Alan Macnaughton
Frederick Whitman | |
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Succeeded by | Pierre Trudeau |
Senator for Saurel, Quebec | |
In office July 8, 1966 – July 30, 1978 | |
Appointed by | Lester B. Pearson |
Preceded by | Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin |
Succeeded by | Fernand Leblanc |
Personal details | |
Born | Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton July 30, 1903 Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada |
Died | July 16, 1999 | (aged 95)
Political party | Liberal |
Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton
Macnaughton was born in
Macnaughton first won a
Macnaughton presided over a House of Commons led by a minority government in which no party had control of the House, resulting in long and bitter debates that made it a challenge for any speaker to maintain order.
Acrimonious debates included that over the adoption of a new flag of Canada as well as scandals like the Munsinger affair. As Speaker, he attempted to bring in procedural reforms to make Parliament more efficient. He established four subcommittees of the Special Committee on Procedure and Organization, each chaired by a member of a different political party (Liberal, Progressive-Conservative, Social Credit, and New Democrat). The result of this process were recommendations for new procedures of time allocation in debates, a new committee structure, the abolition of the right to appeal rulings of the Speaker, research budgets for members and other changes most of which were ultimately implemented.
During the
Late in his term as Speaker, he served as a production consultant on the politically-themed CBC Television drama series Quentin Durgens, M.P..[1]
Macnaughton did not contest the 1965 election, and retired from electoral politics. Future prime minister Pierre Trudeau succeeded him as MP for Mount Royal.
In 1966, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson recommended that Macnaughton be appointed to a seat in the Senate of Canada. He served in that body until his retirement in 1978. In 1994, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
In 1967, Macnaughton founded
Archives
There is an Alan Macnaughton fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[2]
References
- ^ "Durgens, TV MP". The Globe and Mail, October 6, 1965.
- ^ "Alan Aylesworth MacNaughton fonds, Library and Archives Canada".