1992 Speaker of the British House of Commons election unprecedented scenes of spontaneous and sustained applause. Clapping was and remains disorderly in the House of Commons, but it has since been tolerated in subsequent elections of Speaker. 1992 Speaker of the British House of Commons election The 1992 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 27 April 1992, in the first sitting of the House of Commons following the 1992 general election and the retirement of the previous Speaker Bernard Weatherill. The election resulted in the election of Labour MP Betty Boothroyd, one of Weatherill’s deputies, who was the first ever woman to become Speaker.
Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons election, 2011 displeasing. Nine MPs were included on the list of candidates who had not withdrawn as of 6 pm the day before the election, but one, Justin Trudeau, did not intend to stand for election. The eight genuine candidates were as follows: Vote tallies after each round are not disclosed. Instead, the presiding officer announces the winner if one candidate obtains a majority or lists the members eligible for the next ballot (i.e., those not eliminated in the preceding ballot). Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons election, 2011 An election for Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada was