Chicago Manual of Style (Author-Date) in-text citation help for quoting a politician speaking in a House of Commons Debate

Question

The general in-text citation rule is this (for a quotation): (Last name Year, Page Number). In 13.65 (17th Edition), CMoS gives an example of a detailed in-text citation:

1. ... text in the quote here (Stephen W. Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes [New York: Bantam Books, 1988], 112).

Here is one for a detailed block quote (which is indented) from 13.70:

2. ... text in the quote here. (Gifford Pinchot, To the South Seas [Philadelphia: John Winston, 1930], 123)

CMoS does not say anything about the format of the in-text citation in these cases.

The format here seems like this: (Full name, Book Title [Publication area: Publisher, Year], Page number). Is this how it is supposed to be formatted or did CMoS just put them in a random order?

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Question: I am quoting a number of politicians speaking at the House of Commons. And I am told to provide a detailed citation for a block quote. The guide says nothing about this.

Here is what I have:

... text in the quote here. (Full Name [Windsor–Tecumseh, NDP, House of Commons Debates, Feb 25, 2016,] 1383–4)

Windsor–Tecumseh means "Member of the Canadian Parliament for the federal electoral district of Windsor–Tecumseh". NDP is the name of the political party.

Based on the formats of 1 and 2, I won't be able to give the required information: federal electoral district and name of political party. I also won't be able to give the month, which is important.

What is the right way to cite this?

Answer 1

Let me suggest rising the question right at the source. The webpage about The Parliament's Hansard, for example in English here, includes the following invite:

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at [email protected].

The use of the Bulletin as a reference for a scientific publication may well fall into the category «accessibility». Equally, the library of The Parliament states here multiple avenues to be contacted, e.g. by e-mail via [email protected].

Answer 2

Styles differ slightly between disciplines. The simplest and safest way of proceeding is to adapt examples from your field. The eventual publication might also have its preferences, such as absolute avoidance of footnotes. I do not believe that the parliamentary source has any explicit preference.

Answer 3

CMS 14.313, referred to by M. Juckes above, verbatim:

"14.313 Publication of UK parliamentary debates

Before 1909, debates from both houses were published together; since then they have been published in separate series.

Hansard Parliamentary Debates, 1st series (1803–20)

Hansard Parliamentary Debates, 2d series (1820–30)

Hansard Parliamentary Debates, 3d series (1830–91)

Parliamentary Debates, 4th series (1892–1908)

Parliamentary Debates, Commons, 5th series (1909–80)

Parliamentary Debates, Commons, 6th series (1980/81–)

Parliamentary Debates, Lords, 5th series (1909–)

In Bluebook style, cite the volume number and series and include the year and column number. In the third example, H.C. stands for House of Commons. (In the first two examples, no such indication is necessary.)

1. 249 Parl. Deb. (3d ser.) (1879) 611–27.
2. 13 Parl. Deb. (4th ser.) (1893) 1273.
3. 407 Parl. Deb., H.C. (5th ser.) (1944–45) 425–46.

Although no longer the official name, Hansard (less often, Hansard’s) is still sometimes used in citations to all series of parliamentary debates. Such usage is best avoided, however."