With three rounds of voting complete, MPs have yet to elect a speaker.
The names of five MPs were on the second ballot: NDP MP Joe Comartin, Conservatives Barry Devolin, Andrew Scheer, and Merv Tweed and Liberal incumbent Peter Milliken.
To be elected Speaker, one of those individuals must have the support of a majority of MPs.
MPs will now now vote a fourth time. Because he finished last on the third ballot, Ontario Conservative MP Barry Devolin will not be on the fourth ballot.
On the first ballot, MPs were presented with a choice of eight MPs for the Speaker's job, which comes with a $77,000 a year salary bump, on top of an MP's annual stipend of $155,400, a driver and car, a private apartment in the Centre Block of the House of Commons, and the keys to the Speaker's official residence of Kingsmere, in the Gatineau Hills.
MPs began the selection process for Speaker at about 10 a.m.
As Dean of the House Louis Plamondon announced the results, Merv Tweed was seated with a serene expression on his face. He has been campaigning vigorously for this post and perhaps the universe is now unfolding precisely as he thought it would.
Kady reports on the buzz in the foyer, namely, that Milliken cannot win.