| Post: | Speaker pro tempore |
| Body: | the Senate of Canada |
| Native Name: | French: Président(e) intérimaire du Sénat du Canada |
| Incumbent: | Pierrette Ringuette |
| Incumbentsince: | May 1, 2020 |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Appointer: | The governor general |
| Salary: | $27,700[1] |
| Termlength: | genderp=~}}}} Majesty's pleasure |
| Department: | Senate of Canada |
The Speaker pro tempore (French: Président(e) intérimaire)[2] is an officer and second-highest ranking member of the Senate of Canada. The Speaker Pro Tempore ("acting Speaker") is a member of the Senate who is first nominated by a selection committee. The nomination is then confirmed through a vote in the Senate. The Speaker Pro Tempore serves whenever the Speaker of the Senate of Canada, who is appointed by the government, is unable to attend a sitting of the Senate.
The current of Speaker Pro Tempore is Pierrette Ringuette, who is serving in the position from May 1, 2020.
The following is the list of speakers pro tempore of the Senate of Canada.[3]
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renaude Lapointe Senator for Mille Isles, Quebec (1912–2002) | June 9, 1982 | November 30, 1983 | Liberal | |||
| 2 | Gildas Molgat Senator for Saint Rose, Manitoba (1927–2001) | December 19, 1983 | July 9, 1984 | Liberal | |||
| 3 | Martial Asselin Senator for Stadacona, Quebec (1924–2013) | November 13, 1984 | October 1, 1988 | Progressive Conservative | |||
| (2) | Gildas Molgat Senator for Saint Rose, Manitoba (1927–2001) | December 29, 1988 | May 12, 1991 | Liberal | |||
| 4 | Rhéal Bélisle Senator for Sudbury, Ontario (1919–1992) | May 28, 1991 | November 3, 1992 | Progressive Conservative | |||
| 5 | Gerry Ottenheimer Senator for Waterford-Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador (1934–1998) | December 7, 1992 | January 18, 1998 | Progressive Conservative | |||
| 6 | Rose-Marie Losier-Cool Senator for Tracadie, New Brunswick (born 1937) | November 17, 1999 | October 2, 2002 | Liberal | |||
| 7 | Lucie Pépin Senator for Shawinegan, Quebec (born 1936) | October 8, 2002 | October 5, 2004 | Liberal | |||
| 8 | Shirley Maheu Senator for Rougemont, Quebec (1931–2006) | October 6, 2004 | February 1, 2006 | Liberal | |||
| (6) | Rose-Marie Losier-Cool Senator for Tracadie, New Brunswick (born 1937) | April 6, 2006 | March 3, 2010 | Liberal | |||
| 9 | Donald Oliver Senator for South Shore, Nova Scotia (born 1938) | March 4, 2010 | November 16, 2013 | Conservative | |||
| 10 | Pierre Claude Nolin Senator for De Salaberry, Quebec (1950–2015) | November 20, 2013 | November 26, 2014 | Conservative | |||
| 11 | Leo Housakos Senator for Wellington, Quebec (born 1968) | December 2, 2014 | May 3, 2015 | Conservative | |||
| 12 | Nicole Eaton Senator for Ontario (born 1945) | December 9, 2015 | September 11, 2019 | Conservative | |||
| 13 | Pierrette Ringuette Senator for New Brunswick (born 1955) | May 1, 2020 | Incumbent | Independent Senators Group | |||