à l’ouverture d’une législature, le député qui compte le plus d’années de service ininterrompu, selon sa position dans la liste publiée dans la Gazette du Canada, qui n’est pas ministre et qui n’occupe aucune charge à la Chambre, y compris celle de chef de parti; ou,
at the opening of a Parliament, the Member who has had the longest period of unbroken service as determined by reference to his or her position on the list published in the Canada Gazette, and who is neither a Minister of the Crown, nor holds any office within the House including that of leader of a party; or,
