May 14, 2009

 

For the third consecutive year, his colleagues in the House of Commons have chosen Mississauga South Liberal Paul Szabo as the hardest working MP on Parliament Hill. "It is a great honour to be recognized by one's peers and I very much appreciate the honour bestowed on me by my colleagues in the House of Commons," said Szabo in a statement issued last night after a gala event in Ottawa where he won the first hat-trick in the history of the Parliamentary Awards.

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being elected in 1993. He has also been the MP who speaks most frequently in the House in many of those years.

The Parliamentarians of the Year winners are determined through a survey conducted by Ipsos-Reid on behalf of

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney was named best overall MP this year, while former Ontario Premier Bob Rae was the top orator. Other winners were NDP MP Megan Leslie (Halifax), who was named best rookie; the NDP's Peter Stoffer (Sackville–Eastern Shore in Nova Scotia) was named most collegial; Independent Bill Casey (Cumberland-Colchester in Nova Scotia) was cited as the best at representing his constituents and Joe Comartin (Windsor–Tecumseh) of the NDP who was deemed most knowledgeable.