Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly

Speaker of the House of Assembly
Incumbent Elise Archer (Liberal) since 31 March 2014
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Elected by the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Inaugural holder	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.

Speakers of the Tasmanian House of Assembly

Member	Party	Term in Office
Michael Fenton	None	2 December 1856 – 8 May 1861
Robert Officer	None	15 August 1861 – 20 April 1877
Henry Butler	None	24 April 1877 – 21 July 1885
Alfred Dobson	None	21 July 1885 – 31 May 1887
Thomas Reibey	None	12 July 1887 – 30 April 1891
Nicholas John Brown	None	7 July 1891 – 2 December 1893
Stafford Bird	Revenue Tariff Party	28 February 1894 – 8 March 1897
Nicholas John Brown	None	9 March 1897 – 22 September 1903
John Davies	Anti-Socialist Party	29 September 1903 – 27 December 1912
John Evans	Liberal Party	22 April 1913 – 24 March 1914
Walter Woods	Australian Labor Party	25 March 1914 – 29 February 1916
John Evans	Nationalist Party of Australia	16 May 1916 – 27 July 1925
Michael O'Keefe	Australian Labor Party	28 July 1925 – 2 October 1926
Walter Woods	Australian Labor Party	13 October 1926 – 16 July 1928
John Evans	Nationalist Party of Australia	17 July 1928 – 17 July 1934
David O'Keefe	Australian Labor Party	18 July 1934 – 9 February 1942
John Dwyer	Australian Labor Party	10 February 1942 – 29 June 1948
Peter Pike	Australian Labor Party	29 June 1948 – 3 September 1949
Bill Wedd	Independent	13 September 1949 – 6 June 1950
Lancelot Spurr	Australian Labor Party	7 June 1950 – 12 April 1955
Horace Strutt	Liberal Party of Australia	13 April 1955 – 28 October 1956
Kevin Lyons	Liberal Party of Australia	29 October 1956 – 1 June 1959
Charley Aylett	Australian Labor Party	2 June 1959 – 1 May 1964
John Madden	Australian Labor Party	25 June 1964 – 9 May 1969
Bob Ingamells	Liberal Party of Australia	17 June 1969 – 6 June 1972
Eric Barnard	Australian Labor Party	7 June 1972 – 6 May 1975
Harry Holgate	Australian Labor Party	6 May 1975 – 21 December 1976
Glen Davies	Australian Labor Party	14 February 1977 – 10 September 1979
Andrew Lohrey	Australian Labor Party	11 September 1979 – 25 February 1980
Glen Davies	Australian Labor Party	5 March 1980 – 14 June 1982
Max Bushby	Liberal Party of Australia	15 June 1982 – 8 February 1986
Ron Cornish	Liberal Party of Australia	12 March 1986 – 1 November 1988
Tony Rundle	Liberal Party of Australia	9 November 1988 – 27 June 1989
Michael Polley	Australian Labor Party	28 June 1989 – 13 April 1992
Graeme Page	Liberal Party of Australia	14 April 1992 – 23 February 1996
Frank Madill	Liberal Party of Australia	23 April 1996 – 5 October 1998
Michael Polley	Australian Labor Party	6 October 1998 – 31 March 2014
Elise Archer	Liberal Party of Australia	31 March 2014 – present

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• Speakers of the House of Assembly (Parliament of Tasmania)