Talk:Dean of the House (Canada)

If Herb Gray was Bill Blaikie's predecessor as Dean of the House, then clearly there is no requirement for the Dean to not sit in Cabinet (Gray was Deputy PM). I'm removing that restriction.


 * I believe that the requirement is true. In the 35th parliament, Herb Gray was a cabinet minister. Len Hopkins was the Dean of the house, having been first elected in 1965. He retired in 1997 Kpgokeef (talk) 22:43, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Just to make my own personal note, Herb Gray wasn't Bill Blaikie's direct predecessor. Gray retired in 2002, so that made Charles Caccia Dean for two years until he too retired in 2004 prior to the 2004 election. Even after that, Blaikie wasn't officially Dean, since David Kilgour had been serving since 1979 as well. Now, though, he is officially Dean.

The House of Commons Standing Orders do not (as far as I can tell) use the specific term "Dean". (See in particular paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Standing Orders.) The term "Dean of the House" is defined, however, in a glossary on the official website: “The Member with the longest unbroken record of service who is neither a Minister nor a holder of any office within the House.”   Mathew5000 (talk) 18:58, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Is there a source for all of the information in the list? Or is it based on original research? 38.64.181.98 (talk) 02:51, 17 May 2018 (UTC)