Post: | Speaker |
Body: | the House of Assembly |
Insignia: | Tasmania Coat of Arms.svg |
Incumbent: | Michelle O'Byrne |
Incumbentsince: | 14 May 2024 |
Style: | The Honourable |
Appointer: | Elected by the Tasmanian House of Assembly |
Inaugural: | Michael Fenton |
Formation: | 2 December 1856 |
The Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Tasmania. The role of Speaker has traditionally been a partisan office, filled by the governing party of the time.
No. | Member | Party | Term in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | None | 2 December 1856 - 8 May 1861 | ||
2 | None | 15 August 1861 - 20 April 1877 | ||
3 | None | 24 April 1877 - 21 July 1885 | ||
4 | None | 21 July 1885 - 31 May 1887 | ||
5 | None | 12 July 1887 - 30 April 1891 | ||
6 | None | 7 July 1891 - 2 December 1893 | ||
7 | 28 February 1894 - 8 March 1897 | |||
– | None | 9 March 1897 - 22 September 1903 | ||
8 | 29 September 1903 - 27 December 1912 | |||
9 | 22 April 1913 - 24 March 1914 | |||
10 | 25 March 1914 - 29 February 1916 | |||
– | 16 May 1916 - 27 July 1925 | |||
11 | 28 July 1925 - 2 October 1926 | |||
– | 13 October 1926 - 16 July 1928 | |||
– | 17 July 1928 - 17 July 1934 | |||
12 | 18 July 1934 - 9 February 1942 | |||
13 | 10 February 1942 - 29 June 1948 | |||
14 | 29 June 1948 - 3 September 1949 | |||
15 | 13 September 1949 - 6 June 1950 | |||
16 | 7 June 1950 - 12 April 1955 | |||
17 | 13 April 1955 - 28 October 1956 | |||
18 | 29 October 1956 - 1 June 1959 | |||
19 | 2 June 1959 - 1 May 1964 | |||
20 | 25 June 1964 - 9 May 1969 | |||
21 | 17 June 1969 - 6 June 1972 | |||
22 | 7 June 1972 - 6 May 1975 | |||
23 | 6 May 1975 - 21 December 1976 | |||
24 | 14 February 1977 - 10 September 1979 | |||
25 | 11 September 1979 - 25 February 1980 | |||
– | 5 March 1980 - 14 June 1982 | |||
26 | 15 June 1982 - 8 February 1986 | |||
27 | 12 March 1986 - 1 November 1988 | |||
28 | 9 November 1988 - 27 June 1989 | |||
29 | 28 June 1989 - 13 April 1992 | |||
30 | 14 April 1992 - 23 February 1996 | |||
31 | 23 April 1996 - 5 October 1998 | |||
– | 6 October 1998 - 31 March 2014 | |||
32 | 31 March 2014 - 2 October 2017 | |||
33 | 17 October 2017 - 1 May 2018 | |||
34 | Liberal Party (Until 22 March 2021) Independent (From 22 March 2021) | 1 May 2018 - 22 June 2021 | ||
– | 22 June 2021 - 14 May 2024 | |||
35 | 14 May 2024 - present |