Speaker of The New Zealand House of Representatives - Holders of The Office

Holders of The Office

The current Speaker is Lockwood Smith, a member of the National Party, which is the largest party in Parliament and governs as a minority.

Since the creation of Parliament, 28 people have held the office of Speaker. Two people have held the office on more than one occasion. A full list of Speakers is below.

† indicates Speaker died in office.

# Name Took Office Left Office Speaker's Party Governing Party
1 Charles Clifford 1854 1860 None None
2 David Monro 1861 1870 None None
3 Dillon Bell 1871 1875 None None
4 William Fitzherbert 1876 1879 None None
5 Maurice O'Rorke 1879 1890 None None
6 William Steward 1891 1893 Liberal Liberal
Maurice O'Rorke, 2nd time 1894 1902 Liberal Liberal
7 Arthur Guinness 1903 1913 Liberal Liberal
8 Frederic Lang 1913 1922 Reform Reform
9 Charles Statham 1923 1928 None Reform
Charles Statham, continued 1928 1935 None Liberal
10 Bill Barnard 1936 1940 Labour Labour
Bill Barnard, continued 1940 1943 Democratic Labour Labour
11 Frederick Schramm 1944 1946 Labour Labour
12 Robert McKeen 1947 1950 Labour Labour
13 Matthew Oram 1950 1957 National National
14 Robert Macfarlane 1958 1960 Labour Labour
15 Ronald Algie 1961 1966 National National
16 Roy Jack 1967 1972 National National
17 Alfred Allen 1972 1972 National National
18 Stanley Whitehead 1973 1976 Labour Labour
Roy Jack, 2nd time 1976 1977 National National
19 Richard Harrison 1978 1984 National National
20 Basil Arthur † 1984 1985 Labour Labour
21 Gerard Wall 1985 1987 Labour Labour
22 Kerry Burke 1987 1990 Labour Labour
23 Robin Gray 1990 1993 National National
24 Peter Tapsell 1993 1996 Labour National
25 Doug Kidd 1996 1999 National National (in coalition)
26 Jonathan Hunt 1999 2005 Labour Labour (in coalition)
27 Margaret Wilson 2005 2008 Labour Labour (in coalition)
28 Lockwood Smith 2008 Incumbent National National (minority government)

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