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Louis Plamondon

  • Member of Parliament
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
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Context: House Hansard - 207 - Jun/6/23
Mr. Louis Plamondon (Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel, BQ)
  • Jun/6/23 2:16:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Bloc Québécois and as dean of the House of Commons, I am pleased to recognize Geoff Regan, who served as the Speaker of the House from 2015 to 2019. His portrait will now hang in the halls of Parliament as is the custom. He was the 36th Speaker of the House, but the first Speaker from Atlantic Canada in nearly a century. Mr. Regan proudly represented the people of Halifax West from the time he was first elected in 1993 until he was elected for the eighth time in 2019. He served on both the opposition and government benches, and even served as the fisheries and oceans minister. However, it is for his role as Speaker that we are paying tribute to him today. I had the honour to preside over the election where he was elected Speaker by his peers in 2015. The Bloc Québécois will remember Mr. Regan as a Speaker who was fair and tough when dealing with the occasional, and sometimes not so occasional, turmoil in the House. He had the integrity, patience and expertise required to occupy that chair. That is how we will remember Speaker Geoff Regan.
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