Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
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The Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer
of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
, the lower house
of the Parliament of Victoria
.
The presiding officer of the upper house
of the Parliament of Victoria, the Victorian Legislative Council
is the President of the Victorian Legislative Council
.
Speaker (politics)
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:...
, the lower house
Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
of the Parliament of Victoria
Parliament of Victoria
The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria. It follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system and consists of The Queen, represented by the Governor of Victoria; the Legislative Council ; and the Legislative Assembly...
.
The presiding officer of the upper house
Upper house
An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
of the Parliament of Victoria, the Victorian Legislative Council
Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...
is the President of the Victorian Legislative Council
President of the Victorian Legislative Council
The President of the Victorian Legislative Council, also known as the Presiding Officer of the Council, is the presiding officer of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria and equivalent to the President of the Australian Senate...
.
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 Charles MacMahon Charles MacMahon was an Australian politician and for a short time Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police. MacMahon was born County Tyrone, Ireland, to a wealthy Irish family and served in the British army. He obtained a veterinary diploma in 1852, and soon left for Australia to join the gold rush... |
None | 25 April 1871 to April 1877 |
| Hon Sir Charles Gavan Duffy Charles Gavan Duffy Additional Reading*, Allen & Unwin, 1973.*John Mitchel, A Cause Too Many, Aidan Hegarty, Camlane Press.*Thomas Davis, The Thinker and Teacher, Arthur Griffith, M.H. Gill & Son 1922.... |
None | 22 May 1877 to 9 February 1880 |
| Hon Sir Charles MacMahon Charles MacMahon Charles MacMahon was an Australian politician and for a short time Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police. MacMahon was born County Tyrone, Ireland, to a wealthy Irish family and served in the British army. He obtained a veterinary diploma in 1852, and soon left for Australia to join the gold rush... |
None | 11 May to 29 June 1880 |
| Hon Peter Lalor Peter Lalor Peter Fintan Lalor was an activist turned politician who rose to fame for his leading role in the Eureka Rebellion, an event controversially identified with the "birth of democracy" in Australia.- Early life and migration to Australia :... |
None | 22 July 1880 to 29 September 1887 |
| Hon Sir Matthew Henry Davies | None | 4 October 1887 to April 1892 |
| Hon Sir Thomas Bent Thomas Bent Sir Thomas Bent KCMG , Australian politician, was the 22nd Premier of Victoria. He was one of the most colourful and corrupt politicians in Victorian history.... |
None | 11 May 1892 to September 1894 |
| Hon Sir Graham Berry Graham Berry Sir Graham Berry KCMG , Australian colonial politician, was the 11th Premier of Victoria. He was one of the most Radical and colourful figures in the politics of colonial Victoria, and made the most determined efforts to break the power of the Victorian Legislative Council, the stronghold of the... |
None | 4 October 1894 to September 1897 |
| Hon Francis Mason | None | 25 October 1897 to September 1902 |
| Hon Duncan Gillies Duncan Gillies Duncan Gillies , Australian colonial politician, was the 14th Premier of Victoria.Gillies was born at Overnewton near Glasgow, Scotland, where his father had a market garden. He was sent to the high school until he was about 14, when he entered an office in Glasgow... |
Liberal | 14 October 1902 to 12 September 1903 |
| Hon William Beazley | Liberal | 16 September 1903 to May 1904 |
| Hon Sir Frank Madden Frank Madden Francis A. "Frank" Madden was a Major League Baseball catcher who played in two games for the Pittsburgh Rebels in . He collected one hit in two at bats, with one run batted in in his game career.-External links:... |
Liberal | 29 June 1904 to October 1917 |
| Hon Sir John Mackey | Nationalist | 29 November 1917 to 6 April 1924 |
| Hon Sir John Bowser John Bowser John Bowser , Australian politician, was the 26th Premier of Victoria. He was born in London, the son of an army officer, and arrived in Melbourne as a child with his family. He grew up at Bacchus Marsh and when he left school got a job with the Bacchus Marsh Express... |
Nationalist | 30 April 1924 to 5 March 1927 |
| Hon Oswald Snowball | Nationalist | 6 July 1927 to March 1928 |
| Hon Sir Alexander Peacock Alexander Peacock Sir Alexander James Peacock, KCMG , Australian politician, was the 20th Premier of Victoria.Peacock was born of Scottish descent at Creswick, the first Victorian Premier born after the gold rush of the 1850s and the attainment of self-government in Victoria. He was distantly related to the family... |
Nationalist United Australia |
4 July 1928 to 7 October 1933 |
| Hon Maurice Blackburn | Labor | 11 October 1933 to 1 August 1934 |
| Hon William Everard William Everard (Australian politician) William Hugh Everard , Australian politician, was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Evelyn from 1917 until his retirement in 1950... |
United Australia | 2 August 1934 to 6 September 1937 |
| Hon Tom Tunnecliffe | Labor | 19 October 1937 to 15 February 1940 |
| Hon William Slater Bill Slater (politician) -Early life:Slater is believed to have been born in 1890. He was born to parents of Irish background. His father left his family when he was four years old. He and two siblings were brought up by his mother in Prahran. After briefly attending Armadale State School Slater left school early to sell... |
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 12 October 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 Ken Coghill Kenneth A. Coghill is a former Australian politician.Educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Coghill studied Veterinary Science at the University of Melbourne and worked as a veterinarian before serving on the Wodonga City Council... |
Labor | 25 October 1988 to 26 October 1992 |
| Hon John Delzoppo John Delzoppo John Delzoppo was an Australian politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Victoria from 1992-1996 as part of the Liberal Kennett Government.... |
Liberal | 27 October 1992 to 13 May 1996 |
| Hon Jim Plowman | Liberal | 14 May 1996 to 2 November 1999 |
| Hon Alex Andrianopoulos Alex Andrianopoulos Alex Andrianopoulos is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing St Albans from 1985 to 1992 and Mill Park from 1992 to 2002... |
Labor | 3 November 1999 to 24 February 2003 |
| Hon Judy Maddigan Judy Maddigan Judith Marilyn Maddigan , Australian politician, was Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2003-2005. She was the member for the seat of Essendon from 1996 to 2010, representing the Australian Labor Party.... |
Labor | 25 February 2003 to 18 December 2006 |
| Hon Jenny Lindell Jenny Lindell Jennifer Margaret "Jenny" Lindell is an Australian politician and former Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.... |
Labor | 19 December 2006 to 20 December 2010 |
| Hon Ken Smith Ken Smith (politician) Kenneth Maurice Smith is an Australian politician who is currently the member for Bass in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.... |
Liberal | from 21 December 2010 |