Chris d'Entremont | |
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Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Chair of Committees of the Whole | |
Assumed office November 24, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Bruce Stanton |
Member of Parliament for West Nova | |
Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Colin Fraser |
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Argyle-Barrington Argyle (2003-2013) | |
In office August 5, 2003 – July 31, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Neil LeBlanc |
Succeeded by | Colton LeBlanc |
Personal details | |
Born | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | October 31, 1969
Political party | Conservative |
Other political affiliations | Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative |
Residence | Belleville, Nova Scotia |
Occupation | Politician |
Christopher André d'Entremont MP (born October 31, 1969) is a Canadian politician who has represented West Nova in the House of Commons since 2019, as a member of the Conservative Party. Before entering federal politics, he represented the Argyle-Barrington in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2019 as a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives. D'Entremont was elected the deputy speaker and chair of Committees of the Whole in 2021 on a secret ballot. He is the first person of Acadian descent to serve as deputy speaker and the first Nova Scotian deputy speaker of the House of Commons of Canada since 1916.[1]