Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly

Speaker of the House of Assembly
Incumbent
Sue Hickey
since 1 May 2018
Style The Honourable
Appointer Elected by the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Inaugural holder Michael Fenton
Formation 2 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

MemberPartyTerm in Office
Michael FentonNone2 December 1856 – 8 May 1861
Robert OfficerNone15 August 1861 – 20 April 1877
Henry ButlerNone24 April 1877 – 21 July 1885
Alfred DobsonNone21 July 1885 – 31 May 1887
Thomas ReibeyNone12 July 1887 – 30 April 1891
Nicholas John BrownNone7 July 1891 – 2 December 1893
Stafford BirdRevenue Tariff Party28 February 1894 – 8 March 1897
Nicholas John BrownNone9 March 1897 – 22 September 1903
John DaviesAnti-Socialist Party29 September 1903 – 27 December 1912
John EvansLiberal Party22 April 1913 – 24 March 1914
Walter WoodsLabor Party25 March 1914 – 29 February 1916
John EvansNationalist Party of Australia16 May 1916 – 27 July 1925
Michael 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
David O'KeefeLabor Party18 July 1934 – 9 February 1942
John DwyerLabor Party10 February 1942 – 29 June 1948
Peter PikeLabor Party29 June 1948 – 3 September 1949
Bill WeddIndependent13 September 1949 – 6 June 1950
Lancelot SpurrLabor Party7 June 1950 – 12 April 1955
Horace StruttLiberal Party13 April 1955 – 28 October 1956
Kevin LyonsLiberal Party29 October 1956 – 1 June 1959
Charley AylettLabor Party2 June 1959 – 1 May 1964
John MaddenLabor Party25 June 1964 – 9 May 1969
Bob IngamellsLiberal Party17 June 1969 – 6 June 1972
Eric BarnardLabor Party7 June 1972 – 6 May 1975
Harry HolgateLabor Party6 May 1975 – 21 December 1976
Glen DaviesLabor Party14 February 1977 – 10 September 1979
Andrew LohreyLabor Party11 September 1979 – 25 February 1980
Glen DaviesLabor Party5 March 1980 – 14 June 1982
Max BushbyLiberal Party15 June 1982 – 8 February 1986
Ron CornishLiberal Party12 March 1986 – 1 November 1988
Tony RundleLiberal Party9 November 1988 – 27 June 1989
Michael PolleyLabor Party28 June 1989 – 13 April 1992
Graeme PageLiberal Party14 April 1992 – 23 February 1996
Frank MadillLiberal Party23 April 1996 – 5 October 1998
Michael PolleyLabor Party6 October 1998 – 31 March 2014
Elise ArcherLiberal Party31 March 2014 – 2 October 2017
Mark SheltonLiberal Party17 October 2017 – 1 May 2018
Sue HickeyLiberal Party1 May 2018 – present
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