1992 Speaker of the British House of Commons election willing nominee) since William Morrison defeated Major James Milner on 31 October 1951, although Geoffrey De Freitas had been nominated against his wishes in the 1971 election. The candidates were Betty Boothroyd (Labour), MP for West Bromwich West and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1987 to 1992, and Peter Brooke (Conservative), MP for City of London and Westminster South and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1989 to 1992. The election was presided over by the Father of the House, Sir Edward Heath, and was conducted by means of a conventional parliamentary motion, originally to elect
2015 Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons election Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Committees of the Whole, the only candidate for Speaker to obtain a Deputy Speaker role. 2015 Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons election The Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons election, 2015 was held on December 3, 2015, at the beginning of the first session of the 42nd Canadian House of Commons, following the 2015 federal election. Geoff Regan, the Liberal MP for Halifax West won. Regan replaced Conservative MP Andrew Scheer, the incumbent Speaker who was reelected to his riding in Regina—Qu'Appelle, although the incumbent Conservative government was defeated and became