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|title1=Speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives
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|constitution=[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yMHbF3_LMXcxvepi-jmDul4orlqx-p0gL7CoHxMf2oc/edit?usp=sharing National Constitution of Cascadia]
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}}The '''speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives''', commonly known as the '''speaker of the House''', is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_(politics) presiding officer] of the [[Legislature of Cascadia|Cascadia House of Representatives]]. The office was originally established in December 2022 by an amendment to the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gYBPWtHFGn-duQFY6E2j87bQLQThv31qYxiNkfSLyyk/edit#heading=h.62iulzw8yiap Provisional Constitution of Cascadia], the then-constitution of Cascadia. The speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer and the institution's administrative head. Speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions.


The '''speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives''', commonly known as the '''speaker of the House''', is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_(politics) presiding officer] of the [[Legislature of Cascadia|Cascadia House of Representatives]]. The office was originally established in December 2022 by Amendment VIII of the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gYBPWtHFGn-duQFY6E2j87bQLQThv31qYxiNkfSLyyk/edit#heading=h.62iulzw8yiap First Constitution of Cascadia]. The speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer and the institution's administrative head. Speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions.
The Constitution does not explicitly require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the House of Representatives, although every speaker thus far has been. The speaker is second in the Cascadian presidential line of succession, after the vice president and ahead of the [[Cabinet of Cascadia#Treasurer|Treasurer of Cascadia]].


The Constitution does not explicitly require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the House of Representatives, although every speaker thus far has been. The speaker is second in the Cascadian presidential line of succession, after the vice president and ahead of the Treasurer of Cascadia.
The current House speaker is [[PaperLemur12140]] of Sullivan Bay, elected from the Northern constituency. The 7th person to serve as speaker, he was elected on December 21, 2023, four days after the beginning of the 17th Legislature.


The current House speaker is [[Jo Star]] of Phoenix. The 4th person to serve as speaker, he was elected on May 24, 2023, three days after the beginning of the 10th Legislature, after a landslide vote against 4th term representative 3llies of Chaeronea.
==List of speakers==
 
== List of speakers ==
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| rowspan="2" |'''1'''
| rowspan="2" |'''1'''
|[[5th Legislature of Cascadia|5th]]
|[[5th Legislature of Cascadia|5th]]
| rowspan="2" |December 18, 2022<br>–<br>February 19, 2023
| rowspan="2" |December 18, 2022<br>–<br>February 19, 2023
| rowspan="2" |[[File:SayerQT-Forward.png|150px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:SayerQT.png|150px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[SayerQT]]
| rowspan="2" |[[SayerQT]]
|North Coast
|North Coast  
|-
|-
|[[6th Legislature of Cascadia|6th]]
|[[6th Legislature of Cascadia|6th]]
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| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
|[[Aurora:7th Legislature of Cascadia|7th]]
|[[Aurora:7th Legislature of Cascadia|7th]]
| rowspan="2" |February 23, 2023<br>–<br>April 16, 2023
| rowspan="2" | February 23, 2023<br>–<br>April 16, 2023
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| rowspan="2" |[[File:AghastBlock.png|150px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[AghastBlock]]
| rowspan="2" |[[AghastBlock]]
| rowspan="2" |Frontier
| rowspan="2" | Frontier
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|[[8th Legislature of Cascadia|8th]]
|[[8th Legislature of Cascadia|8th]]
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|'''3'''
|'''3'''
|[[9th Legislature of Cascadia|9th]]
|[[9th Legislature of Cascadia|9th]]
|April 18, 2023<br>–<br>May 21, 2023
|April 18, 2023<br>–<br>May 21, 2023  
|[[File:Akeboun.png|150px]]
|[[File:Akeboun.png|150px]]
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|'''4'''
|'''4'''
|[[10th Legislature of Cascadia|10th]]
|[[10th Legislature of Cascadia|10th]]
|May 24, 2023<br>–<br>present
|May 24, 2023<br>–<br>June 18, 2023
|[[File:Jo_Star.png|150px]]
|[[File:Jo_Star.png|150px]]
|[[Jo_Star]]
|[[Jo_Star]]
|National List
|''National''
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''(3)'''
|[[11th Legislature of Cascadia|11th]]
| rowspan="2" |June 20, 2023<br>–<br>August 20, 2023
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| rowspan="2" |Akeboun
| rowspan="2" | Eastern
|-
|[[12th Legislature of Cascadia|12th]]
|-
|'''5'''
|[[13th Legislature of Cascadia|13th]]
|August 23, 2023<br>–
September 16, 2023
|[[File:Beamz30.png|150px]]
|Beamz30
|Eastern
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''(4)'''
|[[14th Legislature of Cascadia|14th]]
| rowspan="2" |September 20, 2023<br>–
November 19, 2023
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Jo_Star.png|150px]]
| rowspan="2" |Jo_Star
| rowspan="2" |Southern
|-
|[[15th Legislature of Cascadia|15th]]
|-
|'''6'''
|[[16th Legislature of Cascadia|16th]]
|November 22, 2023<br>–
December 17, 2023
|[[File:AfroOrbz.png|150px]]
|AfroOrbz
|Southern
|-
|'''7'''
|[[17th Legislature of Cascadia|17th]]
|December 21, 2023<br>–
incumbent
|[[File:PaperLemur12140.png|150px]]
|PaperLemur12140
|Northern
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[[Category:Legislature of Cascadia]]
[[Category:Cascadia (Aurora)]]
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Latest revision as of 08:14, 28 December 2023

Speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives
Seal of the legislature
PaperLemur12140.png
Incumbent
PaperLemur12140
since December 21, 2023
Cascadia House of Representatives
Style Mr. Speaker (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
Status Presiding officer
Member of
Reports to
Seat Cascadia Capitol, Olympia
Nominator
Appointer House of Representatives
Term Length At the House's pleasure; elected at the beginning of the new Legislature by a majority of the representatives, and upon a vacancy during a legislative term
Term Limit
Constituting instrument National Constitution of Cascadia
Precursor Vice President (as President of the Legislature)
Inaugural Holder SayerQT
Final Holder
Formation December 18, 2022
Abolished
Superseded by
Deputy
Unofficial Names
Salary

The speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the Cascadia House of Representatives. The office was originally established in December 2022 by an amendment to the Provisional Constitution of Cascadia, the then-constitution of Cascadia. The speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer and the institution's administrative head. Speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions.

The Constitution does not explicitly require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the House of Representatives, although every speaker thus far has been. The speaker is second in the Cascadian presidential line of succession, after the vice president and ahead of the Treasurer of Cascadia.

The current House speaker is PaperLemur12140 of Sullivan Bay, elected from the Northern constituency. The 7th person to serve as speaker, he was elected on December 21, 2023, four days after the beginning of the 17th Legislature.

List of speakers

List of speakers of the Cascadia House of Representatives
No. Legislature Term Portrait Name Constituency
1 5th December 18, 2022
–
February 19, 2023 		SayerQT.png SayerQT North Coast
6th Salish Coast
2 7th February 23, 2023
–
April 16, 2023 		AghastBlock.png AghastBlock Frontier
8th
3 9th April 18, 2023
–
May 21, 2023 		Akeboun.png Akeboun Frontier
4 10th May 24, 2023
–
June 18, 2023 		Jo Star.png Jo_Star National
(3) 11th June 20, 2023
–
August 20, 2023 		Akeboun.png Akeboun Eastern
12th
5 13th August 23, 2023
–

September 16, 2023

Beamz30.png Beamz30 Eastern
(4) 14th September 20, 2023
–

November 19, 2023

Jo Star.png Jo_Star Southern
15th
6 16th November 22, 2023
–

December 17, 2023

AfroOrbz.png AfroOrbz Southern
7 17th December 21, 2023
–

incumbent

PaperLemur12140.png PaperLemur12140 Northern
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