{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=August 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Anthony Rota | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}} | image = Anthony Rota - 2023 P060471-316758 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Rota in 2023 | office = 37th Speaker of the House of Commons | term_start = December 5, 2019 | term_end = September 27, 2023 | predecessor = Geoff Regan | successor = Louis Plamondon | parliament1 = Canadian | riding1 = Nipissing—Timiskaming | term_start1 = October 19, 2015 | term_end1 = March 23, 2025 | predecessor1 = Jay Aspin | successor1 = Pauline Rochefort | term_start2 = June 28, 2004 | term_end2 = May 2, 2011 | predecessor2 = Bob Wood | successor2 = Jay Aspin | office3 = Chairman of the COVID-19 Committee | term_start3 = April 20, 2020 | term_end3 = June 18, 2020 | predecessor3 = ''Office established'' | successor3 = ''Office abolished'' | birth_name = Anthony Michael Gerard Rota | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|5|15}} | birth_place = North Bay, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | profession = {{hlist|Administrator|business advisor}} | party = Liberal | spouse = Chantal Piché-Rota | children = 1 }}
'''Anthony Michael Gerard Rota''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born May 15, 1961) is a Canadian politician who served as the 37th speaker of the House of Commons from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Nipissing—Timiskaming until 2025. He previously represented Nipissing—Timiskaming as MP from 2004 to 2011. In 2019, he was elected by the House of Commons to be the speaker in the 43rd Parliament and in 2021 was re-elected in the 44th Parliament.
On September 27, 2023, he resigned as speaker due to the honouring of former Waffen-SS "Galicia" Ukrainian veteran Yaroslav Hunka in the House of Commons, triggering the 2023 speakership election.
==Early life and career== Rota was born in North Bay, Ontario, in 1961, to a family from Cosenza, Italy.<ref>[https://www.cosenzachannel.it/2023/07/03/canada-migranti-pedace-cosenza-comune/ "Il viaggio alla scoperta delle sue radici di Anthony Rota, speaker della camera dei comuni canadese"] (in Italian). ''Cosenza Channel'', July 3, 2023.</ref> He holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Wilfrid Laurier University, a diploma in finance from Algonquin College and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Ottawa.
Prior to his election, Rota worked for the Industrial Research Assistance Program as regional manager for Ontario. He has also served with the Canadian Technology Network in Ottawa and has worked in the private sector. He is fluent in English, French, Italian and Spanish.
==Political career== Rota began his political career at the municipal level, serving as a city councillor for North Bay City Council from 1994 to 1997, chairing the city's planning and economic development committee. He won the federal Liberal Party of Canada nomination for Nipissing—Timiskaming in early 2004, defeating rival candidates Susan Church, Hugh McLachlan and Joe Sinicrope with 52% on the second ballot. In the general election held in June of that year, he narrowly defeated Conservative candidate Al McDonald.
Rota was re-elected in the 2006 election, defeating the Conservative Party's Peter Chirico, the NDP's Dave Fluri, and the Green Party's Meg Purdy. In the 2008 election, he was again reelected. He served as the Liberal Party caucus chair, and as critic for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario.
Rota ran again in the 2011 election and lost by a reported 14 votes to Jay Aspin of the Conservative Party.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120320095745/http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3105284 "Sudbury-area voters part of orange wave"]. ''Sudbury Star'', May 2, 2011.</ref> Due to the narrow margin, an automatic judicial recount was required, confirming the margin at 18 votes.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/official-recounts-triggered-in-two-ontario-ridings/article2008273/ "Official recounts triggered in two Ontario ridings"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061323/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/official-recounts-triggered-in-two-ontario-ridings/article2008273/ |date=March 4, 2016 }}. ''The Globe and Mail'', May 3, 2011.</ref> After his 2011 loss, he began teaching at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario.
In the 2015 election, Rota was again the Liberal candidate, defeating Aspin to again become an MP in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/results-2015/| title = 2015 Federal Election Results| access-date = October 21, 2015| archive-date = October 22, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151022233012/http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/results-2015/| url-status = live}}</ref> On December 9, 2015, he was appointed Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole. He was reelected in the 2019 election.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taschner |first=Eric |date=October 22, 2019 |title=Incumbent Anthony Rota re-elected for 5th term |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/incumbent-anthony-rota-re-elected-for-5th-term/ |work=CTV News |access-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205152437/https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/incumbent-anthony-rota-re-elected-for-5th-term-1.4649783 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===As Speaker of the House of Commons=== Following the 2019 Federal Election, during the 43rd Canadian Parliament he was elected as 37th speaker of the House of Commons on December 5, 2019, by winning a ranked ballot between himself, Joël Godin, Carol Hughes, Geoff Regan (the speaker during the previous Parliament) and Bruce Stanton.<ref name="speaker">{{cite news |last1=Tunney |first1=Catharine |last2=Zimonjic |first2=Peter |last3=Harris |first3=Kathleen |title=Liberal MP Anthony Rota elected Speaker of the House of Commons |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/speaker-house-of-commons-rota-1.5384728 |access-date=December 16, 2019 |publisher=CBC News |date=December 5, 2019 |archive-date=April 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220428115316/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/speaker-house-of-commons-rota-1.5384728 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following Rota's win, the Conservatives said that he had them to thank for his new position. They had made the decision to unseat Regan as a show of strength during a caucus meeting. They did so by ranking Regan further down on the ranked ballot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/speech-from-the-throne-liberals-seek-common-ground-with-opposition-parties|title=Liberal MP Anthony Rota elected Speaker. You're welcome, Conservatives say|date=December 5, 2019|website=National Post|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=April 28, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220428115911/https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/speech-from-the-throne-liberals-seek-common-ground-with-opposition-parties|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.burnabynow.com/liberal-mp-anthony-rota-upsets-regan-to-become-speaker-in-minority-parliament-1.24028433|title=Liberal MP Anthony Rota upsets Regan to become Speaker in minority Parliament|date=December 5, 2019|website=Burnaby Now|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205222807/https://www.burnabynow.com/liberal-mp-anthony-rota-upsets-regan-to-become-speaker-in-minority-parliament-1.24028433|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On June 17, 2020, Rota ordered that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh be removed from the House of Commons after referring to Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien as a racist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-jagmeet-singh-rota-racist-therrien-1.5616661|title=Liberal MP Anthony Rota Boots NDP from House|access-date=June 18, 2020|archive-date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916172336/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-jagmeet-singh-rota-racist-therrien-1.5616661|url-status=live}}</ref>
==== Document disclosure court challenge ==== In July 2021, the Liberal government took the unprecedented step of taking Speaker Rota to court after Rota ruled that the government did not have the legal authority to withhold documents requested by members of Parliament. The documents requested related to the transfer of samples of the level 4 viruses from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China and the lab's dismissal of two of its scientists.
Subsequently, Speaker Rota reprimanded Iain Stewart, the President of the Public Health Agency of Canada for PHAC's contempt of Parliament, after Stewart failed to comply with multiple House and Commons committee orders to produce these unredacted documents.
The Liberal government’s legal challenge centered on whether or not courts can overrule the Parliamentary powers under the Westminster system. Speaker Rota had upheld the principle that the judiciary has no jurisdiction over the operations of the House and that only Parliament can decide how the law applies to its institutions.
[[File:President Mattarella receives Anthony Rota - 59350.jpg|thumb|Rota with Sergio Mattarella in Italy in 2023]] The Liberal government subsequently dropped the court application after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called an election in August, dissolving Parliament and thus terminating all business before the House, including the orders to produce the PHAC documents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/speaker-challenge-federal-court-phac-documents-winnipeg-lab-1.6080565 |title=Speaker wants information on fired scientists released, prepares to challenge Liberal government in court |access-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927130818/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/speaker-challenge-federal-court-phac-documents-winnipeg-lab-1.6080565 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rota-lametti-parliament-federal-court-1.6086721 |title=Federal government's move to take Speaker to court raises questions that divide experts |access-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927132310/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rota-lametti-parliament-federal-court-1.6086721 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On November 22, 2021, Rota was reelected as the speaker of the House of Commons.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pirro|first1=Raphaël|title=Anthony Rota réélu comme président de la Chambre des communes|website=TVA Nouvelles|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2021/11/22/anthony-rota-reelu-comme-president-de-la-chambre-des-communes|date=November 22, 2021|access-date=November 22, 2021|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123081217/https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2021/11/22/anthony-rota-reelu-comme-president-de-la-chambre-des-communes|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview with CBC Radio on September 18, 2023, Rota announced that he would not be running for re-election and that the 2021 election would be his last.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/rota-had-already-decided-not-to-run-for-re-election/ |title=Rota had already decided not to run for re-election |publisher=CTV News |date=October 23, 2023 |accessdate=December 3, 2025 |first=Dan |last=Bertrand}}</ref>
==== Scandal and resignation as Speaker ==== {{main|Yaroslav Hunka scandal}} On September 22, 2023, following an address to the Canadian parliament by visiting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Rota introduced and recognized Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian-Canadian retiree from North Bay, in the parliamentary galleries. He identified Hunka as a "war hero" who fought for the First Ukrainian Division, saying, "We have here in the chamber today a Ukrainian Canadian war veteran from the Second World War who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians and continues to support the troops today even at his age of 98. His name is Yaroslav Hunka. I am very proud to say that he is from North Bay and from my riding of Nipissing—Timiskaming. He is a Ukrainian hero and a Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his service. Thank you."<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2023 |title=House of Commons Debates |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/house/sitting-222/hansard |access-date=September 26, 2023 |website=House of Commons, Canada}}</ref> Following Rota's introduction, Hunka was applauded with two standing ovations by members of all parties.
Subsequent media reports identified Hunka as a member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division (also known as the 1st Galician Division) of Nazi Germany's ''Waffen-SS'' during the Second World War; the unit was responsible for anti-partisan reprisals in Poland, Slovakia and the Austria–Slovenia border. Rota issued an apology two days after his initial statement, saying, "In my remarks following the address of the president of Ukraine, I recognized an individual in the gallery. I have subsequently become aware of more information which causes me to regret my decision to do so." Rota apologized to "Jewish communities in Canada and around the world" and accepted responsibility for his action, saying that neither the Ukrainian delegation nor other MPs were aware that he would recognize Hunka.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ritchie|first1=Sarah|title=Jewish Groups Demand Apology|website=CTV News|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/jewish-group-demands-apology-after-mps-honoured-man-who-fought-for-nazis-1.6575593?fbclid=IwAR1ZRwpG8vLaBWF6MUrtOzL6y93EP5dvUpCGvD1Gv_qhTcqGvHZVJux3QCU|access-date=September 24, 2023|archive-date=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926004937/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/jewish-group-demands-apology-after-mps-honoured-man-who-fought-for-nazis-1.6575593?fbclid=IwAR1ZRwpG8vLaBWF6MUrtOzL6y93EP5dvUpCGvD1Gv_qhTcqGvHZVJux3QCU|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-24 |title=Leader of Canada's House of Commons apologizes for honoring man who fought for Nazis |url=https://apnews.com/article/canada-parliament-apology-ukraine-nazi-eedc22e1d810011c412953168a4cee46 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=September 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925014002/https://apnews.com/article/canada-parliament-apology-ukraine-nazi-eedc22e1d810011c412953168a4cee46 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-25 |title=Canada's house speaker apologises after praising Ukrainian veteran who fought for Nazis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/25/canadas-house-speaker-apologises-after-praising-ukrainian-veteran-who-fought-for-nazis |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=September 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925070941/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/25/canadas-house-speaker-apologises-after-praising-ukrainian-veteran-who-fought-for-nazis |url-status=live }}</ref> The next day, he faced increasing demands from political parties and organizations to resign.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/speaker-anthony-rota-nazi-controversy |title=Speaker Anthony Rota facing growing calls to resign for honouring man who fought for Nazis|access-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927021357/https://nationalpost.com/news/speaker-anthony-rota-nazi-controversy |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/canada-parliament-apology-ukraine-nazi-eedc22e1d810011c412953168a4cee46 |title=Leader of Canada's House of Commons apologizes for honoring man who fought for Nazis |website=Associated Press News |date=September 24, 2023 |access-date=September 24, 2023 |archive-date=September 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925014002/https://apnews.com/article/canada-parliament-apology-ukraine-nazi-eedc22e1d810011c412953168a4cee46 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On September 26, 2023, Rota announced his resignation as House Speaker, effective on September 27.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tasker |first=John Paul |date=September 26, 2023 |title=Anthony Rota resigns as Speaker after inviting former Ukrainian soldier with Nazi ties to Parliament |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/speaker-anthony-rota-resignation-1.6978422 |access-date=September 26, 2023 |website=CBC |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926181710/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/speaker-anthony-rota-resignation-1.6978422 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Rota resigns as House Speaker over tribute to veteran of Nazi unit - National {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9985690/anthony-rota-resigns-canada-parliament-nazi-unit-tribute/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Global News |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926180306/https://globalnews.ca/news/9985690/anthony-rota-resigns-canada-parliament-nazi-unit-tribute/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Rota was the seventh House Speaker to resign in Canadian history, and the first to do so since John Bosley in 1986.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-26 |title=House Speaker Rota resigns after MPs call for his exit for honouring man who fought with Nazi unit |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-house-speaker-rota-faces-numerous-calls-for-resignation/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926201131/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-house-speaker-rota-faces-numerous-calls-for-resignation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following his resignation, Louis Plamondon of the Bloc Québécois became interim Speaker until Greg Fergus was elected the new Speaker.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lévesque |first=Catherine |date=September 28, 2023 |title=A Bloc MP is about to be the shortest-lived Speaker of the House in Canadian history |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/bloc-mp-interim-speaker-for-five-days |access-date=May 31, 2025 |work=National Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-03 |title=CP NewsAlert: House of Commons elects Greg Fergus as next Speaker |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/cp-newsalert-house-of-commons-elects-greg-fergus-as-next-speaker/article_a647846b-4321-548b-a914-4603c87e1ade.html |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Toronto Star |language=en |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003184735/https://www.thestar.com/politics/house-of-commons-elects-liberal-mp-greg-fergus-as-first-black-canadian-speaker/article_a647846b-4321-548b-a914-4603c87e1ade.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Rota remained a Liberal MP until the 2025 federal election, when his riding was won by Liberal candidate Pauline Rochefort.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/11131154/canada-election-2025-results-nipissing-timiskaming/ |title=Canada election 2025 results: Nipissing-Timiskaming |publisher=Global News |date=2025-04-22 |accessdate=2025-12-03}}</ref> His annual pension from serving as an MP for 16 years was estimated to be $113,000 in 2025, according to lobby group Canadian Taxpayers Federation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/mp-pensions-northeastern-ontario-1.7541037 |title=Former northeastern Ontario MPs to get $59K to $119K in annual pension, says lobby group |publisher=CBC News |date=May 26, 2025 |accessdate=December 3, 2025 |first=Erik |last=White}}</ref>
==Electoral record== ===Federal=== {{2021 Canadian federal election/Nipissing—Timiskaming}} {{2019 Canadian federal election/Nipissing—Timiskaming}} {{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|Nipissing—Timiskaming|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Anthony Rota|25,357|51.9|+15.41|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Jay Aspin|14,325|29.3|−7.11|–}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Kathleen Jodouin|7,936|16.2|−4.93|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Nicole Peltier|1,257|2.6|−3.37|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|48,875|100.0 | |$217,533.50}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|224|0.45|−0.05}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|49,099|69.32|+8.82}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|70,820}} {{CANelec/gain|CA|Liberal|Conservative|+11.26}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35070&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 |title=Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nipissing—Timiskaming, 30 September 2015 |access-date=November 23, 2015 |archive-date=October 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020115504/http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35070&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e|url-status=dead|title=Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates|archivedate=August 15, 2015}}</ref>}} {{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|Nipissing—Timiskaming|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Jay Aspin|15,495|36.7| +4.4|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Anthony Rota|15,477|36.6| −8.0|–}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Rona Eckert|8,781|20.8| +5.0|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Scott Daley|2,518|6.0| −0.8|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|42,271| 100.0|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|225 |0.5|+0.1| }} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|42,496 | 60.5|+6.8 | }} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters| 70,244|–|–| }} {{CANelec/gain|CA|Conservative|Liberal|+6.2}} {{CANelec/note|This vote was subject to mandatory recount because of the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes.}} {{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|Nipissing—Timiskaming|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Anthony Rota|18,510|44.6|–0.1|$77,997}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Joe Sinicrope|13,432|32.3|–2.2|$81,801}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Dianna Allen|6,582|15.8|–1.5|$8,409}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Craig Bridges|2,808|6.8|+3.3|$10,803}} {{CANelec|CA|Canadian Action|Andrew Moulden|204|0.5|–| }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|41,536| 100.0|$87,383}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|167| 0.4|0.0}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|41,703|~58.2|−9.4}} {{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|+2.1}} {{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|Nipissing—Timiskaming|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Anthony Rota|21,393|44.7|+2.4}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Peter Chirico|16,511|34.5|–2.6}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Dave Fluri|8,268|17.3|+0.3}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Meg Purdy|1,698|3.5|+0.4}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|47,870|100.0 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|211| 0.4|−0.1}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|48,081|67.6|+5.2}} {{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|+2.5}} {{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|Nipissing—Timiskaming|percent=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Anthony Rota|18,254|42.3}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Al McDonald|16,001|37.1}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Dave Fluri|7,354|17.0}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Les Wilcox|1,329|3.1}} {{CANelec|CA|Canadian Action|Ross MacLean|204|0.5}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|43,142| 100.0}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|222|0.5 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|43,364|62.4}} {{end}}
===Municipal===
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3"| 1994 North Bay City Council election <br/> ''10 to be elected'' |- ! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |- | ''Lynne Bennett'' (X) || 9,913 || 6.95 |- | '''''Anthony Rota''''' || 9,070 || 6.36 |- | ''Peter Handley'' || 9,055 || 6.35 |- | ''Laurie Kidd'' || 8,859 || 6.21 |- | ''George Maroosis'' (X) || 8,651 || 6.07 |- | ''Jack Smylie'' (X) || 8,571 || 6.01 |- | ''Jay Aspin'' (X) || 8,528 || 5.98 |- | ''Wayne Poeta'' || 8,346 || 5.85 |- | ''Terry Talentino'' || 7,545 || 5.29 |- | ''Arne Schmidt'' (X) || 7,480 || 5.24 |- | Frank O'Hagan (X) || 7,178 || 5.03 |- | Sarah Campbell || 6,902 || 4.84 |- | Don King (X) || 5,819 || 4.08 |- | Peter Baker || 5,404 || 3.79 |- | Gillian Spencer || 4,823 || 3.38 |- | Dick Prescott || 4,069 || 2.85 |- | Bernie MacDonald || 3,646 || 2.56 |- | Preston Quirt || 3,297 || 2.31 |- | Gerry Cardinal || 3,181 || 2.23 |- | Kevin Kendall || 3,037 || 2.13 |- | Miles Peters || 2,778 || 1.95 |- | Mike Gelinas || 2,310 || 1.62 |- | Louis Brown || 2,007 || 1.41 |- | Scott Porter || 1,348 || 0.95 |- | Bill Philippe || 814 || 0.57 {{CANelec/source|Source:<ref>''North Bay Nugget'', 15 November 1994, pg A1</ref>|}} |}
==Arms== {{Infobox COA wide |image = Anthony Michael Gerard Rota Escutcheon.png |escutcheon = Gules a wheel Or between in each corner a trillium flower Argent. |supporters = Dexter an Italian wolf sinister an eastern wolf both standing on a rocky mount Proper set with a yin-yang symbol Argent and Sable and strewn with maple leaves Gules lilies and trillium flowers Proper. |crest = A phoenix displayed wings inverted Or embellished Gules supporting the mace of the House of Commons of Canada palewise Or. |motto = {{langnf|la|'''Integritas Fidentiaque'''|Integrity and Resolve}} |notes = Granted 15 November 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/3376 |title=Anthony Michael Gerard Rota |publisher=Canadian Heraldic Authority |accessdate=8 August 2022 |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902201919/https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/3376 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://anthonyrota.ca View Anthony Rota] * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=9445}}
{{Speakers of the Canadian House of Commons}}
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