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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- Scott French
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- Tony Eljallad, Christian Dicks and Jeff Beyer
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- NDP MP Bruce Hyer
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- Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay
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- Senator Linda Frum
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- NDP MP Peter Stoffer, winner for “Most Collegial MP”
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- Tories Peter Kent and Marjory LeBreton
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- Liberal MP Scott Sims
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- Sandy Menzies and her grandson Graham Cunningham
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- Transport Minister John Baird (centre) accepts the Parliamentarian of the Year Award
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- Transport Minister John Baird accepts the Parliamentarian of the Year Award
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- Bloc MP Robert Bouchard
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- Kelly Block accepts the award for “Rising Star”
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- Bloc MP Robert Bouchard (centre) accepts the award for “Best Represents His Constituents”
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- Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe accepts the award for “Most Knowledgeable MP”
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- Tory MP Ted Menzies with Liberal MP Paul Szabo
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- Tory MP Ted Menzies
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- Tory MP Ted Menzies (left) accepts the award “Hardest Working MP”
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- NDP MP Yvon Godin (right) accepts the award for “Most Collegial MP” on behalf of Peter Stoffer
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- Speaker Peter Milliken
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- Tory MP Candice Hoeppner
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- Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe (right)
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- (Left to right) Jamie Ellerton, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, Tory MP Candice Hoeppner and David Belous
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- Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner
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- Liberal MP Rob Oliphant
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- Kevin Vickers, Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons (left) and CTV’s Craig Oliver
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- Liberal MP Marlene Jennings
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- Tories Kelly Block, Maxime Bernier, Marjory LeBreton
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- (Left to right) Tories Tom Lukiwski, Marjory LeBreton, Kelly Block and Lynne Yelich
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- Bloc MPs Christiane Gagnon and Raymond Bouchard
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- Bloc MP Christiane Gagnon and Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe
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- Laureen Harper and Maclean’s publisher/editor-in-chief Ken Whyte
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- (Left to right) Transport Minister John Baird, Baird’s mother, Marianne Anderson, and his sister, Virginia Bertrim
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- Tory MP Maxime Bernier
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- Liberal MP Mark Eyking (right) with his son Josh
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- Chris Schafer, Jaime Watt and Transport Minister John Baird
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- Maclean’s publisher/editor-in-chief Ken Whyte and Senator Marjory LeBreton
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- NDP MPs Linda Duncan and Dennis Bevington
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- Liberal Senator Dennis Dawson
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- Bloc MPs Roger Gaudet, Jean Dorion, Yves Lessard and Louis Plamondon
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- Bloc MP Nicole Demers (left) and Tory Senator Nancy Ruth
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