Holders of The Office
Eighteen people held the office of Speaker since the creation of the Legislative Council. Three had previously been Prime Minister. One had previously been Speaker of the House of Representatives. A list of Speakers is below.
| Name | In office | Government | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Swainson | 16 May 1854 – 8 August 1855 | pre-responsible government | ||
| 2 | Frederick Whitaker1 | 8 August 1855 – 12 May 1856 | |||
| Sewell Ministry | |||||
| 3 | Thomas Bartley | 12 May 1856 – 1 July 1868 | |||
| first Fox Ministry first Stafford Ministry second Fox Ministry Domett Ministry Whitaker–Fox Ministry Weld Ministry |
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| second Stafford Ministry | |||||
| 4 | John Richardson | 1 July 1868 – 6 December 18782 | |||
| third Fox Ministry third Stafford Ministry Waterhouse Ministry fourth Fox Ministry first Vogel Ministry Pollen Ministry second Vogel Ministry first Atkinson Ministry second Atkinson Ministry |
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| Grey Ministry | |||||
| 5 | William Fitzherbert3 | 14 June 1878 – 22 April 18872 | |||
| Hall Ministry Whitaker Ministry third Atkinson Ministry first Stout–Vogel Ministry fourth Atkinson Ministry |
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| second Stout–Vogel Ministry | |||||
| 6 | George Waterhouse1 | 22 April 1887 – 21 September 1887 | |||
| William Fitzherbert | 21 September 1887 – 23 January 1891 | ||||
| Scarecrow Ministry | |||||
| 7 | Harry Atkinson1 | 23 January 1891 – 28 June 18922 | Liberal Government | ||
| 8 | Henry Miller | 8 July 1892 – 6 October 1897 | |||
| 6 October 1897 – 9 July 1903 | |||||
| 9 | William Walker | 9 July 1903 – 5 January 19042 | |||
| 10 | John Rigg | 5 January 1904 – 7 July 1904 | |||
| 11 | Alfred Cadman | 7 July 1904 – 23 March 19052 | |||
| 12 | Richard Reeves | 23 March 1905 – 30 June 1905 | |||
| 13 | Charles Bowen | 30 June 1905 – 4 July 19104 | |||
| 4 July 1910 – 4 July 1915 | |||||
| Reform Government | |||||
| 14 | Charles Johnston | 7 July 1915 – 13 June 19182 | |||
| 15 | Walter Carncross | 1 November 1918 – 10 July 19244 | |||
| 10 July 1924 – 10 July 19294 | |||||
| United Government | |||||
| 10 July 1929 – 10 July 19344 | |||||
| United/Reform Coalition | |||||
| 10 July 1934 – 18 July 1939 | |||||
| First Labour Government | |||||
| 16 | Mark Fagan | 18 July 1939 – 2 August 19444 | |||
| 2 August 1944 – 31 December 19472 | |||||
| 17 | Bernard Martin | 29 June 1948 – 8 March 1950 | |||
| First National Government | |||||
| 18 | Thomas Bishop | 15 March 1950 – 31 December 1951 | |||
1 Also served as Prime Minister
2 Died in office
3 Previously Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
4 Reappointed at end of member's term
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