2023 Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada election
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The 2023 election for Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada took place on October 3, 2023, to elect the 38th speaker of the House of Commons, following the resignation of Speaker Anthony Rota. This was held during the 44th Canadian Parliament.
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On September 22, 2023, Speaker Rota invited a former member of the Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary organization, to attend an address from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, triggering his resignation as speaker. Yaroslav Hunka, who fought with the Waffen-SS during World War II was honoured by Rota and received a standing ovation from attendees. Rota apologized for the oversight and announced he would step down on September 26, resigning as speaker the following day.[1]
Greg Fergus, the member of Parliament (MP) for Hull—Aylmer was elected speaker in the election. He is the first person of colour to be elected as speaker,[2] and is the third speaker to be elected during a session of Parliament, joining Thomas Bain and Lloyd Francis.[3]