The list of candidates vying to become Speaker of the House of Commons in a secret-ballot election to take place when Parliament convenes Thursday consists of the first woman Muslim elected to the House of Commons, Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi; Halifax MP Geoff Regan, a former Cabinet minister and one of the Liberal Party’s most high-profile figures in Atlantic Canada; Quebec Liberal MP Denis Paradis and one of the rare re-elected Ontario Conservatives, Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton.
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