Reply #11: Toronto Star: Speaker's vote saves Liberals

[Jack Rabbit]

From the Toronto Star
Dated Thursday May 19 6:22 pm EDT (3:22 pm PDT)

Speaker's vote saves Liberals
Peter Milliken casts historic vote to break tie in House of Commons
The Star Staff and Canadian Press

B.C.Independent MP Chuck Cadman voted with the Liberal government early this evening, thus creating a tie in a vote in the House of Commons over an amendment to the budget, and Speaker Peter Milliken, a Liberal MP from Kingston, voted in favour.
A spring election is now unlikely.

It was the first time in history that a Speaker had to cast a deciding vote in a confidence motion.

The voting ended tied at 152-152 and Speaker Milliken's vote made it 153-152.

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