Speaker pro tempore of the Senate of Canada

The Speaker pro tempore (French: Président(e) intérimaire)^[2] is an officer and second-highest ranking member of the Senate of Canada. The Speaker Pro Tempore ("acting Speaker") is a member of the Senate who is first nominated by a selection committee. The nomination is then confirmed through a vote in the Senate. The Speaker Pro Tempore serves whenever the Speaker of the Senate of Canada, who is appointed by the government, is unable to attend a sitting of the Senate.

Speaker pro tempore of the Senate of Canada
Président(e) intérimaire du Sénat du Canada
Incumbent René Cormier since June 5, 2025
Senate of Canada
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	The governor general
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Salary	$207,000 (2024)[1]
Website	sencanada.ca/en/senators/ringuette-pierrette/

List of speakers pro tempore of the Senate

The following is the list of speakers pro tempore of the Senate of Canada.^[3]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party
			Took office	Left office
1		Renaude Lapointe Senator for Mille Isles, Quebec (1912–2002)	June 9, 1982	November 30, 1983		Liberal
2		Gildas Molgat Senator for Saint Rose, Manitoba (1927–2001)	December 19, 1983	July 9, 1984		Liberal
3		Martial Asselin Senator for Stadacona, Quebec (1924–2013)	November 13, 1984	October 1, 1988		Progressive Conservative
(2)		Gildas Molgat Senator for Saint Rose, Manitoba (1927–2001)	December 29, 1988	May 12, 1991		Liberal
4		Rhéal Bélisle Senator for Sudbury, Ontario (1919–1992)	May 28, 1991	November 3, 1992		Progressive Conservative
5		Gerry Ottenheimer Senator for Waterford-Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador (1934–1998)	December 7, 1992	January 18, 1998		Progressive Conservative
6		Rose-Marie Losier-Cool Senator for Tracadie, New Brunswick (born 1937)	November 17, 1999	October 2, 2002		Liberal
7		Lucie Pépin Senator for Shawinegan, Quebec (born 1936)	October 8, 2002	October 5, 2004		Liberal
8		Shirley Maheu Senator for Rougemont, Quebec (1931–2006)	October 6, 2004	February 1, 2006		Liberal
(6)		Rose-Marie Losier-Cool Senator for Tracadie, New Brunswick (born 1937)	April 6, 2006	March 3, 2010		Liberal
9		Donald Oliver Senator for South Shore, Nova Scotia (born 1938)	March 4, 2010	November 16, 2013		Conservative
10		Pierre Claude Nolin Senator for De Salaberry, Quebec (1950–2015)	November 20, 2013	November 26, 2014		Conservative
11		Leo Housakos Senator for Wellington, Quebec (born 1968)	December 2, 2014	May 3, 2015		Conservative
12		Nicole Eaton Senator for Ontario (born 1945)	December 9, 2015	September 11, 2019		Conservative
13		Pierrette Ringuette Senator for New Brunswick (born 1955)	May 1, 2020	June 5, 2025		Independent Senators Group
14		René Cormier Senator for New Brunswick (born 1956)	June 5, 2025	Incumbent		Independent Senators Group

See also

• President pro tempore of the United States Senate
• President of the Senate (Australia)
• Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)