New speakers.

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AS a result of recent appointments and elections four new Speakers have been elected and one former Speaker has been returned to the office.

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In the Northwest Territories Paul Delorey was re-elected Speaker following the NWT elections on October 18, 2007. He was first elected to the legislature as the member for Hay River North on December 6, 1999. He was acclaimed for a second term in office on October 31, 2003, and re-elected for a third term to the 16th Legislative Assembly on October 1, 2007.

Prior to his election as Speaker he was a Member of the Standing Committee on Governance and Economic Development, the Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures, the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight and served as the Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole. In addition, he was a member of the Special Committee on the Implementation of Self-Government and the Sunset Clause.

Mr. Delorey was born in Guysborough, N.S., the second youngest child in a family of 13. He moved to Hay River in 1968 and, two years later, began work for Canadian National Railway as a trainperson before advancing to locomotive engineer. He has an extensive history of volunteerism and community service having been an active member of the Knights of Columbus for 24 years and has held many executive positions including District Deputy for the Northwest Territories for four years. He was the local representative for the United Transportation Union for 10 years and sat on the Hay River Recreation Board for two years.

An avid curler, Mr. Delorey represented the NWT/Yukon at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in 1987 and represented Canada in the Strathcona Cup Championships in Scotland in 1998. He coached junior curling for 22 years as a fully qualified Level 2 coach. He also served as a Director on the NWT Curling Association Board for three years and as the president of the Hay River Curling Club for five years.

The new Speaker of the Ontario Legislative Assembly is Steve Peters. Born in St. Thomas, Ontario he is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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He was elected to St. Thomas Council as an alderman in 1988 and as Mayor 1991. He was re-elected Mayor in 1994 and 1997. First elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1999 he was appointed Critic for Persons with Disabilities. He moved to the agriculture critic portfolio the next year and continued in that role...