Raymond Albert Speaker, PC ECA OC (born December 13, 1935) is a Canadian politician.
However, in 1982, Speaker announced that Social Credit would be sitting out that year's election due to dwindling support for the party.
A few months earlier, Clark's former seat had been resoundingly lost in a by-election, costing Social Credit official party status.
Speaker sought and won the nomination of the Reform Party of Canada for the seat of Lethbridge in the federal Paarliament.
After the Conservative Party won a plurality of seats in the 2006 federal election, Speaker was appointed to the Prime Minister's transition team.