Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

The Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador is the presiding officer of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Newfoundland and Labrador General Assembly meets in the Confederation Building at St...

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The current Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

is Ross Wiseman

Ross Wiseman

Ross Wiseman is a politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Wiseman represents the district of Trinity North in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly...

, who was uncontested for the role following the 2011 General Election

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011

The 48th Newfoundland and Labrador general election occurred on October 11, 2011, to elect members of the 47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the 19th election for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...

Speakers of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Speaker	Years served
John Bingley Garland John Bingley Garland John Bingley Garland , merchant, politician, became the first Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland in 1833....	1833
Thomas Bennett Thomas Bennett (Newfoundland politician) Thomas Bennett was a magistrate and political figure in Newfoundland.Born in Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, England, Bennett first worked for the British government in the Commissariat Department and moved to St. John's, Newfoundland, in the early 1820s to work in his brother Charles' mercantile business...	1834-1837
William Carson William Carson Sir William Carson , often called "The Great Reformer", was an important doctor and businessman in Newfoundland. Carson's primary contribution to Newfoundland was the application of modern agricultural principles....	1838-1841
Constitution Suspended	1841-1843
James Crowdy James Crowdy James Crowdy was an English-born official in Newfoundland. He was Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1843 to 1848....	1843-1848
John Kent	1848-1855
Ambrose Shea Ambrose Shea Sir Ambrose Shea, KCMG , from Newfoundland was a political and business figure in Colonial Newfoundland and later served as Governor of the Bahamas. He was one of two Newfoundland delegates to the Québec Conference that led to Canadian confederation.Shea was born in St. John's, Newfoundland...	1855-1861
F.B.T. Carter	1861-1865
William V. Whiteway William Whiteway Sir William Vallance Whiteway, QC KCMG was a politician and three time Premier of Newfoundland. Born in England, Whiteway emigrated to the island in 1843 and entered the law in 1852. In 1859 he was elected to the House of Assembly as a member of the Conservative Party of Newfoundland and became a...	1866-1870
Thomas R. Bennett Thomas R. Bennett Thomas R. Bennett was a magistrate and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Fortune Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1865 to 1874....	1870-1874
Prescott Emerson Prescott Emerson Prescott Emerson was a lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Burgeo-LaPoile in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1869 to 1878....	1874-1877
James S. Winter James Spearman Winter Sir James Spearman Winter, KCMG was a Newfoundland politician and Premier. Winter served in the Conservative government of Sir William Whiteway as Solicitor-General from 1882 to 1885 when he resigned along with a number of other Protestants as a result of sectarian riots at Harbour Grace...	1877-1879
A.J.W. McNeilly A.J.W. McNeilly Alexander James Whiteford McNeilly was an Irish-born lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Bonavista from 1873 to 1878, Twillingate and Fogo from 1878 to 1882 and Bay de Verde from 1885 to 1889 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.He was born in Armagh, the son...	1879-1883
Robert Kent Robert John Kent Robert John Kent was an Irish-born lawyer and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's East in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1873 to 1886....	1883-1885
Robert Bond Robert Bond Sir Robert Bond was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1900 to 1909. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, as the son of merchant John Bond. Bond grew up in St. John's until 1872 when his father died and left the family a good deal of money...	1885-1886
A.J.W. McNeilly A.J.W. McNeilly Alexander James Whiteford McNeilly was an Irish-born lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Bonavista from 1873 to 1878, Twillingate and Fogo from 1878 to 1882 and Bay de Verde from 1885 to 1889 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.He was born in Armagh, the son...	1886-1890
George Emerson George Henry Emerson (speaker) George Henry Emerson was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Placentia and St. Mary's in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1885 to 1894 as a Liberal....	1890-1894
Henry Y. Mott Henry Y. Mott Henry Youmans Mott was a journalist, author and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Burgeo and LaPoile in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1894 to 1900....	1894-1901
Lawrence Furlong	1901-1905
Francis J. Morris	1905-1910
William R. Warren	1910-1914
John R. Goodison John R. Goodison John R. Goodison was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Carbonear in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1909 to 1917 as a member of the Newfoundland People's Party....	1914-1918
William J. Higgins William J. Higgins William John Higgins was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's East in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1913 to 1928 as a member of the Newfoundland People's Party, Liberal Progressive party, Liberal-Labour-Progressive party and the...	1918-1920
William F. Penney William F. Penney William F. Penney was a merchant, judge and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Carbonear in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1919 to 1923 as a Liberal Reform party member....	1920-1923
Harry A. Winter Harry A. Winter Harry Anderson Winter was a lawyer, journalist, judge and political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented Port de Grave from 1923 to 1924 and Harbour Grace from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.He was born Henry Anderson Winter in St. John's, the son of...	1923-1924
Cyril Fox Cyril J. Fox Cyril James Fox was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's East in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1919 to ....	1924-1928
Albert J. Walsh	1928-1932
James A. Winter James A. Winter James Alexander Winter was a lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented Burin East from 1928 to 1932 and Burgeo and La Poile from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the United Newfoundland Party.He was the son of James...	1933-1934
Responsible Government Suspended	1934-1949
Reginald F. Sparkes Reginald F. Sparkes Reginald Ford Sparkes was an educator, author and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. Barbe in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1949 to 1956...	1949-1956
John R. Courage John R. Courage John Reginald Courage was an educator, lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Fortune Bay and Hermitage in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1949 to 1962 as a Liberal....	1956-1962
George W. Clarke George W. Clarke (Newfoundland politician) George William Clarke was a lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Carbonear in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1956 to 1971....	1962-1972
James Russell James Russell (Newfoundland politician) Maxwell James Russell is an educator and former political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represented Lewisporte in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1971 to 1975 and from 1982 to 1989 as a Progressive Conservative.He was born in Lewisporte, the son of William...	1972-1975
Gerald R. Ottenheimer	1975-1979
Leonard Simms	1979-1982
James Russell James Russell James T. Russell is an American inventor. He earned a BA in physics from Reed College in Portland in 1953. He joined General Electric's nearby labs in Richland, Washington, where he initiated many types of experimental instrumentation...	1982-1985
Patrick McNicholas Patrick McNicholas Patrick J. McNicholas was an Irish-born politician and political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented St. John's Centre in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1979 to 1989 as a Progressive Conservative.He was born in Galway, studied in London and Dublin and became a...	1985-1989
Thomas Lush	1989-1993
Paul Dicks Paul Dicks Paul D. Dicks is a lawyer and former politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented Humber West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1989 to 2001 as a Liberal....	1993-1995
Lloyd Snow Lloyd Snow Lloyd Snow is an educator and former political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represented Trinity-Bay de Verde in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1989 to 2003 as a Liberal....	1995-2003
Harvey Hodder Harvey Hodder Harvey Hodder is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Hodder was the Progressive Conservative Member of the House of Assembly for the riding of Waterford Valley from 1993 to 2007....	2003-2007
Roger Fitzgerald Roger Fitzgerald Roger Fitzgerald is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represented the district of Bonavista South from 1993 to 2011 and served as Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly...	2007–2011
Ross Wiseman Ross Wiseman Ross Wiseman is a politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Wiseman represents the district of Trinity North in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly...	2011-present

Speakers of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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