List of Law Clerks and Parliamentary Counsel of the Canadian House of Commons

This is a list of Law Clerks and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons of Canada.

Gustavus W. Wicksteed – 1867–1887 William Wilson – 1887–1890 Frederick Augustus McCord – 1890–1908 A.H. O'Brien – 1909–1914 Francis A. Gisborne – 1914–1922 Joseph K. Foran – 1923–1924 Arthur Gordon Troop – 1924–1925 Paul Maurice OllivierAlthough Paul Maurice Ollivier’s appointment date is 1925, he was acting as Joint Law Clerk during the 1924 session to assist Arthur Gordon Troop (letter from the Clerk, Mr. Northrup, to the Civil Service Commission, 25 November 1924). Paul Maurice Ollivier was Joint Law Clerk with Arthur Gordon Troop, then with Arthur Angus Fraser, and as Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel up to the end of 1970, making him the longest-serving Law Clerk in the history of the House of Commons. – 1925–1952 Arthur Gordon Troop – 1926–1936 Arthur Angus Fraser – 1938–1952 Paul Maurice Ollivier – 1952–1970 Joseph Maingot – 1971–1982 Marcel R. Pelletier – 1983–1991 Robert R. Walsh – 1999–2012 Richard Denis (acting) – 2012–2013 Richard Fujarczuk – 2013–2014 Richard Denis (acting) – 2014–2015 Philippe Dufresne – 2015–2022 Michel Bédard (acting) – 2022–2023 Michel Bédard – 2024–present

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