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|+ style="margin-left: inherit;" | '''His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, OIM, GCVO, GCRI, KCMG, ID'''
|-
|colspan="2" align="center"|8th '''[[Governor-General of Ibagli]]'''
|-
| '''Term:'''
| 15 September 2006&ndash;
|-
| '''Predecessor:'''
| Dame [[Annette Farquhar]]
|-
| '''Successor:'''
| Incumbent
|-
|colspan="2" align="center"|4th '''[[Speaker of the House of Commons]]'''
|-
| '''Term:'''
| 2 September 1985&ndash;25 August 1994
|-
| '''Predecessor:'''
| Sir [[George Denham]]
|-
| '''Successor:'''
| Dame [[Hillary Wilson]]
|-
|colspan="2" align="center"|11th '''[[Leader of the Opposition|Leader of the Loyal Opposition]]'''
|-
| '''Term:'''
| 30 June 1981&ndash;16 January 1982
|-
| '''Predecessor:'''
| [[Charles Forrester]]
|-
| '''Successor:'''
| [[John Forton]]
|-
| '''Party:'''
| [[Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|-
|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Member of the [[House of Commons]]'''
|-
| '''Term:'''
| 25 July [[1963 General Election|1963]]&ndash;25 August [[1994 General Election|1994]]
|-
| '''District:'''
| [[Colltik Bridge (Electoral District)|Colltik Bridge]]
|-
| '''Party:'''
| [[Conservative Party|Conservative]] (1963&ndash;1970)<br>[[Liberal Party|Liberal]] (1970&ndash;1985)<br>Independent (1985&ndash;1994)
|-
| '''Born:'''
| 27 October 1938<br>[[wp:Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]], [[wp:Ontario|Ontario]], [[wp:Canada|Canada]]
|}

'''His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, OIM, GCVO, GCRI, KCMG, ID''' is the [[Governor-General of Ibagli|Governor-General]] of [[Ibagli]]. He was installed as Governor-General on 15 September 2006. He is also a former [[Speaker of the House of Commons]], having been elected to the position in 1985 and having served until the end of the [[10th Parliament]] in 1994. He was a member of the cabinet during both governments of [[Henry LeVeque]], as [[Minister of Home Affairs]] from 1972 to 1976 and [[Minister of Health]] from 1977 to 1981.

==Early Life==

He was born on 27 October 1938 in [[wp:Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]], [[wp:Ontario|Ontario]], [[wp:Canada|Canada]]. His family emigrated to Ibagli in 1946, taking up residence in Chesterford. He attended school at [[Exeter School|Exeter]] and [[Thistledowne University|Thistledowne]], where he obtained a degree in political science. From 1959 to 1963 he worked in the office of Prime Minister [[Joseph Kenilworth]].

==Member of Parliament==

In 1963, he was elected to the [[House of Commons]] as the [[Conservative Party|Conservative]] MP for the district of [[Colltik Bridge (Electoral District)|Colltik Bridge]] in [[Haphonia]]. At the time, he was the youngest person ever elected to the House. He was reelected to the same seat in 1967. In 1964 he introduced a private member's resolution that would have abolished the [[Senate]]. The government, though supportive of the resolution, refused to allow it to make it to the floor, for fear that the Senate would prevent government bills from being passed. Spell stated in Parliament shortly after the bill was tabled that "this house, the house elected by the people of Ibagli, is being held hostage by the other place."

In 1970, after his discontent with Conservative Party policies in the areas of justice and aboriginal rights grew, he crossed the aisle to become a member of the [[Liberal Party]] and became the Shadow Minister of Home Affairs. While holding this position, he became the chief supporter of the move to abolish [[Capital Punishment in Ibagli|capital punishment]]. On the first sitting day after the switch, the Conservative members of the House turned their back as he walked into the chamber.

After Spell crossed the aisle, many people in Ibagli felt that he should have resigned his seat and faced a by-election, as he was elected to be a member of the Conservative Party. The level of criticism lessened as the Conservative Party's policies grew into disfavour with the public. Spell was reelected to his seat in the House in the [[1972 General Election]], claiming over 60% of the vote.

==Cabinet Minister==

===Minister of Home Affairs===

In [[1972 General Election|1972]], the Liberal Party was swept into power in a landslide, and Spell became the [[Minister of Home Affairs]] and the [[Government House Leader]]. On his first day in office, he instituted a moratorium on [[Capital punishment in Ibagli|capital punishment]], and commuted the sentence of every person sentenced to death. Ibagli's laws against homosexuality were repealed in 1972. In 1973, capital punishment was abolished in Ibagli.

In [[1976 General Election|1976]], the Conservative Party came to power after forming a coalition with the [[Social Credit Party]]. From 1976 until the collapse of the coalition in 1977, Spell served as Opposition House Leader and Shadow Minister of Home Affairs. During the time between his terms as a Minister, [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]] visited Ibagli. Spell stated that his greatest sadness about the loss in the 1976 election came when he realized that he would not be able to act as a minister-in-attendance for the royal party.

===Minister of Health===

In [[1977 General Election|1977]], the Liberals were returned to office, and Spell was appointed to be the [[Minister of Health]] and the [[Government House Leader]]. He is most widely remembered for overseeing the creation of the [[National Health Agency]], Ibagli's universal healthcare system.

==Liberal leadership==

The Liberal Party lost the election held in [[1981 General Election|1981]]. Shortly after losing the election, Liberal leader [[Henry LeVeque]] announced his intention to resign. He appointed Spell, who many had felt was LeVeque's natural successor, to be the interim leader of the party until a leadership election could be held in 1982.

Many assumed the leadership would be uncontested. Five weeks before the convention, backbench MP [[John Forton]] announced his candidacy. Though Spell polled better in the public at large, many in the party felt that the party needed to be led by someone from outside of LeVeque's circle. During the campaign, Forton was able to portray Spell as soft on the environment after Spell refused to support a plan to make it less economically viable to own an automobile. Forton was narrowly elected leader of the Liberal Party in the leadership election.

==Speaker==

In 1985, while reportedly considering a second bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party after the resignation of John Forton, he was elected by the House of Commons to be [[Speaker of the House of Commons|Speaker]]. He was the last Speaker to only be required to gain the support of a plurality of Members of the House. Indeed, he was elected by the smallest plurality ever - only 19 MPs. Upon his election to the Speakership, he changed his party designation to independent, emulating the tradition of Speakers of the British House of Commons.

Shortly after his election, Spell stopped leading the House in prayer at the beginning of each sitting. He stated that he did not feel comfortable praying to a God in which he did not believe. This action was lambasted by religious conservatives as the beginning of a 'slippery slope towards secularism.' The Conservative Party considered sponsoring a motion placing the prayers back on the paper, but Spell stated that if the prayers were placed back on the agenda, he would resign. Shortly afterwards, he began to incorporate an unofficial moment of silence into the beginning of sessions that allowed members time for silent prayer.

His 50th birthday party in 1988 was attended by the [[wp:Prince Andrew, Duke of York|Duke]] and [[wp:Sarah, Duchess of York|Duchess of York]], who were touring Ibagli at the time.

Spell was the first Speaker to interrupt a Prime Minister for speaking for too long during Question Period. In 1986, he ordered Prime Minister [[Charles Forrester|Forrester]] to wrap up one of his notoriously long answers after he talked for over Spell's 2 minute-limit. Forrester would eventually gain the skill of talking as fast as possible. The 2 minute rule was continued by successive Speakers. Though he was criticised by President of the [[Conservative Party]] [[Verna Weston]] for what she described as his 'vitriolic hatred of all things related to this government and all things Conservative', he applied the same rule to the [[Bradley Hunter|Hunter]] government.

In 1991, an arrest warrant was issued for [[Sean Garsden]], a Liberal MP after allegations of money laundering. Garsden fled to the Commons chamber, where he stayed for nearly two weeks, food and water being brought to him while the house was not sitting by fellow MPs. When the [[Haphonia]] Police department stormed [[Parliament of Ibagli|Parliament]] in order to apprehend Garsden, the House was sitting. When the police entered the chamber and ordered Garsden to appear, Spell ordered the officers to withdraw. After they refused, Spell quoted William Lenthall, the British Speaker who refused to allow King Charles I to apprehend members for treason, as follows: 'I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here.' He went on to invoke the immunity from prosecution that MPs have that was guaranteed by the Governor-General on behalf of the [[Monarchy in Ibagli|Queen]]. One officer refused to leave the chamber, and Spell ordered the Serjeant-at-Arms to arrest him. The officer was found to be in contempt of Parliament by the house, and was ordered to be imprisoned for 3 hours, the total amount of time taken up in the House by the episode. Garsden later resigned from the House in order to spare it from further disruption. He was later found guilty of the crime for which the warrant was issued.

In 1993, he refused to admit the Usher of the Black Rod into the House when he arrived to summon the house to a royal assent ceremony during question period. He was eventually admitted after question time ended. Spell chastised [[Government House Leader]] [[Maria Hanson]] and [[Prime Minister of Ibagli|Prime Minister]] [[Bradley Hunter]] for scheduling the [[Governor-General of Ibagli|Governor-General]] to arrive during important business of the House. It was thought by some that Hunter had scheduled the Governor-General to arrive at that time in order to shorten question period during a time when he was facing significant rebellion from his own party.

He held the office of Speaker until [[1994 General Election|1994]], when he stepped down as Speaker and as a Member of Parliament. Shortly before the end of the 10th Parliament, the House changed its rules so that an MP would be required to gain the support of a majority of the House before being elected Speaker. He was offered an appointment to the [[Senate]] by both [[Bradley Hunter]] and [[John Goodwin]]. He refused both offers. He stated that he believed he would be unable to maintain the neutrality that he was expected to hold in most affairs. He was also heard to have expressed a statement of contempt about the Senate shortly thereafter. In 2009, a biographer of Bradley Hunter revealed that Spell had said that he would sit in the Senate as a member of the [[Conservative Party]] if appointed. Spell refused to comment on the matter, saying any conversations about the matter were private. Former members of the Conservative leadership stated on 20 May that they had not been approached by Spell on the matter.

==Foreign service==

Spell was appointed High Commissioner to [[wp:Canada|Canada]] in 1994 by the new [[John Goodwin|Goodwin]] government. He held this position until 1999. In 2003, he was appointed High Commissioner to the [[wp:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] and Ambassador to [[wp:Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. He retired in 2005 and moved back to his home in [[Chesterford]]. He was made a member of the [[Order of Ibaglian Merit]] in April 2006 for 4 decades of public service. Due to the injury and later death of [[Governor-General of Ibagli|Governor-General]] Dame [[Annette Farquhar]], he was unable to be invested with the insignia of the Order until visiting [[Queen Elizabeth II]] shortly before taking office as Governor-General.

==Monarchist League==

In 1991, Spell founded the [[Monarchist League of Ibagli]], an Ibaglian interest group dedicated to the preservation of the [[Monarchy in Ibagli]]. Spell led the group as its chairperson until his appointment as [[Governor-General of Ibagli|Governor-General]] in 2006.

==IBC==

From 1999 to 2003, Spell was a political analyst and commentator for political and state events for [[Ibaglian Broadcasting Company|IBC]] television. He left IBC when appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, but returned in 2006 to cover the [[January 2006 General Election|2006 Election]].

==Governor-General==

On 1 September 2006, it was announced that [[Queen Elizabeth II]], the [[Monarchy in Ibagli|Queen of Ibagli]], acting on the advice of [[Prime Minister of Ibagli|Prime Minister]] [[Roger Pollack]], had appointed Spell to serve as the next [[Governor-General of Ibagli]], replacing Dame [[Annette Farquhar]], who died in July. He was installed on 15 September 2006.

===Overseas visits===

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!Country
!Date(s)
!Purpose
|-
|[[wp:Tonga|Tonga]]
|19 September 2006
|Funeral of King [[wp:Taufa'ahau Tupou IV|Taufa'ahau Tupou IV]]
|-
|[[wp:Canada|Canada]]
|4-6 April 2007
|[[List of state visits|State visit]]
|-
|[[wp:United States|United States]]
|6-9 April 2007
|State visit
|-
|[[wp:Mexico|Mexico]]
|9-10 April 2007
|State visit
|-
|[[wp:Samoa|Samoa]]
|18 May 2007
|Funeral of [[wp:Malietoa Tanumafili II|Malietoa Tanumafili II]]
|-
|[[wp:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]
|24-27 August 2007
|Visiting Ibaglian armed forces
|-
|[[wp:New Zealand|New Zealand]]
|1-4 November 2007
|State visit
|-
|[[wp:Australia|Australia]]
|4-7 November 2007
|State visit
|-
|[[wp:East Timor|East Timor]]
|7-8 November 2007
|State visit, visiting Ibaglian armed forces
|-
|[[wp:Solomon Islands|Solomon Islands]]
|8-9 November 2007
|State visit, visiting Ibaglian armed forces
|-
|[[wp:Tonga|Tonga]]
|30 July-2 August 2008
|Coronation of King [[wp:George Tupou V|George Tupou V]]
|-
|[[wp:Tonga|Tonga]]
|13-15 May 2009
|State visit
|-
|[[wp:Solomon Islands|Solomon Islands]]
|16 November 2009
|Visiting Ibaglian armed forces
|-
|[[wp:Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea]]
|16-17 November 2009
|State visit
|-
|[[wp:East Timor|East Timor]]
|17 November 2009
|Visiting Ibaglian armed forces
|-
|[[wp:Singapore|Singapore]]
|17-19 November 2009
|State visit
|-
|[[wp:The Philippines|The Philippines]]
|19-20 November 2009
|State visit
|-
|[[wp:Republic of China|Republic of China]] (Taiwan)
|21-25 November 2009
|State visit
|-
|[[wp:Republic of China|Republic of China]] (Taiwan)
|10 October 2011
|[[wp:100th Anniversary of the Republic of China|Centenary of the Republic of China]]
|-
|[[wp:Tuvalu|Tuvalu]]
|6-8 November 2011
|State visit
|-
|[[wp:Samoa|Samoa]]
|8-10 November 2011
|State visit
|-
|[[wp:Tonga|Tonga]]
|27 March 2012
|Funeral of King [[wp:George Tupou V|George Tupou V]]
|-
|[[wp:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
|3-6 June 2012
|[[wp:Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II|The Queen's Diamond Jubilee]]
|-
|[[wp:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
|26-31 July 2012
|[[wp:2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|[[wp:South Africa|South Africa]]
|10 December 2013
|[[wp:Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela|Funeral of Nelson Mandela]]
|-
|[[wp:Tonga|Tonga]]
|4 July 2015
|Coronation of King [[wp:Tupou VI|Tupou VI]]
|-
|[[wp:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
|10 June 2016
|The Queen's 90th birthday
|-
|[[wp:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
|2-5 June 2022
|[[wp:Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II|The Queen's Platinum Jubilee]]
|-
|[[wp:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
|18-19 September 2022
|[[wp:Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II]]
|-
|[[wp:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
|5-6 May 2023
|[[wp:Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla]]
|}

==Quotes==
{| class="toccolours" style="width:23em; border collapse:collapse; border:1; font-size:90%; text-align:left; float:right;" cellpadding="2"
|+ style="margin-left: inherit;" | '''Speeches by Steven Spell'''
|-
| 
* [[Document:Steven Spell installation speech|Installation as Governor-General]] - 15 September 2006<br>
* [[Document:Steven Spell speech to the Monarchist League|Speech to the Monarchist League of Ibagli]] - 9 October 2006
|}
* 'Let us today rise up, Mr Speaker, and form a new society, one where the people shout with one united voice that vengeance has no place in our hearts, in our minds, and most certainly not in our justice system.'
:''During a debate in the House of Commons on the abolition of capital punishment.''

* 'Mr Speaker, the Opposition says that the National Health plan is unfair to Ibaglians. What the Leader of the Opposition, and indeed every Member who is opposed to this plan needs to do is to go out into the country and talk to the thousands of Ibaglians who cannot pay for healthcare and ask them what is unfair. Is this plan perfect, Mr Speaker? Of course not. Is it better? Yes. Is it more fair? Yes. Will it allow thousands of Ibaglians to pay their own way in life and stop living in fear of illness or injury? Yes, and that's what matters.'
:''In a Parliamentary debate on the creation of the National Health Agency in 1978.''

* 'I'm not going to support some asinine measure designed to make people use a make-believe transit system.'
:''During the Liberal Party leadership debate in 1982, referring to [[John Forton]]'s plans to nearly double the price of fuel in Ibagli to provide incentives for the use of mass transit.''

* 'I'd go to the conference, but I fear that I should save my petrol money in case we win.'
:''After being asked why he would not be attending the 1985 [[Liberal Party]] conference.''

* 'Officers, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here. On the eighth of January 1990, His Excellency, acting on behalf of our sovereign lady the Queen, who you have sworn to serve, guaranteed to me that the members of this House have freedom from arrest while the House sits. It is with that authority, gentlemen, that I must order you to withdraw from this chamber until the House has adjourned.' (after protest from one of the officers) 'I cannot say that I just made a debatable statement. I do not wish to use the powers of my office to force you out of this chamber, but I am so willing if need be.' (after further protest) 'Serjeant-at-Arms, have any officers who do not immediately leave the chamber arrested.'
:''After Haphonia Police officers stormed Parliament Hill to arrest Liberal MP [[Sean Garsden]] for money laundering.''

* 'No self-respecting Speaker of the House would ever become a member of the "other place", as I've learned to call it.'
:''Statement Spell was heard to have made after being offered an appointment to the [[Senate]].

* 'Sometimes it isn't about what the people want. If we allowed a referendum on constitutional rights, there's a good chance it would fail. Many people aren't very keen on rights for people they dislike.'
:''On the IBC program ''Parliamentary Review'' in 2003.

* 'If I had wanted to lead congregations in prayer, I would have become a clergyman, not a member of a house of debate.'
:''On the IBC program ''Parliamentary Review'' in 2004, during a discussion on the role of religion in the public sphere, referring to his removal of the opening prayers from the order papers in the House of Commons.''

* 'I don't think electing the Governor-General is a particularly good idea. Having a mandate from the people could only lead to conflict between the Governor-General and his or her government. Imagine if we had an elected Governor-General during the &mdash; I don't like to call it a "constitutional crisis," because it's not a crisis if it's working the way it's designed &mdash; the political uncertainty in 2005 and 2006. It's not my job to swoop in with a mandate from the people and make sure that the government is toeing the lines drawn by opinion polls. It's my job to, in Her Majesty's stead, ensure the smooth functioning of government.'
:''During an [[Documents:Steven Spell IBC interview|interview]] for IBC news.''

==Honours==

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|align="center"|[[File:Brilliant Jade.png|150px]]
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*[[Order of Ibaglian Merit]] (2006)
*[[wp:Royal Victorian Order|Royal Victorian Order]] - Knight Grand Cross (2008)
*[[Royal Ibaglian Order]] - Knight Grand Companion (1994) (Knight Companion in 1986)
*[[wp:Order of St Michael and St George|The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George]] - Knight Commander (1985)
*[[wp:Venerable Order of St John|The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem]] - Knight of Justice
*[[wp:Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal|Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal]] (1977)
*[[wp:Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal|Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]] (2002)
*[[wp:Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal|Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]] (2012)
*[[wp:Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal|Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal]] (2022)
*[[Semicentennial Medal]] (2005)
*[[Ibaglian Forces Decoration]] (2006)
*[[Health Service Medal|Ibaglian Health Service Medal]] (2006)
*[[wp:Order of the Aztec Eagle|Order of the Aztec Eagle]] ([[wp:Mexico|Mexico]]) - Collar (2007)
*[[wp:Order of the Crown of Tonga|Order of the Crown of Tonga]] ([[wp:Tonga|Tonga]]) - Grand Cross (2009)
*[[wp:Darjah Utama Temasek|Order of Temasek]] ([[wp:Singapore|Singapore]]) - 1st Class (2009)
*[[wp:Order of Sikatuna|Order of Sikatuna]] ([[wp:Philippines|Philippines]]) - Grand Collar (2009)
*[[wp:List of orders, decorations and medals of the Republic of China|Order of Brilliant Jade]] ([[wp:Republic of China|Republic of China]]) - Grand Cordon (2009)

*Lord of [[wp:Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council]] (1985)

===Honorary Military Positions===

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!Military Force
!Unit
!Title
!Years
|-
|[[Image:Flag.png|40px]] [[Ibaglian Army]]
|[[Governor-General's Dragoon Guards]]
|Colonel of the Regiment
|2006&ndash;
|-
|[[File:White Ensign.png|40px]] [[Royal Ibaglian Navy]]
|[[HMNB Crofton]]
|Honorary Commodore
|2010&ndash;
|-
|[[File:RIAF Ensign.png|40px]] [[Royal Ibaglian Air Force]]
|[[RIAF Haphonia]]
|Honorary Air Commodore
|2010&ndash;
|}

===Shorthand Titles===

*Steven Spell (27 October 1938&ndash;25 July 1963)
*Steven Spell, MP (25 July 1963&ndash;10 August 1972)
*The Honourable Steven Spell, MP (10 August 1972&ndash;2 September 1985)
*The Right Honourable Steven Spell, MP (2 September 1985&ndash;31 December 1985)
*The Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, KCMG, MP (31 December 1985&ndash;8 July 1986)
*The Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, KCMG, KCRI, MP (8 July 1986&ndash;1 September 1994)
*The Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, GCRI, KCMG (1 September 1994&ndash;3 June 1994)
*His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, GCRI, KCMG (3 June 1994&ndash;15 November 1999)
*The Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, GCRI, KCMG (15 November 1999&ndash;12 February 2003)
*His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, GCRI, KCMG (12 February 2003&ndash;17 November 2005)
*The Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, GCRI, KCMG (17 November 2005&ndash;20 April 2006)
*The Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, OIM, GCRI, KCMG (20 April 2006&ndash;4 September 2006)
*The Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, OIM, GCRI, KCMG, ID (4 September 2006&ndash;15 September 2006)
*His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, OIM, GCRI, KCMG, ID (15 September 2006&ndash;16 July 2008)
*His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Steven Spell, OIM, GCVO, GCRI, KCMG, ID (16 July 2008&ndash;)

===Arms===

<gallery>
File:Steven Spell Arms (pre-1985).png|before 1985
File:Steven Spell Arms (1985-1986).png|1985-1986
File:Steven Spell Arms (1986-1994).png|1986-1994
File:Steven Spell Arms (1994-2006).png|1994-2006
File:Steven Spell Arms.png|2008-present
</gallery>

==Electoral Record==

{|class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|[[1963 General Election]]
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|District: [[Colltik Bridge (Electoral District)|Colltik Bridge]]
|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/con}};color:{{Colour/seat/con}};"|****
|[[Conservative Party]]
|(x)[[Steven Spell]]
|402
|49.7
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};"|****
|[[Liberal Party]]
|Harold Erlenmeyer
|352
|43.5
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};"|****
|[[Social Credit Party]]
|Jeff Walker
|39
|4.8
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};"|****
|Independent Communist
|Greg Yarden
|16
|2
|- style="background:#EEEEEE;"
|colspan="3" align="right"|Total valid votes
|809
|100.0
|}


{|class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|[[1967 General Election]]
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|District: [[Colltik Bridge (Electoral District)|Colltik Bridge]]
|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/con}};color:{{Colour/seat/con}};"|****
|[[Conservative Party]]
|(x)[[Steven Spell]]
|467
|48.2
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};"|****
|[[Liberal Party]]
|John Hanks
|421
|43.6
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};"|****
|[[Social Credit Party]]
|Jeff Walker
|59
|6.1
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};"|****
|Independent Communist
|Greg Yarden
|13
|1.3
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};"|****
|Independent
|Alan Rogden
|8
|.8
|- style="background:#EEEEEE;"
|colspan="3" align="right"|Total valid votes
|968
|100.0
|}


{|class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|[[1972 General Election]]
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|District: [[Colltik Bridge (Electoral District)|Colltik Bridge]]
|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};"|****
|[[Liberal Party]]
|(x)[[Steven Spell]]
|918
|60.5
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/con}};color:{{Colour/seat/con}};"|****
|[[Conservative Party]]
|Terry Rankin
|430
|28.3
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};"|****
|[[Social Credit Party]]
|Orton Rainer
|128
|8.4
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/cmu}};color:{{Colour/seat/cmu}};"|****
|[[Communist Party]]
|Greg Yarden
|43
|2.8
|- style="background:#EEEEEE;"
|colspan="3" align="right"|Total valid votes
|1519
|100.0
|}


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!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|[[1976 General Election]]
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|District: [[Colltik Bridge (Electoral District)|Colltik Bridge]]
|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};"|****
|[[Liberal Party]]
|(x)[[Steven Spell]]
|690
|53.2
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};"|****
|[[Social Credit Party]]
|Orton Rainer
|255
|19.7
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/con}};color:{{Colour/seat/con}};"|****
|[[Conservative Party]]
|Terry Rankin
|245
|18.9
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/cmu}};color:{{Colour/seat/cmu}};"|****
|[[Communist Party]]
|Jeanne Ritter
|56
|4.3
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};"|****
|Independent
|George Hughes
|51
|3.9
|- style="background:#EEEEEE;"
|colspan="3" align="right"|Total valid votes
|1297
|100.0
|}


{|class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|[[1977 General Election]]
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|District: [[Colltik Bridge (Electoral District)|Colltik Bridge]]
|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};"|****
|[[Liberal Party]]
|(x)[[Steven Spell]]
|757
|48.3
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/con}};color:{{Colour/seat/con}};"|****
|[[Conservative Party]]
|[[Phillip Benton]]
|638
|40.7
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};"|****
|[[Social Credit Party]]
|Orton Rainer
|78
|5
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/cmu}};color:{{Colour/seat/cmu}};"|****
|[[Communist Party]]
|Jeanne Ritter
|61
|3.9
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};"|****
|Independent
|George Hughes
|32
|2.1
|- style="background:#EEEEEE;"
|colspan="3" align="right"|Total valid votes
|1566
|100.0
|}


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!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|[[1981 General Election]]
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|District: [[Colltik Bridge (Electoral District)|Colltik Bridge]]
|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};"|****
|[[Liberal Party]]
|(x)[[Steven Spell]]
|918
|43.7
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/con}};color:{{Colour/seat/con}};"|****
|[[Conservative Party]]
|Jennifer Ling
|901
|42.9
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};"|****
|[[Social Credit Party]]
|John Tarren
|175
|8.3
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/iap}};color:{{Colour/seat/iap}};"|****
|[[Ibaglian Action Party]]
|Richard Fanning
|68
|3.2
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/cmu}};color:{{Colour/seat/cmu}};"|****
|[[Communist Party]]
|Gary Harrold
|39
|1.9
|- style="background:#EEEEEE;"
|colspan="3" align="right"|Total valid votes
|2101
|100.0
|}


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!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|[[1985 General Election]]
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|District: [[Colltik Bridge (Electoral District)|Colltik Bridge]]
|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};color:{{Colour/seat/lib}};"|****
|[[Liberal Party]]
|(x)[[Steven Spell]]
|1115
|42.6
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/con}};color:{{Colour/seat/con}};"|****
|[[Conservative Party]]
|Jennifer Ling
|1108
|42.3
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};color:{{Colour/seat/scr}};"|****
|[[Social Credit Party]]
|John Tarren
|192
|7.3
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/iap}};color:{{Colour/seat/iap}};"|****
|[[Ibaglian Action Party]]
|Richard Fanning
|97
|3.7
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};"|****
|Independent
|Frank Wehring
|77
|2.9
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/cmu}};color:{{Colour/seat/cmu}};"|****
|[[Communist Party]]
|Gary Harrold
|31
|1.2
|- style="background:#EEEEEE;"
|colspan="3" align="right"|Total valid votes
|2620
|100.0
|}


{|class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|[[1989 General Election]]
|-
!style="background:#EEEEEE;" colspan="5"|District: [[Colltik Bridge (Electoral District)|Colltik Bridge]]
|-style="background:#EEEEEE;"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|style="background-color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};color:{{Colour/seat/ind}};"|****
|Independent (Speaker)
|(x)[[Steven Spell]]
|2531
|100.0
|- style="background:#EEEEEE;"
|colspan="3" align="right"|Total valid votes
|2531
|100.0
|}


{| border=1 class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;margin:0 auto"
|colspan="3"|{{GG}}
|-
|colspan="3"|{{Speaker}}
|-
|colspan="3"|{{Oppleaders}}
|-
|colspan="3"|{{Liberal Leaders}}
|-
| Preceded by:<br>[[Annette Farquhar]]
| '''[[Governor-General of Ibagli]]'''<br>2006&ndash;
| Succeeded by:<br>Incumbent
|-
| Preceded by:<br>[[George Denham]]
| '''[[Speaker of the House of Commons|Speaker]] of the [[House of Commons]]'''<br>1985&ndash;1994
| Succeeded by:<br>[[Hillary Wilson]]
|-
| Preceded by:<br>[[Jeremy Cannon]]
| '''High Commissioner to the [[wp:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]'''<br>'''Ambassador to [[wp:Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'''<br>2003&ndash;2005
| Succeeded by:<br>[[Nancy Hawthorne]]
|-
| Preceded by:<br>[[Charles Forrester]]
| '''''[[Leader of the Opposition]]''' (acting)''<br>1981&ndash;1982
|rowspan=2| Succeeded by:<br>[[John Forton]]
|-
| Preceded by:<br>[[Henry LeVeque]]
| '''''Leader of the [[Liberal Party]]''' (acting)''<br>1981&ndash;1982
|-
|colspan="3" style="background:{{Colour/chart/lib}}"|'''3rd Ministry - Government of [[Henry LeVeque]]'''
|-
|'''Predecessor'''
|'''Office'''
|'''Successor'''
|-
|[[Henry Caboter]]
|[[Minister of Home Affairs]]<br>1972&ndash;1976
|[[Geoffery Gordon]]
|-
|[[Joseph Kenilworth]]
|[[Government House Leader]]<br>1972&ndash;1976
|[[Douglas Pack]]
|-
|colspan="3" style="background:{{Colour/chart/lib}}"|'''5th Ministry - Government of [[Henry LeVeque]]'''
|-
|'''Predecessor'''
|'''Office'''
|'''Successor'''
|-
|[[Nathan Pender]]
|[[Minister of Health]]<br>1977&ndash;1981
|[[Nathan Pender]]
|-
|[[Douglas Pack]]
|[[Government House Leader]]<br>1977&ndash;1981
|[[Thomas Harlington]]
|-
|colspan="3" style="background:{{Colour/chart/hoc}}"|'''[[House of Commons]]'''
|-
|'''Predecessor'''
|'''District'''
|'''Successor'''
|-
|[[Alexander Canton]]
|[[Colltik Bridge (Electoral District)|Colltik Bridge]]<br>1963&ndash;1994
|[[Jacob Philips]]
|}

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