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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 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 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 [[Cabinet of Cascadia#Treasurer|Treasurer of Cascadia]]. | ||
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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 5th person to serve as speaker, he was elected on December 21, 2023, four days after the beginning of the 17th Legislature.
List of speakers
| No. | Legislature | Term | Portrait | Name | Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5th | December 18, 2022 – February 19, 2023 |
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SayerQT | North Coast |
| 6th | Salish Coast | ||||
| 2 | 7th | February 23, 2023 – April 16, 2023 |
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AghastBlock | Frontier |
| 8th | |||||
| 3 | 9th | April 18, 2023 – May 21, 2023 |
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Akeboun | Frontier |
| 4 | 10th | May 24, 2023 – June 18, 2023 |
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Jo_Star | National |
| (3) | 11th | June 20, 2023 – August 20, 2023 |
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Akeboun | Eastern |
| 12th | |||||
| 5 | 13th | August 23, 2023 – September 16, 2023 |
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Beamz30 | Eastern |
| (4) | 14th | September 20, 2023 – November 19, 2023 |
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Jo_Star | Southern |
| 15th | |||||
| 6 | 16th | November 22, 2023 – December 17, 2023 |
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AfroOrbz | Southern |
| 7 | 17th | December 21, 2023 – incumbent |
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PaperLemur12140 | Northern |
