[1] Following the inauguration of the General Synod in 2015, Simon Butler was elected as the Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury.
In the Anglican Church of Canada, the Prolocutor of the General Synod acts as the deputy to the Primate.
As such, he or she ranks as the second executive officer of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada.
These Synods are no longer fully bi-cameral, but the office of Prolocutor is retained with different functions.
The General Synod reverts to a bi-cameral structure for the election of the Primate, during which the Prolocutor chairs the meeting of the Clergy and Laity.