Appendix G: Disciplinary actions by Speakership

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Speakerships (bolded) and Chairs Disciplinary actions per Chair Disciplinary actions per Speakership Sitting Days per Speakership Disciplinary actions per sitting days
Holder, Sir Frederick 9.5.1901–23.7.1909 2 2 791# .003
Salmon, Charles 28.7.1909–19.2.1910 0 0 74 .000
McDonald, Charles 1.7.1910–23.4.1913 6 6 249 .024
Johnson, William 9.7.1913–30.7.1914 5 5 108 .046
McDonald, Charles 8.10.1914–26.3.1917 3 4 147 .027
Dep Sp Chanter, John 1      
Johnson, William 14.6.1917–6.11.1922 7 18 433 .042
Chair/Dep Sp Chanter, John 10      
Temp Chair Watkins, David 1      
Watt, William 28.2.1923–3.10.1925 2 6 171 .035
Temp Chair Bayley, James 4      
Groom, Sir Littleton 13.1.1926–16.9.1929 2 7 245 .029
Chair/Dep Sp Bayley, James 5      
Makin, Norman 20.11.1929–27.11.1931 14 25 206 .121
Chair/Dep Sp McGrath, David 8      
Temp Chair Prowse, John 1      
Temp Chair Crouch, Richard 2      
Mackay, George 17.2.1932–7.8.1934 5 14 154 .091
Chair Bell, George 9      
Bell, George 23.10.1934–27.8.1940 14 23 323 .071
Temp Chair Nairn, Walter 1      
Chair Prowse, John 8      
Nairn, Walter 20.11.1940–21.6.1943 0 4 140 .029
Dep Sp Martens, George 1      
Chair Prowse, John 2      
Dep Sp Prowse, John 1      
Rosevear, John 22.6.1943–31.10.1949 11 25 490 .051
Temp Chair Martens, George 2      
Chair Riordan, William 2      
Dep Sp Clark, Joseph 8      
Temp Chair Burke, Thomas 1      
Temp Chair Lazzarini, Hubert 1      
Cameron, Archie 22.2.1950–9.8.1956 28 42 424 .099
Chair, Dep Sp Adermann, Charles 11       
Dep Sp McLeay, John 1      
Temp Chair Bowden, George 1       
Dep Sp Harrison, Eric 1      
McLeay, John 29.8.1956–31.10.1966 28 48 655 .073
Dep Sp, Temp Chair Lawrence, William 4      
Dep Sp, Chair, Temp Chair, Ag Sp Lucock, Philip 12      
Temp Chair Chaney, Fred 1      
Chair Bowden, George 2      
Temp Chair Wight, Bruce 1      
Aston, William 21.2.1967–2.11.1972 14 18 387 .047
Dep Chair Hallett, John 2      
Dep Sp Drury, Edward 2      
Cope, James 27.2.1973–27.2.1975 19 28 155* .181
Dep Sp Jenkins, Dr Harry 2      
Dep Sp, Chair Scholes, Gordon 5      
Dep Sp Martin, Stephen 1      
Dep Sp Luchetti, Anthony 1      
Scholes, Gordon 27.2.1975–11.11.1975 2 6 61** .098
Dep Sp Berinson, Joe 1      
Dep Sp Innes, Urquhart 3      
Snedden, Billy 17.2.1976–4.2.1983 13 24 456 .053
Ag Sp Lucock, Philip 2      
Dep Sp, Ag Sp Millar, Percy 5      
Dep Sp Jarman, Alan 2      
Dep Sp Giles, Geoffrey 2      
Jenkins, Dr Henry 21.4.1983–20.12.1985 14 16 167 .096
Ag Sp Johnson, Les 1      
Ag Sp Child, Joan 1      
Child, Joan 11.2.1986–28.8.1989 12 20 251 .080
Dep Sp, Ag Sp  McLeay, Leo 4      
Dep Sp Blanchard, Cecil 3      
Dep Sp Rocher, Allan 1      
McLeay, Leo 29.8.1989–8.2.1993 16 22 191 .115
Ag Sp, Dep Sp  Edwards, Ron 5      
Dep Sp Scholes, Gordon 1      
Martin, Stephen 4.5.1993–29.1.1996 24 27 184 .147
Dep Sp Andrew, Neil 1      
Dep Sp Rocher, Allan 1      
Dep Sp Jenkins, Harry 1      
Halverson, Robert 30.4.1996–3.3.1998 51 55 139 .396
Dep Sp Nehl, Garry 3      
Dep Sp Truss, Warren 1      
Sinclair, Ian 4.3.1998–31.8.1998 16 18 37 .486
Dep Sp Quick, Harry 1      
Dep Sp Nehl, Garry 1      
Andrew, Neil 10.11.1998–31.8.2004 192 220 406 .542
Dep Sp Causley, Ian 20      
Ag Sp Nehl, Garry 7      
Dep Sp Price, Roger 1      
Hawker, David 16.11.2004–17.10.2007 188 223 196 1.138
Dep Sp Causley, Ian 35      
Jenkins, Harry 12.2.2008–24.11.2011 252 265 256 1.035
Dep Sp Burke, Anna 5      
Dep Sp Slipper, Peter 6      
Dep Sp Scott, Bruce 1      
Dep Sp Bird, Sharon 1      
Slipper, Peter 24.11.2011–9.10.2012 67 115 54 2.130
Dep Sp Burke, Anna 48      
Burke, Anna 9.10.2012–12.8.2013 66 66 44 1.500
Total 1,352 1,352 7,611 .178

#Does not include the sitting day after Speaker Holder died
*Includes the two Joint Sitting days (6–7 August 1974) Cope presided over and the day (27 February 1975) he resigned.
**Includes the day Scholes became Speaker (27 February 1975) which was the same day Speaker Cope resigned [i.e. double counting]

 


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