Local New Democrat Carol Hughes is keeping a special role in the House of Commons.
The Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing NDP MP's agreed to serve again as Assistant Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Committee of the Whole, roles she held in the previous two parliaments - she calls it "an interesting position...that keeps [her] at the heart of debates", allowing her to "better represent" the people of her riding.
Hughes was quickly put to work, presiding over debate on legislation just minutes after she was appointed, and later overseeing an emergency debate on flooding in British Columbia.