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|title1=Speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives | |title1=Speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives | ||
|image1=[[File:Seal of the Cascadia Legislature.png|115px|center|Seal of the legislature]] | |image1=[[File:Seal of the Cascadia Legislature.png|115px|center|Seal of the legislature]] | ||
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|incumbent= | |incumbent=MasterEWild | ||
|incumbentsince=since | |incumbentsince=since March 21, 2026 | ||
|branch=[[Legislature of Cascadia|Cascadia House of Representatives]] | |branch=[[Legislature of Cascadia|Cascadia House of Representatives]] | ||
|style=Mr. Speaker (informal)<br>The Honorable (formal) | |style=Mr. Speaker (informal)<br>The Honorable (formal) | ||
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|formation=[[December 2022 Cascadia general election|December 18, 2022]] | |formation=[[December 2022 Cascadia general election|December 18, 2022]] | ||
}}The ''' | }}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. As the presiding officer of the unicameral chamber of the Legislature, the Speaker is the highest-ranking officer and head of the legislative branch. 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 | 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 [[Cabinet of Cascadia#Vice President|Vice President]] and ahead of the [[Cabinet of Cascadia#Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]. | ||
The current House | The current House Speaker is MasterEWild, elected from the Cascadia At-Large constituency. The 24th person to serve as speaker, he was elected on March 21, 2026 to head the 44th and final Legislature. | ||
== List of speakers== | == List of speakers== | ||
Before the ratification of a constitutional amendment at the [[December 2022 Cascadia general election|December 2022 general election]], the [[Cabinet of Cascadia#Vice President|vice president of Cascadia]] served the dual role of '''President of the Legislature''', as designated by the Provisional Constitution. Two | Before the ratification of a constitutional amendment at the [[December 2022 Cascadia general election|December 2022 general election]], the [[Cabinet of Cascadia#Vice President|vice president of Cascadia]] served the dual role of '''President of the Legislature''', as designated by the Provisional Constitution. Two Vice Presidents presided over the Legislature of Cascadia as its president before the creation of the independent post of Speaker. | ||
==== Presidents of the Legislature (August - December 2022)==== | ==== Presidents of the Legislature (August - December 2022)==== | ||
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|[[2nd Legislature of Cascadia|2nd]] | |[[2nd Legislature of Cascadia|2nd]] | ||
| rowspan="3" |September 17, 2022<br>–<br>December 18, 2022 | | rowspan="3" |September 17, 2022<br>–<br>December 18, 2022 | ||
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The '''Speaker of the House''' has been the presiding officer since the ratification of a constitutional amendment at the [[December 2022 Cascadia general election|December 2022 general election]] that removed the responsibility of presiding over the Legislature from the Vice President, and allowed the Legislature to elect its own speaker. The Vice President still retains the power to break ties if they occur. | The '''Speaker of the House''' has been the presiding officer since the ratification of a constitutional amendment at the [[December 2022 Cascadia general election|December 2022 general election]] that removed the responsibility of presiding over the Legislature from the Vice President, and allowed the Legislature to elect its own speaker. The Vice President still retains the power to break ties if they occur. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+List of | |+List of Speakers of the Cascadia House of Representatives | ||
!No. | !No. | ||
!Legislature | !Legislature | ||
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|[[5th Legislature of Cascadia|5th]] | |[[5th Legislature of Cascadia|5th]] | ||
| rowspan="2" |December 19, 2022<br>–<br>February 19, 2023 | | rowspan="2" |December 19, 2022<br>–<br>February 19, 2023 | ||
| rowspan="2" |[[File: | | rowspan="2" |[[File:SayerleftForward.webp|100px]] | ||
| rowspan="2" |Sayerleft | | rowspan="2" |Sayerleft | ||
| rowspan="2" |North Coast | | rowspan="2" |North Coast | ||
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|January 20, 2026<br>– | |January 20, 2026<br>– | ||
''incumbent'' | ''incumbent'' | ||
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|[[mjap04]] | |[[mjap04|Mjap04]] | ||
|Great North | |Great North | ||
|- | |||
| '''22''' | |||
|rowspan="2" |[[43rd Legislature of Cascadia|43rd]] | |||
|February 18, 2026<br>- | |||
February 28, 2026 | |||
|[[File:StarSlayer.png|90px]] | |||
|[[StarSlayer0818]] | |||
| Atlantic | |||
|- | |||
| '''23''' | |||
|March 2, 2026<br>- | |||
March 16, 2026 | |||
|[[File:Ka tie2.png|90px]] | |||
|[[Ka tie|ka_tie]] | |||
| Arctic | |||
|- | |||
|'''24''' | |||
|[[44th Legislature of Cascadia|44th]] | |||
| March 21, 2026<br>- | |||
''incumbent'' | |||
|[[File:MasterEWild1.png|90px]] | |||
|[[MasterEWild]] | |||
| Cascadia At-Large | |||
|} | |} | ||
[[Category:Legislature of Cascadia]] | [[Category:Legislature of Cascadia]] | ||
[[Category:Cascadia (Aurora)]] | [[Category:Cascadia (Aurora)]] | ||
{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}} | {{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}} | ||