Alan Macnaughton
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The Honourable Alan Macnaughton PC |
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| 26th Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons | |
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In office May 16, 1963 – January 17, 1966 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Georges Vanier |
| Prime Minister | Lester Pearson |
| Preceded by | Marcel Lambert |
| Succeeded by | Lucien Lamoureux |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mount Royal |
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In office 1949–1965 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick Whitman |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Senator for Saurel, Quebec | |
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In office 1966–1978 |
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| Appointed by | Lester B. Pearson |
| Preceded by | Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin |
| Succeeded by | Fernand Leblanc |
| Personal details | |
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Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton July 30, 1903 Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | July 16, 1999 (aged 95) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton, PC OC QC (July 30, 1903 – July 16, 1999) was a Canadian parliamentarian and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1963 to 1966.
Macnaughton was born in Greater Napanee, Ontario, and educated at Upper Canada College. He studied law at McGill University and began a law practice in Montreal where he served as a Crown Attorney from 1933 to 1942.
Macnaughton first won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1949 election when he was returned as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Mount Royal. Macnaughton served as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee after the 1958 election, and his performance in that position led to the newly elected Liberal government nominating him for the position of Speaker following the 1963 election.
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.
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