"MR SPEAKER”
MR BARNARD TO BE REAPPOINTED.
WELLINGTON, Last night. Consideration was given at to-day’s caucus of members of the Parliamentary Labor Party to the question of a successor to the late Mr E. J. Howard as Chairman of Committees in the House of Representatives. The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) said this evening that the, caucus was of opinion that the Chief Government Whip (Mr R. McKern, M.P. for Wellington South) should he nominated for the position. Mr McKeen would therefore be nominated as Chairman of Committees when Parliament met next month. The present Speaker of the House (the Hon. W. E. Barnard) would he nominated for a further term as Speaker. Mr McKeen generally relieved Mr Howard as Chairman of Committees when he was absent from the House during debates in committee.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 12 May 1939, Page 3
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