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Portrait of Francis Scarpaleggia. Photo: Ambassador Pete Hoekstra, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Francis Scarpaleggia

Liberal · Lac-Saint-Louis, QC

Sitting MPmale69

Photo: Ambassador Pete Hoekstra, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Biography

Francis Scarpaleggia is a Canadian politician who has served as the 40th speaker of the House of Commons since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, he has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Lac-Saint-Louis since 2004. encyclopedia

Born
1957-06-06, Montrealencyclopedia
Languages
Englishofficial
Occupation before politics
business consultant, financial analyst, political adviser, politician, university teacherencyclopedia

House of Commons profile[email protected]Wikipedia entry

Electoral history

  1. Lac-Saint-Louis

    Liberal · 45th ParliamentSince 2025-04-28
    Francis Scarpaleggia43,446
    Matthew RusniakRunner-up · Conservative15,203

    Difference 28,243 votes. 4 other candidates also ran.

    Elections Canada, 45th general election.

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  2. Lac-Saint-Louis

    Liberal · 44th Parliament2021-09-20 to 2025-04-27
    Francis Scarpaleggia32,477
    Ann FrancisRunner-up · Conservative10,911

    Difference 21,566 votes. 4 other candidates also ran.

    Elections Canada, 44th general election.

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  3. Lac-Saint-Louis

    Liberal · 43rd Parliament2019-10-21 to 2021-09-19
    Francis Scarpaleggia34,622
    Ann FrancisRunner-up · Conservative9,083

    Difference 25,539 votes. 6 other candidates also ran.

    Elections Canada, 43rd general election.

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  4. Lac-Saint-Louis

    Liberal · 42nd Parliament2015-10-19 to 2019-10-19
    Francis Scarpaleggia39,965
    Eric GirardRunner-up · Conservative10,857

    Difference 29,108 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.

    Elections Canada, 42nd general election.

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  5. Lac-Saint-Louis

    Liberal · 41st Parliament2011-05-02 to 2015-10-18
    Francis Scarpaleggia18,457
    Alain AckadRunner-up · NDP-New Democratic Party16,253

    Difference 2,204 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.

    Elections Canada, 41st general election.

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  6. Lac-Saint-Louis

    Liberal · 40th Parliament2008-10-14 to 2011-05-01
    Francis Scarpaleggia23,842
    Andrea PaineRunner-up · Conservative12,085

    Difference 11,757 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.

    Elections Canada, 40th general election.

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  7. Lac-Saint-Louis

    Liberal · 39th Parliament2006-01-23 to 2008-10-13
    Francis Scarpaleggia25,588
    Andrea PaineRunner-up · Conservative14,164

    Difference 11,424 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.

    Elections Canada, 39th general election.

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  8. Lac-Saint-Louis

    Liberal · 38th Parliament2004-06-28 to 2006-01-22
    Francis Scarpaleggia32,122
    Jeff HowardRunner-up · Conservative6,082

    Difference 26,040 votes. 4 other candidates also ran.

    Elections Canada, 38th general election.

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Education

  • McGill UniversityDegree not recordedYears not recordedencyclopedia
  • Columbia UniversityDegree not recordedYears not recordedencyclopedia
  • Concordia UniversityDegree not recordedYears not recordedencyclopedia

Experience

  • Dawson CollegeRole not recordedYears not recordedencyclopedia
  • Petro-CanadaRole not recordedYears not recordedencyclopedia
  • Bristol-Myers SquibbRole not recordedYears not recordedencyclopedia

In their own words

19,652 Hansard interventions on file. These are the words said in the House, not a summary. Private conversations are not collected and are not invented.

All those opposed to the hon. member's moving the motion will please say nay. There being no dissenting voice, it is agreed. The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay. (Motion agreed to)Routine Proceedings — Committees of the House · 2026-09-24

Where they stand

Policy positions are scored only from this member's stored House words and, when it is on file, their own public website. Wikipedia and other encyclopedias may supply details such as a birth date, education or work history, and each of those details is labelled with its source, but they are never used to score a position. Members whose only sources are encyclopedias have no scored positions.

A stored score on 9 of 14 topics. Each row names the end of that topic’s axis the stored words reached, and the sentence the score rests on.

Climate

Faster fossil phase-down

The other end of this axis: Slower phase-down, production first

Excerpts repeat support for Kyoto, CEPA regulation of emissions, and criticism of intensity targets and delays.

Without Kyoto objectives, it appears we won't be able to get a Montreal emissions credit trading system up and running.
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Energy

Restrict new oil and gas

The other end of this axis: Expand production and export

Criticizes large oil export projects and warns of environmental risks from bulk shipments.

According to Le Devoir: TransCanada has ambitions of building...nothing less than the largest infrastructure in history for transporting and exporting oil from the oil sands. As an aside, let me say that if this energy project is seeing the light of day today, that is partly because the government has failed with the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Federalism

Ottawa leads

The other end of this axis: Provinces lead

Excerpts reject fiscal imbalance theory and support strong federal role over provincial claims.

The residents of Lac-Saint-Louis know that is not true. If the Conservatives go ahead and modify equalization by removing oil revenues from the equation, then provinces without oil, such as Quebec, will certainly suffer. The Conservatives are playing a dangerous and deceptive game by agreeing with the Bloc Québécois on the existence of a fiscal imbalance when so many facts disprove this theory.
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Fiscal policy

Higher taxes and public spending

The other end of this axis: Lower taxes and tighter spending

Rejects fiscal imbalance claims and defends higher federal transfers to provinces.

The debt to GDP ratio of the provinces is far less than that of the federal government. Furthermore, federal transfers to the provinces increase more quickly than federal revenue. What is more, all the provinces have posted budgetary surpluses in four of the past six years.
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Health

Expand public coverage

The other end of this axis: More private delivery

Excerpts emphasize public health care as essential social safety net and celebrate public hospitals.

Does he not think that a young couple starting out would not be more likely to want to start a family if they knew that there was a well publicly financed health care system available to help them along the way? When they think about the future and the possible health care needs of their children, would they not be more likely to want to take that step forward? Would they not feel more optimistic about starting a family knowing that there is that social safety net? If they did not have publicly funded health care, would they not be less likely to want to start a family when they think of the exorbitant costs of private health care insurance in a country such as the United States? Would they not worry that if someone in their family became unfortunately ill that they could face bankruptcy? How would they feel then about wanting to start a family? The hon.
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Immigration

Higher permanent intake

The other end of this axis: Lower intake

Excerpts repeat that refugees are not queue jumpers and must receive charter protections.

However, refugees are not queue jumpers. By letting a refugee into Canada, we are not slowing down or otherwise causing a regular immigration application to be sidelined. It is very important to make that point.
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Labour

Stronger unions and standards

The other end of this axis: More flexibility for employers

Values unions' role in improving work conditions and criticizes bypassing consultation with labour.

Before we get to that, I would like mention that we on the Liberal side of the House do not share the government's anti-labour perspective. We certainly value the role of organized labour. On the other hand, we do not support everything organized labour would do on any given day.
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Public safety

Enforcement and sentencing

The other end of this axis: Prevention and restraint

Excerpts support minimum sentences for serious crime and stronger action on white-collar crime and gun registry.

Speaker, obviously we need minimum sentences in cases of serious crime. I do not think there is any dispute about that. I am not a criminologist, but it seems that the criminology community, the academic community repeatedly through studies and analyses cast into doubt the effectiveness of minimum sentences.
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Trade

Diversify away from one partner

The other end of this axis: Deeper continental integration

Excerpts highlight risks of continental integration on water and call for protections against exports.

Last week at the Munk Centre a panel of water policy experts called on the government to create safety net legislation to effectively ban Canadian bulk water exports, now, today, before there is a crisis. When is the government going to act and close the door once and for all on bulk water exports--
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5 topics with no stored score
  • AgricultureNo position has been scored.
  • DefenceNo position has been scored.
  • Financial regulationNo position has been scored.
  • Foreign affairsNo position has been scored.
  • HousingNo position has been scored.

Who lines up

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