Post: | Speaker |
Body: | the Virginia House of Delegates |
Insignia: | Seal of Virginia.svg |
Insigniacaption: | Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia |
Department: | Virginia House of Delegates |
Incumbent: | Don Scott |
Incumbentsince: | January 10, 2024 |
Style: | The Honorable |
Style1: | Mister Speaker |
Residence: | Virginia General Assembly |
Appointer: | Elected by the Virginia House of Delegates |
Inaugural: | Edmund Pendleton |
This is a complete list of the speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates. Elected by the members of the House, the Speaker is the presiding officer of that body. In addition to duties as chair, the adopted rules of the House of Delegates specify other powers and duties of the post. The Speaker is currently elected for a two-year term in the odd-numbered years in which the Legislature convenes.
According to Rules 2 and 16 of the House of Delegates, the chair of the Committee on Privileges and Elections serves as Acting Speaker when there is a vacancy in the Speaker's office. This has occurred twice since 1990:
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20 years, 148 days |
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17 years, 364 days |
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15 years, 2 days |
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11 years, 364 days |
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11 years, 262 days |
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9 years, 315 days |
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9 years, 123 days |
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8 years, 54 days |
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6 years, 85 days |
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6 years, 6 days |
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6 years |
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5 years, 364 days |
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4 years, 295 days |
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4 years, 3 days |
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4 years, 2 days |
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3 years, 360 days |
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3 years, 305 days | ||||||
3 years, 5 days |
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2 years, 324 days |
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2 years, 154 days |
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2 years, 62 days | ||||||
2 years, 3 days | ||||||
1 year, 363 days | ||||||
1 year, 43 days | ||||||
97 days | ||||||