Centennial series (Legislative Assembly of Alberta), 1869-2005: A higher duty

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...[I]twouldseemthatthisSpeakership ... involvesadecidedself-sacrificeonthepartof
thememberwhoacceptsit.Thepositionhasheretoforeonlybeenlookedupon as anhonor
inthegiftoftheHouse, secondonlyto thePrimeMinister’soffice. Itisgivenonlyto men
ofundoubtedability, integrityandpoliticalfairness [and] everymemberoftheHousefeels
ithis dutytolookaftertheinterestsoftheSpeaker’s constituents, becausetheSpeakerhas
assumedahigherduty.
“TheSpeakership,” [Editorial—referringtotheOfficeoftheSpeakeroftheLegislativeAssemblyof
theNorth-WestTerritories],MooseJawTimes, October26, 1894,p.4.
Legislative Assembly of Alberta: The Centennial Series
On Behalf ofThe Crown:
LieutenantGovernorsoftheNorth-WestTerritoriesandAlberta, 1869—2005
The Mantle of Leadership:
PremiersoftheNorth-WestTerritories andAlberta, 1897—2005
A Higher Duty:
Speakers oftheLegislativeAssembliesoftheNorth-WestTerritoriesandAlberta, 1888—2005
A Century of Democracy:
ElectionsoftheLegislativeAssemblyofAlberta, 1905—2005
C
entennial Series
LEGISLATIVEASSEMBLYOFALBERTA
Duty
AL J-figfier
Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies of the
North-West Territories and Alberta, 1888-2005
By
Sandra E. Perry, BA BEd MLIS
AND
Valerie L. Footz, BA MLIS
Editorand Historical Consultant
Philip A. Massolin, BA MA PhD
LegislativeAssemblyofAlberta
PublishedundertheauthorityoftheSpeakeroftheLegislativeAssemblyofAlberta.
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A Higher Duty: Speakers ofthe LegislativeAssemblies ofthe North-West
Territories andAlberta, 1888-2005
BySandraE. PerryandValerieL. Footz
Editorand Historical Consultant: PhilipA. Massolin
Typesetting, CoverandBookDesign:TraceyL. Sales
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means electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,storedinaretrievalsystemorotherwise
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Perry,SandraE.
Ahigherduty:speakersoftheLegislativeAssemblies
oftheNorth-WestTerritoriesandAlberta, 1888-2005/authors:
SandraE. PerryandValerieL. Footz editorandhistorical
;
consultant: PhilipA.Massolin.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN0-9689217-3-6(bound)-ISBN0-9689217-6-0 (leatherbound).
1 Alberta.LegislativeAssembly—Speakers—Biography.
2.North-WestTerritories.LegislativeAssembly—Speakers—Biography.
3.Legislativebodies—Alberta—Presidingofficers—Biography.
4.Alberta.LegislativeAssembly—Rulesandpractice.I. Footz,Valerie
II.Massolin, PhilipA. (PhilipAlphonse), 1967-III.Alberta.Legislative
AssemblyIV.Title.V.Title: SpeakersoftheLegislativeAssembliesofthe
North-WestTerritoriesandAlberta, 1888-2005.
JL334.S65P472005 328.7123'0762'0922 C2005-903341-X
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
Note on Sources and Scope xiii
Background
HistoryoftheSpeakership 3
RoleoftheSpeaker 13
RoleoftheClerk 23
TheMace 31
TheChair 39
ElectionoftheSpeaker 49
Authorities 59
ParliamentaryPrivilege 67
UnparliamentaryLanguage 77
Hansard 83
BroadcastingofProceedings 91
Galleries 101
StrangersAddressingtheAssembly 113
SpeakersApparel 117
Speaker’s Procession 123
Prayers 127
Speaker’sSuite 133
Portraits 139
Protocol 145
HistoryofGovernanceoftheNorth-WestTerritories 151
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Speakers of the LegislativeAssembly of the North-WestTerritories
HerbertCharlesWilson, 1888-1890 179
James HamiltonRoss, 1891—1892, 1892—1894 199
JohnFelton Betts, 1895-1898 215
William Eakin, 1899—1902 231
Archibald Beaton Gillis, 1903-1904 245
Speakers ofthe LegislativeAssembly ofAlberta
CharlesWellington Fisher, 1906—1919 261
CharlesSteuartPingle, 1920-1921 279
Oran Leo McPherson, 1922—1926 293
GeorgeNormanJohnston, 1927-1935 311
Nathan EldonTanner, 1936—1937 325
PeterDawson, 1937—1963 343
ArthurJohnsonDixon, 1963-1972 363
GerardJosephAmerongen, 1972—1986 379
DavidJohnCarter, 1986-1993 399
StanleyStanfordSchumacher, 1993-1997 421
TheHon. Kenneth Reginald Kowalski, 1997- 437
Appendices
ListofAppendices 458
Photograph Credits 549
Index 559
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