Speaker of the House of Assembly
Incumbent
Mark Shelton
since 22 June 2021
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerElected by the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Inaugural holderMichael Fenton
Formation2 December 1856

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.MemberPartyTerm in office
1Michael FentonNone2 December 1856 – 8 May 1861
2Robert OfficerNone15 August 1861 – 20 April 1877
3Henry ButlerNone24 April 1877 – 21 July 1885
4Alfred DobsonNone21 July 1885 – 31 May 1887
5Thomas ReibeyNone12 July 1887 – 30 April 1891
6Nicholas John BrownNone7 July 1891 – 2 December 1893
7Stafford BirdRevenue Tariff Party28 February 1894 – 8 March 1897
–Nicholas John BrownNone9 March 1897 – 22 September 1903
8John DaviesAnti-Socialist Party29 September 1903 – 27 December 1912
9John EvansLiberal Party22 April 1913 – 24 March 1914
10Walter WoodsLabor Party25 March 1914 – 29 February 1916
–John EvansNationalist Party of Australia16 May 1916 – 27 July 1925
11Michael O'KeefeLabor Party28 July 1925 – 2 October 1926
–Walter WoodsLabor Party13 October 1926 – 16 July 1928
–John EvansNationalist Party of Australia17 July 1928 – 17 July 1934
12David O'KeefeLabor Party18 July 1934 – 9 February 1942
13John DwyerLabor Party10 February 1942 – 29 June 1948
14Peter PikeLabor Party29 June 1948 – 3 September 1949
15Bill WeddIndependent13 September 1949 – 6 June 1950
16Lancelot SpurrLabor Party7 June 1950 – 12 April 1955
17Horace StruttLiberal Party13 April 1955 – 28 October 1956
18Kevin LyonsLiberal Party29 October 1956 – 1 June 1959
19Charley AylettLabor Party2 June 1959 – 1 May 1964
20John MaddenLabor Party25 June 1964 – 9 May 1969
21Bob IngamellsLiberal Party17 June 1969 – 6 June 1972
22Eric BarnardLabor Party7 June 1972 – 6 May 1975
23Harry HolgateLabor Party6 May 1975 – 21 December 1976
24Glen DaviesLabor Party14 February 1977 – 10 September 1979
25Andrew LohreyLabor Party11 September 1979 – 25 February 1980
–Glen DaviesLabor Party5 March 1980 – 14 June 1982
26Max BushbyLiberal Party15 June 1982 – 8 February 1986
27Ron CornishLiberal Party12 March 1986 – 1 November 1988
28Tony RundleLiberal Party9 November 1988 – 27 June 1989
29Michael PolleyLabor Party28 June 1989 – 13 April 1992
30Graeme PageLiberal Party14 April 1992 – 23 February 1996
31Frank MadillLiberal Party23 April 1996 – 5 October 1998
–Michael PolleyLabor Party6 October 1998 – 31 March 2014
32Elise ArcherLiberal Party31 March 2014 – 2 October 2017
33Mark SheltonLiberal Party17 October 2017 – 1 May 2018
34Sue HickeyLiberal Party (Until 22 March 2021)
Independent (From 22 March 2021)		1 May 2018 – 22 June 2021
–Mark SheltonLiberal Party22 June 2021 – present
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