Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | House of Assembly |
Formation | 22 April 1857 |
First holder | George Strickland Kingston |
Deputy | Peter Treloar |
The Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the South Australian House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia. The other presiding officer is the President of the South Australian Legislative Council.
As of the passage of the Constitution (Independent Speaker) Amendment Act 2021, the Speaker is constitutionally banned from being a member of a registered political party outside of a "relevant election period". [1]
The current Speaker is independent MP Dan Cregan.
Order | Member | Party | Term commence | Term end | Term in office |
1 | George Strickland Kingston | 22 April 1857 | 22 March 1860 | 2 years, 335 days | |
2 | George Charles Hawker | 27 April 1860 | 28 February 1865 | 4 years, 307 days | |
3 | George Strickland Kingston | 31 March 1865 | 26 November 1880 | 15 years, 240 days | |
4 | Robert Dalrymple Ross | 2 June 1881 | 27 December 1887 | 6 years, 208 days | |
5 | John Cox Bray | 31 May 1888 | 5 June 1890 | 2 years, 5 days | |
6 | Jenkin Coles | 5 June 1890 | 17 November 1911 | 21 years, 165 days | |
7 | Harry Jackson | United Labor Party | 17 November 1911 | 18 March 1912 | 122 days |
8 | Laurence O'Loughlin | Liberal Union | 19 March 1912 | 7 July 1915 | 3 years, 110 days |
9 | Frederick Coneybeer | United Labor Party National Party | 8 July 1915 | 9 April 1921 | 5 years, 275 days |
10 | Richard Butler | Liberal Union/ Liberal Federation | 21 July 1921 | 5 April 1924 | 2 years, 259 days |
11 | John McInnes | Australian Labor Party (SA) | 24 July 1924 | 27 August 1926 | 2 years, 34 days |
12 | Frederick Birrell | Australian Labor Party | 31 August 1926 | 16 May 1927 | 258 days |
13 | George Laffer | Liberal Federation | 17 May 1927 | 26 May 1930 | 3 years, 9 days |
14 | Eric Shepherd | Australian Labor Party/ Parliamentary Labor Party | 27 May 1930 | 7 April 1933 | 2 years, 315 days |
15 | Robert Nicholls | Liberal and Country League | 6 July 1933 | 2 March 1956 | 22 years, 240 days |
16 | Berthold Teusner | Liberal and Country League | 9 May 1956 | 11 April 1962 | 5 years, 337 days |
17 | Tom Stott | Independent | 12 April 1962 | 13 May 1965 | 3 years, 31 days |
18 | Lindsay Riches | Australian Labor Party | 13 May 1965 | 15 April 1968 | 2 years, 338 days |
19 | Tom Stott | Independent | 16 April 1968 | 29 May 1970 | 2 years, 43 days |
20 | Reg Hurst | Australian Labor Party | 14 July 1970 | 31 March 1973 | 2 years, 260 days |
21 | John Ryan | Australian Labor Party | 19 June 1973 | 11 July 1975 | 2 years, 22 days |
22 | Ted Connelly | Independent | 5 August 1975 | 16 September 1977 | 2 years, 42 days |
23 | Gil Langley | Australian Labor Party | 6 October 1977 | 11 October 1979 | 2 years, 5 days |
24 | Bruce Eastick | Liberal Party of Australia (SA) | 11 October 1979 | 7 December 1982 | 3 years, 57 days |
25 | Terry McRae | Australian Labor Party | 8 December 1982 | 11 February 1986 | 3 years, 93 days |
26 | John Trainer | Australian Labor Party | 11 February 1986 | 8 February 1990 | 3 years, 362 days |
27 | Norm Peterson | Independent Labor | 8 February 1990 | 10 December 1993 | 3 years, 305 days |
28 | Graham Gunn | Liberal Party of Australia | 11 February 1994 | 2 December 1997 | 3 years, 294 days |
29 | John Oswald | Liberal Party of Australia | 2 December 1997 | 8 February 2002 | 4 years, 68 days |
30 | Peter Lewis | Independent | 5 March 2002 | 4 April 2005 | 3 years, 30 days |
31 | Bob Such | Independent | 4 April 2005 | 26 March 2006 | 356 days |
32 | Jack Snelling | Australian Labor Party | 27 April 2006 | 25 March 2010 | 3 years, 332 days |
33 | Lyn Breuer | Australian Labor Party | 6 May 2010 | 5 February 2013 | 2 years, 275 days |
34 | Michael Atkinson | Australian Labor Party | 5 February 2013 | 16 March 2018 | 5 years, 39 days |
35 | Vincent Tarzia | Liberal Party of Australia | 3 May 2018 | 29 July 2020 | 2 years, 87 days |
36 | Josh Teague | Liberal Party of Australia | 8 September 2020 | 12 October 2021 | 1 year, 34 days |
37 | Dan Cregan | Independent | 12 October 2021 | incumbent | 196 days |
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