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Speaker Tenure Party
The Hon. Joseph Cauchon
November 5, 1867 – May 16, 1869 Independent Conservative
The Hon. John Ross
May 17, 1869 – May 26, 1869 Conservative
The Hon. Joseph Cauchon
May 27, 1869 – June 2, 1872 Independent Conservative
The Hon. Amos Botsford
June 3, 1872 – June 5, 1872 Conservative
The Hon. Joseph Cauchon
June 6, 1872 – June 30, 1872 Independent Conservative
The Hon. Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
February 21, 1872 – January 8, 1874 Conservative
The Hon. David Christie
January 9, 1874 – October 16, 1878 Liberal
The Hon. Robert Duncan Wilmot
November 7, 1878 – February 10, 1880 Conservative
The Hon. Sir David Macpherson
February 11, 1880 – February 15, 1880 Conservative
The Hon. Amos Botsford
February 16, 1880 – April 18, 1880 Conservative
The Hon. Sir David Macpherson
April 19, 1880 – October 16, 1883 Conservative
The Hon. William Miller
October 17, 1883 – April 3, 1887 Liberal-Conservative
The Hon. Josiah Plumb
April 4, 1887 – March 12, 1888 Conservative
The Hon. George Allan
March 17, 1888 – April 26, 1891 Conservative
The Hon. SirAlexandre Lacoste
April 27, 1891 – September 13, 1891 Conservative
The Hon. John Jones Ross
September 14, 1891 – July 12, 1896 Conservative
The Hon. Sir Charles Pelletier
July 13, 1896 – January 28, 1901 Liberal
The Hon. Lawrence Power
January 29, 1901 – January 8, 1905 Liberal
The Hon. Raoul Dandurand
January 9, 1905 – January 13, 1909 Liberal
The Hon. James Kerr
January 14, 1909 – October 22, 1911 Liberal
The Hon. Auguste Landry
October 23, 1911 – June 2, 1916 Conservative
The Hon. Joseph Bolduc
June 3, 1916 – February 6, 1922 Nationalist Conservative
The Hon. Hewitt Bostock
February 7, 1922 – May 12, 1930 Liberal
The Hon. Arthur Hardy
May 13, 1930 – September 2, 1930 Liberal
The Hon. Pierre Blondin
September 3, 1930 – January 10, 1936 Conservative
The Hon. Walter Foster
January 11, 1936 – May 8, 1940 Liberal
The Hon. Georges Parent
May 9, 1940 – December 14, 1942 Liberal
The Hon. Thomas Vien
January 23, 1943 – August 23, 1945 Liberal
The Hon. James King
August 24, 1945 – August 2, 1949 Liberal
The Hon. Elie Beauregard
August 3, 1949 – October 13, 1953 Liberal
The Hon. Wishart Robertson
October 14, 1953 – October 3, 1957 Liberal
The Hon. Mark Drouin
October 4, 1957 – September 23, 1962 Progressive Conservative
The Hon. George White
September 24, 1962 – April 26, 1963 Progressive Conservative
The Hon. Maurice Bourget
April 27, 1963 – January 6, 1966 Liberal
The Hon. Sydney Smith
January 7, 1966 – September 4, 1968 Liberal
The Hon. Jean-Paul Deschatelets
September 5, 1968 – December 13, 1972 Liberal
The Hon. Muriel Fergusson
December 14, 1972 – September 11, 1974 Liberal
The Hon. Renaude Lapointe
September 12, 1974 – October 4, 1979 Liberal
The Hon. Allister Grosart
October 5, 1979 – March 3, 1980 Progressive Conservative
The Hon. Jean Marchand
March 4, 1980 – December 15, 1983 Liberal
The Hon. Maurice Riel
December 16, 1983 – November 1, 1984 Liberal
The Hon. Guy Charbonneau
November 2, 1984 – December 6, 1993 Progressive Conservative
The Rt. Hon. Roméo LeBlanc
December 7, 1993 – November 21, 1994 Liberal
The Hon. Gildas Molgat
November 22, 1994 – January 25, 2001 Liberal
The Hon. Daniel Hays
January 26, 2001 – February 7, 2006 Liberal
The Hon. Noël Kinsella
February 8, 2006 – November 26, 2014 Conservative
The Hon. Pierre Claude Nolin
November 27, 2014 – April 23, 2015 Conservative
The Hon. Leo Housakos
April 24, 2015 – December 3, 2015 Conservative
The Hon. George Furey
December 3, 2015 – present Independen