HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
37^TH PARLIAMENT, 1^st SESSION

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JOURNALS

No. 001

Monday, January 29, 2001

11:00 a.m.

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Today being the first day of the meeting of the First Session of the 37th Parliament for the despatch of business, Mr. William C. Corbett, Clerk of the House of Commons, Ms. Audrey O'Brien, Deputy Clerk of the House of Commons, and Major General Maurice Gaston Cloutier, CMM, C.D., O.St.J., 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. William C. Corbett 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-Sixth Parliament on the twenty-second day of October 2000, writs of election were issued on the same date by command of Her Excellency the Governor General 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 sixth day of November 2000, and the poll, if required, on the twenty-seventh day of November 2000.

AND THAT an election was accordingly held in every electoral district in Canada on the twenty-seventh day of November 2000.

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 section 317 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 nineteenth day of December 2000.

JEAN-PIERRE KINGSLEY
Chief Electoral Officer

Electoral Districts -- Circonscriptions électorales -- Members Elected -- Députés élus

Newfoundland -- Terre-Neuve

Bonavista -- Trinity -- Conception -- Brian Tobin -- Walter Brown Burin -- St. George's -- Bill Matthews -- Irene J. Hodder Gander -- Grand Falls -- George Baker -- Winnie Roebothan Humber -- St. Barbe -- Baie Verte -- Gerry Byrnem -- Robert Green Labrador -- Lawrence O'Brien -- Barbara Roberts St. John's East/St. John's-Est -- Norman E. Doyle -- Gerald Tilley St. John's West/St. John's-Ouest -- Loyola Hearn -- Larry V. Edison

Prince Edward Island -- Île-du-Prince-Édouard

Cardigan -- Lawrence MacAulay -- Mary Dyck Egmont -- Joe McGuire -- Pauline Deighan Hillsboroug -- Shawn Murphy -- Sharon Knox Malpeque -- Wayne Easter -- Cecil E. MacPhail

Nova Scotia -- Nouvelle-Écosse

Bras d'Or -- Cape Breton -- Rodger Cuzner -- Norman S. Carmichael Cumberland -- Colchester -- Bill Casey -- H.K. Starratt Dartmouth -- Wendy Lill -- William J. Clair Halifax -- Alexa McDonough -- Joan Cunningham Halifax West/Halifax-Ouest -- Geoff Regan -- Terry Tingley Kings -- Hants -- Scott Brison -- Alfred G. McPherson Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough -- Peter G. MacKay -- Mary D. Daley Sackville -- Musquodoboit Valley -- Eastern Shore -- Peter Stoffer -- Paul Hyland South Shore -- Gerald Keddy -- Karen Lynn Logan Sydney -- Victoria -- Mark Eyking -- Peggy MacAdam West Nova/Ouest Nova -- Robert Thibault -- Rose-Aline Gawn

New Brunswick -- Nouveau-Brunswick

Acadie -- Bathurst -- Yvon Godin -- Norbert J. Sivret Beauséjour––Petitcodiac -- Dominic LeBlanc -- Louis Bourgeois Fredericton -- Andy Scott -- John M. Landry Fundy -- Royal -- John Herron -- Lynda Jean Chappell Madawaska -- Restigouche -- Jeannot Castonguay -- Laurier Lévesque Miramichi -- Charles Hubbard -- Fred Hamilton Moncton -- Riverview -- Dieppe -- Claudette Bradshaw -- Ghislaine Ringuette Crawford New Brunswick Southwest/Nouveau-Brunswick-Sud-Ouest -- Greg Thompson -- W. Robert Brown Saint John -- Elsie Wayne -- Fred Fuller Tobique -- Mactaquac -- Andy Savoy -- Jean-Guy Beaulieu

Quebec -- Québec

Abitibi -- Baie-James -- Nunavik -- Guy St-Julien -- Claire Gilbert Ahuntsic -- Eleni Bakopanos -- Jacques Pelletier Anjou -- Rivière-des-Prairies -- Yvon Charbonneau -- Pauline Hamel Argenteuil -- Papineau -- Mirabel -- Mario Laframboise -- Lisette Lévesque Bas-Richelieu -- Nicolet -- Bécancour -- Louis Plamondon -- Michel Longval Beauce -- Claude Drouin -- Laurent Nadeau Beauharnois -- Salaberry -- Serge Marcil -- André Comeau Beauport -- Montmorency -- Côte-de-Beaupré -- Île-d'Orléans -- Michel Guimond -- Paul-André Beaubien Bellechasse -- Etchemins–Montmagny -- L'Islet -- Gilbert Normand -- Pierre Fafard Berthier -- Montcalm -- Michel Bellehumeur -- Colette Laferrière Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine -- Pabok -- Georges Farrah -- Marlème Ferguson Bourassa -- Denis Coderre -- Antonio Pensato Brome -- Missisquoi -- Denis Paradis -- Denis Leclerc Brossard -- La Prairie -- Jacques Saada -- Pierre Robitaille Chambly -- Ghislain Lebel -- Guy Lafontaine Champlain -- Marcel Gagnon -- Jean-Paul Couture Charlesbourg -- Jacques-Cartier -- Richard Marceau -- Sophie Ouellet Charlevoix -- Gérard Asselin -- Blondin Moreau Châteauguay -- Robert Lanctôt -- Bernard Renaud Chicoutimi -- Le Fjord -- André Harvey -- Ghislain Harvey Compton -- Stanstead S David Price -- Debra Martin Drummond -- Pauline Picard -- Gaétan Ratté Frontenac -- Mégantic -- Gérard Binet -- André Pomerleau Gatineau -- Mark Assad -- Gilles Trahan Hochelaga -- Maisonneuve -- Réal Ménard -- Jules Léger Hull -- Aylmer -- Marcel Proulx -- Suzanne Carrière Joliette -- Pierre Paquette -- Bernard Lajeunesse Jonquière -- Jocelyne Girard-Bujold -- Danielle Godin Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup -- Témiscouata -- Les Basques -- Paul Crête -- Pierrette Couillard Lac-Saint-Jean -- Saguenay -- Stéphan Tremblay -- Robert Gagné 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 -- Suzanne Paquin Pellerin Laval Centre/Laval-Centre -- Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral -- Michel Marchand Laval East/Laval-Est -- Carole-Marie Allard -- Jean-François Longpré Laval West/Laval-Ouest -- Raymonde Folco -- Jocelyne Lavoie Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière -- Antoine Dubé -- Monique Garcia Longueuil -- Caroline St-Hilaire -- André Normandin Lotbinière -- L'Érable -- Odina Desrochers -- Véronique Larochelle Louis-Hébert -- Hélène C. Scherrer -- Rénald Lévesque Manicouagan -- Ghislain Fournier -- Nicole Blouin Matapédia -- Matane -- Jean-Yves Roy -- Jocelyne Lévesque Mercier -- Francine Lalonde -- André Laverdure Mount Royal/Mont-Royal -- Irwin Cotler -- Eiran Harris Notre-Dame-de-Grâce -- Lachine -- Marlene Jennings -- Rolande C. Sentenne Outremont -- Martin Cauchon -- Yelka Acimovic Papineau -- Saint-Denis -- Pierre Pettigrew -- Sylvie Jacmain Pierrefonds -- Dollard -- Bernard Patry -- Renée Desmarais Pontiac -- Gatineau -- Labelle -- Robert Bertrand -- Don L. Laporte Portneuf -- Claude Duplain -- Fernand Lirette Québec -- Christiane Gagnon -- Jean-Charles Garant Québec East/Québec-Est -- Jean Guy Carignan -- Claude Berthelot Repentigny -- Benoît Sauvageau -- Claude Martel Richmond -- Arthabaska -- André Bachand -- Denis Dufour Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis -- Suzanne Tremblay -- Jacques H. Roy Roberval -- Michel Gauthier -- Suzanne K. Côté Rosemont -- Petite-Patrie -- Bernard Bigras -- Manon Duguay Rivière-des-Mille-Îles -- Gilles-A. Perron -- Lorraine Boucher-Desfossés 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 -- Jacques Lachapelle Saint-Léonard -- Saint-Michel -- Alfonso Gagliano -- Antonio Iadeluca Saint-Maurice -- Jean Chrétien -- Gilles Leboeuf Shefford -- Diane St-Jacques -- Christine Fournier Sherbrooke -- Serge Cardin -- Richard Dion Témiscamingue -- Pierre Brien -- Jeannine Beaulieu Terrebonne -- Blainville -- Diane Bourgeois -- François Duval Trois-Rivières -- Yves Rocheleau -- Michelle Rocheleau Vaudreuil -- Soulanges -- Nick Discepola -- Gildor E. Roy Verchères -- Les-Patriotes -- Stéphane Bergeron -- Andrée Lamoureux Verdun -- Saint-Henri -- Saint-Paul -- Pointe Saint-Charles -- Raymond Lavigne -- Marcel Henley Westmount -- Ville-Marie -- Lucienne Robillard -- Irene L. Martin

Ontario

Algoma -- Manitoulin -- Brent St. Denis -- Craege McQuarrie Ancaster -- Dundas -- Flamborough -- Aldershot -- John Bryden -- Al Croxall Barrie -- Simcoe -- Bradford -- Aileen Carroll -- Carol Forde Beaches -- East York -- Maria Minna -- Lois C. Forrest Bramalea -- Gore -- Malton -- Springdale -- Gurbax S. Malhi -- Judith A. McArthur Brampton Centre/Brampton-Centre -- Sarkis Assadourian -- Terry Rosehart Brampton West -- Mississauga/Brampton-Ouest -- Mississauga -- Colleen Beaumier -- Mary Lou Brown Brant -- Jane Stewart -- Denys C.Jones Bruce -- Grey -- Owen Sound -- Ovid L. Jackson -- William A. Twaddle Burlington -- Paddy Torsney -- Michael D. Birse Cambridge -- Janko Peric -- Ines Sousa-Batista Chatham -- Kent Essex -- Jerry Pickard -- Jim Stokes Davenport -- Charles Caccia -- Heather Kilgour Don Valley East/Don Valley-Est -- David 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 -- Joe Volpe -- Mary Ann Calabretta Elgin -- Middlesex -- London -- Gar Knutson -- Tom Nesbitt Erie -- Lincoln -- John Maloney -- Thomas W. Christoff Essex -- Susan Whelan -- Margaret Woltz Etobicoke Centre/Etobicoke-Centre -- Allan Rock -- Crawford Murphy Etobicoke -- Lakeshore S 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 -- Cynthia M. Stuart Haliburton -- Victoria -- Brock -- John O'Reilly -- William Somerton Halton -- Julian Reed -- Kenneth Frey Hamilton East/Hamilton-Est -- Sheila Copps -- Joe S. Ewers 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 -- Bob Nault -- Gerry Ouellette Kingston and the Islands/Kingston et les Îles -- Peter Milliken -- James Louis Keenleyside Kitchener Centre/Kitchener-Centre -- Karen Redman -- Anton J. Weiss Kitchener -- Waterloo -- Andrew Telegdi -- Beverley Adams Lambton -- Kent -- Middlesex -- Rose-Marie Ur -- Keith M. Campbell Lanark -- Carleton -- Scott Reid -- 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 -- John McCallum -- Judi McIntyre Mississauga Centre/Mississauga-Centre -- Carolyn Parrish -- Hugh Stanley Welbourn Mississauga East/Mississauga-Est -- Albina Guarnieri -- Anne M. Abbruscato Mississauga South/Mississauga-Sud -- Paul Szabo -- Margaret Bernadette Dunn Mississauga West/Mississauga-Ouest -- Steve Mahoney -- Louis P. Robitaille Nepean -- Carleton -- David Pratt -- Paul Kasouf Niagara Centre/Niagara-Centre -- Tony Tirabassi -- Jackie Burwell Niagara Falls -- Gary Pillitteri -- Mike Montagano Nickel Belt -- Raymond Bonin -- Norma J. Shaw Nipissing -- Bob Wood -- Cliff Dunn Northumberland -- Paul Harold Macklin -- Dorothy M. Allore Oak Ridges -- Bryon Wilfert -- Michael Kennedy Oakville -- M. A. Bonnie Brown -- John M. Muldoon Oshawa -- Ivan Grose -- Moira C. Ste. Marie Ottawa Centre/Ottawa-Centre -- Mac Harb -- Marjorie Hansen Ottawa -- Orléans -- Eugène Bellemare -- Maurice Villeneuve Ottawa South/Ottawa-Sud -- John Manley -- Joan M. O'Neill 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 -- Richard Hirsh Parry Sound -- Muskoka -- Andy Mitchell -- Michael L. Greaves Perth -- Middlesex -- John Alexander 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 -- Cheryl Gallant -- John W. Bromley Sarnia -- Lambton -- Roger Gallaway -- Mary O'Bradovic Sault Ste. Marie -- Carmen F. 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 -- Kate Colterman Simcoe -- Grey -- Paul Bonwick -- Don Kelly Simcoe North/Simcoe-Nord -- Paul DeVillers -- Ronald Stanton St. Catharines -- Walt Lastewka -- Veronica O'Brien St. Paul's -- Carolyn Bennett -- Margaret Mabley Stoney Creek -- Tony Valeri -- Barbara Jones Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh -- Bob Kilger -- Gérard G. Samson Sudbury -- Diane Marleau -- Ellen Kerr Thornhill -- Elinor Caplan -- Frances Romano Thunder Bay -- Atikokan -- Stan Dromisky -- Thompson George McCuaig Thunder Bay -- Superior North/Thunder Bay -- Superior-Nord -- Joe Comuzzi -- William Everitt Timiskaming -- Cochrane -- Ben Serré -- Rolly Forget Timmins -- James Bay/Timmins -- Baie James -- Réginald Bélair -- Michelle Momy Toronto Centre -- Rosedale/Toronto-Centre -- Rosedale -- Bill Graham -- Kimberly Joy Kippen Toronto -- Danforth -- Dennis Mills -- Barbara Diakopoulou Trinity -- Spadina -- Tony Ianno -- Jo Ann Darnell Vaughan -- King -- Aurora -- Maurizio Bevilacqua -- Marilyn Iafrate Waterloo -- Wellington -- Lynn Myers -- Barbara Quickfall Whitby -- Ajax -- Judi Longfield -- Elizabeth Wiseman Willowdale -- Jim Peterson -- Shirley Scaife Windsor -- St. Clair -- Joe Comartin -- Donna E. Marcotte Windsor West/Windsor-Ouest -- Herb Gray -- Louis Popovich York Centre/York-Centre -- Art Eggleton -- Nina Cameron York North/York-Nord -- Karen Kraft Sloan -- Alice Keenan York South -- Weston/York-Sud -- Weston -- Alan Tonks -- Shirley Rothery York West/York-Ouest -- Judy Sgro -- Gilbert F. Parrotta

Manitoba

Brandon -- Souris -- Rick Borotsik -- Stewart Brandon Charleswood St. James -- Assiniboia -- John Harvard -- Aihlin Walker Churchill -- Bev Desjarlais -- Theresa McDonald Dauphin -- Swan River -- Inky Mark -- Conrad Alexander Artibise Portage -- Lisgar -- Brian William Pallister -- John J. Harrison Provencher -- Vic Toews -- 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 -- Myro- slaw 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 -- Anita Neville -- Pamela G. Cameron Winnipeg -- Transcona -- Bill Blaikie -- Todd Butler

Saskatchewan

Battlefords -- Lloydminster -- Gerry Ritz -- Albert J. Blais Blackstrap -- Lynne Yelich -- Doris Lavonne Dumba Churchill River/Rivière Churchill -- Rick Laliberte -- Anne Hryniuk Cypress Hills -- Grasslands -- David L. Anderson -- Shirley H. Nelson Palliser -- Dick Proctor -- Henri O'Reilly Prince Albert -- Brian Fitzpatrick -- Mary Schnell Regina -- Lumsden -- Lake Centre -- Larry Spencer -- Louise Holloway Regina -- Qu'Appelle -- Lorne Nystrom -- James Andrew Jensen Saskatoon -- Humboldt -- Jim Pankiw -- Margaret Elizabeth Woods Saskatoon -- Rosetown -- Biggar -- Carol Skelton -- Leon McAuley Saskatoon -- Wanuskewin -- Maurice Vellacott -- A. Elizabeth Anstis Souris -- Moose Mountain -- Roy H. Bailey -- Michel J. Bauche Wascana -- Ralph Goodale -- Al W. Zabinsky Yorkton -- Melville -- Garry Breitkreuz -- Eugene Wiwchar

Alberta

Athabasca -- Dave Chatters -- Doug Rice Calgary Centre/Calgary-Centre -- Joe Clark -- Trudy Hughes Calgary East/Calgary-Est -- Deepak Obhrai -- Nora O'Connell Calgary Northeast/Calgary-Nord-Est -- Art Hanger -- Shannon Loreen Pitts Calgary -- Nose Hill -- Diane Ablonczy -- Marilla M. Silbernagel 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 -- Kevin Sorenson -- Alice Killam Edmonton Centre-East/Edmonton-Centre-Est -- Peter Goldring -- Bill Mukanik Edmonton North/Edmonton-Nord -- Deborah Grey -- Phyllis R. Basaraba Edmonton Southeast/Edmonton-Sud-Est -- David Kilgour -- Donna Ruth Wilson Edmonton Southwest/Edmonton-Sud-Oues  James Rajotte -- 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 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 -- Lise Dombroskie Red Deer -- Bob Mills -- Glenda M. Molgat St. Albert -- John Williams -- Percy Rueben William Wright Wetaskiwin -- Dale Johnston -- Ralph Scarlett Wild Rose -- Myron Thompson -- Edwin Eggerer Yellowhead -- Rob Merrifield -- Alan Clark

British Columbia -- Colombie-Britannique

Burnaby -- Douglas -- Svend Robinson -- James Martin Pavich Cariboo -- Chilcotin -- Philip Mayfield -- Elizabeth A. Robertson Delta -- South Richmond -- John M. 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, Thompson and Highlands Valleys -- Betty Hinton -- Alan Knight Kelowna -- Werner Schmidt -- James E. Hubay Kootenay -- Boundary -- Okanagan -- Jim Gouk -- Hans G. Hubert Kootenay -- Columbia -- Jim Abbott -- Leanne Blackmore Langley -- Abbotsford -- Randy White -- Roger Patillo Nanaimo -- Alberni -- James D. Lunney -- 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 -- Stockwell Day -- William Arthur Genereux Okanagan -- Shuswap -- Darrel Stinson -- Joy Lett Port Moody -- Coquitlam -- Port Coquitlam -- James Moore -- Dianna M. Brown Prince George -- Bulkley Valley -- Dick Harris -- Cliff Dezell Prince George -- Peace River -- Jay Hill -- Holly Tryon Richmond -- Joe Peschisolido -- Alma McDonald Saanich -- Gulf Islands -- Gary Lunn -- Sandra Neve Skeena -- Andy Burton -- Bruce Forward South Surrey -- White Rock -- Langley -- Val Meredith -- Patrick Paul Lucier Surrey Central/Surrey-Centre -- Gurmant Grewal -- Baljit Grewal Surrey North/Surrey-Nord -- Chuck Cadman -- Teresa A. Honeywill Vancouver Centre/Vancouver-Centre -- Hedy Fry -- Donna L. Celle Vancouver East/Vancouver-Est -- Libby Davies -- Malcom Bates Bryson Vancouver Island North/Île de Vancouver-Nord -- John Duncan -- Kristie Lee Woodrow Vancouver Kingsway -- Sophia Leung -- Bill Yuen Vancouver QuadraStephen Owen -- E. Douglas Tyson Vancouver South -- Burnaby/Vancouver-Sud -- Burnaby -- Herb Dhaliwal -- Louise H. Scheffer Victoria -- David A. Anderson -- Janet Baird West Vancouver -- Sunshine Coast -- John Reynolds -- J.A. North

Yukon

Yukon -- Larry Bagnell -- Dave Brekke

Northwest Territories -- Territoires du Nord-Ouest

Western Arctic -- Ethel Blondin-Andrew -- David M.H. Connelly

Nunavut

Nunavut -- Nancy Karetak-Lindell

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 37th Parliament.

A Message was received from the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, in her 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 Her Excellency the Governor General did not see fit to declare the causes of her summoning the present Parliament until the Speaker of the House of Commons shall have been chosen according to Law, but on Tuesday, January 30, 2001, at 2:00 p.m., Her 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

Anders, Rob -- Bakopanos, Eleni -- Binet, Gérard -- Breitkreuz, Garry
Bryden, Johnm -- Cannis, John -- Folco, Raymonde -- Gallant, Cheryl
Gallaway, Roger -- Gouk, Jim -- Grewal, Gurmant -- Grey, Deborah (Edmonton-Nord)

Hill, Grant (Macleod) -- Hilstrom, Howard -- Kilger, Bob (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Lavigne, Raymond

Lee, Derek -- Leung, Sophia -- Lincoln, Clifford -- Marcil, Serge
Marleau, Diane -- Matthews, Bill -- Mayfield, Philip -- McTeague, Dan
Milliken, Peter -- Pallister, Brian -- Rajotte, James -- Saada, Jacques
Sorenson, Kevin -- Wappel, Tom -- White, Randy (Langley -- Abbotsford)

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

At 12:05 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 12:39 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

Bakopanos, Eleni -- Kilger, Bob (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Lincoln, Clifford -- McTeague, Dan
Milliken, Peter -- White, Randy (Langley -- Abbotsford)

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

At 1:04 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 1:26 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

Kilger, Bob (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Lincoln, Clifford -- McTeague, Dan -- Milliken, Peter
White, Randy (Langley -- Abbotsford)

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

At 1:52 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 2:11 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

Kilger, Bob (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Lincoln, Clifford -- Milliken, Peter -- White, Randy (Langley -- Abbotsford)

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

At 2:35 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 2:57 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 fifth ballot was as follows:

Members

Kilger, Bob (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Milliken, Peter -- White, Randy (Langley -- Abbotsford)

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

At 3:22 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 3:44 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Pursuant to Standing Order 4(7), the Member presiding announced that Mr. Milliken (Kingston and the Islands) had been elected to the Office of the Speaker.

Accordingly, the Member presiding left the Chair.

Mr. Milliken (Kingston and the Islands) 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.

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The Speaker informed the House that Her Excellency the Governor General will arrive at the Peace Tower on Tuesday, January 30, 2001, at 2:00 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 37th Parliament.

ADJOURNMENT

At 4:15 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m.