Naming is a procedure in some Westminster model parliaments that provides for the speaker to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct of the legislature. Historically, "naming" refers to the speaker's invocation of the process by calling out the actual name of the member, deliberately breaking the convention of calling on members by the name of their constituency.
Processes to name a member are present in the lower houses of the British, Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand parliaments, and the legislatures of some Australian states and Canadian provinces. The implementation of the procedure varies by parliament, but usually requires the speaker to name a member, and then await another member to move that the offending member be disciplined according to the appropriate rules of order.
In the British House of Commons, the Speaker or one of his or her deputies can initiate the process by proposing a vote on the suspension of a member of the House if the speaker believes that the member has broken the rules of conduct of the House. Usually this is only done if the member has already been ordered to leave the House (which automatically leads to suspension for the remainder of that day) and refused to do so, or has committed a serious breach of conduct, and carries a suspension of up to five days and the loss of the member's salary during that period.
The procedure to name members is under Standing Order 44. Members can be suspended for the remainder of the day under Standing Order 43 (previously numbered as Standing Order 42) without debate. However, if this provision is inadequate, the Speaker or Deputy Speaker declares "I name", followed by the name of the member; and invites the Leader of the House or their deputy to move the motion that the member be removed, and then puts the question:
The question is that the honourable member be suspended from the services of the House. As many as are of that opinion say 'Aye', of the contrary 'No'.
A division is not normally required since MPs will usually back the speaker's judgement. However, when John McDonnell was named by deputy speaker Alan Haselhurst on 15 January 2009 for disturbing the mace, a division was called because George Galloway and other members declared themselves with the Noes. A vote on the suspension was not held as no MPs were willing to act as tellers for the Noes. [1]
In the Australian House of Representatives, the procedure to name members is under Standing Order 94. Under Standing Order 94a, the Speaker can order the immediate removal of a member for one hour, which is not open to a division; this standing order was introduced in 1993 and was known as Standing Order 304a until 2004, when it was renamed to 94a. This standing order was introduced as a mechanism for the Speaker to quickly eject disorderly members without taking up the time of the house for a division, which was the case prior to 1993. If a member is named under Standing Order 94b, the removal is dependent on a vote. If a member is named, the Speaker declares, "I name", followed by the Electoral Division of the member, and then the Leader of the House moves the question:
That the member for (division) be suspended from the service of the House.
If the vote passes by a simple majority, then the member is required to leave the house for 24 hours, with more severe penalities if the member has been named beforehand in the same calendar year.
In the House of Commons of Canada, the Speaker's authority to remove members is listed under Standing Order 11. A member named by the Speaker is required to leave the House immediately and prohibited from returning for the remainder of the day's sitting. Alternatively, the Speaker may suggest to the House the removal of a member for a specific period of time, which requires a motion to receive a majority vote on the House floor. [2] Although the removal of members was increasingly common through the 20th century, usage of the procedure has since declined, having only been used eight times since 2000. The order to remove a member generally requires an act of defiance against the Speaker, as the removal of a member is usually justified by the generic reasoning that the member is "disregarding the authority of the Chair".
The procedure has also been used once in the Massachusetts Senate. On October 27, 1981, Senate President William M. Bulger named Senator Alan Sisitsky after Sisitsky continuously disrupted the Senate proceedings. Sisitsky was then removed from the Senate Chamber by a court officer. [3] The matter was referred to the Senate Ethics Committee, which recommended that Sisitsky be suspended indefinitely until he issued a formal apology to the Senate. [4]
Date | Speaker | Member | Party | Reason | |
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3 February 1881 | Sir Henry Brand | John Dillon, Charles Stewart Parnell, James Lysaght Finegan, John Barry, Joseph Biggar, Garrett Byrne, William Corbet, John Daly, Mr. Dawson, Thomas Patrick Gill, Edmund Dwyer Gray, Timothy Michael Healy, Richard Lalor, Edmund Leamy, James Leahy, Justin McCarthy, James Carlile McCoan, Edward Marum, Robert Henry Metge, Isaac Nelson, Arthur O'Connor, Thomas Power O'Connor, Daniel O'Donoghue, James Patrick Mahon, William Henry O'Sullivan, John O'Connor Power, John Redmond, Thomas Sexton, Alexander Martin Sullivan, Timothy Daniel Sullivan, Bernard Charles Molloy, James Joseph O'Kelly, Frank Hugh O'Donnell, Richard Power, Richard O'Shaughnessy | Home Rule | A mass ejection of Irish MPs who caused uproar in the House after hearing Michael Davitt had been arrested. Dillon was named for repeatedly trying to ask an overruled point of order. Parnell, Finegan, O'Kelly and O'Donnell were named for proposing William Ewart Gladstone no longer be heard during the debate. The rest were named for refusing to attend the divisions to object the members. No second teller appeared for the division for Callan so the "aye" voice vote was held. All refused to leave after being named and were ejected by the Serjeant-at-Arms, except Molloy who had already left the House. [5] | |
24 February 1885 | Arthur Peel | William O'Brien | Irish Parliamentary | [6] | |
28 July 1887 | Arthur Peel | Timothy Michael Healy | Irish Parliamentary | [7] | |
19 July 1888 | Arthur Peel | Charles Conybeare | Liberal | For stating the Barrow Drainage Bills were a public scandal. [8] [9] | |
4 May 1892 | Arthur Peel | Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham | Liberal | [10] | |
15 August 1895 | William Gully | Charles Kearns Deane Tanner | Irish Parliamentary | [11] | |
5 March 1901 | James Lowther / William Gully | Eugene Crean, Patrick McHugh, Patrick White, John Cullinan, Patrick Doogan, Anthony Donelan, William Abraham, James Gilhooly, William Lundon, Thomas McGovern, Jeremiah Jordan | Irish Parliamentary | Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms [12] | |
30 March 1908 | Deputy Speaker | John O'Connor | Irish Parliamentary | Named but no division held as he left the House. [13] | |
16 October 1908 | Alfred Emmott / James Lowther | Victor Grayson | Ind. Labour Party | For repeatedly trying to ask an overruled point of order. [14] | |
1 July 1918 | James Lowther | Noel Pemberton Billing | Independent | [15] | |
1 December 1925 | James Hope | William Murdoch Adamson | Labour | For repeatedly trying to ask an overruled point of order. [16] | |
22 April 1937 | Sir Dennis Herbert / Edward FitzRoy | Aneurin Bevan | Labour | For refusing to withdraw his comment to Sir Dennis Herbert that "your conduct has been abominable". [17] | |
18 July 1949 | Francis Bowles / Douglas Clifton Brown | Ellis Smith | Labour | For repeatedly trying to ask on what basis speakers had been selected during the debate. [18] | |
27 November 1951 | Hopkin Morris / William Morrison | Sydney Silverman | Labour | For repeatedly challenging the ruling of the Deputy Speaker to accept a closure motion. [19] | |
26 March 1952 | Charles MacAndrew / William Morrison | Bessie Braddock | Labour | For refusing to resume her seat in protest that she had not been called in a debate on the textile industry, and refusing to withdraw when the Deputy Speaker asked her to do so. [20] | |
16 November 1981 | George Thomas | Ian Paisley, Peter Robinson, John McQuade | DUP | For repeatedly disrupting a statement by James Prior. The sitting was suspended for ten minutes, the members were named, and the sitting was again suspended while they were ejected by force. [21] | |
26 May 1982 | George Thomas | Andrew Faulds | Labour | For persistently trying to ask an overruled point of order. [22] | |
2 May 1984 | Bernard Weatherill | Tam Dalyell | Labour | For accusing Margaret Thatcher of lying. [23] | |
17 July 1984 | Bernard Weatherill | Dennis Skinner | Labour | For refusing to withdraw his comment that Margaret Thatcher would bribe judges. [24] | |
31 July 1984 | Bernard Weatherill | Martin Flannery | Labour | For refusing to withdraw his words "one of Margaret Thatcher's tame Tory judges". [25] | |
11 November 1985 | Bernard Weatherill | Brian Sedgemore | Labour | For refusing to withdraw his accusation of Geoffrey Howe "perverting the course of justice". [26] | |
12 November 1987 | Bernard Weatherill | Tam Dalyell | Labour | For refusing to withdraw his accusation that Margaret Thatcher had lied. [27] | |
25 January 1988 | Bernard Weatherill | Ken Livingstone | Labour | For refusing to withdraw his accusation of Patrick Mayhew being an "accomplice to murder". [28] | |
18 February 1988 | Bernard Weatherill | Harry Cohen | Labour | For persistently requesting Christopher Chope give way after being refused. [29] | |
15 March 1988 | Harold Walker | Alex Salmond | SNP | For interrupting Nigel Lawson's 1988 budget over income tax. [30] | |
13 April 1988 | Bernard Weatherill | Dave Nellist | Labour | For persistently trying to ask an overruled point of order. [31] | |
25 July 1988 | Bernard Weatherill | Tam Dalyell | Labour | For refusing to withdraw his accusation that Margaret Thatcher had lied. [32] | |
14 March 1989 | Bernard Weatherill | Jim Sillars | SNP | For persistently trying to ask an overruled point of order. [33] | |
24 July 1989 | Bernard Weatherill | Tam Dalyell | Labour | For refusing to withdraw his accusation that Margaret Thatcher had lied. [34] | |
23 July 1990 | Bernard Weatherill | Dick Douglas | Labour | For persistently trying to ask an overruled point of order. [35] | |
29 November 1993 | Betty Boothroyd | The Rev. Ian Paisley | DUP | For refusing to withdraw the word "falsehood" during a debate with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Sir Patrick Mayhew. The Speaker had first tried to remove Paisley under Standing Order 42. [36] | |
8 December 2005 | Michael Martin | Dennis Skinner | Labour | For refusing to withdraw his remark that "The only thing growing [in the 1970s and a lot of the 1980s] were the lines of coke in front of boy George and the rest of them", aimed at George Osborne. [37] [38] | |
20 April 2006 | Sir Alan Haselhurst/Michael Martin | Dennis Skinner | Labour | For refusing to withdraw his remark that Theresa May was being let off with having stated Tony Blair had misled the House, because she is a Conservative. [38] [39] [40] | |
23 July 2007 | Michael Martin | George Galloway | Respect | For questioning the integrity of MPs investigating whether he took money from Iraq, and challenging the authority of the speaker when told to back down on his accusations. [41] | |
15 January 2009 | Sir Alan Haselhurst/Michael Martin | John McDonnell | Labour | For manhandling the parliamentary mace. [42] | |
18 September 2012 | John Bercow | Paul Flynn | Labour | For refusing to withdraw his accusation that ministers had lied during a statement from Philip Hammond regarding the suspension by NATO of joint operations with Afghan security forces. [43] | |
16 December 2020 | Dame Rosie Winterton/Sir Lindsay Hoyle | Drew Hendry | SNP | For disruptive shouting at the end of a debate on the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill and then attempting to remove the parliamentary mace from the chamber. [44] | |
13 July 2022 | Sir Lindsay Hoyle | Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill | Alba | For disrupting the start of Prime Minister's questions by standing and attempting to make a point of order. [45] | |
Bold denotes an MP who was a party leader at the time they were named.
Date | Speaker | Member | Party | Reason | |
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15 March 1913 | Thomas Simpson Sproule | Michael Clark | Liberal | Refusing to come to order and "flagrantly violating the rules of the House". The House did not suspend him. [46] | |
24 March 1942 | James Allison Glen | Liguori Lacombe | Independent Liberal | Refusing to sit down, and insulting George Stanley White. [47] | |
4 July 1944 | James Allison Glen | Liguori Lacombe | Independent Liberal | Repeatedly interrupting other members. [48] | |
31 July 1944 | James Allison Glen | Herbert Alexander Bruce | National Government | Accusing prime minister Mackenzie King of bribery, and refusing to withdraw it. [49] | |
25 May 1956 | Louis-René Beaudoin | Donald Fleming | Progressive Conservative | Refusing to come to order during a committee meeting. [50] | |
10 February 1961 | Roland Michener | Frank Howard | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Referring to the actions of John Diefenbaker and veterans affairs minister Gordon Churchill as "scurrilous and underhanded", and accusing them of having "sinister motives", and refusing to withdraw. [51] | |
16 March 1962 | Roland Michener | Alexis Caron | Liberal | Accusing a committee chair of partiality, and refusing to withdraw. [52] | |
5 October 1962 | Marcel Lambert | Bernard Dumont | Social Credit | Refusing to sit down. [53] | |
19 June 1964 | Alan Macnaughton | Alvin Hamilton | Progressive Conservative | Accusing Lester Pearson of lying, and refusing to withdraw. [54] | |
16 May 1978 | James Jerome | Roch La Salle | Progressive Conservative | Referring to finance minister Jean Chrétien as a "liar", and refusing to withdraw. [55] | |
21 March 1979 | James Jerome | Thomas Cossitt | Progressive Conservative | Accusing Pierre Trudeau of lying to the House, and refusing to withdraw. [56] | |
23 February 1981 | Lloyd Francis (Deputy) | Otto Jelinek | Progressive Conservative | Repeatedly accusing Pierre Trudeau of lying and refusing to withdraw. [57] | |
3 December 1981 | Jeanne Sauvé | Thomas Cossitt | Progressive Conservative | Accusing public works minister Paul Cosgrove of lying, and refusing to withdraw. [58] | |
19 May 1982 | Jeanne Sauvé | John Crosbie | Progressive Conservative | Referring to justice minister Jean Chrétien as a "liar", and refusing to withdraw multiple accusations of deception. [59] | |
16 June 1982 | Jeanne Sauvé | Svend Robinson | New Democratic | Accusing justice minister Jean Chrétien of lying to the House, and refusing to withdraw. [60] | |
24 March 1983 | Roderick Blaker (acting) | Lorne Greenaway | Progressive Conservative | Referring to agriculture minister Eugene Whelan as a "hypocrite", and refusing to withdraw. [61] | |
20 May 1983 | Lloyd Francis (Deputy) | Ed Broadbent | New Democratic | Accusing Pierre Trudeau of lying, and refusing to withdraw. [62] | |
19 October 1983 | Jeanne Sauvé | Svend Robinson | New Democratic | Accusing the Speaker of colluding with transport minister Lloyd Axworthy, and refusing to withdraw. [63] | |
31 October 1983 | Lloyd Francis (acting) | Ian Deans | New Democratic | Refusing to sit down. [64] | |
25 May 1984 | Jacques Guilbault (acting) | Lyle Kristiansen | New Democratic | Refusing to withdraw allegations that Pierre Trudeau, Jean-Jacques Blais, and Allan MacEachen had lied to the House. [65] | |
8 June 1984 | Lloyd Francis | Dan Heap | New Democratic | Accusing acting prime minister Jean-Luc Pépin of lying to the House, and refusing to withdraw. [66] | |
17 December 1984 | John Bosley | Ed Broadbent | New Democratic | Accusing Brian Mulroney of lying to the House, and refusing to withdraw. [67] | |
19 December 1984 | John Bosley | Jean-Claude Malépart | Liberal | Saying that Brian Mulroney "never tells the truth", and refusing to withdraw. [68] | |
22 May 1985 | John Bosley | Jean-Claude Malépart | Liberal | Challenging the Speaker to name him after refusing to sit down. [69] | |
19 June 1985 | John Bosley | Brian Tobin | Liberal | Accusing Brian Mulroney of lying to the House, and refusing to withdraw. [70] | |
27 June 1985 | John Bosley | John Nunziata | Liberal | Displaying an offensive prop to the House while another member was speaking. [71] The item itself was not described in the parliamentary record. | |
11 October 1985 | John Bosley | John Rodriguez | New Democratic | Refusing to sit down. [72] | |
24 February 1986 | John Bosley | James Fulton | New Democratic | Accusing deputy prime minister Erik Nielsen of lying, and refusing to withdraw. [73] | |
23 April 1986 | John Bosley | John Rodriguez | New Democratic | Refusing to yield the floor. [74] | |
21 May 1986 | John Bosley | Warren Allmand | Liberal | Accusing junior minister Andrée Champagne of lying to the House, and refusing to withdraw. [75] | |
28 May 1986 | John Bosley | Ed Broadbent | New Democratic | Accusing Brian Mulroney of lying, and refusing to withdraw. [76] | |
11 June 1986 | John Bosley | Sergio Marchi | Liberal | Refusing to come to order, and accusing Brian Mulroney of lying to the House. [77] | |
24 March 1993 | John Allen Fraser | Dave Barrett | New Democratic | Accusing junior minister Harvie Andre of lying to a House committee, and refusing to withdraw. [78] | |
30 September 1994 | Gilbert Parent | Gaston Leroux | Bloc Québécois | Accusing Jean Chrétien of lying to the House, and refusing to withdraw. [79] | |
29 May 1995 | Gilbert Parent | Jake Hoeppner | Reform | Accusing government house leader Herb Gray of lying to him, and refusing to withdraw. [80] | |
2 November 1995 | Gilbert Parent | Gilles Duceppe | Bloc Québécois | Accusing deputy prime minister Sheila Copps of lying to the House, and refusing to withdraw. [81] | |
Michel Bellehumeur | |||||
24 April 1996 | Gilbert Parent | Randy White | Reform | Referring to Jean Chrétien's statement as a "bold faced lie", and refusing to withdraw. [82] | |
12 February 1997 | Gilbert Parent | Chuck Strahl | Reform | Accusing Jean Chrétien of covering up the inquiry into the Somalia Affair, and refusing to withdraw. [83] | |
1 October 1997 | Gilbert Parent | Svend Robinson | New Democratic | Accusing fisheries minister David Anderson of treason, and refusing to withdraw. [84] | |
1 December 1998 | Gilbert Parent | Michel Gauthier | Bloc Québécois | Referring to Jean Chrétien as a hypocrite, and refusing to withdraw. [85] | |
15 February 2000 | Gilbert Parent | Jim Abbott | Reform | Accusing human resources minister Jane Stewart of lying, and refusing to withdraw. [86] | |
5 April 2000 | Gilbert Parent | Suzanne Tremblay | Bloc Québécois | Ordering Bonnie Brown to "stop lying", and refusing to withdraw. [87] | |
6 December 2002 | Bob Kilger (Deputy) | Yvan Loubier | Bloc Québécois | Repeatedly calling agriculture minister Lyle Vanclief a "liar", and refusing to withdraw. [88] | |
30 November 2017 | Geoff Regan | Blake Richards | Conservative | Refusing to come to order after being warned for shouting at finance minister Bill Morneau mid-speech. [89] | |
17 June 2020 | Anthony Rota | Jagmeet Singh | New Democratic | Calling Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien a 'racist', and refusing to withdraw. [90] | |
8 December 2022 | Anthony Rota | Raquel Dancho | Conservative | Yelled "you're lying" at Liberal MP Vance Badawey, and refusing to apologize. [91] | |
7 December 2023 | Chris d'Entremont (acting) | Damien Kurek | Conservative | Accusing Justin Trudeau of lying, and refusing to withdraw. [92] | |
30 April 2024 | Greg Fergus | Rachael Thomas | Conservative | Referring to the Speaker's handling of the House as "disgraceful." The remark was withdrawn, but the Speaker claimed to not hear her. [93] | |
Pierre Poilievre | Referring to Justin Trudeau as a "practicing racist," a "wacko," and an "extremist," and refusing to withdraw. [94] |
Date | Speaker | Member | Party | Reason | |
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19 February 1998 | Gildas Molgat | Andrew Thompson | Liberal | Failed to comply with an order to present himself in the Senate in order to explain his extensive record of truancy. [95] | |
5 November 2013 | Noël Kinsella | Patrick Brazeau | Independent Conservative | Participation in the Canadian Senate expenses scandal. [96] | |
Mike Duffy | Independent | ||||
Pamela Wallin | Independent Conservative | ||||
Date | Speaker | Member | Party | Reason | |
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14 May 1964 | John McLeay | Tom Uren | Labor | For repeatedly interrupting despite warnings and calling Attorney General Billy Snedden a liar. [97] | |
29 March 1966 | John McLeay | Jim Cairns | Labor | For repeatedly interrupting to insist that South Vietnam was not a member of the United Nations. [98] | |
27 September 1966 | Acting Speaker | Allan Fraser | Labor | For repeatedly interrupting to insist the United States was responsible for a bombing in South Vietnam. [99] | |
28 September 1966 | Acting Speaker | Len Reynolds | Labor | For calling the lack of benefits for Australian Boer War and World War I veterans "a disgrace to servicemen who have served their country" and "a sell-out of the servicemen of World War I". [100] | |
14 October 1966 | John McLeay | Charles Jones | Labor | For calling Prime Minister Harold Holt "a dirty low guttersnipe" and refusing to withdraw the remark. [101] | |
3 October 1967 | William Aston | Jim Cope | Labor | For telling Philip Stokes to "shut up" and refusing to withdraw the remark. [102] | |
24 September 1970 | William Aston | Rex Patterson | Labor | For saying Peter Nixon "made a lie" and refusing to withdraw the remark unreservedly. [103] | |
28 October 1970 | William Aston | Bill Hayden | Labor | For repeatedly insisting that Billy Snedden was not answering his question. [104] | |
20 April 1971 | William Aston | Tom Uren | Labor | For repeatedly interrupting and asking Prime Minister William McMahon "Is your name Popov the clown?" during a discussion of Australia's relations with the USSR. [105] | |
5 April 1973 | Jim Cope | Peter Nixon | National | For telling Prime Minister Gough Whitlam "you should be ashamed of yourself" over accusations of lying to the Yugoslav government and refusing to withdraw the remark. [106] | |
5 April 1973 | Jim Cope | John Gorton | Liberal | For telling Speaker Jim Cope "you ought to be ashamed of yourself" for naming Peter Nixon. [107] | |
5 April 1973 | Jim Cope | Jim Forbes | Liberal | For saying "that is disgraceful" regarding the naming of John Gorton. [107] | |
17 September 1974 | Jim Cope | Bill Wentworth | Liberal | For shouting over the speaker and refusing to apologize. [108] | |
25 February 1975 | Jim Cope | Doug Anthony | National | For repeatedly interjecting during a discussion of the cattle industry. [109] | |
5 June 1975 | Gordon Scholes | Bill Wentworth | Liberal | For asking Prime Minister Gough Whitlam "Would you like to wash your hands, Mr Prime Minister?" during a discussion of Australia admitting very few Vietnamese refugees. [110] | |
9 October 1975 | Gordon Scholes | Ian Sinclair | National | For arguing with the speaker over whether there was a point of order. [111] | |
18 November 1976 | Billy Snedden | Charles Jones | Labor | For calling Phillip Lynch a dingo and arguing with the speaker. [112] | |
23 April 1980 | Billy Snedden | Brian Howe | Labor | For calling Andrew Peacock a liar and arguing with the speaker. [113] | |
18 September 1980 | Billy Snedden | Paul Keating | Labor | For saying Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser "could not lie straight in bed and his word cannot be believed or taken any notice of". [114] | |
27 August 1981 | Billy Snedden | Les Johnson | Labor | For interrupting the speaker over a point of order which had been denied. [115] | |
6 May 1982 | Billy Snedden | Paul Keating | Labor | For repeatedly interjecting that Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser had falsified information related to the budget, adding "you would name me to protect this stinking, corrupt Government." [116] | |
9 September 1982 | Billy Snedden | Michael Duffy | Labor | For interjecting to criticize John Howard. [117] | |
12 October 1983 | Harry Jenkins Sr. | Stephen Lusher | National | For interjecting to criticize John Dawkins. [118] | |
16 November 1983 | Acting Speaker | Ken Aldred | Liberal | For repeatedly interjecting to criticize Prime Minister Bob Hawke's support of a casino in Canberra and suggesting he was colluding with the developers. [119] | |
29 May 1984 | Harry Jenkins Sr. | John Howard | Liberal | For interjecting to criticize John Dawkins. [120] | |
28 March 1985 | Harry Jenkins Sr. | Ken Aldred | Liberal | For repeatedly interjecting during a question on Australia not participating in the Strategic Defense Initiative. [121] | |
18 April 1985 | Harry Jenkins Sr. | Ian Cameron | National | "For again interjecting after having been warned by the Chair." [122] Cameron had interjected during a response about a rugby tour in South Africa to say "What about Queensland?" and interjected again to say "well, he cannot go to Queensland." [123] | |
11 September 1985 | Harry Jenkins Sr. | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | Tuckey said to Treasurer John Dawkins "You are a tax fraud. You are a tax cheat." After being named by the Speaker, Tuckey said "The only people the honourable member beats are innocent Aborigines," and the Speaker reiterated his naming of Tuckey. [124] [125] | |
13 February 1986 | Joan Child | Ken Aldred | Liberal | [126] | |
28 May 1986 | Joan Child | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | [127] | |
21 August 1986 | Joan Child | Ian Sinclair | National | [128] | |
18 September 1986 | Joan Child | Neil Brown | Liberal | [129] | |
17 October 1986 | Joan Child | Paul Everingham | Country Liberal | [130] | |
22 October 1986 | Joan Child | Ken Aldred | Liberal | [131] | |
23 February 1987 | Joan Child | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | [132] | |
18 May 1988 | Joan Child | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | [133] | |
3 November 1988 | Acting Speaker | John Spender | Liberal | [134] | |
23 November 1988 | Joan Child | Neil Brown | Liberal | [135] | |
8 March 1989 | Joan Child | Ian Sinclair | National | [136] | |
24 May 1989 | Acting Speaker | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | [137] | |
6 September 1989 | Leo McLeay | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | [138] | |
18 October 1990 | Acting Speaker | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | [139] | |
15 November 1990 | Leo McLeay | Michael Cobb | National | [140] | |
19 February 1991 | Leo McLeay | Neil Brown | Liberal | [141] | |
20 February 1991 | Leo McLeay | Fred Chaney | Liberal | [142] | |
16 May 1991 | Leo McLeay | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | [143] | |
26 November 1991 | Leo McLeay | Russell Broadbent | Liberal | [144] | |
31 March 1992 | Leo McLeay | Ken Aldred | Liberal | [145] | |
2 April 1992 | Leo McLeay | Alexander Downer | Liberal | [146] | |
3 June 1992 | Leo McLeay | John Howard | Liberal | [147] | |
17 September 1992 | Deputy Speaker | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | [148] | |
8 October 1992 | Leo McLeay | John Sharp | National | [149] | |
13 October 1992 | Leo McLeay | Fred Chaney | Liberal | [150] | |
10 November 1992 | Leo McLeay | Philip Ruddock | Liberal | [151] | |
1 September 1993 | Stephen Martin | Alexander Downer | Liberal | "For continuing to interject after having been warned by the Chair." [152] | |
7 October 1993 | Stephen Martin | Peter Reith | Liberal | "For disorderly conduct." [153] | |
27 October 1993 | Stephen Martin | Peter McGauran | National | "For defying the Chair." [154] | |
25 November 1993 | Stephen Martin | Peter McGauran | National | "For continuing to interject after having been warned by the Chair." [155] | |
2 June 1994 | Stephen Martin | Peter Slipper | Liberal | "For not resuming his seat when requested to do so by the Speaker." [156] | |
2 February 1995 | Stephen Martin | Peter Slipper | Liberal | "For continuing to interject after having been warned by the Chair." [157] | |
6 February 1995 | Stephen Martin | Peter McGauran | National | "For continuing to interject after having been warned by the Chair." [158] | |
22 June 1995 | Stephen Martin | Peter Slipper | Liberal | "For continuing to interject after having been warned by the Chair." [159] | |
31 August 1995 | Stephen Martin | Lou Lieberman | Liberal | "For not resuming his seat when requested to do so by the Speaker." [160] | |
15 October 1996 | Bob Halverson | Stephen Martin | Labor | "For refusing to resume his seat when directed to do so by the Chair." [161] | |
31 October 1996 | Bob Halverson | Simon Crean | Labor | "For not withdrawing from the Chamber immediately." [162] | |
5 February 1997 | Bob Halverson | Leo McLeay | Labor | "For refusing to resume his seat when directed to do so by the Chair." [163] | |
6 March 1997 | Bob Halverson | Martin Ferguson | Labor | "For refusing to resume his seat when directed to do so by the Chair." [164] | |
18 March 1997 | Bob Halverson | Gavan O'Connor | Labor | "Having again interjected" after "continuing to interject after a general warning had been given by the Chair." [165] | |
18 November 1997 | Bob Halverson | Joel Fitzgibbon | Labor | "For not withdrawing from the chamber immediately" after "again raising a frivolous point of order." [166] | |
2 April 1998 | Ian Sinclair | Simon Crean | Labor | "For disorderly conduct". [167] | |
2 April 1998 | Ian Sinclair | Martin Ferguson | Labor | "For refusing to withdraw an objectionable remark when directed to do so by the Chair." [167] | |
7 June 1999 | Neil Andrew | Warren Snowdon | Labor | "Having reflected on the Chair." [168] | |
10 October 2000 | Neil Andrew | Arch Bevis | Labor | "For continuing to interject after a general warning had been given by the Chair." [169] | |
29 November 2000 | Neil Andrew | Julia Irwin | Labor | "For defying the Chair." [170] | |
7 February 2001 | Neil Andrew | Leo McLeay | Labor | "For continuing to interject after a warning had been given from the Chair", and "having again interjected". [171] | |
1 March 2001 | Deputy Speaker | Cheryl Kernot | Labor | "Having again interjected and reflected on the Chair." [172] | |
23 August 2001 | Deputy Speaker | Lindsay Tanner | Labor | "For refusing to withdraw an unparliamentary expression when requested to do so." [173] Tanner had said, directed at the Minister for Finance and Administration, "you are a liar." [174] | |
20 September 2001 | Neil Andrew | David Cox | Labor | "For disorderly behaviour." [175] | |
21 March 2002 | Neil Andrew | Anthony Albanese | Labor | "The Deputy Speaker reported that he had been required to adjourn the meeting of the Main Committee (on the previous day), in accordance with the provisions of standing order 282 because of disorder arising in the Committee. He further reported that the Member for Grayndler (Mr Albanese) had persisted in disorderly behaviour by refusing to withdraw a remark after being called to order and thus defied the Chair of the Main Committee." [176] | |
28 May 2002 | Neil Andrew | Martin Ferguson | Labor | "For continuing to interject after having been warned by the Chair." [177] | |
4 June 2002 | Neil Andrew | Warren Snowdon | Labor | "For continuing to interject." [178] | |
10 December 2002 | Neil Andrew | Joel Fitzgibbon | Labor | "continuing to interject" [179] | |
6 March 2003 | Neil Andrew | Mark Latham | Labor | "For continuing to interject after having been warned by the Chair." [180] | |
6 March 2003 | Neil Andrew | Wayne Swan | Labor | [180] | |
20 March 2003 | Neil Andrew | Craig Emerson | Labor | "For defying the Chair." [181] | |
13 May 2003 | Neil Andrew | Wayne Swan | Labor | [182] | |
23 October 2003 | Neil Andrew | Senator Bob Brown & Senator Kerry Nettle | Greens | "Continually interjecting over President George W. Bush's speech to the Australian Parliament." During a joint sitting of both the House of Representatives and Senate, Brown and Nettle were named by the Speaker of the House after the President and Prime Minister John Howard had left the chamber. [183] | |
9 March 2004 | Neil Andrew | Alan Griffin | Labor | "For disorderly behaviour." [184] | |
24 March 2004 | Neil Andrew | Anthony Albanese | Labor | "For disorderly behaviour in the process of withdrawing from the House." [185] | |
1 June 2004 | Neil Andrew | Harry Quick | Labor | "For defying the Chair." [186] | |
11 August 2004 | Neil Andrew | Julia Irwin | Labor | "For defying the Chair." [187] | |
9 August 2006 | David Hawker | Gavan O'Connor | Labor | "For not withdrawing immediately and defying the Chair." [188] | |
14 February 2007 | David Hawker | Arch Bevis | Labor | "For highly disorderly behaviour." [189] | |
19 September 2007 | David Hawker | Lindsay Tanner | Labor | "For defying the Chair." [190] | |
20 September 2007 | David Hawker | Anthony Albanese | Labor | "For defying the Chair," [191] saying to the speaker, "you are an embarrassment." [192] | |
22 February 2008 | Harry Jenkins | Steve Ciobo | Liberal | "For defying the Chair" [193] | |
22 February 2008 | Deputy Speaker | Luke Hartsuyker | National | "For defying the chair" [194] | |
28 May 2008 | Harry Jenkins | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | "For defying the Chair" after "continuing to interject after a warning had been given from the Chair." [195] | |
25 September 2008 | Harry Jenkins | Barry Haase | Liberal | "For defying the Chair." [196] | |
12 November 2008 | Harry Jenkins | Wilson Tuckey | Liberal | "For defying the Chair." [197] | |
26 May 2009 | Harry Jenkins | Christopher Pyne | Liberal | "For interjecting and disorderly behaviour." [198] | |
28 May 2009 | Harry Jenkins | Stuart Robert | Liberal | "For disorderly conduct when directed to leave." [199] | |
18 June 2009 | Harry Jenkins | Dennis Jensen | Liberal | [200] | |
19 August 2009 | Harry Jenkins | Barry Haase | Liberal | "For defying the chair." [201] | |
14 September 2009 | Harry Jenkins | Tony Abbott | Liberal | "For defying the chair." [202] | |
17 September 2009 | Harry Jenkins | Scott Morrison | Liberal | "For disorderly behavior," [203] relating to photographs shown by Anthony Albanese. [204] | |
26 November 2009 | Harry Jenkins | Peter Lindsay | Liberal | "For continuing to interject after having been directed to leave the Chamber." [205] | |
25 February 2010 | Harry Jenkins | Andrew Laming | Liberal | "For continuing to interject after having been directed to leave the Chamber." [206] | |
18 March 2010 | Harry Jenkins | Paul Fletcher | Liberal | "For continuing to interject after having been directed to leave the Chamber." [207] | |
23 March 2011 | Harry Jenkins | Christopher Pyne | Liberal | For repeatedly interjecting after being warned. [208] | |
31 May 2011 | Harry Jenkins | Bob Baldwin | Liberal | For continuing to interject after having been warned. [209] Named negatived, motion to keep confidence in the Speaker accepted. | |
15 June 2011 | Harry Jenkins | Luke Hartsuyker | National | For repeatedly interjecting after being warned. [210] | |
11 October 2011 | Deputy Speaker | Sophie Mirabella | Liberal | Refusing to resume seat after being asked to. [211] | |
22 March 2012 | Peter Slipper | Darren Chester | National | For being present in the public gallery after being removed from the house for one hour under Standing Order 94a. [212] | |
27 March 2014 | Bronwyn Bishop | Mark Dreyfus | Labor | For repeatedly interjecting after being warned. [213] | |
23 June 2014 | Bronwyn Bishop | Wayne Swan | Labor | For repeatedly interjecting. [214] | |
17 July 2014 | Bronwyn Bishop | Ed Husic | Labor | For repeatedly interjecting. [215] Having been asked to leave quickly, Husic said "I'll be quicker than Warren's answer," at which point he was named. [216] | |
11 February 2015 | Bronwyn Bishop | Mark Dreyfus | Labor | For repeatedly interjecting [217] to object to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's use of props. [218] | |
26 February 2015 | Bronwyn Bishop | Jim Chalmers | Labor | “For defying the chair” [219] | |
25 March 2015 | Bronwyn Bishop | Andrew Laming | Liberal | Introducing flammable materials into the Federation Chamber [220] | |
25 June 2015 | Bronwyn Bishop | Mark Dreyfus | Labor | “For defying the chair” [221] | |
17 March 2016 | Tony Smith | Wayne Swan | Labor | Refusing to comply with an order to withdraw certain words used to accuse Christian Porter of lying. | |
24 July 2019 | Tony Smith | Nick Champion | Labor | For arguing with the chair about how rule 94(a) should be used for and against him. [222] | |
26 August 2021 | Tony Smith | Julian Hill | Labor | For disorderly conduct as he was leaving the House, contrary to rule 94(a). [223] |
Date | President | Member | Party | Reason | |
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27 November 2024 | Sue Lines | Lidia Thorpe | Independent | For highly disorderly conduct in throwing paper at Pauline Hanson during debate earlier in the sitting day. [224] |
Date | Speaker | Member | Party | Reason | Ref | |
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15 November 1887 | Maurice O'Rorke | Julius Vogel | Independent | Saying that Robert Thompson was 'want of manners' and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [225] [226] | |
27 October 1898 | Maurice O'Rorke at the request of Arthur Guinness, the Chairman of Committees | Roderick McKenzie | Liberal | Questioning a ruling by Guinness while the House was in Committee, and persisting despite being warned that Guinness would recall the Speaker. McKenzie refused to express contrition when offered an opportunity to do so by O'Rorke. | [227] | |
12 October 1900 | Maurice O'Rorke at the request of Arthur Guinness, the Chairman of Committees | Frederick Pirani | Independent | Stating that Roderick McKenzie was "repeating a slander circulated by the Premier" (Richard Seddon), and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [228] | |
7 July 1914 | Frederic Lang | John Payne | Labour | Stating on the previous sitting day (3 July) that the Prime Minister (William Massey) "sits there by bribery and corruption," and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [229] | |
2 November 1914 | Frederic Lang | John Payne | Labour | Stating that the Minister of Labour (and Prime Minister), William Massey, was among those responsible for the "murder" of miners killed in an explosion at a mine in Huntly, and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [230] | |
4 November 1914 | Frederic Lang | Paddy Webb | Social Democrat | Stating with regard to the same Huntly explosion that "If justice was done, and some man has to be tried for manslaughter, the Prime Minister is the first man who should be called on to stand his trial," and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [231] | |
28 September 1915 | Frederic Lang | Thomas Wilford | Liberal | Describing the response given to a question he asked of the Minister of Defence, James Allen, as "your dirty answers," and refusing to withdraw his statement without reservation. Wilford withdrew the word "dirty" and replaced it with "typical," but would not obey repeated orders to withdraw completely. | [232] | |
18 July 1916 | Frederic Lang | John Payne | Independent | Stating that if he were the Minister of Finance, Joseph Ward, he "would consider myself the greatest traitor to the British people," and refusing to withdraw his statement, instead adding "I brand him a traitor to the country," and declaring that he would resign rather than withdraw. | [233] | |
12 December 1921 | Frederic Lang | Bill Parry | Labour | Using the word "scabs," and refusing to withdraw it. There was some dispute as to whether Parry had applied the word to MPs specifically, but when he did not return to the chamber to explain himself, the suspension was proceeded with. | [234] | |
17 March 1932 | Charles Statham | Peter Fraser | Labour | Describing the fact that a closure motion accepted by the Chairman of Committees, Sydney George Smith, would end debate on multiple amendments as the most contemptible thing he knew, and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [235] | |
17 March 1932 | Charles Statham | John A. Lee | Labour | Declaring in support of Fraser that the Parliament was a Parliament of curs if it persisted in such a course and failed to pass the amendments in question, and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [235] | |
24 September 1952 | Matthew Oram | Arthur Osborne | Labour | Stating that the Speaker had made no attempt to stop a barrage of interjections by National members upon a Labour speech, and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [236] | |
15 August 1958 | Robert Macfarlane | Tom Shand | National | Stating that the Prime Minister (Walter Nash) "is gagging the House" in response to a ruling by Macfarlane that Nash was speaking in reply on a motion and hence concluding the debate, when National members wished to speak further. Macfarlane considered this a reflection on the Chair. | [237] | |
23 October 1985 | Gerry Wall | Merv Wellington | National | Describing Trevor Mallard as a "political lout" and Bill Dillon as a "political lout in garb," and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [238] | |
5 March 1986 | Gerry Wall at the request of John Terris, the Chairman of Committees | John Banks | National | "Repeatedly challenging the authority of the Chair." According to the debate on a Privileges Committee report on the matter, Banks alleged that Terris was in collusion with Fran Wilde, the sponsor of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. [239] | [240] | |
16 September 1986 | Gerry Wall | Robert Muldoon | National | Refusing to leave the chamber when ordered to do so. | [241] | |
26 February 1987 | Gerry Wall | Winston Peters | National | Refusing to leave the chamber when ordered to do so the previous night. Peters claimed that he had left and then returned, due to general confusion as to which members had been ordered to leave, which Wall did not accept as a mitigating factor. | [242] | |
26 March 1987 | Gerry Wall | John Banks | National | Calling out "It's true, though" as Jim Bolger was withdrawing a statement that Richard Prebble had encouraged immigration overstayers to cast illegal votes for him, repeating the statement when asked to withdraw it, and when ordered to leave the chamber, saying "You don't like it, do you, because your mates were caught cheating" on the way out. | [243] | |
12 May 1987 | Gerry Wall at the request of John Terris, the Chairman of Committees | Merv Wellington | National | Calling out "Rubbish!" while Terris was making a ruling (the details of which are not recorded), refusing to withdraw and apologise, and refusing to leave the chamber when ordered to do so. | [244] | |
9 July 1987 | Gerry Wall | Winston Peters | National | Arguing with the Speaker after raising a point of order as to whether the Committee of the Whole House had reported progress prematurely, continuing to argue on his way out when ordered to leave the chamber, and failing to return to the chamber when ordered to do so until after the motion to suspend him had been moved. | [245] | |
31 October 1991 | Robin Gray | Richard Prebble | Labour | Refusing to leave the chamber when ordered to do so. | [246] | |
18 August 1992 | Jim Gerard (Deputy Speaker) | Michael Laws | National | Describing Mike Moore's claim that Laws would do anything to remain a Member of Parliament as a lie, and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [247] | |
3 August 1993 | Robin Gray | Gail McIntosh | National | Describing Winston Peters' claim that McIntosh "went up to Tauranga and got one vote" as a lie, and refusing to withdraw her statement. | [248] | |
8 September 1994 | Peter Tapsell | Chris Carter | Labour | Calling John Banks a hypocrite over his opposition to abortion, and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [249] | |
26 August 1999 | Doug Kidd | Michael Cullen | Labour | Saying that Max Bradford had lied and was a stooge of the Employers Federation, and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [250] | |
10 October 2001 | Jonathan Hunt | Richard Prebble | ACT | Refusing to leave the chamber when asked, and repeating a statement that he had previously withdrawn, in which he stated that Phil Goff was lying when he said that he did not know that the Chief of Air Staff was opposed to the scrapping of the Royal New Zealand Air Force combat wing. | [251] | |
5 December 2001 | Jonathan Hunt at the request of Geoff Braybrooke, the Chairperson of the Committee of the Whole House | Nick Smith | National | Interjecting "Throw us out! If that's all you give for democracy, you shouldn't be in the Chair!" during a series of points of order over Braybrooke's decision to accept a closure motion, and when asked to withdraw and apologise, instead leaving the chamber while saying "This is not democracy" and refusing to return. | [252] | |
26 March 2002 | Jonathan Hunt at the request of Jill Pettis, the Chairperson of the Committee of the Whole House | Grant Gillon | Alliance | Refusing to withdraw and apologise when ordered to do so by Pettis after Richard Prebble took offence at a statement by Gillon in a point of order. | [253] | |
1 May 2003 | Ann Hartley (Deputy Speaker) | Richard Prebble | ACT | Accusing Hartley of being "silly," "offensive," "not behaving like a Speaker," "trying to play up to [her] government members," and "lying to this House", after Hartley began the process of voting on the third reading of a bill when Prebble believed that he was seeking the call to speak on it. Prebble refused to leave the chamber until some time after the motion to name him had been carried. | [254] | |
14 May 2003 | Jonathan Hunt | Nick Smith | National | Saying "Stop protecting the bloody Prime Minister" on his way out after being told to leave the chamber by Hunt, and then continuing on his way after Hunt ordered him to return to his seat or be named. | [255] | |
24 June 2003 | Jonathan Hunt | Winston Peters | NZ First | Responding "Well, you can run a protection racket if you like, but the reality is that I want some answers in this House and so does everybody else. We have put up with this rubbish for years," when told to leave the chamber by Hunt after an argument between them over Peters' raising of a point of order, and further responding, after being warned by Hunt that he would be named if he did not leave, "I don’t mind if you name me, Mr Speaker. I know what my name is." | [256] | |
26 June 2003 | Jonathan Hunt | Rodney Hide | ACT | Continuing to argue with Hunt after first being told to sit down, and then to leave the chamber, saying "There’s no point in asking questions here," and after being warned that he would named if he said another word, repeating "There is still no point—". As noted by MPs from opposition parties immediately after the naming, this was the second time that Hunt had resorted to the procedure in three days. | [257] | |
8 September 2004 | Jonathan Hunt | Winston Peters | NZ First | Responding "If I hear that threat one more time, it is my intention to leave this House and come back with a motion of no confidence, which I am entitled to put. If any members on this side of the House cannot see the point I am trying to make, then woe be to them," after Hunt had stated "The member is grossly disorderly. If there are any more comments from him today, I will name him," in response to Peters raising points of order accusing Hunt of shielding George Hawkins from questioning. | [258] | |
17 October 2006 | Ann Hartley (Assistant Speaker) | Nick Smith | National | Arguing with Hartley by saying "I simply asked you to explain why" after she told him to leave the chamber, and further arguing with words that are not recorded when she repeated the instruction and added "with no backchat." Hartley had ordered him to leave for interjecting "Can you explain why?" while she was ruling on a point of order he had raised. After an extended series of points of order and procedural arguments among MPs, Michael Cullen brokered a truce whereby Richard Worth successfully sought leave for the naming to be revoked. | [259] | |
8 May 2019 | Trevor Mallard | Nick Smith | National | Arguing with the Speaker; criticised the Speaker after being told to withdraw from the debating chamber. | [260] | |
29 August 2023 | Adrian Rurawhe | Rawiri Waititi | Te Pāti Māori | Grossly disorderly conduct by referring to a matter that the member believed to be under a court ordered suppression order without first giving notice to the Speaker. No ruling was made on whether the matter was in fact subject to a suppression order. | [261] | |
14 November 2024 | Gerry Brownlee | Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke | Te Pāti Māori | Initiating a haka in protest during voting on the Treaty Principles Bill. | [262] |
Date | Speaker | Member | Party | Reason | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 October 1901 | Henry Miller | Samuel Shrimski | Independent | Saying that George Jones was "one of the worst 'sweaters' in this country," and refusing to withdraw his statement. | [263] |
Date | Speaker | Member | Party | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1929 | Leverett Saltonstall | James J. Twohig | Democratic | ||
August 9, 1939 | Christian Herter | Albert E. Morris | Democratic | Refused to be seated while another representative (Albert Bigelow) had the floor. [264] | |
March 30, 1943 | Rudolph King | Jacinto F. Diniz | Democratic | "Vehement personal abuse" on Representative Albert Bigelow, who had proposed an amendment to prevent legislators from receiving a pay raise. [265] |
Date | President | Member | Party | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 27, 1981 | William M. Bulger | Alan Sisitsky | Democratic | Continuous disruption of Senate proceedings. Was removed by a court officer and suspended until he issued a formal apology to the Senate. [3] [4] He apologized on November 16, 1981, and was reinstated. [266] |
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