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He was elected to the House of Commons in 1988 defeating well-known Conservative cabinet minister Flora MacDonald. Milliken represents the riding of Kingston and the Islands .
Having been an avid student of parliamentary procedure since his teens, Milliken was named assistant House Leader for the opposition Liberals, a rarity for a freshman member as new members are not normally familiar enough with the sometimes archaic practices of parliament.
Following the 1993 election he was named for a two-year term as parliamentary secretary to the House Leader of the new Liberal Government. He and fellow Liberal MP John GodfreyJohn Ferguson Godfrey (born December 12 1949) is a Canadian politician. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal MP for the Toronto area riding of Don Valley East in the 1993 Canadian election and has been re-elected in each su introduced the Godfrey-Milliken BillGodfrey-Milliken Bill officially the The American Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Loyalty) Act was a Private Member's Bill introduced in the Canadian parliament by Liberal MPs Peter Milliken and John Godfrey. The bill was a parody and attack on the Ame in 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan in response to the U. S. Helms-Burton ActThe Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (better known as the Helms-Burton Act is a United States law which strengthens and continues US sanctions against Cuba. The Helms-Burton Act was codified in U. Title 22, sections 6021-6091.
Milliken was re-elected for a third term in Canadian federal election, 1997In the 1997 Canadian election held on June 2, 1997, Jean Chretien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government. The Reform Party of Canada replaced the Bloc Quebecois as the Official Opposition. The election closely reflected the pattern tha and was named Deputy Speaker of the House. In 2001, at the first sitting of parliament following the 2000 electionOn November 27, 2000, Canada held a federal election. The governing Liberals won a third consecutive majority government easily, as they had been expected to do when the election was called in October, and throughout the campaign. The election was regarde, Milliken was elected Speaker by his peers.
He was widely praised by government and opposition parties for his rulings which were considered very fair. He also brought new life to the chair in delivering his rulings and remarks with a sarcastic humour.
Elected for his fifth term as MP in 2004A Canadian federal election (more formally, the 38th general election was held on June 28, 2004. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections. The main opposition pa he was the unanimous choice of his colleagues to be re-elected Speaker.