The Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments is the chief clerk and senior administrative officer of the
Senate of Canada
The Senate of Canada () is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons, they compose the Bicameralism, bicameral le ...
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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)
* 2018—2020 Richard Denis (Interim)
* 2020—2024 Gérald Lafrenière (Interim)
* May 7, 2024 — present Shaila Anwar
See also
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Clerk of the House of Commons (Canada)
The clerk of the House of Commons is the senior procedural and administrative officer in the House of Commons of Canada.
The duties performed by the Clerk of the House of Commons include advising the Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada), Spe ...
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Clerk of the Parliaments
The Clerk of the Parliaments is the chief clerk of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The position has existed since at least 1315, and duties include preparing the minutes of Lords proceedings, advising on proper parli ...
Senate of Canada
Legislative clerks
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