Clerk of the Senate
The Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments is the chief clerk and senior administrative officer of the Senate of Canada.
| Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments | |
|---|---|
Incumbent Richard Denis (Interim) since 2018 | |
| Reports to | Speaker of the Senate |
| Appointer | Governor General in Council |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 1867 |
| First holder | John Fennings Taylor Sr |
| Salary | $194,500–228,800 (2013) |
List of Clerks
- 1867–1871 John Fennings Taylor Sr.
- 1871–1883 Robert Le Moine
- 1883–1900 Edouard-Joseph Langevin
- 1900–1917 Samuel-Edmour St-Onge Chapleau
- 1917–1938 Austen Ernest Blount
- 1938–1955 L. Clare Moyer
- 1955–1968 John Forbes MacNeill
- 1968–1981 Robert Fortier
- 1981–1989 Charles A. Lussier
- 1989–1994 Gordon Barnhart
- 1994–2009 Paul Bélisle
- 2009–2015 Gary W. O'Brien
- 2015–2017 Charles Robert (Interim)
- 2017–2018 Nicole Proulx (Interim; first female clerk)
- January 31, 2018— Richard Denis (Interim)
gollark: Slightly.
gollark: That's just what the government tells us to keep us complacent.
gollark: Which makes sense, since it's the lizards spying on us from on top of the dome above the hexagonal Earth.
gollark: They just say "but TERRORISM" to shut down any critical reasoning about it and paint anyone who disagrees as *unpatriotic* and *eeeevil*.
gollark: Wikipedia notes misuse of *non-*mass surveillance in past. Spying on everyone and everything they do online will make it worse.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_United_States
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