Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the presiding officer of the Saskatchewan Legislature.

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Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

No.Name
Electoral district
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePartyLegislature
1 Thomas MacNutt
MLA for Saltcoats
(1850–1927)
1905–1908 Liberal 1st
2 William Charles Sutherland
MLA for Saskatoon County
(1865–1940)
1908–1912 Liberal 2nd
3 John Albert Sheppard
MLA for Moose Jaw County
(1875–1947)
1912–1916 Liberal 3rd
4 Robert Menzies Mitchell
MLA for Weyburn
(1865–1932)
1917–1919 Liberal
4th
5 George Adam Scott
MLA for Arm River
(1874–1963)
1919–1925 Liberal
5th
6 Walter George Robinson
MLA for Francis
(1873–1949)
1925–1929 Liberal 6th
7 James Fraser Bryant
MLA for Lumsden
(1877–1945)
1929 Conservative 7th
8 Robert Sterritt Leslie
MLA for Weyburn
(1875–1958)
1930–1934 Progressive
9 John Mason Parker
MLA for Touchwood
(1882–1960)
1934–1938 Liberal 8th
10 Charles Agar
MLA for Hanley
(1882–1962)
1939–1944 Liberal 9th
11 Tom Johnston
MLA for Touchwood
(1881–1969)
1944–1956 Co-operative Commonwealth 10th
11th
12th
12 James Andrew Darling
MLA for Watrous
(1891–1979)
1957–1960 Co-operative Commonwealth 13th
13 Everett Irvine Wood
MLA for Swift Current
(1910–1983)
1961 Co-operative Commonwealth 14th
14 Frederick Arthur Dewhurst
MLA for Wadena
(1911–1985)
1962–1964 Co-operative Commonwealth
15 James Snedker
MLA for Saltcoats
(1911–1981)
1965–1971 Liberal 15th
16th
16 Frederick Arthur Dewhurst
MLA for Wadena
(1911–1985)
1971–1975 New Democratic 17th
17 John Edward Brockelbank
MLA for Saskatoon Westmount
(1931–2020)
1975–1982 New Democratic 18th
19th
18 Herbert Swan
MLA for Rosetown-Elrose
(1927–2013)
1982–1986 Progressive Conservative 20th
19 Arnold Tusa
MLA for Last Mountain-Touchwood
(born 1940)
1986–1991 Progressive Conservative 21st
20 Herman Rolfes
MLA for Saskatoon Nutana
(born 1936)
1991–1996 New Democratic 22nd
21 Glenn Hagel
MLA for Moose Jaw North
(born 1949)
1996–1999 New Democratic 23rd
22 Ron Osika
MLA for Melville
(born 1939)
1999–2001 Liberal 24th
23 Myron Kowalsky
MLA for Prince Albert Carlton
(1941–2022)
2001–2007 New Democratic
25th
24 Don Toth
MLA for Moosomin
(born 1948)
2007–2011 Saskatchewan 26th
25 Dan D'Autremont
MLA for Cannington
(born 1950)
2011–2016 Saskatchewan 27th
26 Corey Tochor
MLA for Saskatoon Eastview
(born 1976 or 1977)
2016–2018 Saskatchewan 28th
27 Mark Docherty
MLA for Regina Coronation Park
(born 1960 or 1961)
2018–2020 Saskatchewan
28 Randy Weekes
MLA for Biggar-Sask Valley
(born 1956)
2020–2024 Saskatchewan 29th
Independent
29 Todd Goudy
MLA for Melfort
2024–present Saskatchewan 30th

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