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|title1=Speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives
|title1=Speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives
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|style=Mr. Speaker (informal)<br>The Honorable (formal)
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|seat=Cascadia Capitol, Olympia
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|termlength=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
|constitution=[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yMHbF3_LMXcxvepi-jmDul4orlqx-p0gL7CoHxMf2oc/edit?usp=sharing National Constitution of Cascadia]
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|precursor=[[Cabinet of Cascadia#Vice President|Vice President]] ''(as President of the Legislature)''
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|formation=[[December 2022 Cascadia general election|December 18, 2022]]
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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. 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 '''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 the Amendment VII 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 [[Cabinet of Cascadia#Vice President|vice president]] and ahead of the [[Cabinet of Cascadia#Secretary of State|Secretary of State]].


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 Shadowcipher of Redwoods, elected from the Frontier constituency. The 15th person to serve as speaker, he was elected on January 21, 2025 to head the 30th Legislature.


The current House speaker is [[Akeboun]] of Jericho Ranch. The 3rd person to serve as speaker, he was elected on April 18, 2023, two days after the beginning of the 9th Legislature, after running against Great North representative alfredgprytwen.
==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 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) ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+List of presidents of the Legislature of Cascadia
!#
!Legislature
!Term
!Portrait
!Name
|-
|'''1'''
|[[1st Legislature of Cascadia|1st]]
|August 17, 2022<br>–<br>September 17, 2022
|[[File:EstiQT_(TA).png|80px]]
|[[EstiQT]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''2'''
|[[2nd Legislature of Cascadia|2nd]]
| rowspan="3" |September 17, 2022<br>–<br>December 18, 2022
| rowspan="3" |[[File:SayerQT.png|80px]]
| rowspan="3" |[[SayerQT]]
|-
|[[3rd Legislature of Cascadia|3rd]]
|-
|[[4th Legislature of Cascadia|4th]]
|}
 
==== Speakers of the House of Representatives (Dec 2022 - present) ====
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"
|+List of speakers of the Cascadia House of Representatives
!No.
!Legislature
!Term
!Portrait
!Name
! Constituency
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''1'''
|[[5th Legislature of Cascadia|5th]]
| rowspan="2" |December 19, 2022<br>–<br>February 19, 2023
| rowspan="2" |[[File:SayerQT.png|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |SayerQT
| rowspan="2" |North Coast
''(renamed to'' ''Salish Coast)''
|-
|[[6th Legislature of Cascadia|6th]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
|[[Aurora:7th Legislature of Cascadia|7th]]
| rowspan="2" | February 23, 2023<br>–<br>April 16, 2023
| rowspan="2" |[[File:AghastBlock.png|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[AghastBlock]]
| rowspan="2" | Frontier
|-
|[[8th Legislature of Cascadia|8th]]
|-
|'''3'''
|[[9th Legislature of Cascadia|9th]]
|April 18, 2023<br>–<br>May 21, 2023
|[[File:Akeboun.png|100px]]
|[[Akeboun]]
|Frontier
|-
|'''4'''
|[[10th Legislature of Cascadia|10th]]
|May 24, 2023<br>–<br>June 18, 2023
|[[File:Jo_Star.png|100px]]
|[[Jo_Star]]
|National List
|-
| rowspan="2" |''(3)''
|[[11th Legislature of Cascadia|11th]]
| rowspan="2" |June 20, 2023<br>–<br>August 20, 2023
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Akeboun.png|100px]]
| 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|100px]]
|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|100px]]
| 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|100px]]
|AfroOrbz
|Southern
|-
|'''7'''
|[[17th Legislature of Cascadia|17th]]
|December 21, 2023<br>–
January 21, 2024
|[[File:PaperLemur12140.png|100px]]
|[[PaperLemur12140]]
|Northern
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''8'''
|[[18th Legislature of Cascadia|18th]]
| rowspan="2" |January 25, 2024<br>–<br>March 17, 2024
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Raptormm4.png|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |Raptormm4
| rowspan="2" |Eastern
|-
|[[19th Legislature of Cascadia|19th]]
|-
|'''9'''
|[[20th Legislature of Cascadia|20th]]
|March 21, 2024<br>–<br>April 21, 2024
|[[File:BlueBlock88.png|100px]]
|BlueBlock88
|Metropolitan
|-
|'''10'''
|[[21st Legislature of Cascadia|21st]]
|April 24, 2024<br>–<br>May 19, 2024
|[[File:RAWRyoutube.png|100px]]
|[[RAWRyoutube]]
|Southern
|-
|'''11'''
|[[22nd Legislature of Cascadia|22nd]]
|May 23, 2024<br>–<br>June 16, 2024
|[[File:SergioTheCrafter.png|100px]]
|[[SergioTheCrafter]]
|Great North
|-
|''(7)''
|[[23rd Legislature of Cascadia|23rd]]
|June 19, 2024<br>–<br>July 21, 2024
|[[File:PaperLemur12140.png|100px]]
|Paper1emur
|Metropolitan
|-
|'''12'''
|[[24th Legislature of Cascadia|24th]]
|July 25, 2024<br>–<br>August 18, 2024
|[[File:Dracnoian.webp|100px]]
|Dracnoian
|Great North
|-
|'''13'''
|[[25th Legislature of Cascadia|25th]]
|August 20, 2024<br>–<br>September 15, 2024
|[[File:Seal of the Cascadia Legislature.png|60px|center]]
|Ahea
|Metropolitan
|-
|''(7)''
|[[26th Legislature of Cascadia|26th]]
|September 19, 2024<br>–<br>October 20, 2024
|[[File:PaperLemur12140.png|100px]]
|Paper1emur
|Metropolitan
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''14'''
|[[27th Legislature of Cascadia|27th]]
| rowspan="3" |September 19, 2024<br>–<br>January 20, 2025
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Milgorn123.png|100px]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Milgorn123]]
| rowspan="3" |Metropolitan
|-
|[[28th Legislature of Cascadia|28th]]
|-
|[[29th Legislature of Cascadia|29th]]
|-
|'''15'''
|[[30th Legislature of Cascadia|30th]]
|January 21, 2025<br>–<br>''Incumbent''
|[[File:Seal of the Cascadia Legislature.png|60px|center]]
|Shadowcipher
|Frontier
|}
[[Category:Legislature of Cascadia]]
[[Category:Cascadia (Aurora)]]
{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}}

Latest revision as of 02:30, 22 January 2025

Speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives
Seal of the legislature
File:Shadowcipher.png
Incumbent
Shadowcipher
since January 21, 2025
Cascadia House of Representatives
Style Mr. Speaker (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
Status Presiding officer
Member of
Reports to
Seat Cascadia Capitol, Olympia
Nominator Members of the House of Representatives
Appointer House of Representatives (by majority vote)
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. 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 speaker is second in the Cascadian presidential line of succession, after the vice president and ahead of the Secretary of State.

The current House speaker is Shadowcipher of Redwoods, elected from the Frontier constituency. The 15th person to serve as speaker, he was elected on January 21, 2025 to head the 30th Legislature.

List of speakers

Before the ratification of a constitutional amendment at the December 2022 general election, the vice president of Cascadia served the dual role of President of 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)

List of presidents of the Legislature of Cascadia
# Legislature Term Portrait Name
1 1st August 17, 2022
–
September 17, 2022 		EstiQT (TA).png EstiQT
2 2nd September 17, 2022
–
December 18, 2022 		SayerQT.png SayerQT
3rd
4th

Speakers of the House of Representatives (Dec 2022 - present)

The Speaker of the House has been the presiding officer since the ratification of a constitutional amendment at the 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.

List of speakers of the Cascadia House of Representatives
No. Legislature Term Portrait Name Constituency
1 5th December 19, 2022
–
February 19, 2023 		SayerQT.png SayerQT North Coast

(renamed to Salish Coast)

6th
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 List
(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
–

January 21, 2024

PaperLemur12140.png PaperLemur12140 Northern
8 18th January 25, 2024
–
March 17, 2024 		Raptormm4.png Raptormm4 Eastern
19th
9 20th March 21, 2024
–
April 21, 2024 		BlueBlock88.png BlueBlock88 Metropolitan
10 21st April 24, 2024
–
May 19, 2024 		RAWRyoutube.png RAWRyoutube Southern
11 22nd May 23, 2024
–
June 16, 2024 		SergioTheCrafter.png SergioTheCrafter Great North
(7) 23rd June 19, 2024
–
July 21, 2024 		PaperLemur12140.png Paper1emur Metropolitan
12 24th July 25, 2024
–
August 18, 2024 		Dracnoian.webp Dracnoian Great North
13 25th August 20, 2024
–
September 15, 2024
Seal of the Cascadia Legislature.png
 Ahea Metropolitan
(7) 26th September 19, 2024
–
October 20, 2024 		PaperLemur12140.png Paper1emur Metropolitan
14 27th September 19, 2024
–
January 20, 2025 		Milgorn123.png Milgorn123 Metropolitan
28th
29th
15 30th January 21, 2025
–
Incumbent
Seal of the Cascadia Legislature.png
 Shadowcipher Frontier
Cascadia.png Republic of Cascadia (Aurora) Cascadia.png
Towns
Cascadia.png Avola • Cascadia.png Chaeronea • Cascadia.png Ephrata • Cascadia.png Jericho Ranch • Flag of Olympia.png Olympia • NeahBayFlag.png Neah Bay • Flag of Phoenix, Arizona.png Phoenix • Pyramid Lake flag .png Pyramid Lake • Flag-of-Seattle.png Seattle • Spokane flag.png Spokane • Newlogo.png Spokane Valley • GravityFallsFlag(TownAurora).png Gravity Falls • FRESNO FLAG - EMC CASCADIA.png Fresno
Wars & Conflicts
Cascadia-Oregon hostilities • Six-Hour War • Operation Dragonflame • Grand Canyon controversy • RMF War
Notable Citizens
AghastBlock • Akeboun • Arathorn52 • B1GB0AT • Bubba_Tea • cheeseballfluffy • DaPigThatBig • EmpressCorgo • EstiQT • FieldsofWheat • Fr0z3nW1nt3r • Ir0n__ • Jo_Star • Milgorn123 • PaperLemur12140 • SayerQT • TylenolEC • ViolentVampire • Vorobyevite • xBest_Name_Everx
Politics
Elections
Aug 2022 • Sep 2022 • Oct 2022 • Nov 2022 • Dec 2022 • Jan 2023 • Feb 2023 • Mar 2023 • Apr 2023 • May 2023 • Jun 2023 • Jul 2023 • Aug 2023 • Sep 2023 • Oct 2023 • Nov 2023 • Dec 2023 • Jan 2024 • Feb 2024 • Mar 2024 • April 2024 • May 2024 • Jun 2024 • Jul 2024 • Aug 2024 • Sep 2024 • Oct 2024 • Nov 2024
Executive branch
Cabinet • Vice President • President
Legislative branch
House of Representatives (current members • former members • Clerk • Dean • Speaker) • List of Legislatures (1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th • 10th • 11th • 12th • 13th) • Laws
Judicial branch
Supreme Court (List • Chief Justice)
Major laws
National Constitution (2023)
Electoral divisions
Current: Great North • Metropolitan • Southern • Frontier
Obsolete: Pacific • Western • Great North • Frontier • Central • Salish Coast • Oregon • North Metropolitan (Salish) • South Metropolitan (Rainier) • Olympia • Northwest • East
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