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Parliamentarian of the Year awards: Baird is the best, Bob is the best orator

Text and photos by Mitchel Raphael

Mitchel Raphael

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June 3, 2010

The fourth annual Parliamentarians of the Year awards saw Transport Minister John Baird take the top prize at a special reception in 200 West Block. The other winners were NDP MP Peter Stoffer for Most Collegial, Tory MP Ted Menzies for Hardest Working, Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe for Most Knowledgeable, Bloc MP Robert Bouchard for Best Represents His Constituents, Tory MP Kelly Block for Rising Star and Liberal MP Bob Rae for Best Orator.

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Tony Eljallad, Christian Dicks and Jeff Beyer

NDP MP Bruce Hyer

Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay

Senator Linda Frum

NDP MP Peter Stoffer, winner for “Most Collegial MP”

Tories Peter Kent and Marjory LeBreton

Liberal MP Scott Sims

Sandy Menzies and her grandson Graham Cunningham

Transport Minister John Baird (centre) accepts the Parliamentarian of the Year Award

Transport Minister John Baird accepts the Parliamentarian of the Year Award

Bloc MP Robert Bouchard

Kelly Block accepts the award for “Rising Star”

Bloc MP Robert Bouchard (centre) accepts the award for “Best Represents His Constituents”

Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe accepts the award for “Most Knowledgeable MP”

Tory MP Ted Menzies with Liberal MP Paul Szabo

Tory MP Ted Menzies

Tory MP Ted Menzies (left) accepts the award “Hardest Working MP”

NDP MP Yvon Godin (right) accepts the award for “Most Collegial MP” on behalf of Peter Stoffer

Speaker Peter Milliken

Tory MP Candice Hoeppner

Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe (right)

(Left to right) Jamie Ellerton, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, Tory MP Candice Hoeppner and David Belous

Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner

Liberal MP Rob Oliphant

Kevin Vickers, Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons (left) and CTV’s Craig Oliver

Liberal MP Marlene Jennings

Tories Kelly Block, Maxime Bernier, Marjory LeBreton

(Left to right) Tories Tom Lukiwski, Marjory LeBreton, Kelly Block and Lynne Yelich

Bloc MPs Christiane Gagnon and Raymond Bouchard

Bloc MP Christiane Gagnon and Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe

Laureen Harper and Maclean’s publisher/editor-in-chief Ken Whyte

(Left to right) Transport Minister John Baird, Baird’s mother, Marianne Anderson, and his sister, Virginia Bertrim

Tory MP Maxime Bernier

Liberal MP Mark Eyking (right) with his son Josh

Chris Schafer, Jaime Watt and Transport Minister John Baird

Maclean’s publisher/editor-in-chief Ken Whyte and Senator Marjory LeBreton

NDP MPs Linda Duncan and Dennis Bevington

Liberal Senator Dennis Dawson

Bloc MPs Roger Gaudet, Jean Dorion, Yves Lessard and Louis Plamondon

Bloc MP Nicole Demers (left) and Tory Senator Nancy Ruth

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