List of Speakers
# | Name | Party | Term in Office | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hon. Sir Frederick William Holder | Independent (formerly Free Trade Party) | 9 May 1901 – 23 July 1909 | Elected to parliament as a member of the Free Trade Party, contested subsequent elections as an independent. Died in office. |
2 | Hon. Dr (Charles) Carty Salmon | Commonwealth Liberal | 23 July 1909 – 30 June 1910 | |
3 | Hon. Charles McDonald | Labor | 1 July 1910 – 8 July 1913 | First time in role. |
4 | Hon. Sir (William) Elliot Johnson | Commonwealth Liberal | 9 July 1913 – 7 October 1914 | First time in role. |
Hon. Charles McDonald | Labor | 8 October 1914 – 13 June 1917 | Second time in role. | |
Hon. Sir (William) Elliot Johnson | Nationalist | 14 June 1917 – 27 February 1923 | Second time in role. | |
5 | Rt. Hon. William Alexander Watt | Nationalist | 28 February 1923 – 12 January 1926 | |
6 | Hon. Sir Littleton Ernest Groom | Nationalist | 13 January 1926 – 11 October 1929 | Defeated in his own seat. |
7 | Hon. Norman John Oswald Makin | Labor | 20 November 1929 – 16 February 1932 | |
8 | Hon. George Hugh Alexander Mackay | United Australia | 17 February 1932 – 7 August 1934 | |
9 | Hon. Sir George John Bell | United Australia | 23 October 1934 – 19 November 1940 | |
10 | Hon. Walter Maxwell Nairn | United Australia | 20 November 1940 – 21 June 1943 | Continued as speaker when the Curtin Labor government formed in 1941. Defeated in his own seat. |
11 | Hon. John Solomon (Sol) Rosevear | Labor | 22 June 1943 – 21 February 1950 | |
12 | Hon. Archie Galbraith Cameron | Liberal | 22 February 1950 – 9 August 1956 | Died in office. |
13 | Hon. Sir John McLeay | Liberal | 29 August 1956 – 31 October 1966 | |
14 | Hon. Sir William John Aston | Liberal | 21 February 1967 – 2 November 1972 | Defeated in his own seat. |
15 | Hon. James (Jim) Francis Cope | Labor | 27 February 1973 – 27 February 1975 | |
16 | Hon. Gordon Glen Denton Scholes | Labor | 27 February 1975 – 16 February 1976 | |
17 | Rt. Hon. Sir Billy Mackie Snedden | Liberal | 17 February 1976 – 4 February 1983 | |
18 | Hon. Dr. Henry (Harry) Alfred Jenkins, Sr. | Labor | 22 April 1983 – 11 February 1986 | First Speaker whose son was a later Speaker. |
19 | Hon. (Gloria) Joan Liles Child | Labor | 11 February 1986 – 28 August 1989 | First female Speaker. |
20 | Hon. Leo Boyce McLeay | Labor | 29 August 1989 – 8 February 1993 | |
21 | Hon. Stephen Paul Martin | Labor | 4 May 1993 – 30 April 1996 | |
22 | Hon. Robert (Bob) George Halverson | Liberal | 30 April 1996 – 3 March 1998 | |
23 | Rt. Hon. Ian McCahon Sinclair | National | 4 March 1998 – 10 November 1998 | |
24 | Hon. (John) Neil Andrew | Liberal | 10 November 1998 – 16 November 2004 | |
25 | Hon. David Peter Maxwell Hawker | Liberal | 16 November 2004 – 12 February 2008 | |
26 | Hon. Henry (Harry) Alfred Jenkins, Jr. | Labor | 12 February 2008 – 24 November 2011 | First Speaker whose father was a previous Speaker. |
27 | Hon. Peter Neil Slipper | Independent (formerly Liberal National Party) | 24 November 2011 – 9 October 2012 | Elected while still a member of the Liberal National Party, but resigned his membership on the day of his election. Resigned from the Speakership in the midst of court proceedings. |
28 | Hon. Anna Elizabeth Burke | Labor | 9 October 2012 – | Former Deputy Speaker |
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