Appendix2

Appendix 2—Speakers of the House of Representatives

Name and division	Party	Government party	Parliament	Periods of office*	Elected to Speakership and reason for vacating office
HOLDER, Hon. Sir Frederick William, KCMG, (Knighted June 1902) SA (from 30.3.1901) Wakefield, SA (16.12.1903 – 23.7.1909)	Free Trade Protectionist (from 1903) Anti-Socialist (from 1906)	Protectionist (from 1.1.1901) ALP (from 27.4.1904) Free Trade – Protectionist (from 18.8.1904) Protectionist (from 5.7.1905) ALP (from 13.11.1908) Fusion (from 2.6.1909)	1st 9.5.1901 – 23.11.1903 2nd 2.3.1904 – 5.11.1906 3rd 20.2.1907 – 19.2.1910	9.5.1901 – 23.11.1903 2.3.1904 – 5.11.1906 20.2.1907 – 23.7.1909	Elected 9.5.1901, unopposed Re-elected 2.3.1904, unopposed Re-elected 20.2.1907, unopposed Died in office, 23.7.1909
SALMON, Hon. Charles Carty Laanecoorie, Vic. (29.3.1901 – 23.4.1913 Grampians, Vic. (20.2.1915 – 15.9.1917)	Protectionist Liberal (from 1910) Nationalist (from 1917)	ALP (from 29.4.1910)		28.7.1909 – 19.2.1910	Elected 28.7.1909, opposed by 2 Members Nominated as Speaker, but not re-elected in 4th Parliament
McDONALD, Hon. Charles Kennedy, Qld (30.3.1901 – 3.10.1925)	ALP		4th 1.7.1910 – 23.4.1913	1.7.1910 – 23.4.1913	Elected 1.7.1910, opposed by previous Speaker Change of government at general election. Declined invitation to continue in office and not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 5th Parliament
JOHNSON, William Elliot Lang, NSW (16.12.1903 – 9.10.1928)	Free Trade Anti-Socialist (from 1906) Liberal (from 1910)	Liberal (from 24.6.1913)	5th 9.7.1913 – 30.7.1914	9.7.1913 – 30.7.1914	Elected 9.7.1913, unopposed Change of government at general election. Nominated but not re-elected as Speaker in 6th Parliament
McDONALD, Hon. Charles Kennedy, Qld (30.3.1901 – 3.10.1925)	ALP	ALP (from 17.9.1914) National Labour (from 14.11.1916) Nationalist (from 17.2.1917)	6th 8.10.1914 – 26.3.1917	8.10.1914 – 26.3.1917	Elected 8.10.1914, opposed by previous Speaker Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 7th Parliament
JOHNSON, Sir William Elliot, KCMG (Knighted June 1920) Lang, NSW (16.12.1903 – 9.10.1928)	Free Trade Anti-Socialist (from 1906) Liberal (from 1910) Nationalist (from 1917)		7th 14.6.1917 – 3.11.1919 8th 26.2.1920 – 6.11.1922	14.6.1917 – 3.11.1919 26.2.1920 – 6.11.1922	Elected 14.6.1917, unopposed Re-elected 26.2.1920, opposed by one Member Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 9th Parliament
WATT, Rt Hon. William Alexander Balaclava, Vic. (5.9.1914 – 5.7.1929)	Liberal Nationalist (from 1917) Liberal (from 1922) Nationalist (from 1925)	Nationalist – CP (from 9.2.1923)	9th 28.2.1923 – 3.10.1925	28.2.1923 – 3.10.1925	Elected 28.2.1923, unopposed Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 10th Parliament
GROOM, Hon. Sir Littleton Ernest, KCMG, KC, (Knighted Jan. 1924) Darling Downs, Qld (14.9.1901 – 16.9.1929 and 19.12.1931 – 6.11.1936)	Protectionist Liberal (from 1910) Nationalist (from 1917) Independent (from 1931) UAP (from 1934)		10th 13.1.1926 – 9.10.1928 11th 6.2.1929 – 16.9.1929	13.1.1926 – 9.10.1928 6.2.1929 – 16.9.1929	Elected 13.1.1926, unopposed Re-elected 6.2.1929, unopposed Defeated at general election 12.10.29
MAKIN, Hon. Norman John Oswald, AO Hindmarsh, SA (13.12.1919 – 14.8.1946) Sturt, SA (from 29.5.1954) Bonython, SA (10.12.1955 – 1.11.1963)	ALP Federal Labour Party (from 1931) ALP (from 1936)	ALP (from 22.10.1929)	12th 20.11.1929– 27.11.1931	20.11.1929– 27.11.1931	Elected 20.11.1929, unopposed Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 13th Parliament
MACKAY, George Hugh Lilley, Qld (5.5.1917 – 7.8.1934)	Nationalist UAP (from 1931)	UAP (from 6.1.1932)	13th 17.2.1932 – 7.8.1934	17.2.1932 – 7.8.1934	Elected 17.2.1932, unopposed Retired from Parliament
BELL, Hon. Sir George John, KCMG, DSO, VD (Knighted June1941) Darwin, Tas. (13.12.1919 – 6.11.1922 and 14.11.1925 – 7.7.1943)	Nationalist UAP (from 1931	UAP – CP (from 9.11.1934) UAP (from 26.4.1939) UAP – CP (from 14.3.1940)	14th 23.10.1934 – 21.9.1937 15th 30.11.1937 – 27.8.1940	23.10.1934 – 21.9.1937 30.11.1937 – 27.8.1940	Elected 23.10.1934, unopposed Re-elected 30.11.1937, unopposed Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 16th Parliament
NAIRN, Walter Maxwell Perth, WA (12.10.1929 – 7.7.1943)	Nationalist UAP (from 1931)	CP – UAP (from 29.8.1941 ALP (from 7.10.1941)	16th 20.11.1940 – 7.7.1943	20.11.1940 – 21.6.1943	Elected 20.11.1940, unopposed Resigned 21.6.1943
ROSEVEAR, Hon. John Solomon Dalley, NSW (19.12.1931 – 21.3.1953)	NSW Labor ALP (from 1936) Non-Communist Labour Party (from 1940) ALP (from 1943)		17th 23.9.1943 – 16.8.1946 18th 6.11.1946 – 31.10.1949	22.6.1943 – 7.7.1943 23.9.1943 – 16.8.1946 6.11.1946 – 31.10.1949	Elected 22.6.1943, unopposed Re-elected 23.9.1943, unopposed Re-elected 6.11.1946, opposed by one Member Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 19th Parliament
CAMERON, Hon. Archie Galbraith Barker, SA (15.9.1934 – 9.8.1956)	CP, Liberal (from 1944) Liberal Country League (from 1951) Liberal (from 1954)	Lib – CP (from 19.12.1949)	19th 22.2.1950 – 19.3.1951 20th 12.6.1951 – 21.4.1954 21st 4.8.1954 – 4.11.1955 22nd 15.2.1956 – 14.10.1958	22.2.1950 – 19.3.1951 12.6.1951 – 21.4.1954 4.8.1954 – 4.11.1955 15.2.1956 – 9.8.1956	Elected 22.2.1950, unopposed Re-elected 12.6.1951, opposed by previous Speaker Re-elected 4.8.1954, opposed by one Member Re-elected 15.2.1956, opposed by one Member Died in office
McLEAY, Hon. Sir John, KCMG, MM, (Knighted Jan. 1962) Boothby, SA (10.12.1949 – 31.10.1966)	Liberal Liberal Country League (from 1951) Liberal (from 1954)		23rd 17.2.1959 – 2.11.1961 24th 20.2.1962 – 1.11.1963 25th 25.2.1964 – 31.10.1966	29.8.1956 – 14.10.1958 17.2.1959 – 2.11.1961 20.2.1962 – 1.11.1963 25.2.1964 – 31.10.1966	Elected 29.8.1956, opposed by one Member Re-elected 17.2.1959, unopposed Re-elected 20.2.1962, unopposed Re-elected 25.2.1964, unopposed Retired from Parliament
ASTON, Hon. Sir William John, KCMG, (Knighted Jan. 1970) Phillip, NSW (10.12.1955 – 2.11.1961 and 30.11.1963 – 2.11.1972)	Liberal		26th 21.2.1967 – 29.9.1969 27th 25.11.1969 – 2.11.1972	21.2.1967 – 29.9.1969 25.11.1969– 2.11.1972	Elected 21.2.1967, opposed by one Member Re-elected 25.11.1969, opposed by one Member Defeated at general election 1.12.1972
COPE, Hon. James Francis, CMG Cook, NSW (from 21.5.1955) Watson, NSW (from 10.12.1955) Sydney, NSW (25.10.1969 – 11.11.1975)	ALP	ALP (from 5.12.1972)	28th 27.2.1973 – 11.4.1974 29th 9.7.1974 – 11.11.1975	27.2.1973 – 11.4.1974 9.7.1974 – 27.2.1975	Elected 27.2.1973, unopposed Re-elected 9.7.1974, opposed by one Member Resigned 27.2.1975 (resignation received by Administrator)
SCHOLES, Hon. Gordon Glen Denton, AO Corio, Vic. (22.7.1967 – 8.2.1993)	ALP			27.2.1975 – 11.11.1975	Elected 27.2.1975, opposed by one Member Change of government affirmed at general election. Nominated for Speakership but not re-elected in 30th Parliament
SNEDDEN, Rt Hon. Sir Billy Mackie, KCMG, QC (Knighted Jan.1978) Bruce, Vic. (10.12.1955 – 21.4.1983)	Liberal	Lib – NCP (from 11.11.1975)	30th 17.2.1976 – 10.11.1977 31st 21.2.1978 – 19.9.1980 32nd 25.11.1980 – 4.2.1983	17.2.1976 – 10.11.1977 21.2.1978 – 19.9.1980 25.11.1980 – 4.2.1983	Elected 17.2.1976, opposed by previous Speaker Re-elected 21.2.1978, opposed by one Member Re-elected 25.11.1980, opposed by one Member Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 33rd Parliament
JENKINS, Hon. Dr Henry Alfred, AM Scullin, Vic. (25.10.1969 – 20.12.1985)	ALP	ALP (from 11.3.1983)	33rd 21.4.1983 – 26.10.1984 34th 21.2.1985 – 5.6.1987	21.4.1983 – 26.10.1984 21.2.1985 – 20.12.1985	Elected 21.4.1983, unopposed Re-elected 21.2.1985, opposed by one Member Resigned from Parliament 20.12.1985
CHILD, Hon. Joan, AO Henty, Vic. (18.5.1974 – 13.12.1975 and 18.10.1980 – 19.2.1990)	ALP		35th 14.9.1987 – 19.2.1990	11.2.1986 – 5.6.1987 14.9.1987 – 28.8.1989	Elected 11.2.1986, opposed by one Member Re-elected 14.9.1987, opposed by one Member Resigned 28.8.1989
McLEAY, Hon. Leo Boyce Grayndler, NSW (23.6.1979 – 13.3.1993) Watson, NSW (13.3.1993 – 31.8.2004)	ALP		36th 8.5.1990 – 8.2.1993	29.8.1989 – 22.12.1989 8.5.1990 – 8.2.1993	Elected 29.8.1989, opposed by one Member Re-elected 8.5.1990, opposed by one Member Resigned 8.2.1993
MARTIN, Hon. Stephen Paul Macarthur, NSW (1.12.1984 – 13.3.1993) Cunningham, NSW (from 13.3.1993 – 16.8.2002)	ALP		37th 4.5.1993 – 29.1.1996	4.5.1993 – 29.1.1996	Elected 4.5.1993, opposed by one Member Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 38th Parliament
HALVERSON, Hon. Robert George, OBE Casey, Vic. (1.12.1984 – 31.8.98)	Liberal	Lib – NP (from 11.3.1996)	38th 30.4.1996 – 31.8.1998	30.4.1996 – 3.3.1998	Elected 30.4.1996, unopposed Resigned 3.3.1998
SINCLAIR, Rt Hon. Ian McCahon, AC New England, NSW (30.11.1963 – 31.8.1998)	Country Party National Country Party (from May 1975) National (from October 1982)			4.3.1998 – 31.8.1998	Elected 4.3.1998, opposed by one Member Retired from Parliament
ANDREW, Hon. John Neil, AO, FTSE Wakefield, SA (5.3.1983 – 31.8.2004)	Liberal		39th 10.11.1998 – 8.10.2001 40th 12.2.2002 – 31.8.2004	10.11.1998 – 8.10.2001 12.2.2002 – 31.8.2004	Elected 10.11.1998 unopposed Re-elected 12.2.2002 unopposed Retired from Parliament
HAWKER, Hon. David Peter Maxwell, AO Wannon, Vic. (7.5.1983 – 19.7.2010)	Liberal		41st 16.11.2004 – 17.10.2007	16.11.2004 – 17.10.2007	Elected 16.11.2004 unopposed Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 42nd Parliament
JENKINS, Harry Alfred, AO Scullin, Vic. (8.2.1986 – 5.8.2013)	ALP	ALP (from 3.12.2007)	42nd 12.2.2008 – 19.7.2010 43rd 28.9.2010 – 5.8.2013	12.2.2008 – 19.7.2010 28.9.2010 –24.11.2011	Elected 12.2.2008 unopposed Re-elected 28.9.2010 unopposed Resigned 24.11.2011
SLIPPER, Hon. Peter Neil Fisher, Qld (1.12.1984 –11.7.1987 and 13.3.1993 – 5.8.2013)	National Liberal (from 1989) Independent (from 24.11.2011)			24.11.2011– 9.10.2012	Elected 24.11.2011 unopposed Resigned 9.10.2012
BURKE, Anna Elizabeth Chisholm, Vic. (3.10.1998 – 9.5.2016)	ALP			9.10.2012 – 5.8.2013	Elected 9.10.2012 unopposed Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 44th Parliament
BISHOP, Hon. Bronwyn Kathleen Mackellar, NSW (26.3.1994 – 9.5.2016)	Liberal	Lib – NP (from 18.9.2013)	44th 12.11.2013 – 9.5.2016	12.11.2013–2.8.2015	Elected 12.11.2013, opposed by one Member Resigned 2.8.2015
SMITH, Hon. Anthony David Hawthorn Casey, Vic. (10.11.2001 –	Liberal		45th 30.8.2016 –	10.8.2015 – 9.5.2016 30.8.2016 –	Elected 10.8.2015 unopposed Re-elected 30.8.2016 unopposed

Name and division

Party

Government party

Parliament

Periods of office*

Elected to Speakership and reason for vacating office

HOLDER, Hon. Sir Frederick William, KCMG, (Knighted June 1902)

SA (from 30.3.1901)

Wakefield, SA (16.12.1903 – 23.7.1909)

Free Trade

Protectionist (from 1903)

Anti-Socialist (from 1906)

Protectionist (from 1.1.1901)

ALP (from 27.4.1904)

Free Trade – Protectionist (from 18.8.1904)

Protectionist (from 5.7.1905)

ALP (from 13.11.1908)

Fusion (from 2.6.1909)

1st
9.5.1901 – 23.11.1903

2nd
2.3.1904 – 5.11.1906

3rd
20.2.1907 – 19.2.1910

9.5.1901 – 23.11.1903

2.3.1904 – 5.11.1906

20.2.1907 – 23.7.1909

Elected 9.5.1901, unopposed

Re-elected 2.3.1904, unopposed

Re-elected 20.2.1907, unopposed

Died in office, 23.7.1909

SALMON, Hon. Charles Carty

Laanecoorie, Vic. (29.3.1901 – 23.4.1913

Grampians, Vic. (20.2.1915 – 15.9.1917)

Protectionist

Liberal (from 1910)

Nationalist (from 1917)

ALP (from 29.4.1910)

28.7.1909 – 19.2.1910

Elected 28.7.1909, opposed by 2 Members

Nominated as Speaker, but not re-elected in 4th Parliament

McDONALD, Hon. Charles

Kennedy, Qld (30.3.1901 – 3.10.1925)

ALP

4th
1.7.1910 – 23.4.1913

1.7.1910 – 23.4.1913

Elected 1.7.1910, opposed by previous Speaker

Change of government at general election. Declined invitation to continue in office and not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 5th Parliament

JOHNSON, William Elliot

Lang, NSW (16.12.1903 – 9.10.1928)

Free Trade Anti-Socialist (from 1906)

Liberal (from 1910)

Liberal (from 24.6.1913)

5th
9.7.1913 – 30.7.1914

9.7.1913 – 30.7.1914

Elected 9.7.1913, unopposed

Change of government at general election. Nominated but not re-elected as Speaker in 6th Parliament

McDONALD, Hon. Charles

Kennedy, Qld (30.3.1901 – 3.10.1925)

ALP

ALP (from 17.9.1914)

National Labour (from 14.11.1916)

Nationalist (from 17.2.1917)

6th
8.10.1914 – 26.3.1917

8.10.1914 – 26.3.1917

Elected 8.10.1914, opposed by previous Speaker

Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 7th Parliament

JOHNSON, Sir William Elliot, KCMG (Knighted June 1920)

Lang, NSW (16.12.1903 – 9.10.1928)

Free Trade Anti-Socialist (from 1906)

Liberal (from 1910)

Nationalist (from 1917)

7th
14.6.1917 – 3.11.1919

8th
26.2.1920 – 6.11.1922

14.6.1917 – 3.11.1919

26.2.1920 – 6.11.1922

Elected 14.6.1917, unopposed

Re-elected 26.2.1920, opposed by one Member

Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 9th Parliament

WATT, Rt Hon. William Alexander

Balaclava, Vic. (5.9.1914 – 5.7.1929)

Liberal

Nationalist (from 1917)

Liberal (from 1922)

Nationalist (from 1925)

Nationalist – CP (from 9.2.1923)

9th
28.2.1923 – 3.10.1925

28.2.1923 – 3.10.1925

Elected 28.2.1923, unopposed

Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 10th Parliament

GROOM, Hon. Sir Littleton Ernest, KCMG, KC, (Knighted Jan. 1924)

Darling Downs, Qld
(14.9.1901 – 16.9.1929 and 19.12.1931 – 6.11.1936)

Protectionist

Liberal (from 1910)

Nationalist (from 1917)

Independent (from 1931)

UAP (from 1934)

10th
13.1.1926 – 9.10.1928

11th
6.2.1929 – 16.9.1929

13.1.1926 – 9.10.1928

6.2.1929 – 16.9.1929

Elected 13.1.1926, unopposed

Re-elected 6.2.1929, unopposed

Defeated at general election 12.10.29

MAKIN, Hon. Norman John Oswald, AO

Hindmarsh, SA (13.12.1919 – 14.8.1946)

Sturt, SA (from 29.5.1954)

Bonython, SA (10.12.1955 – 1.11.1963)

ALP

Federal Labour Party (from 1931)

ALP (from 1936)

ALP (from 22.10.1929)

12th
20.11.1929– 27.11.1931

20.11.1929– 27.11.1931

Elected 20.11.1929, unopposed

Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 13th Parliament

MACKAY, George Hugh

Lilley, Qld (5.5.1917 – 7.8.1934)

Nationalist

UAP (from 1931)

UAP (from 6.1.1932)

13th
17.2.1932 – 7.8.1934

17.2.1932 – 7.8.1934

Elected 17.2.1932, unopposed

Retired from Parliament

BELL, Hon. Sir George John, KCMG, DSO, VD (Knighted June1941)

Darwin, Tas. (13.12.1919 – 6.11.1922 and 14.11.1925 – 7.7.1943)

Nationalist

UAP (from 1931

UAP – CP (from 9.11.1934)

UAP (from 26.4.1939)

UAP – CP (from 14.3.1940)

14th
23.10.1934 – 21.9.1937

15th
30.11.1937 – 27.8.1940

23.10.1934 – 21.9.1937

30.11.1937 – 27.8.1940

Elected 23.10.1934, unopposed

Re-elected 30.11.1937, unopposed

Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 16th Parliament

NAIRN, Walter Maxwell

Perth, WA (12.10.1929 – 7.7.1943)

Nationalist

UAP (from 1931)

CP – UAP (from 29.8.1941

ALP (from 7.10.1941)

16th
20.11.1940 – 7.7.1943

20.11.1940 – 21.6.1943

Elected 20.11.1940, unopposed

Resigned 21.6.1943

ROSEVEAR, Hon. John Solomon

Dalley, NSW (19.12.1931 – 21.3.1953)

NSW Labor

ALP (from 1936)

Non-Communist Labour Party (from 1940)

ALP (from 1943)

17th
23.9.1943 – 16.8.1946

18th
6.11.1946 – 31.10.1949

22.6.1943 – 7.7.1943

23.9.1943 – 16.8.1946

6.11.1946 – 31.10.1949

Elected 22.6.1943, unopposed

Re-elected 23.9.1943, unopposed

Re-elected 6.11.1946, opposed by one Member

Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 19th Parliament

CAMERON, Hon. Archie Galbraith

Barker, SA (15.9.1934 – 9.8.1956)

CP, Liberal (from 1944)

Liberal Country League (from 1951)

Liberal (from 1954)

Lib – CP (from 19.12.1949)

19th
22.2.1950 – 19.3.1951

20th
12.6.1951 – 21.4.1954

21st
4.8.1954 – 4.11.1955

22nd
15.2.1956 – 14.10.1958

22.2.1950 – 19.3.1951

12.6.1951 – 21.4.1954

4.8.1954 – 4.11.1955

15.2.1956 – 9.8.1956

Elected 22.2.1950, unopposed

Re-elected 12.6.1951, opposed by previous Speaker

Re-elected 4.8.1954, opposed by one Member

Re-elected 15.2.1956, opposed by one Member

Died in office

McLEAY, Hon. Sir John, KCMG, MM, (Knighted Jan. 1962)

Boothby, SA (10.12.1949 – 31.10.1966)

Liberal

Liberal Country League (from 1951)

Liberal (from 1954)

23rd
17.2.1959 – 2.11.1961

24th
20.2.1962 – 1.11.1963

25th
25.2.1964 – 31.10.1966

29.8.1956 – 14.10.1958

17.2.1959 – 2.11.1961

20.2.1962 – 1.11.1963

25.2.1964 – 31.10.1966

Elected 29.8.1956, opposed by one Member

Re-elected 17.2.1959, unopposed

Re-elected 20.2.1962, unopposed

Re-elected 25.2.1964, unopposed

Retired from Parliament

ASTON, Hon. Sir William John, KCMG, (Knighted Jan. 1970)

Phillip, NSW (10.12.1955 – 2.11.1961 and 30.11.1963 – 2.11.1972)

Liberal

26th
21.2.1967 – 29.9.1969

27th
25.11.1969 – 2.11.1972

21.2.1967 – 29.9.1969

25.11.1969– 2.11.1972

Elected 21.2.1967, opposed by one Member

Re-elected 25.11.1969, opposed by one Member

Defeated at general election 1.12.1972

COPE, Hon. James Francis, CMG

Cook, NSW (from 21.5.1955)

Watson, NSW (from 10.12.1955)

Sydney, NSW (25.10.1969 – 11.11.1975)

ALP

ALP (from 5.12.1972)

28th
27.2.1973 – 11.4.1974

29th
9.7.1974 – 11.11.1975

27.2.1973 – 11.4.1974

9.7.1974 – 27.2.1975

Elected 27.2.1973, unopposed

Re-elected 9.7.1974, opposed by one Member

Resigned 27.2.1975
(resignation received by Administrator)

SCHOLES, Hon. Gordon Glen Denton, AO

Corio, Vic. (22.7.1967 – 8.2.1993)

ALP

27.2.1975 – 11.11.1975

Elected 27.2.1975, opposed by one Member

Change of government affirmed at general election. Nominated for Speakership but not re-elected in 30th Parliament

SNEDDEN, Rt Hon. Sir Billy Mackie, KCMG, QC (Knighted Jan.1978)

Bruce, Vic. (10.12.1955 – 21.4.1983)

Liberal

Lib – NCP (from 11.11.1975)

30th
17.2.1976 – 10.11.1977

31st
21.2.1978 – 19.9.1980

32nd
25.11.1980 – 4.2.1983

17.2.1976 – 10.11.1977

21.2.1978 – 19.9.1980

25.11.1980 – 4.2.1983

Elected 17.2.1976, opposed by previous Speaker

Re-elected 21.2.1978, opposed by one Member

Re-elected 25.11.1980, opposed by one Member

Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 33rd Parliament

JENKINS, Hon. Dr Henry Alfred, AM

Scullin, Vic. (25.10.1969 – 20.12.1985)

ALP

ALP (from 11.3.1983)

33rd
21.4.1983 – 26.10.1984

34th
21.2.1985 – 5.6.1987

21.4.1983 – 26.10.1984

21.2.1985 – 20.12.1985

Elected 21.4.1983, unopposed

Re-elected 21.2.1985, opposed by one Member

Resigned from Parliament 20.12.1985

CHILD, Hon. Joan, AO

Henty, Vic. (18.5.1974 – 13.12.1975 and 18.10.1980 – 19.2.1990)

ALP

35th
14.9.1987 – 19.2.1990

11.2.1986 – 5.6.1987

14.9.1987 – 28.8.1989

Elected 11.2.1986, opposed by one Member

Re-elected 14.9.1987, opposed by one Member

Resigned 28.8.1989

McLEAY, Hon. Leo Boyce

Grayndler, NSW (23.6.1979 – 13.3.1993)

Watson, NSW (13.3.1993 – 31.8.2004)

ALP

36th
8.5.1990 – 8.2.1993

29.8.1989 – 22.12.1989

8.5.1990 – 8.2.1993

Elected 29.8.1989, opposed by one Member

Re-elected 8.5.1990, opposed by one Member

Resigned 8.2.1993

MARTIN, Hon. Stephen Paul

Macarthur, NSW (1.12.1984 – 13.3.1993)

Cunningham, NSW (from 13.3.1993 – 16.8.2002)

ALP

37th
4.5.1993 – 29.1.1996

4.5.1993 – 29.1.1996

Elected 4.5.1993, opposed by one Member

Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 38th Parliament

HALVERSON, Hon. Robert George, OBE

Casey, Vic. (1.12.1984 – 31.8.98)

Liberal

Lib – NP (from 11.3.1996)

38th
30.4.1996 – 31.8.1998

30.4.1996 – 3.3.1998

Elected 30.4.1996, unopposed

Resigned 3.3.1998

SINCLAIR, Rt Hon. Ian McCahon, AC

New England, NSW (30.11.1963 – 31.8.1998)

Country Party

National Country Party (from May 1975)

National (from October 1982)

4.3.1998 – 31.8.1998

Elected 4.3.1998, opposed by one Member

Retired from Parliament

ANDREW, Hon. John Neil, AO, FTSE

Wakefield, SA (5.3.1983 – 31.8.2004)

Liberal

39th
10.11.1998 – 8.10.2001

40th
12.2.2002 – 31.8.2004

10.11.1998 – 8.10.2001

12.2.2002 – 31.8.2004

Elected 10.11.1998 unopposed

Re-elected 12.2.2002 unopposed

Retired from Parliament

HAWKER, Hon. David Peter
Maxwell, AO

Wannon, Vic. (7.5.1983 –
19.7.2010)

Liberal

41st
16.11.2004 – 17.10.2007

16.11.2004 – 17.10.2007

Elected 16.11.2004 unopposed

Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 42nd Parliament

JENKINS, Harry Alfred, AO

Scullin, Vic.
(8.2.1986 –
5.8.2013)

ALP

ALP (from 3.12.2007)

42nd
12.2.2008 – 19.7.2010

43rd
28.9.2010 –
5.8.2013

12.2.2008 – 19.7.2010

28.9.2010 –24.11.2011

Elected 12.2.2008 unopposed
Re-elected 28.9.2010 unopposed

Resigned 24.11.2011

SLIPPER, Hon.
Peter Neil

Fisher, Qld
(1.12.1984 –11.7.1987 and 13.3.1993 –
5.8.2013)

National

Liberal
(from 1989)

Independent (from 24.11.2011)

24.11.2011– 9.10.2012

Elected 24.11.2011 unopposed

Resigned 9.10.2012

BURKE, Anna Elizabeth

Chisholm, Vic.
(3.10.1998 –
9.5.2016)

ALP

9.10.2012 –
5.8.2013

Elected 9.10.2012 unopposed

Change of government at general election. Not nominated for re-election as Speaker in 44th Parliament

BISHOP, Hon. Bronwyn Kathleen

Mackellar, NSW
(26.3.1994 –
9.5.2016)

Liberal

Lib – NP (from 18.9.2013)

44th
12.11.2013 –
9.5.2016

12.11.2013–2.8.2015

Elected 12.11.2013, opposed by one Member

Resigned 2.8.2015

SMITH, Hon. Anthony David Hawthorn

Casey, Vic.
(10.11.2001 –

Liberal

45th
30.8.2016 –

10.8.2015 –
9.5.2016

30.8.2016 –

Elected 10.8.2015 unopposed

Re-elected 30.8.2016 unopposed

*The Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 provides that the person who was Presiding Officer immediately before a dissolution shall, for the purposes of the exercise of any powers or functions by the Presiding Officer under a law of the Commonwealth, be deemed to continue to be the Presiding Officer until a Presiding Officer is chosen by the House. Similarly, if the Speaker resigns his or her office or seat, he or she is deemed to continue to be Presiding Officer until a Presiding Officer is chosen by the House.