Post: | Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly |
Incumbent: | Leon Bignell |
Incumbentsince: | 11 April 2024 |
Style: | The Honourable |
Appointer: | House of Assembly |
Formation: | 22 April 1857 |
First: | George Strickland Kingston |
The Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the South Australian House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia. The other presiding officer is the President of the South Australian Legislative Council.
As of the passage of the Constitution (Independent Speaker) Amendment Act 2021, the Speaker is constitutionally banned from being a member of a registered political party outside of a "relevant election period".[1]
The current Speaker is independent MP Leon Bignell.
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12 | Australian Labor Party | days | ||||
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22 | Independent | |||||
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28 | Liberal Party of Australia | |||||
29 | Liberal Party of Australia | |||||
30 | Independent | |||||
31 | Independent | days | ||||
32 | Australian Labor Party | |||||
33 | Australian Labor Party | |||||
34 | Australian Labor Party | 16 March 2018 | ||||
35 | Liberal Party of Australia | 29 July 2020 | ||||
36 | Liberal Party of Australia | 8 September 2020 | ||||
37 | Independent | 12 October 2021 | ||||
38 | Independent | 11 April 2024 | incumbent |