -- St. Paul -- Rey D. Pagtakhan -- Claudia Sarbit -- Winnipeg South/Winnipeg-Sud -- Reg Alcock -- Dianne Cooper -- Winnipeg South Centre/Winnipeg-Centre-Sud -- Lloyd Axworthy -- Joanne Purvis -- Winnipeg -- Transcona -- William Blaikie -- Mickey Ferguson -- Saskatchewan -- Battlefords -- Lloydminster -- Gerry Ritz -- Albert J. Blais -- Blackstrap -- Allan Kerpan -- Debby Reithmeier -- Churchill River/Rivière Churchill -- Rick Laliberté -- Anne Hryniuk -- Cypress Hills -- Grasslands -- Lee Morrison -- Shirley H. Nelson -- Palliser -- Dick Proctor -- Henri O'Reilly -- Prince Albert -- Derek Konrad -- Nancy Anne Kent -- Qu'Appelle -- Lorne Nystrom -- James Andrew Jensen -- Regina -- Lumsden-Lake Centre -- John Solomon -- Louise Holloway -- Saskatoon -- Humboldt -- Jim Pankiw -- Margaret Elizabeth Woods -- Saskatoon -- Rosetown-Biggar -- Chris Axworthy -- Irene McKenzie -- Souris -- Moose Mountain -- Roy Bailey -- Michel J. Bauche -- Wanuskewin -- Maurice Vellacott -- Les Widdifield -- Wascana -- Ralph E. Goodale -- Al W. Zabinsky -- Yorkton -- Melville -- Garry Breitkreuz -- Eugene E. Wiwchar -- Alberta -- Athabasca -- David Chatters -- Doug Rice -- Calgary Centre/Calgary-Centre -- Eric Lowther -- Trudy Hughes -- Calgary East/Calgary-Est -- Deepak Obhrai -- Eileen M. Thompson -- Calgary Northeast/Calgary-Nord-Est -- Art Hanger -- Shannon Loreen Pitts -- Calgary -- Nose Hill -- Dian Ablonczy -- Ash Bhasin -- Calgary Southeast/Calgary-Sud-Est -- Jason Kenney -- Cheryl Schuett -- Calgary Southwest/Calgary-Sud-Ouest -- Preston Manning -- Melvin Hansen -- Calgary West/Calgary-Ouest -- Rob Anders -- Catherine C. Wilson -- Crowfoot -- Jack Ramsay -- Joan Horner -- Edmonton East/Edmonton-Est -- Peter Goldring -- Bill Mukanik -- Edmonton North/Edmonton-Nord -- Deborah Grey -- Phyllis R. Basaraba -- Edmonton Southeast/Edmonton-Sud-Est -- David Kilgour -- Connie Waters -- Edmonton Southwest/Edmonton-Sud-Ouest -- Ian McClelland -- Patricia Collins -- Edmonton -- Strathcona -- Rahim Jaffer -- Lloyd W. Johnson -- Edmonton West/Edmonton-Ouest -- Anne McLellan -- Don Williams -- Elk Island -- Ken Epp -- Norman J. Ashdown -- Lakeland -- Leon E. Benoit -- Paul E. Boisvert -- Lethbridge -- Rick Casson -- Arleen E. Albiez -- Macleod -- Grant Hill -- Grace M. Zimmerman -- Medicine Hat -- Monte Solberg -- Frank Tarnoczi -- Peace River -- Charlie Penson -- F.G. Howis -- Red Deer -- Bob Mills -- Glenda M. Molgat -- St. Albert -- John Williams -- Alice Ann Killam -- Wetaskiwin -- Dale Johnston -- Ralph Scarlett -- Wild Rose -- Myron Thompson -- Edwin Eggerer -- Yellowhead -- Cliff Breitkreuz -- Alan Clark -- British Columbia/Colombie-Britannique -- Burnaby -- Douglas -- Svend J. Robinson -- James Martin Pavich -- Cariboo -- Chilcotin -- Philip Mayfield -- Elizabeth A. Robertson -- Delta -- South Richmond -- John Cummins -- Ruth Little -- Dewdney -- Alouette -- Grant McNally -- Lucille Sloan -- Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca -- Keith Martin -- John D. Mackenzie -- Fraser Valley -- Chuck Strahl -- Jorgen S. Munck -- Kamloops -- Nelson Riis -- Allan Dickson Knight -- Kelowna -- Werner Schmidt -- Linda S. Christiansen -- Kootenay -- Columbia -- Jim Abbott -- Leanne Blackmore -- Langley -- Abbotsford -- Randy White -- Shirley Joiner -- Nanaimo -- Alberni -- Bill Gilmour -- Joanne Melling -- Nanaimo -- Cowichan -- Reed Elley -- Deborah Walker-Morel -- New Westminster -- Coquitlam -- Burnaby -- Paul Forseth -- Maureen McCulloch -- North Vancouver -- Ted White -- Geoff Thorpe -- Okanagan -- Coquihalla *Jim Hart -- William Arthur Genereux -- Okanagan -- Shuswap -- Darrel Stinson -- Joy Lett -- Port Moody -- Coquitlam -- Sharon Hayes -- Dianna M. Brown -- Prince George -- Bulkley Valley -- Richard Harris -- Cliff Dezell -- Prince George -- Peace River -- Jay Hill -- Holly Tryon -- Richmond -- Raymond Chan -- Alma McDonald -- Saanich -- Gulf Islands -- Gary Lunn -- Allan D. Scott -- Skeena -- Mike Scott -- Bruce Forward -- South Surrey -- White Rock -- Langley -- Val Meredith -- Patrick Paul Lucier -- Surrey Central/Surrey-Centre -- Gurmant Grewal -- Barkat S. Bal -- Surrey North/Surrey-Nord -- Chuck Cadman -- Arnold Silzer -- Vancouver Centre/Vancouver-Centre -- Hedry Fry -- Donna Reid -- Vancouver East/Vancouver-Est -- Elizabeth Davies -- Malcolm Bates Bryson -- Vancouver Island North/Île de Vancouver-Nord -- John Duncan -- Sam Fell -- Vancouver Kingsway -- M. Sophia Leung -- Simone Blais -- Vancouver Quadra -- Ted McWhinney -- E. Douglas Tyson -- Vancouver South -- Burnaby/Vancouver-Sud -- Burnaby -- Harbance Singh Dhaliwal -- Louise H. Scheffer -- Victoria -- David Anderson -- Janet Baird -- West Kootenay -- Okanagan -- Jim Gouk -- Hans G. Hubert -- West Vancouver -- Sunshine Coast -- John Reynolds -- J.A. North -- Yukon -- Yukon -- Louise Hardy -- Dave Brekke -- Northwest Territories/Territoires du Nord-Ouest -- Nunavut -- Nancy Karetak-Lindell -- Mary Olibuk Tatty -- Western Arctic -- Ethel Blondin-Andrew -- Patricia A. McMahon

The Members, who had taken and subscribed the oath required by law, took their seats.

The Clerk informed the Members that the Deputy Governor General will proceed to the Senate today at 11:00 a.m. to open the First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Parliament.

A Message was received from the Right Honourable Antonio Lamer, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, in his capacity as Deputy Governor General, desiring the immediate attendance of the Members in the Senate.

Accordingly, the Members proceeded to the Senate and were informed by the Speaker of the Senate that His Excellency the Governor General did not see fit to declare the causes of his summoning the present Parliament until the Speaker of the House of Commons shall have been chosen according to Law, but on Tuesday, September 23, 1997, at 2:30 p.m., His Excellency will declare the causes of calling this Parliament.

The Members returned to the Chamber.

ELECTION OF THE SPEAKER

Pursuant to Standing Order 2, the House proceeded to the election of a Speaker.

Pursuant to Standing Order 3, Mr. Caccia (Davenport) took the Chair to preside over the election.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 4 and 5, the Member presiding informed the House that a list of Members not eligible for election to the Office of the Speaker was available at the Table.

Accordingly, the list of candidates for the first ballot was as follows: -- Members -- Députés -- Adams, Peter -- Assadourian, Sarkis -- Bradshaw, Claudette -- Brison, Scott -- Comuzzi, Joe -- Discepola, Nick -- Drouin, Claude -- Earle, Gordon -- Finestone, Sheila -- Gallaway, Roger -- Grose, Ivan -- Hubbard, Charles -- Iftody, David -- Lavigne, Raymond -- Lincoln, Clifford -- Mahoney, Steve -- Martin, Keith -- McCormick, Larry -- McTeague, Dan -- Nunziata, John --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- O'Brien, Lawrence -- Paradis, Denis -- Parent, Gib -- Scott, Mike (Skeena) -- Steckle, Paul -- Szabo, Paul -- Thompson, Greg (Charlotte) -- Vellacott, Maurice -- White, Ted (North Vancouver)

Pursuant to Standing Order 4, the Members proceeded to vote.

At 12:10 p.m., the voting procedure was completed and the sitting was suspended to the call of the Chair for the counting of the ballots by the Clerk.

At 12:44 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Pursuant to Standing Order 4(8), the Member presiding informed the House that another ballot would be necessary.

Accordingly, the list of candidates for the second ballot was as follows: -- Members -- Députés -- Gallaway, Roger -- Lincoln, Clifford -- Nunziata, John -- Parent, Gib

Pursuant to Standing Order 4, the Members proceeded to vote.

At 1:13 p.m., the voting procedure was completed and the sitting was suspended to the call of the Chair for the counting of the ballots by the Clerk.

At 1:42 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Pursuant to Standing Order 4(8), the Member presiding informed the House that another ballot would be necessary.

Accordingly, the list of candidates for the third ballot was as follows: -- Members -- Députés -- Lincoln, Clifford -- Nunziata, John -- Parent, Gib

Pursuant to Standing Order 4, the Members proceeded to vote.

At 2:06 p.m., the voting procedure was completed and the sitting was suspended to the call of the Chair for the counting of the ballots by the Clerk.

At 2:29 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Pursuant to Standing Order 4(8), the Member presiding informed the House that another ballot would be necessary.

Accordingly, the list of candidates for the fourth ballot was as follows: -- Members -- Députés -- Nunziata, John -- Parent, Gib

Pursuant to Standing Order 4, the Members proceeded to vote.

At 2:58 p.m., the voting procedure was completed and the sitting was suspended to the call of the Chair for the counting of the ballots by the Clerk.

At 3:18 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Pursuant to Standing Order 4(7), the Member presiding announced that Mr. Parent (Niagara Centre) had been elected to the Office of the Speaker.

Accordingly, the Member presiding left the Chair.

Mr. Parent (Niagara Centre) was escorted to the Chair by Mr. Caccia (Davenport) and returned his humble acknowlegments to the House for the great honour they had been pleased to confer upon him by choosing him to be their Speaker.

Whereupon, the Mace was laid upon the Table.

The Speaker informed the House that His Excellency the Governor General will arrive at the Peace Tower on Tuesday, September 23, 1997, at 2:30 p.m., and, when it has been indicated that all is in readiness, will proceed to the Senate to formally open the First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Parliament.

MOTION

By unanimous consent, the election of the Speaker was deemed unanimous.

ADJOURNMENT

At 3:29 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:30 p.m..