Speakers of The Victorian Legislative Assembly
| Member | Party | Term in Office |
| Hon Sir Francis Murphy | None | 21 November 1856 to January 1871 |
| Hon Sir Charles MacMahon | None | 25 April 1871 to April 1877 |
| Hon Sir Charles Gavan Duffy | None | 22 May 1877 to 9 February 1880 |
| Hon Sir Charles MacMahon | None | 11 May to 29 June 1880 |
| Hon Peter Lalor | None | 22 July 1880 to 29 September 1887 |
| Hon Sir Matthew Henry Davies | None | 4 October 1887 to April 1892 |
| Hon Sir Thomas Bent | None | 11 May 1892 to September 1894 |
| Hon Sir Graham Berry | None | 4 October 1894 to September 1897 |
| Hon Francis Mason | None | 25 October 1897 to September 1902 |
| Hon Duncan Gillies | Liberal | 14 October 1902 to 12 September 1903 |
| Hon William Beazley | Liberal | 16 September 1903 to May 1904 |
| Hon Sir Frank Madden | Liberal | 29 June 1904 to October 1917 |
| Hon Sir John Mackey | Nationalist | 29 November 1917 to 6 April 1924 |
| Hon Sir John Bowser | Nationalist | 30 April 1924 to 5 March 1927 |
| Hon Oswald Snowball | Nationalist | 6 July 1927 to March 1928 |
| Hon Sir Alexander Peacock | Nationalist United Australia |
4 July 1928 to 7 October 1933 |
| Hon Maurice Blackburn | Labor | 11 October 1933 to 1 August 1934 |
| Hon William Everard | United Australia | 2 August 1934 to 6 September 1937 |
| Hon Tom Tunnecliffe | Labor | 19 October 1937 to 15 February 1940 |
| Hon William Slater | Labor | 1 May 1940 to 20 October 1942 |
| Hon Sir George Knox | United Australia, Liberal |
21 October 1942 to 9 October 1947 |
| Hon Sir Thomas Maltby | Liberal | 2 December 1947 to 13 April 1950 |
| Hon Sir Archie Michaelis | Liberal | 20 June 1950 to 31 October 1952 |
| Hon Patrick Sutton | Labor | 17 December 1952 to 22 April 1955 |
| Hon Sir William McDonald | Liberal | 15 June 1955 to 19 March 1967 |
| Hon Sir Vernon Christie | Liberal | 16 May 1967 to 18 June 1973 |
| Hon Sir Kenneth Wheeler | Liberal | 19 June 1973 to 28 May 1979 |
| Hon Jim Plowman | Liberal | 29 May 1979 to 26 April 1982 |
| Hon Tom Edmunds | Labor | 27 April 1982 to 24 October 1988 |
| Hon Dr Ken Coghill | Labor | 25 October 1988 to 26 October 1992 |
| Hon John Delzoppo | Liberal | 27 October 1992 to 13 May 1996 |
| Hon Jim Plowman | Liberal | 14 May 1996 to 2 November 1999 |
| Hon Alex Andrianopoulos | Labor | 3 November 1999 to 24 February 2003 |
| Hon Judy Maddigan | Labor | 25 February 2003 to 18 December 2006 |
| Hon Jenny Lindell | Labor | 19 December 2006 to 20 December 2010 |
| Hon Ken Smith | Liberal | from 21 December 2010 |
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