Today being the first day of the meeting of the First Session of the 44th Parliament for the dispatch of business, Mr. Charles Robert, Clerk of the House of Commons, Mr. Eric Janse, Deputy Clerk of the House of Commons, Procedure, Mr. Michel Patrice, Deputy Clerk of the House of Commons, Administration, and Mr. Philippe Dufresne, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons, commissioners appointed per dedimus potestatem for the purpose of administering the oath to members of the House of Commons, attending according to their duty, Mr. Charles Robert laid upon the table a list of the members returned to serve in this Parliament received by him as Clerk of the House of Commons from and certified under the hand of Mr. Stéphane Perrault, Chief Electoral Officer (Sessional Paper No. 8530-441-1).

The certificate was as follows:

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that following dissolution of the Forty-Third Parliament on the fifteenth day of August 2021, writs of election were issued bearing that date by command of Her Excellency the Governor General for the election of a member to serve in the House of Commons for every electoral district in Canada, such writs being severally addressed to the returning officers mentioned in the attached list and directing that the nomination of candidates be held until the thirtieth day of August 2021, and the poll, if required, be held on the twentieth day of September 2021.

AND THAT an election was accordingly held in every electoral district in Canada on the twentieth day of September 2021.

AND THAT the persons named in the attached list have been returned as elected members to serve in the House of Commons pursuant to the said writs; their names having been duly entered in the book kept for that purpose in the order in which the returns of the writs were received, pursuant to section 317 of the Canada Elections Act, and subsequently notice of such returns of the writs having from time to time been duly published in the Canada Gazette.

Given under my hand at Gatineau this twenty-eighth day of October 2021.

STÉPHANE PERRAULT, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada

The list of elected members of Parliament is as follows:

Electoral Districts - Circonscriptions

The members, who had taken and subscribed the oath required by law, took their seats.

The clerk informed the members that the deputy of the Governor General would proceed to the Senate today at 1:00 p.m. to open the First Session of the 44th Parliament.

A message was received from the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, in his capacity as the deputy of the Governor General, desiring the immediate attendance of the members in the Senate.

Accordingly, the members proceeded to the Senate and were informed by the Speaker of the Senate that Her Excellency the Governor General did not see fit to declare the causes of her summoning the present Parliament until the Speaker of the House of Commons shall have been chosen according to law, but on Tuesday, November 23, at 12:15 p.m., Her Excellency would declare the causes of calling this Parliament.

The members returned to the chamber.

Pursuant to Standing Order 2, the House proceeded to the election of a Speaker.

Pursuant to Standing Order 3, Mr. Plamondon (Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel) took the chair to preside over the election.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 4 and 5, the member presiding informed the House that a list of members not eligible for election as Speaker was available at the table.

Accordingly, the list of candidates for the ballot was as follows:

Pursuant to Standing Order 3.1, the candidates addressed the House.

At 2:22 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 3.1, the sitting was suspended.

At 2:58 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Pursuant to Standing Order 4, the members proceeded to vote.

At 3:33 p.m., the voting procedure was completed and the sitting was suspended to the call of the Chair for the counting of the ballots by the clerk.

At 4:35 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Pursuant to Standing Order 4(7), the member presiding announced that Mr. Rota (Nipissing—Timiskaming) had been elected as Speaker.

Accordingly, the member presiding left the chair.

Mr. Rota (Nipissing—Timiskaming) was escorted to the chair by Mr. Trudeau (Prime Minister) and Mr. O'Toole (Leader of the Opposition) and returned his humble acknowlegments to the House for the great honour they had been pleased to confer upon him by choosing him to be their Speaker.

Whereupon, the mace was laid upon the table.

The Speaker informed the House that Her Excellency the Governor General will arrive at the Senate building on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at 12:15 p.m., and, when it has been indicated that all is in readiness, will proceed to the chamber of the Senate to formally open the First Session of the 44th Parliament.

At 5:12 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 12:15 p.m.