| Speaker of the House of Assembly | |
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| 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.
| 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 – present |
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