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Election and Approbation of the Speaker (4 November 2019, Journal):

“The Clerk informed the Members that at the close of nominations for the Office of Speaker at 4:30 o’clock Friday, November 1st, two candidates had put their names forward: the Candidates in alphabetical order are:

Mr. Scott Reid

Mr. Perry Trimper

Accordingly, pursuant to Standing Order 2, at approximately 1:36 o’clock the House proceeded to the election of the Speaker.

At 1:49 o’clock the voting procedure was completed and the sitting was suspended for the counting of the ballots by the Clerks-at-the-Table.

At 2:02 o’clock the sitting resumed.

Pursuant to Standing Suborder 4(11) the Clerk announced that the Member for the District of St. George’s - Humber, Mr. Scott Reid had been elected as Speaker.

To the applause of Members, Mr. Reid was conducted to the Speaker’s Chair by the Honourable the Premier (Mr. Ball) and the Leader of the Official Opposition (Mr. Crosbie).

Whereupon, the Honourable the Speaker having seated himself in the Speaker’s Chair addressed the House, expressing his gratitude to the Honourable Members for the high honour they had accorded him by electing him Speaker of the House of Assembly.”

49^th General Assembly, 1^st Session (4 November 2019).

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Election and Approbation of the Speaker (4 November 2019, Hansard)

49^th General Assembly, 1^st Session (4 November 2019).