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as ^, Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr ...[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. — . 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 Copyright© 2006LegislativeAssemblyofAlberta Allrig—htsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,transmittedinanyformorbyany means electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,storedinaretrievalsystemorotherwise withoutthepriorwrittenconsentoftheLegislativeAssemblyofAlberta. LibraryandArchivesCanadaCataloguinginPublication 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 Everyefforthasbeenmadetotracethesourceofcopyrightmaterialcontainedinthisbook. Thepublisherwillappreciateanyadditionalinformationregardingrightsandwillrectifyanyerrorsor omissionsinfutureeditions. 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 v 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 VI

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