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Clerk of the Senate

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Reports to
  
Speaker of the Senate

Formation
  
1867

Appointer
  
Governor General in Council

Term length
  
At Her Majesty's pleasure

First holder
  
John Fennings Taylor Sr

Salary
  
$194,500–228,800 (2013)

The Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments is the chief clerk and senior administrative officer of the Senate of Canada.

List of Clerks

  • 1867–1871 John Fennings Taylor Sr.
  • 1871-1883 Robert Le Moine
  • 1883–1900 Edouard-Joseph Langevin
  • 1900–1917 Samuel-Edmour St-Onge Chapleau
  • 1917–1938 Austen Ernest Blount
  • 1938–1955 L. Clare Moyer
  • 1955–1968 John Forbes MacNeill
  • 1968–1981 Robert Fortier
  • 1981–1989 Charles A. Lussier
  • 1989–1994 Gordon Barnhart
  • 1994–2009 Paul Bélisle
  • 2009–2015 Gary W. O'Brien
  • 2015-Present Charles Robert (Interim)

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