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The Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Tasmania. The role of Speaker has traditionally been a partisan office, filled by the governing party of the time.

Speakers of the Tasmanian House of Assembly

No. Member Party Term in office
1 Michael Fenton None 2 December 1856 – 8 May 1861
2 Robert Officer None 15 August 1861 – 20 April 1877
3 Henry Butler None 24 April 1877 – 21 July 1885
4 Alfred Dobson None 21 July 1885 – 31 May 1887
5 Thomas Reibey None 12 July 1887 – 30 April 1891
6 Nicholas John Brown None 7 July 1891 – 2 December 1893
7 Stafford Bird Revenue Tariff Party 28 February 1894 – 8 March 1897
– Nicholas John Brown None 9 March 1897 – 22 September 1903
8 John Davies Anti-Socialist Party 29 September 1903 – 27 December 1912
9 John Evans Liberal Party 22 April 1913 – 24 March 1914
10 Walter Woods Labor Party 25 March 1914 – 29 February 1916
– John Evans Nationalist Party of Australia 16 May 1916 – 27 July 1925
11 Michael O'Keefe Labor Party 28 July 1925 – 2 October 1926
– Walter Woods Labor Party 13 October 1926 – 16 July 1928
– John Evans Nationalist Party of Australia 17 July 1928 – 17 July 1934
12 David O'Keefe Labor Party 18 July 1934 – 9 February 1942
13 John Dwyer Labor Party 10 February 1942 – 29 June 1948
14 Peter Pike Labor Party 29 June 1948 – 3 September 1949
15 Bill Wedd Independent 13 September 1949 – 6 June 1950
16 Lancelot Spurr Labor Party 7 June 1950 – 12 April 1955
17 Horace Strutt Liberal Party 13 April 1955 – 28 October 1956
18 Kevin Lyons Liberal Party 29 October 1956 – 1 June 1959
19 Charley Aylett Labor Party 2 June 1959 – 1 May 1964
20 John Madden Labor Party 25 June 1964 – 9 May 1969
21 Bob Ingamells Liberal Party 17 June 1969 – 6 June 1972
22 Eric Barnard Labor Party 7 June 1972 – 6 May 1975
23 Harry Holgate Labor Party 6 May 1975 – 21 December 1976
24 Glen Davies Labor Party 14 February 1977 – 10 September 1979
25 Andrew Lohrey Labor Party 11 September 1979 – 25 February 1980
– Glen Davies Labor Party 5 March 1980 – 14 June 1982
26 Max Bushby Liberal Party 15 June 1982 – 8 February 1986
27 Ron Cornish Liberal Party 12 March 1986 – 1 November 1988
28 Tony Rundle Liberal Party 9 November 1988 – 27 June 1989
29 Michael Polley Labor Party 28 June 1989 – 13 April 1992
30 Graeme Page Liberal Party 14 April 1992 – 23 February 1996
31 Frank Madill Liberal Party 23 April 1996 – 5 October 1998
– Michael Polley Labor Party 6 October 1998 – 31 March 2014
32 Elise Archer Liberal Party 31 March 2014 – 2 October 2017
33 Mark Shelton Liberal Party 17 October 2017 – 1 May 2018
34 Sue Hickey Liberal Party (Until 22 March 2021)
Independent (From 22 March 2021)		 1 May 2018 – 22 June 2021
– Mark Shelton Liberal Party 22 June 2021 – 14 May 2024
35 Michelle O'Byrne Labor Party 14 May 2024 – present

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