Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly explained

The Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria. The presiding officer of the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, the Victorian Legislative Council, is the President of the Victorian Legislative Council.

A Speaker is elected at the beginning of each new parliamentary term by the Legislative Assembly from one of its members. The Assembly may re-elect an incumbent Speaker by passing a motion; otherwise, a secret ballot is held. The Assembly can dismiss the Speaker by a majority vote, and the Speaker can resign.

In practice, the Speaker is usually a member of the governing party or parties, who have the majority in the Assembly. The Speaker continues to be a member of a political party, and may or may not attend party meetings. The Speaker also continues to carry out ordinary electorate duties as a member of Parliament and must take part in an election campaign to be re-elected as a member of Parliament.

The Deputy Speaker, also elected by the Assembly, supports and assists the Speaker and fulfils the role as Speaker in their absence or during a vacancy in the position.

Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

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1	Francis Murphy	21 November 1856	24 January 1871
2	Charles MacMahon	25 April 1871	April 1877
3		22 May 1877	9 February 1880
(2)	Charles McMahon	11 May 1880	29 June 1880			(6 years, 49 days)
4		22 July 1880	29 September 1887
5		4 October 1887	April 1892
6		11 May 1892	September 1894
7		4 October 1894	September 1897
8		25 October 1897	September 1902
9		14 October 1902	12 September 1903
10		16 September 1903	10 May 1904			Labor
11		29 June 1904	October 1917			Liberal
12		29 November 1917	6 April 1924			Nationalist
13		30 April 1924	5 March 1927			Nationalist
14		6 July 1927	16 March 1928			Nationalist
align=center rowspan="2"	15		align=center rowspan="2"	4 July 1928	align=center rowspan="2"	7 October 1933			Nationalist
			United Australia
16		11 October 1933	1 August 1934			Labor
17		2 August 1934	6 September 1937			United Australia
18	Tom Tunnecliffe	19 October 1937	15 February 1940			Labor
19		1 May 1940	20 October 1942
align=center rowspan="2"	20		align=center rowspan="2"	21 October 1942	align=center rowspan="2"	9 October 1947
			Liberal
21		2 December 1947	13 April 1950
22		20 June 1950	31 October 1952
23		17 December 1952	22 April 1955
24		15 June 1955	19 March 1967
25		16 May 1967	18 June 1973
26		19 June 1973	28 May 1979
27		29 May 1979	26 April 1982
28		27 April 1982	24 October 1988
29		25 October 1988	26 October 1992
30		27 October 1992	13 May 1996
(27)		14 May 1996	2 November 1999				(6 years, 139 days)
31		3 November 1999	24 February 2003
32		25 February 2003	18 December 2006
33		19 December 2006	20 December 2010
34		21 December 2010	4 February 2014
35		4 February 2014	22 December 2014
36		23 December 2014	25 February 2017
37		7 March 2017	2 August 2022
38		2 August 2022	Incumbent