House Speaker recovering from heart surgery

MP Anthony Rota recovering from heart surgery Nipissing-Timiskaming MP and House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota is recuperating after undergoing scheduled bypass surgery.

The House Speaker and northern Ontario Liberal MP Anthony Rota is recuperating after heart surgery in Sudbury on Monday.

Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota is doing well after scheduled bypass surgery at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, a news release from his office said.

Rota, who will be 61 in May, is in his second term as Speaker of the House of Commons.

He has been the MP for his riding since 2015, and before that, served from 2004 to 2011.