After being voted in Tuesday by MPs, Fergus was ceremonially dragged to his chair in the Commons by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre
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Greg Fergus first came to the House of Commons as a page, sitting at the foot of the Speaker s chair and serving water to MPs - only one of whom is still a sitting member of Parliament.