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Aaron Wherry covers all the goings-on in and around Parliament Hill. Follow Aaron on Twitter: @aaronwherry

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Meanwhile, in Kingston

by Aaron Wherry on Friday, June 25, 2010 3:53pm - 10 Comments

The Speaker will apparently announce tomorrow that he won’t run for reelection. So far as his seat is concerned, Pundits Guide has a handy primer. So far as his presiding over Parliament, one imagines he will go down as one of the more important Speakers in Parliamentary history, having served longer in the role than any other, overseen two minority Parliaments and delivered one of the more consequential rulings in the institution’s history.

When Milliken was last reelected as Speaker, the runners-up included Mauril Belanger, Joe Comartin, Barry Devolin, Royal Galipeau, Andrew Scheer and Merv Tweed.

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http://intensedebate.com/people/psiclone psiclone

Wow … think of the imprint that harper is making on this country – pretty soon a clear majority in the Seante, a new GG when the Queen gets here and now a new speaker – major league stuff – cue harper haters …..

Emily

Nothing to do with Harper, so that doesn't come into it.

Cats

Lol hard-core Harper hater Emily finds reasons to bash him for completely unrelated things all the time.

Don't let this stop you!

Cats has found a new, ridiculous, laughable, macleans commenter mouse to play with !!

http://intensedebate.com/people/OntarioTown OntarioTown

Emily's not bashing Harper you paranoid. She's right – parliament votes for the Speaker.

Unless you're saying that Harper forces his caucus to vote for a certain person.

http://intensedebate.com/people/john_g2708 john g

Congratulations to Mr Milliken on a long and distinguished career…but at the same time I feel that Canada will be better served by a change in the Speaker's chair.
Emily

Good. He's been a dreadful Speaker.
Dot

Hmmm, interesting timing. Didn't Sheila Fraser just get the nod to audit MP's expenses – after originally being denied by a committee headed by Milliken? I'd like to see details of his expenses…
http://intensedebate.com/people/hollinm hollinm

I think MIlliken has been a good Speaker. However, I believe he could have done a lot more to maintain/restore civility in the House by more forcefully enforcing rules that are already in place.

He did well bringing the parties together on the Afghan document issue and he could have done more with the House Leaders to restore decorum in the House. Nothing like throwing out an MP once in awhile to restore decorum.

Yelling order, order, order just doesn't cut it.
http://intensedebate.com/people/OntarioTown OntarioTown

Why not a woman Speaker? I can't think of the NDP woman that fills in, but she seems to do a pretty good job.
D-R

Good Riddance