John Nater

Nater won the nomination,[2] and was elected in the 2015 Canadian Federal Election with 22,255 votes (42.9%).[3][4]

From February 17, 2016 to September 18, 2017 Nater served as Vice Chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages.[5] During this time he was critical of the Liberal Government's decision to nominate Madeleine Meilleur as Official Languages Commissioner. Nater frequently called the nomination partisan and questioned the Liberal Government's appointments process.[6]

During the 42nd Canadian Parliament Nater earned a reputation as an expert on Parliamentary Procedure.[7]

On March 23, 2017 Nater made an intervention in the House of Commons on the Question of Privilege raised a day earlier by Lisa Raitt and Maxime Bernier. Nater argued there was sufficient grounds for a Prima Facie question of privilege. On April 6, 2017 Speaker Geoff Regan ruled there was. However, during debate on the motion following the ruling the Liberal MP Alexandra Mendès moved a motion to proceed to orders of the day, ending the debate and with it the opportunity to address a violation of Members' rights.[8]

On April 7, 2017 Nater made another intervention asking the Speaker to revive the previous motion. Citing extensively from previous speakers rulings and the rules of parliamentary procedure Nater argued that the Government's motion to move to orders of the day during a debate on a motion of privilege "is an extremely dangerous precedent that denies members their fundamental right to vote" [9]

On April 11, 2017 Regan ruled in favour of Nater and invited him to once again move a motion to refer the issue to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.[10]

On August 30, 2017 Nater was named Official Opposition Shadow Secretary for Interprovincial Trade and the Sharing economy.[11]

On September 19, 2017 Nater was became a member of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

On January 28, 2019 Nater introduced a bill to amend the Criminal Code. Inspired by a criminal incident in Stratford, the intention of the bill was to better protect young people and people with disabilities from sexual exploitation.[12]

In the 2019 Canadian Federal Election Nater was re-elected with 25,622 votes, finishing more than 10,000 votes ahead of the second place Liberal candidate.[13]

From November 28, 2019 to September 2, 2020 Nater served as Deputy House Leader of the Official Opposition.[14]

On September 8, 2020 Nater was named Shadow Minister for Rural Economic Development.[15]

• Brock, Kathy L.; Burbidge, Matthew P.J.; Nater, John L. (2010). "13: A Resilient State: The Federal Public Service, Challenges, Paradoxes, and a New Vision for the Twenty-First Century". In Dunn, Christopher (ed.). The Handbook of Canadian Public Administration (2nd ed.). Toronto: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19542983-1.
• Spicer, Zachary; Nater, John L. (2013). "Legislative Dissent without Reprisal? An Alternative View of Speaker Selection". The Journal of Legislative Studies. 19 (4): 505–525. doi:10.1080/13572334.2013.812356.