Talk:Peter Milliken

message: According to the Wikipedia style manual we should not be using honorifics such as The Honourable at the beginning of entries.  Please see the section of the style book on honorifics. Thanks. Homey 19:40, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, while I think that's ridiculous, I will respect it.
We should remove the honourific immediately. It is against the Wiki style guide and this particular title is not part of the Canadian honours system. It is essentially an artificial title. If Milliken is entitled to this term then whats to stop anyone from doing the same thing.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.10.42.243 (talk) 17:02, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Honorifics please 

message: Someone added in Rodolphe Lemieux as the first opposition Speaker to serve in the House of Commons, and indicating that should Mr. Milliken be re-elected as Speaker, he would be the third opposition Speaker.  While this is technically correct (Lemieux, a Liberal, served as Speaker during Meighen's brief second tenure as PM), the circumstances were so different, I wonder if they truly merit inclusion.
Whereas Jerome was appointed by Clark, and should be Milliken be re-elected, it would be under Harper, in the case of Lemieux, he was appointed not by Meighen, but by Mackenzie King.  When Mackenzie King resigned and Meighen formed a government, the Ministry changed, but the 15th Parliament continued and Lemieux continued as Speaker.  It is Meighen's becoming PM (see King-Byng affair), not Lemieux being Speaker that is remarkable in that situation.
I'd appreciate hearing thoughts from others as to whether or not this reference should remain as I frankly consider it to be irrelevant. [unsigned]
I've adjusted the wording, maintaining Jerome's reference in the main text while relegating Lemieux to a footnote.  I trust this will be satisfactory to all parties. CJCurrie 19:48, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Perfect as far as I'm concerned. PoliSciMaster 19:51, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rodolphe Lemieux 

message: I was just reading over this page, and it seems somewhat lacking in a professional and encyclopedic tone. In early life and career, for example, it says that Miliken worked at a "prestigious" Kingston law firm, but doesn't even say the name of the law firm. Perhaps some editing is in order? Mllefantine (talk) 17:53, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure I understand your point.  I think the fact it does not let itself become an advertisement for his former firm makes it more, not less, encyclopedic.  If the name of the firm would help, it can easily be added in.PoliSciMaster (talk) 21:25, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I think that actually makes it more professional.  On Wikipedia some user might complain that "prestigious" is a subjective term where a professional writer can use the term if s/he feels it is appropriate.  Wikipedia is thus usually more colourless, one of our main failings. --JGGardiner (talk) 21:55, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality? 

message: I read this statement:
On March 9, 2011, Milliken made two historic rulings holding the government of Stephen Harper in contempt of Parliament.[38]
and check the reference [38]. The reference is to a Globe and Mail article which has a title: "With contempt rulings, Milliken caps career filled with firsts ". However, the article gives no details about the contempt issue or Millken's role in it.
At best, this is a very poor reference. At worst, it is a false or misleading statement, as it was my understanding that parliamentItalic text found the government in contempt, not the speaker.
Please clarify.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.230.22 (talk) 17:29, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Facts on contempt rulings 

message: Is Peter Milliken still styled The Honourable? He is no longer an M.P. or the Speaker.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.55.165.152 (talk) 20:03, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Privy councillors keep the style permanently. A Speaker doesn't keep it if he hasn't been inducted into the Privy Council, either by serving as a cabinet minister at another time in his political career or by being inducted as an honour for his service, but if he has been inducted into the Privy Council (as Milliken has) then he keeps the style on that basis rather than losing it after he leaves office. Bearcat (talk) 15:58, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Honourable? 

message: There is a word missing in the sentence in the second paragraph under early life. It reads " He also often canoes". Or if not this sentence should just be corrected - remove the also: i.e. He also canoes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruxisme (talk • contribs) 20:07, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: word missing

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